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    VESSEL NAME:   C. P. Williams
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   4364
    DATE OF LOSS:  8 October 1877
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm  
    LOCATION:      Lake Erie, near Leamington, Ont.
    RIG TYPE:      Barge
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       at Michigan City, Ind., - 1853 as a brig, 2 masts
    OWNER(S):      Capt. Andrew Abernathy (d)
    MASTER:        same
    TONNAGE:       292.31 t.
    DIMENSIONS:    131 x 31 x 10
    CASUALTIES:    6 (all)
    
                   Bound Bay City to Dunkirk with 350,000 ft. lumber in
                tow of a tug when the tow line broke in a gale and she
                was driven ashore. Cargo uninsured.
                
                   Converted to a barge in October, 1875


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Sources: Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 7 October 1875
         Cleveland Herald, 12 October 1877
         Detroit Free Press, 10 October 1877