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    VESSEL NAME:   Belle Walbridge
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   2234
    DATE OF LOSS:  22 November 1886
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, Sheboygan, WI
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       at Cleveland, 1857
    OWNER(S):      C. M. Charnley, Chicago
    MASTER:        Melchest
    TONNAGE:     270.66 gt
    LENGTH:      136.6 ft
    BEAM:         35.7 ft
    DEPTH:        10.3 ft
    CASUALTIES:    0
    SURVIVORS:     8
    
             Bound from Sturgeon Bay to Chicago with lumber and telegraph
          poles.   Attempted to make harbor at Sheboygan, WI., during a
          strong easterly wind but missed the entrance and went ashore
          alongside the south pier.  Several of the crew leaped to the
          breakwater while the remainder were assisted to safety by the
          Sheboygan Life Saving crew.  


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Sources: Merchant Vessel List, 1876, 1882, 1886
         Annual Report U.S. Life Saving Service, 1888
         Heden, Karl E. "Great Lakes Guide to Sunken Ships"