Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Merida OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 92514 DATE OF LOSS: 20 October 1916 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Erie, abt. 40 miles SE of Long Point RIG TYPE: Propeller, bulk freight HULL TYPE: Steel BUILDER: Frank Wheeler & Co., W. Bay City, MI - 1893 OWNER(S): James Playfair MASTER: Capt. Harry L. Jones TONNAGE: 3,261 gt DIMENSIONS: 360 x 45 x 20.8 CASUALTIES: 23-24 (all) Loaded with iron ore the MERIDA was sunk by the same fierce storm that took down the D. L. FILER, JAMES B. COLGATE and MARSHALL F. BUTTERS. No survivors. In May, 1896, her engine was thoroughly wrecked when off Sanilac, MI. Rebuilt in 1904 to move her pilot house forward and machinery back. ======================================================================== Sources: Buffalo Commercial Advertiser - 11 May 1893 Buffalo Daily Courier - 25 October 1916 Swayze, David D. "SHIPWRECK!" - 1992 Great Lakes Maritime Database - University of Michigan