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    VESSEL NAME:   Globe
    OTHER NAME(s): ?
    OFFICIAL NO:   -
    DATE OF LOSS:  14 December, 1858
    CAUSE OF LOSS: supposed unseaworthy  
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, mouth of the Kalamazoo River
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       ?
    OWNER(S):      Nelson Olson
    MASTER:        Nelson Olson
    TONNAGE:       ?
    DIMENSIONS:    ?
    CASUALTIES:    7 (all)
    
                   Not much information can be found on this vessel.
                 The GLOBE left the mouth of the Kalamazoo river on the
                 night of Saturday, 14 December, 1858, with Captain
                 Olson, his brother, one seaman and 4 passengers; a
                 a married couple and their two children. Her cargo
                 was lumber, lathe and leather. Her wreckage was 
                 found on the beach Monday morning.
                 
                   A brig named Globe was sold at vessel auction at
                 Detroit in April, 1858.


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Sources: Grand Rapids Eagle - Dec 28, 1858
         Buffalo Commercial Advertiser - Jan 15, 1859
         Grand Traverse Herald - Jan 14, 1859 (says 5 passengers)
         Detroit Free Press - Dec 14, 1858 (says 3 children)