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    VESSEL NAME:   William H. Wolf
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   81164
    DATE OF LOSS:  20 October 1921
    REASON:        Fire
    LOCATION:      St. Clair River
    RIG TYPE:      Propeller
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Wolf & Davidson, Milwaukee, 1887
    OWNER(S):      ?
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:    2265 gt
    DIMENSIONS: 285 x 42.3 x 19.2
    CASUALTIES: 2
    SURVIVORS:  20

                About 100 people gathered on the roof of a coal shed
           directly across from the WOLF on the day of her launch.  When
           she hit the water a huge wave swept up towards the roof of 
           the coal shed causing the supports to give way.  Many were
           thrown into the river while others were crushed.  
           
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Sources: Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S., 1889
         American Blue Book of Shipping, 1903
         Merchant Vessel List - 1901, 1913, 1922 (loss)
         Mansfield "History of the Great Lakes," vol I - 1899