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Only the Shipyards Will Gain: The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord When the gale blew ashore huge seas and a "tidal wave" pounded the breakwaters, going over them into the anchorage.16 The pressure of hurricane force winds ripped twenty-seven boats from their moorings, colliding with each other as they moved en mass through the outer harbor like logs forced down a river in a flood. The ship keepers struggled to keep their vessels at their moorings, but found it impossible to handle an emergency on such a grand scale. There was little that they could do but ride the bulk carriers as they bumped together, dragging their anchors as they careened toward shore. Many vessels ended up in clumps and gangs twisted together with entwined anchor chains, but still in deep enough water to be easily returned to normal moorings when the storm subsided. Twenty-three steamers went ashore. Ten went ashore broadside to the waves, a precarious position indeed. The abnormally high water levels caused by the storm had deposited some vessels nearly high and dry, making removal a greater challenge.17 16 "Damaging Gale Sweeps Up-State," New York Times, 20 December 1921, 7. 17 Annual Report of the Lake Carriers Association, 1921, 128 and Sketch Plan Showing Position of Vessels. 138 Illustration 2: Two towers of the Buffalo Mutual Elevator were collapsed by hurricane force winds, illustrating a small part of the damage sustained ashore. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University.