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    VESSEL NAME:   Mary Woolson
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   91988
    DATE OF LOSS:  18 July 1920
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision  
    LOCATION:      Lake Huron, off Sturgeon Point
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, tow barge
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       James Davidson, West Bay City, MI - 1888
    OWNER(S):      C. W. Blodgett, Bay City, MI
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       708.90 gt, 673.46 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    179 x 34.66 x 13.16
    CASUALTIES:    None
    
                   The CHARLES H. BRADLEY, with the MARY WOOLSON and
                 MIZTEC in tow, were up-bound from Port Huron to Duluth,
                 with salt. They ran into a storm just after passing
                 Sturgeon point and the barges soon became unmanageable.
                 The WOOLSON crashed into the BRADLEY and smashed her
                 stern badly, the WOOLSON also being damaged. Captain
                 Walter Neal, of the BRADLEY, kept the pumps going,
                 but owing to the heavy sea and damaged condition of
                 his craft, he was unable to lend much help to the
                 WOOLSON. Wireless calls brought the steamer HURON
                 to the scene and it was decided the HURON would under-
                 take to tow the two barges to port. Before this could
                 be accomplished the WOOLSON sunk. Later it was neces-
                 sary to abandon the MIZTEC as well.
                 
                   Note: Capt. Walter Neal, of the CHARLES H. BRADLEY,
                 was the sole survivor of the wreck of the steamer
                 MYRON, off Whitefish Point, the year before.


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Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1895, 1918
         Detroit Free Press - 20 July 1920
         Port Huron Times Herald - 20 & 27 July 1920