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    VESSEL NAME:   Fern
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   120527
    DATE OF LOSS:  29 June 1901
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, off Eagle River
    RIG TYPE:      Wrecking tug
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       Capt. Arthur Heminger, Algonac, 1882
    OWNER(S):      same
    MASTER:        same
    TONNAGE:       48 gt
    LENGTH:        65
    BEAM:          18
    DEPTH:          6
    CASUALTIES:     5 (all)
    SURVIVORS:      0
    
    
                 Foundered during a sudden storm while working on the
              wreck of the steamer Colorado.   

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Sources: Meteorological Chart of the Great Lakes, 1901, p. 8
         The Milwaukee Journal, 1 July 1901
         Blue Book of American Shipping, 1897
         Merchant Vessel List, 1900