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Page 48 • GREAT LAKES & SEAWAY NEWS Nov. 24 . . The Yankcanuck went back into service after a three month lay up. She cleared with a scrap cargo bound for Detroit. . . . While bound for Thunder Bay for grain, the Kinsman Independent, (a. Charles Hutchinson, b. Ernest R. Breech) went aground on Isle Royale near the Siskiwit Bay. Her bow was reported to be in six feet of water. It's also reported that she was about twenty-four miles off course to Thunder Bay. There were no injuries to the crew. Nov. 25 . . Kinsman Independent was refloated by the tugs W.J. Ivan Purvis and the W. I. Scott Purvis from Thunder Bay and Anglian Lady from the Soo. After refloating, she sailed on her own to Thunder Bay, arriving on the 26th. She then entered the Port Arthur Shipyard for drydocking. . . . Interlake's J.L. Mauthe loaded pellets in Duluth for South Chicago. This was the first time in at least two years that she has loaded at this dock. Nov. 26 . . The Middletown went aground at the Birch Point turn in the upper St. Marys River. She was downbound with a load of pellets. Because of low water, it was decided to lighter her cargo. The tugs W.I. Scott Purvis and Anglian Lady with the PML Salvager arrived from Thunder Bay. After lightering about 4,500 tons of pellets, she was pulled free by the two tugs assisted by tugs Missouri, Vermont and Wilfred M. Cohen. Apprently the vessel didn't suffer any damage in the grounding and was permitted to proceed downbound. . . . It was a busy day at the Soo with the passage of 35 vessels: 14 upbound and 21 downbound. Dossin Museum Coll.