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    VESSEL NAME:   Charles P. Minch
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   5059
    DATE OF LOSS:  26 October 1898
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm  
    LOCATION:      Georgian Bay, Cove Pier, Ontario
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 3 mast
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Isaac W. Nicholas, Vermillion, OH - 1867
    OWNER(S):      C. W. Elphicke
    MASTER:        Capt. William Kaufmann
    TONNAGE:       408.21 gt
    DIMENSIONS:    154.7 x 28.2 x 11.8
    CASUALTIES:    None
    
                   Lumber laden and bound for Chicago when she dragged
                 ashore in a gale and went to pieces. 


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Sources: Detroit Free Press - 13 June 1867
         Merchant Vessel List - 1874
         Marine Record - 3 November 1898
         Detroit Free Press - 29 October 1898