ZILLAH
Other names   :  built as prop EDWARD SMITH, renamed in 1900
Official no.      :  136106
Type at loss    :  propeller, wood, bulk freight
Build info        :  1890, F. Wheeler, W. Bay City  hull# 67
Specs             :  201x37x13,  748g  583n
Date of loss    :  1926, Aug 29
Place of loss   :  Whitefish Bay
Lake               : Superior
Type of loss    :  storm
Loss of life      :  none
Carrying          :  limestone
Detail              : She began to leak in a summer storm. She coasted in a circle as the crew gathered what belongings they could, then rolled over and sank while steamer WILLIAM B. SCHILLER stood by to take off her people, with help from the U.S. Coast Guard.
Wreck located in 1975.
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