M.F. MERRICK
Other names : none
Official no. : 16342
Type at loss : schooner, wood
Build info : 1863, J. Oades, Clayton, NY
Specs : 137x25x11, 295g 280n
Date of loss : 1889, May 17
Place of loss : off Presque Isle, MI
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : collision
Loss of life : 5 of 7
Carrying : furnace sand
Detail : She was run down in a heavy fog by the steamer R.P. RANNEY and dove under bow first in less than a minute. She was well offshore at the time. Bound Port Austin for Portage, MI. Owned at this time by Taylor & Maitland of Detroit. Master: Capt. Alexander Rusho.
Built for E.G. Merrick's "Reindeer Line" out of Detroit
Rebuilt, 1877. Also probably ashore in Georgian Bay, 1865.
Sources : mv,nsp,slh,h,lhdc,wb,hgl,rsl,eas,es3-2,info from: http://greatlakeshistory.homestead.com/files/m.htm
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