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    VESSEL NAME:   Alma
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   106517
    DATE OF LOSS:  18 May 1892
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered  
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, Milwaukee
    RIG TYPE:      Scow Schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       H. Downer, Milwaukee, 1887
    OWNER(S):      A. Wronsted & Co., roofers
    MASTER:        ?
    TONNAGE:       26 gt, 25.1 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    57.4 x 15.9 x 3.0
    CASUALTIES:    none
    
                   Carrying gravel for Milwaukee harbor when she
                 capsized in a stiff southeast breeze and heavy
                 seas. Crew rescued from the overturned hull by
                 the schooner Prince. 


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Sources: Milwaukee Sentinel - 19 May 1892
         Chicago Inter-Ocean - 19 May 1892
         Merchant Vessel List - 1888