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Marine News - c o n t 'd . Last issue, we co mm ented upo n the fact that the G . L . B . C. Inc. s t r a ight-deck steamer DAVID K. GARDINER, (a) L A W R E N C E C L I F F E HALL (II)(88), had been towed from Hamilton, where she had spent the seaso n in lay-up, to Win ds or for grain storage service at the latter port. We m e n t i o n e d that we also had r e ceived a report that G . L . B . C . 's LE MOYNE (II), (a) M A P L E C L I F F E H A L L (88), might also be going to Windsor for grain storage use, but such has not yet proven to be the case. However, on N o v e m b e r 16th, the idle G . L . B . C. bulker RIC H E L I E U was towed out of Thun de r Bay by the Purvis Marine Ltd. tug A N G L I A N LADY. The R I C H E L I E U was en route to Windsor, and had been loa de d with storage grain for the trip. Also in our last issue, we m e n t i o n e d the diff i c u l t i e s that bef el l M O N T REALAIS on October 21st, w h e n she was str uc k by hig h winds, shortly after she left Burns Harbor, u p b o u n d on Lake Michigan, and lost five of her h a t c h covers over the side. Subse qu en tl y, the U n i t e d States Coast Gua rd Mar in e Safety Office at Chica go an n o u n c e d that the H y d r o g r a p h i c Su rvey Comp an y' s rese arch vess el NEPT U N E had begun to sea rc h for the w a y w a r d h a t c h c o v e r s on Octo ber 26th. Her job was not to recov er them, but sim pl y to locate them and ensure that none were st anding upr ig ht on the bot t o m of the lake, in whi ch p o s i t i o n they could be a ha z a r d to navig at io n. MONTREALAIS, as reported, was back in service fair ly q u i c k l y and it devel op s that this was po ssible because r eplacement h a t c h c o v e r s were "borrowed" from another hull built by C a n a d i a n Vic ke rs Ltd. at Montr ea l, nam e l y the idle LEMOYNE. At last report, t e mporary w o o d - a n d - c a n v a s r e p l a c e m e n t h a t c h c o v e r s were bei ng built for LEMOYNE, to all ow her to pr ovide winter gr ain storage service, perhaps at Windsor. This c o n v o l u t e d story does not end here, however, for the m i s f o r t u n e s of the MONTREALAIS continued. On Novem b e r 26-27, she was u p b o u n d light in the W e l l a n d Canal whe n she m i s s e d the turn to port above Bridg e 10 at Thorold South. She r e p o r t e d l y sus t a i n e d c o n s i derable damage to her bo t t o m on the star board side abaft the bow, and she p r o c e e d e d up to Port Robinson, where she turned in the ent ra nc e to the old channel. She then retur n e d dow n the canal to Port Weller Dry Docks, for dock i n g to re pair the damage. It was h oped that M O N T R E A L A I S could be r e p aired in time to send her up the lakes for a winter sto rage grain cargo. On Monday, October 25th, the Imperia l Oil Limi t e d tanker IMPER I A L ST. CL AIR was d o w n b o u n d in the St. L a w rence River, r e p o r t e d l y w i t h a cargo of Bunke r C fuel for N e w f oundland. At 6 : 07 a. m., whe n the ship was in the v i c i n i t y of Clayton, New York, I M P ERIAL ST. CLAIR su ffered what was d e s c r i b e d as an e lec t r i c a l m a l f u n c t i o n in her boi le r room, and serious burns were su stained by the ship's chief engineer. The tanker was put to anchor and aid was r e n dered by the C l a y t o n fire bo at LAST CHANCE, w h i c h e v e n t u a l l y t r a n s p o r t e d the in jured person to ho spital ashore. On Thursday, N o v e m b e r 4th, at about 7 : 00 p. m., the Poli sh sal ty ZIEMIA Z A M O J S K A was bound out fro m South Chic a g o wit h a load of corn w h e n she struck the east leaf of the 106th Street bas cu le bridge over the Calu me t River. The ship did not su ffer any significant damage, but the bridge, which was open w h e n hit, did sustain su ff icient damag e to its base that local au t h o r i t i e s a n t i c i p a t e d that it w ould be d i s a b l e d for seve ra l months. Road traffic was d i v e r t e d to the 95th Street bri dg e whil st re pairs were u nder wa y to the dama g e d structure. At last report, the cause of the ac cident had not b een determined. We ran out of space in the N o v e m b e r issue wi thout b eing able to rep or t the a rrival of a v e r y unus u a l v i s i t o r at the "G ov ernment House " eleva t o r at Port Col borne on Octo b e r 18th. M a k i n g what was her v e r y first visit to that e l e vator w ith a cargo of gra in was K I N S M A N IN D E P E N D E N T (III), (a) CHAR L E S L. H U T C H I N S O N (62), (b) ERNE ST R. BREECH (88), the h a n d s o m e 1952 product of the Defoe shipyard at Bay City, Michigan, and one of only two steamers c u r r e n t l y o p e rated by K i n s m a n Lines Inc., of Cleve la nd , Ohio.