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    VESSEL NAME:   William F. Sauber
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   81317
    DATE OF LOSS:  26 October 1903
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, 20 miles N.W. of Whitefish Point
    RIG TYPE:      Steamer, bulk freighter
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       F. W. Wheeler & Co., Bay City, MI - 1891
    OWNER(S):      D. D. Decker, Cleveland, OH
    MASTER:        Capt. William E. Morris
    TONNAGE:       2,053 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    291x41x19
    CASUALTIES:    2
    SURVIVORS:     19


    The crew was rescued by the steel steamer, Yale, commanded by Capt.
    James Jackson.  An oiler from the William F. Sauber was lost during
    the transfer to the Yale.  Capt. Morris refused a seat on the last
    rescue yawl and chose to remain aboard the Sauber.  Thirty minutes
    later Captain Morris and the W. F. Sauber were well out of the storm
    by being well beneath it.
          

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Sources: "Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes" , Dana Thomas Bowen, 1952
          Great Lakes Vessel Database, Bowling Green, OH
          Buffalo Evening News, 27 October 1903
          Merchant Vessel List - 1895, 1896, 1903
          Holbrook "Iron Brew, A Century of American Ore and Steel", 1939

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