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Crew Losses

When
September 1894
Where
Lake Huron
Part of
SS Ohio and schooner-barge Ironton collide and sink in Lake Huron

Five Ironton crew members, including Captain Peter Girard, died after the sinking.

The steamer Charles Hebard rescued two crew members from the Ironton. Five other crew members, including Captain Peter Girard, perished in the disaster.

Sources

  1. SS Ohio (1875) Wikipedia, revision of 2025-12-16

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