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August TELESCOPE 190 GREAT LAKES AND SEAWAY NEWS Straits of Mackinac on May 7. Joppich is charged with making four errors of seamanship which caused the collision, the most serious of which is operating at full speed in zero visibility July 20...The steamer JOSEPH H. FRANTZ of the Columbia Fleet returned to service after undergoing the most costly conver- sion in lakes history. The $h million project included removal of a Skinner powerplant and installation of a h,000 horsepower diesel with variable pitch propellor, installation of a 800 horsepower bow thruster, complete remodeling of the cargo holds, and the installation of a 5,000 ton per hour self- unloading system. ...The Norwegian freighter LYNGENFJORD collided with the British freighter SALMELA while backing away from her berth in Montreal Harbor, causing minor damage to her stern. ...The Canadian Maritime Union has replaced the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport, and General Workers as bargaining agent for the seamen on the steamers NORTHERN VENTURE and WHEAT KING of Island Shipping, Ltd. July 21...The Greek freighter ORIENT TRADER (a.STAMFORD VIC- TORY, b.BRITISH PRINCE, o.MANDAGALA) became an inferno when fire broke out in her cargo of raw rubber while she was dis- charging at Toronto. WM. LYON MACKENZIE, the harbor's new fireboat, got her first real workout in helping bring the fire under control. The Greek vessel had to be towed half a mile and intentionally grounded in shallow water off Ward's Island. (Photo by John Bascom, Jr.). July 23...Dismantling of BROWN BEAVER (a.FULTON) has commenced at Toronto and unconfirmed information indicates that the work is being done by Seaway Ship Supplies. Scrapping of the whaleback barges ALEXANDER HOLLEY and 137 is being carried out by United Steel & Metal, Ltd., in Hamilton. July 25...Buckeye's JAMES E. FERRIS (a.ONTARIO, b.F.R. HAZARD) became the first ship to use Dow Chemical's new Pella Dow loading facilities at Ludington. ...The HARRY COULBY of the Interlake fleet grounded near Marine City and CGC ACACIA and the tug MAINE carried out tow- ing operations. Lightering operations were also required. July 26...Eleven persons were rescued from the small coastal freighter PRINCE QUEBEC (a.PRICE NAVIGATOR No. l,b.L'EMMANUEL, c.CONRAD MARIE) in Lake Ontario by CCG's RELAY and CSL's GEORGIAN BAY.The stricken vessel was taken in tow to Rochester with a crack in its hull by the big laker and was kept afloat aftir arrival by its cargo of pulpwood and a couple of mooring cab es. ...Boland & Cornelius announced plans to lengthen two of their self-unloaders. The DETROIT EDISON will be stretched 72 feet by Fraser Shipyards, Inc. at Superior, while the JOSEPH S. YOUNG (a.ARCHERS HOPE) will have a 8hâ€"foot midbody inserted by American Ship at Chicago.