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    VESSEL NAME:   Western Reserve
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   81294
    DATE OF LOSS:  30 August 1892
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, about 60 miles above Whitefish Point
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller
    HULL TYPE:     Steel
    BUILDER:       Cleveland Shipbuilding Company
    OWNER(S):      Peter G. Minch, et. al.
    MASTER:        Capt. Albert Meyer
    TONNAGE:       2392 gt
    LENGTH:         300 ft
    BEAM:            41 ft
    DEPTH:           21 ft
    CASUALTIES:      31
    SURVIVORS:       1
    
                     Broke in half and foundered about 60 miles above
                  Whitefish Point, Lake Superior.  Was bound from Cleveland
                  to Two Harbors when a severe gale set in.  Capt. Meyer
                  initially took shelter behind Whitefish Point, later
                  deciding to head out into the lake.  At about 9 P.M. 
                  the big steel steamer broke in two.  Passengers and
                  crew were loaded into two yawl boats with Capt. Minch,
                  his family, the officers and crew taking to the wooden
                  one.  The other, a metallic one, capsized within a few
                  moments.  The wooden yawl went to the rescue but was
                  only able to save 2 persons.  The 19 occupants of the
                  yawl survived the night but capsized at about 7 A.M.
                  when a mile from shore and about 10 miles from Life-
                  Saving Station No. 12.  The lone survivor, wheelsman
                  Harry W. Stewart, of Algonac, upon reaching shore 
                  struggled to the station and reported the loss.
                  
                 VICTIMS:
                 Peter G. Minch (owner), of Cleveland
                 Mrs. Minch (wife of Peter G.)
                 Charles Minch (age 10)
                 Florence Minch (age 6)
                 Mrs. Bertha Engleby (sister of Mrs. Minch), Vermillion, OH
                 Albert Meyer, Captain, Vermillion, OH
                 Carl Meyer (son of the Captain)
                 William H. Seaman, chief engineer, Cleveland
                 Fred Eggleston, first mate, Brooklyn, N.Y.
                 Charles Labeau, second mate, Sand Beach
                 Charles Wills, second engineer
                 Schuyler Stewart, watchman
                 Bert Smith, steward
                 George Davis, assistant steward
                 Daniel Forbes, lookout, Algonac
                 Robert Simpson, oiler
                 John Satchin, fireman
                 S. T. Holden, fireman
                 Horace Buroughs, fireman
                 Martin Clossen, greaser, Huron, OH
                 Dan Stickney, deckhand
                 R. Longfield, deckhand
                 J. Albert Davenport, deckhand
                 Dan O'Connell, deckhand
                 M. Coffee, deckhand
                 John Wilson, deckhand

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Sources:  Great Lakes Vessel Index, Bowling Green, OH
          Mansfield, "History of the Great Lakes", vol. I, p. 760
          The Owosso American, 7 September 1892
          Buffalo Enquirer, 2 September 1892