Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Telescope, v. 7, n. 12 (December 1958), p. 6

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6 Also there were calls for service, dragging for bodies, at Lake Orion, Pontiac, Fighting Island, Amherstburg and other distant points* How one man got around to so many tasks one can not say some seventy years afterwards and it seems more remarkable when it is known that his entire equipment was so limited. SOME 1957 ACTIVITIES OF THE DETROIT HARBORMASTER'S FORCE Outboard motors recovered*.....................3 Total values of property recovered during the year*..........*...... *$335.00 Boat runs made****.••••••......... Patrol time on the boats, Hrs..........•••••115U Man hours on the boats.••••.................2308 FLOATDJG EQUIPMENT 1 35-foot steel tug, 1 30-foot speed boat, Accidental drownings*••••••••••*••••••••••7 1 32-foot combination patrol and work boat* Attempted suicides..........••••••.........**10 2 outboards for service on canals and the Bodies recovered, floating.****..*.***.**l6 River Rouge* The combination job is powered » ", by dragging ••••.........16 with two 225-fl.P. Chrysler motors and is of Persons rescued............................ 80 the latest hull design. Boats recovered. .......................... 19 Boats towed *5l VEHICLES Tickets -issued for violations on the water ••••••••••32 Two scout cars, one car for the Inspector; Arrests for same*.***.************............9 one Tor the Sergeant, and one panel truck to Accident reports*• ••••••••••••••••••••*• *13 pull the boat trailer and perform other Fires on boats*..**...........•••• •••••3 jobs that come up. LOSSES OF 'THE GREAT LAKES OF STEAMERS BUILT BEFORE 1868 Compiled by Erik Heyl (Concluded) Alphabetical listing? each letter is numbered serially, starting with 1 and preceded by the letter. Vessels of 100 tons or less NOT included. o indicates a sidewheel steamer, x indicates a propeller steamer* o-x indicates conversion from sidewheels to propeller. LO--Lake Ontario) LE--Lake Erie; LH--Lake Huron: LM--Lake LS--Lake Superior; DR--Detroit River; SC--St. Clair River; Clair Lake* Name & Year Launched Michigan; SCL--St. Date w 7 WESTMORELAND x 53 12/ 2/51+ Foundered Sleeping Bear, Mich.LM W8 WILLIAM COWIE x 68 /90 (NoLL) W9 WELLAND o (C) b2 8/15/56 Burned Port Dalhousie, Ont.LO W10 WILLIAM FENN 0 26 5/28/36 Stranded Erie, Pa. Wll WILLIAM WELLS x 62 11/ 9/88 Stranded W12 WINDSOR o 56 V26/66 Burned Detroit, Mich. W13 WINSLOW x 62 11/ /6b Stranded Cleveland, Ohio LE Wl*f WINSLOW x 63 10/ 3/91 Burned Duluth, Minn. wi5 WISCONSIN o 38 8/2V53 Collision Toledo, Ohio 1 mile W, Sister Light. LO W16 WISCONSIN x 52 5/21/67 Burned Grenadine Island LO W17 WATERLOO o 26 Spring 1829 Broken by ice in Richelieu Riven Que. WILMINGTON 0 39 See PROVINCIAL 0 P19 Y1 YOSEMITE x 67 /92 (NoLL) Y2 YOUNG AMERICA x 53 9/ 2/7b Stranded Oak Orchard, NY LO Z1 ZIMMERMAN 0 (C) 5V 8/21/63 Burned at Niagara, Ont. LO

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