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    VESSEL NAME:   Huronton
    OTHER NAME(s): Huron (changed 1919)
    OFFICIAL NO:   141664 (can), 96425 (u.s)
    DATE OF LOSS:  11 October 1923
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision  
    LOCATION:      Lake Superior, abt. 20 mi. NW of Whitefish Point
    RIG TYPE:      Steamer, 
    HULL TYPE:     Steel
    BUILDER:       Cleveland Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH - 1898
    OWNER(S):      Mathews Steamship Co. Ltd., Toronto, Ont.
    MASTER:        Capt. Beatty
    TONNAGE:       2072 gross, 1242 reg. ( in 1919)
    DIMENSIONS:    238 x 42 x 22.33
    CASUALTIES:    0
    
                   HURONTON was upbound light when she was run down in a 
                 heavy fog by the downbound steamer CETUS. HURONTON
                 went to the bottom quickly. Her crew was saved by
                 clambering onto the CLETUS.
                 
                   Sold Canadian in 1919.


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Sources: Detroit Free Press - 12, 13 Oct 1923
         Battle Creek Enquirer - 12 Oct. 1923
         The Sheboygan Press - 12 Oct 1923
         Green Bay Press-Gazette - 12 Oct. 1923
         Merchant Vessel List - 1899