Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Telescope, v. 7, n. 2 (February 1958), p. 14

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QM CITY, MICH., BY h £©* ~ OOKttfc, of-wood Length. *4-<J 'ffe^ breatflb of beam, on water lime, 35 feet, fop -sides 4-0 feet , on deck SZ depth of bold i5 feet, average draft of woter 12 feet. ©C3$)0K)&. rHficee cylinder conpouirD. Diameter 34, 24' and 34 inches, by stroke, of 2+ inches ®®0fcl3lS8, Scotch eefch lOiooT shell and 12^ feet long. K9M©®&, *+ blade-5 . Diameter 10 feet; pitch 13 feet !£>> .@0000000000°^ bn A® * 0 ^77/ * j°. (? PLB-APUfdE was built Bo r t/zfi /Detroit. Belle, /s/e <2) \V/ndJOr Eerry Comy3wy, _ j ® /i er typ'/ca' De/ro/ t A/rer > 3 ferry, /he fnes fever turner/ ■) Out up fe I/S91/ 5peed f /G rrii/es an hour,- sapac/hyS for a hgrge /-.umber of q fefo - ,£SJleC^erS.^^S®- 3Ti At CLtVtLAnD.O.. IQQH W0DK& CODPT BDaDlte., Of steel.. Length between perpendiculars 360 feet , over all 333 feet; brea dth, of beam moulded i+M- feet; depth, of hold 26 feet;, from spar-deck 34- feet 3 inches. g»®MS8, two, vertical quadruple expamsiom Diameter of cylinders 23, 36, 3l'/i. and 74- Inches, by 4-7- inches stroke. ®@0&©©Sj 28, or IROM ATID STEEL,•BtU.EVILLf'TYpe ^SyOOBHFtS, "TWO, FOUR BLADED, SECTIONAL , EACH 13 feet in diameter ; I 8'/>. feet pitch. fpE-n THE Po/Z-rrr V/e-ar appeared, /&. IS 94-, she was, without doubt the finest -steam uesse/ erer turned _ out fur Per r/ce on tAe Great "> fakes, and was one of the jf/hest e«r eft corr S y-pucte c/ fn Slmer/ca. EDU/Zc for r/?e ? "/Northern dD?ear*bSh/p Company, " forfbe roufe. * fiefween 3offa/o and O/j/tsfhj &r/d cos t &6SO, 0oo. Comp/etcJy vnd sumffuous/y furn/s/7e d tie/rfe deb/bnedfor carry/ng passengers on/y yeeomrrodanors on boa ref for •3SO fr rsb c/aSs accomnroda find joo second \ pass enj>ers JOHN GARBOARD (Continued.) "Ten miles\ Why I am taking along stores to last me to Milwaukee." The race was called off on the spot, and the Skipper of the MOONLIGHT collected his $200.00. John passed out food to all who would accept, then gave away the chest to a couple of youngsters. It wasn*t like John to keep a secret too long, and while we xvere loading lumber?a little while later, at Peshtige, it all came out. When he fell overboard in Lake Erie, and the schooner lurched ahead, he managed to grab the rudder and get on top of it. It was just under the surface of the water, but sitting on it he was able to keep most of his body out. Now the MOONLIGHT had a couple of timber ports aft, for loading lumber into the space around the cabin and under the poop deck. With iron ore and copper for cargo that space had nothing in it, and for some reason, probably for ventilation,one of those ports had been left open, and being back under the overhang of the transoffi it had been forgotten. The heavy chain, used for pulling the port shut from the inside, was hanging down. John never missed a chance for a joke, and here was a good one. He would let them worry about him for a while. It was not hard tp grasp the chain and swing up into the open port. Once inside he took stock of his surroundings. Part of the space was used for the steward's stores, and some of these stores didn't need cooking. He helped himself, then crawled down alongside the cabin and went to sleep. By listening to the voices which he could hear in the cabin he was able to tell just about where the schooner was. Choosing the * right time he swung down into the water, and since the ^ vessel barely had steerage way, had ^ no difficulty in swimming up abreast of the main rigging, and from that point began hailing the ship. We left John at Peshtige.

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