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Ship of the Mon th - cont'd. M a n i t o u l i n Island, at 1 1 : 30 a. m. A w i r e l e s s distr es s signal ca rried the message that A G A W A was ashore on Ad vance Reef. Tugs were ord er ed to her a s sist ance but the severe weat h e r kept them from le aving shelter. The GENE R A L could not get out beyond DeTour, whi le the H A R R I S O N was unable to leave Owen Sound. In spite of all of the concern, the crew of AGAWA, a l t h o u g h u n c o mfortable, were not in any imme di at e danger. The ship had been dri v e n br oa dside onto a sandbank and the e n g i n e r o o m was flo od ed as the stern r e c e i v e d the wor st e f fects of the seas. The crew m o v e d fo rward and from there w a t c h e d as the s m okes tack went down and the after ca bin was demolished. They hudd l e d in the o b s e r v a t i o n room unt il S a t u r d a y morning, w h e n hu nger drove them back to the stern to search for food. One inju re d ma n was rem ov ed that day by a small boat brought all the way from So uth Baymo u t h by bobsled. The yawl r e t u r n e d the next m o r n i n g and took off five more of the crew. V e r y soon af te rwards, the tug GENE R A L arrived and remo v e d the r e m a i n i n g men to DeTour. A G A W A lay a ba n d o n e d until the next spring, whe n the Reid W r e c k i n g C o m p a n y was s u c c e s s ful in r e m oving her to Colli ng wo od . (For mo re detail, see "Scanner" Ship of the M o n t h No. 32, M i d - S u m m e r 1 9 7 3 . ) The P a t e r s o n bulk ca rrier ALTA D O C (I) lost her stee ri ng out on Lake Su perior early on Thursday, D e c ember 8th, and she drif t e d h e l p l e s s l y for six hours before being dr i v e n ashor e on the K e w e e n a w Peninsula. C a p t a i n Rich a r d S i m p son (brother of the mas te r of QUEDOC) and his crew were resc u e d by the U . S. Coast Gua rd cutter CRAWFORD, but only after bei ng tra pp ed abo ar d the w r e c k for three days. (See "Scanner" Ship of the M o n t h No. 177, No vember 1 9 8 9 . ) Even as far south as Detroit, the st orm was w r e a k i n g havoc. Fifty m i l e - a n hour winds sank se veral lau nc he s and tore the big pas s e n g e r sidewh e e l e r T A S H M OO from her mo orings. The "Montreal Gazet te " carr i e d this sto ry on Decem b e r 8th: "The T A S H M O O , v a l u e d by her owners at $ 5 0 0 , 000 cras h e d into the bows of the D e t r o i t - W i n d s o r fe rry PROMISE, tearing the latter awa y from her moorings. Both steamers, wit h no one aboard, were dr i v e n up str e a m by the gale and the TASHMOO p o u n d e d h e l p l e s s l y against the Belle Isle Bridge. The PRO MISE was driven agains t the G rand T runk R a i l r o a d sh ipping doc k and cr ashe d into a coal boat. Both were d a m a g e d . " The General T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Com p a n y ' s steam er E. W. O G L E B A Y was u p b o u n d light for Fort William. She was caught out on Lake Sup er io r and the w h e e l s m a n could not keep her bow up into the win d and the sea. The master d e c i d e d to run for shelter at Marqu et te , but the w i n d drove the ship off course. At 5 : 30 a. m. on D e c e m b e r 8, the O G L E B A Y went ash or e at Shot Point, not far from Marquette, d r i v i n g so far up on the rocks that only small boats could a p p r o a c h her after the storm had subsided. The M a r q u e t t e stat io n lifeb oa t remo v e d the crew the fol l o w i n g Saturday. S h o r t l y after the ship was ab andoned, a fire broke out in the O G L E B A Y ' s after cabin, and it was v i r t u a l l y gutted. The steamer r e m a i n e d as hore until Ma y of 1929, w h e n the T. L. D u r ocher To w i n g and W r e c k i n g Co., of DeTour, wit h the tug GENERAL, was succe s s f u l in r e l e a s i n g her. Ste am was ra i s e d in her boi ler for the tow awa y from the w r e c k site, but the O G L E B A Y was so badly dama g e d that she nev er sa iled again, and after lyi ng idle for some time, her hull was cut down for use as a dock at D r u m m o n d Island. Also caught in the storm was the ca naller LAMBTON, of the Ma thews S t e a m s h i p Co m p a n y Ltd., Toronto. She had d e p a r t e d Fort W i l l i a m on T u e s d a y a f t e r n o o n wit h a cargo of grain. As she cr ossed the lake at the height of the storm, she iced up b a d l y and in some places the ice was two feet thick. At 4 : 00 p . m. on D e c embe r 8, she ran h e a d l o n g onto P a risienne Shoal. Seas i m m e d i a t e l y b egan b o a r d i n g the ship, n e a r l y w a s h i n g some of the cre w off the deck. The crew lit flares that night and aga in Fr i d a y night, but they went unseen. Two cr ewmen were lost on F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n whe n they a t t e m p t e d to swim ashore. Finally, the r e m a i n i n g crew wer e able to patch the holes in their sole r e m a i n i n g lifeboa t and l a u n c h e d it on S a t u r d a y after no on . It took three