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    VESSEL NAME:   Frankie Wilcox
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   9204
    DATE OF LOSS:  18 October 1879
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, 3 miles north of Manistee
    RIG TYPE:      Scow-Schooner, 3 mast
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       R. Hayes, Fairport, Ohio - 1865
    OWNER(S):      Barnham Brothers, Milwaukee
    MASTER:        Capt. Frank Brown
    TONNAGE:       229.50 t.
    DIMENSIONS:    ?
    CASUALTIES:    1 (J. J. Sullivan, the cook)
    SURVIVORS:     not stated

                   Was loading hardwood lumber at Pierport when a heavy
                southwester sprung up.  Leaving the pier the WILCOX went to
                anchor a short distance outside but, working in the heavy
                seas, soon sprang a leak.  Capt. Brown proceeded to shore
                in a yawl and telegraphed Manistee for a tug.  The tug
                CAROLINE WILLIAMS responded and, taking the WILCOX in tow
                was only able to make 8 miles in 6 hours.  By then the
                WILCOX was so water-logged that she couldn't be handled and
                was set adrift.  The WILCOX dropped her large anchor as the
                CAROLINE WILLIAMS returned to Manistee for additional help
                but the cable parted and she fell into the trough. The crew
                took to the rigging just before the WILCOX rolled over
                three miles north of Manistee.  The CAROLINE WILLIAMS
                returned the next day with a life-boat in tow and took off
                the remaining crew.



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Sources: Annual Report U.S.L.S.S. 1880, pp. 236
         Annual Report U.S.L.S.S. 1881, pp. 84
         Great Lakes Maritime Database, Library of Michigan
         Merchant Vessel List, 1873-74; 1876-77
         Pentwater (Michigan) News, 23 October 1879, pp. 1
         Chicago Tribune - 20, 22 October 1879