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dubious distinction would not last, for only five years later, on Novem- ber 6, 1918, the Chester A.. Congdon ran into a reef in Lake Superior and sank. She was an eleven-year-old vessel with a 552-foot hull, owned by the G.. A. Tomlinson interests and operated by one of their subsidiary companies. Fortunately, in this accident, no lives were lost. The Congdon's record as the lakes' largest freighter loss would last for many years, but it would be a shared record. Six months after the Congdon's mishap the steamer D..R. Hanna, thirteen years older but a {win im Size and style, suffered a collision in Lake Huron. She was built in 1906 and was owned by the Hutchinson Fleet when she went down northeast of Alpena, May 16, 1919. None of her crew perished. The Congdon and Hanna were the TELESCOPE Page 117 biggest ships llost on the Great Lakes until 1958. From 1919 until then there had been several losses among tesser vessels of greater age. One of several examples was the 33- year-old Senator. This 410-footer sank in Lake Michigan by collision, talkin EG lives, Om Octr@oer Dil, 1929. The Armistice Day Storm in 1940 took two more 400-foot freight- ers and all their crew members. The Anna C.. Minch, 400-feet-long, and 27-years-old foundered, as did the larger 440-foot William B.. Davock, each in Lake Michigan between Novem- ben ult anc wlisitinge ns O4Om shiners Ss -- year-old Davock was Lake Michigan's largest loss until 1958. bake Egie .s ma) omeloss occurred April 27, 1944. The 468-foot James A.. Reed was sunk by collision twenty miles north of Ashtabula, Ohio. She was 4l-years-old. Her sunken, blown- CHESTER A. CONGDON, 1918. wrecked off Isle Royale, Lake Superior on November 6, McDonald Collection/DOSSIN MUSEUM