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116221, 1,425.44 tons gross) near Alpena Michigan. Caulked in 1895. Her tow vessel, GEORGE W. MORELY (U 85990, 148.75 tons gross), burned to the water line off Evanston Illinois in 1897. MORAVIA was picked up by another tug and was not damaged. Hawgood & Avery sold her to the Tonawanda Iron and Steel Co. by 1899 and she was registered in Niagara Falls New York by 1903. She went ashore at Windmill Point between Crystal Beach Ontario and Fort Erie Ontario on 5 June 1903 when loaded with iron ore. Heavy smoke from forest fires was given as the reason for the grounding. She was docked in 1904. On 11 May 1908 she was holed and sank in the St. Mary's River while loaded with coal. She was caulked in 1910 and rebuilt in 1912. In 1915 the American Interlake Line (R.M. Wolvin) bought her. She came to Canadian registry and was renamed in 1915 or 1916. Her new owner was the Canada Shipping Co. (Hackett managers) of Montreal. Montreal Transportation Co. bought her in 1918. In the fall of 1918 she was in collision with the Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway lift bridge across the Welland Canal while being towed by the Montreal Transportation Co. tug ESCORT. The bridge was down at the time. Her ownership was transferred to Canada Steamship Lines in 1920. On 16 July 1920, while under tow by Canada Steamship Lines's steamer MAPLEHURST (C 138230, 1,297 tons gross), she was in collision with the tug MARGARET A. HACKETT (C 131016, 192 tons gross) and the barge GLADYS H. (C 126469, 919 tons net) on Lac St. Pierre. The mate of HACKETT was found to be at fault. Century Coal (a Canada Steamship Lines subsidiary) became BROOKDALE's owner in 1921. She was in collision on 1 June 1923 with Canada Steamship Lines's bulk carrier MAPLEDAWN (C 131846, 2,404 tons net) (ex Montreal Transportation Co.'s MANOLA) off Alexandria Pier in Montreal. BROOKDALE sank, was raised, and was then broken up. Montreal Transportation Co. Ships' Logs DG Thomson 14 July-2 Oct 1918, Mary May 1918, Mary P. Hall 3 June 1918-30 November 1918 and P.B. McNaughton May-Sept 1918; Alpena Public Library Great Lakes Maritime Database; American Bureau of Shipping Great Lakes Register 1919 and 1921; American Shipmasters' Association Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1898 and 1900; Bascom and Gillham Early Ships of Canada Steamship Lines; Beeson's Sailor's Guide and Inland Marine Handbook 1891; Bureau Veritas Great Lakes Register 1913 and 1914; Canada List of Shipping 1918 and 1920; Gillham Ships In Trouble 1880-1950; Green's Marine Directory of the Great Lakes 1916; Lloyd's Inland Register 1907; Mercantile Navy List 1923; Merchant Vessels of the United States 1896 and 1903; Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection; Buffalo Evening News 5 June 1903; Canadian Railway & Marine World February 1919 and September 1920; Marine Record 20 December 1894, 31 October 1895, 9 December 1897 and 24 March 1898; Marine Review 13 April 1899. 19 BRUNO river barge. 1869-1877. 145.55 tons register, 93.25'. Capacity 11,000 bushels. Built at Montreal by Bruno Loignon in 1863. Round stern. 1864 rated A and valued at $3,500. 1866 rated 1 and valued at $2,000. 1874 rated 2 out of a possible 3 and valued at $1,600. 106