Melborne (Schooner), U91253, sunk by collision, 14 Aug 1904

The schooner MELBORNE, lumber laden in tow of the propeller NIPIGON, was sunk in the St. Clair River, near Russel's island yesterday by collision with the THOMAS CRANAGE. The boat sank soon after being struck. The CRANAGE was run on the bank and now lies out 10 inches all around. She was bound up with a cargo of hard coal.
      Buffalo Evening News
      August 15, 1904
     
     
      After part of the cargo of hard coal had been lightered, the propeller THOMAS CRANAGE which stranded in the St. Clair River at the head of Russel's Island on Sunday after sinking the schooner MELBOURNE, was released yesterday. The schooner MELBOURNE's lumber cargo is being lightered into the schooner MONGUAGON, which will probably deliver the cargo owing to the bad condition of the MELBOURNE.
      Buffalo Evening News
      August 16, 1904


Schooner MELBOURNE. U. S. No. 91253. oF 510 tons gross; 484 tons net. Built St. Clair, Mich, 1880. Home port, Detroit, Mich. 168.8 x 31.6 x 12.6 Crew of 6.
      Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1904
     
     
Barge EMPIRE No 1. * Official Canadian Number 134474. Of 518 tons reg. Built at St. Claire, Mich., U.S.A., in 1880. Home port, Montreal, Que. Owned by the Empire Coal Co., Montreal, Que. 170.0 X 31.5 x 12.4
      * Foreign name, MELBOURNE. [ex U 91253]
      List of Vessels on Registry Books of the Dominion
      of Canada on the 31st. Day of December, 1920