After the Seabird hurriedly brought aboard passengers and freight, she steamed away from Milwaukee between 10:30 and 11:00 at night. At this time the weather had moderated and the waves subsided in the Lake. The going was much smoother, so most settled down for an overnight journey to Chicago. Sometime between 12:30 and 1:00 in the morning, the Seabird stopped at Racine. They picked up some freight but no passengers, and in less than thirty minutes were underway again.53 That was the last time the Seabird would ever land at any dock again.

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