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    VESSEL NAME:   Annie M. Peterson
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   105472
    DATE OF LOSS:  19 Nov., 1914
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Wrecked  
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, off Grand Marais, MI
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 3 spars
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       Peter Peterson, Green Bay, WI. - 1874
    OWNER(S):      Edward Hines Lumber Co.
    MASTER:        Capt. John V. Walker, of Tonawanda, N.Y.
    TONNAGE:       631.31 gt, 599.75 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    190.5 x 33 x 13
    CASUALTIES:    7 (all)
    
                   The ANNIE M. PETERSON and SELDEN E. MARVIN were loaded
		   with lumber and downbound from Baraga, MI., to Tonawanda,
		   N.Y., in tow of the C. F. CURTIS, when a horrific storm
                   raked Lake Superior. The PETERSON was bringing up the
                   rear. Early reports claimed that after her tow line
                   broke she was driven ashore, but that was laster proven
                   to be in error.
                   
                   Among the lost crew:
                   Captain John V. Walker, Tonawanda, N.Y.
                   William Kolpack, first mate, 425 Oliver st., Tonawanda, N.Y.
                   Charles Nelson, winters at Tonawanda, N.Y.
                   John Syerson, deckhand,
                   Margaret Pearce, cook


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Sources: Detroit Free Press - 21, 22 & 25 Nov 1914
         Green Bay Semi-Weekly Gazette, 24 Nov 1914
         The Buffalo Commercial - 21 Nov 1914
         The Buffalo Times - 22 Nov 1914
         Port Huron Times Herald - 4 Dec 1914
         Livingston County (MI) Daily Press - 9 Dec 1914
         The Door County Democrat, 27 Nov 1914
         Merchant Vessel Lists - 1913, 1915 (vessel losses)