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"TRAE Marine REVIEW 29 DATE. NAME OF VESSEL. NATURE OF ACCIDENT. PLACE, Oct. 29: Str. Jas, (Cy. Wallace. cf. +. steering #gear disabled; repaired' at DGtroit..%0.7).77.5-.0. 17570 Lake Huron, Oct 29. Sch. Angus: Smith: (iit ec: Abandoned by vessel which towed her; drifted about in heavy sea; -- top. mast, carried away. .i..%s sede se peer ere wine es Lake Erie. Oct: 29. Str Mabel Bradshaw. .227705 Ran aground. Pei ces oe Te Near 'Twin Island, Oct.29 Str" salt Lake Citys ones Broke' eccentricttods 34 vic Bic cu ayes ae ade Detroit river. Oct. 31. .Str. > Douglass: soc ie es cee stern pipe broke; beached: probably "total loss.,...0.1.50.0.7.... 0). Lake St. Clafr. Oct. =o Str Mand Ck nee ie Bees Went to the bottom; 'several stanchions broken and towing chock ; 5 . : Gamaged ode stinks oso ae wiles cur bet meee es nee (en Cae eas Michigan Central slip, Detroit. Nove To Sth Wie Bie REIS? Cove cs Colli@ed with tr. Monroe C. Smith; badly damaged; wrecking : ' Operations =now sgolne. One visc, sha ed pe wivistie clue yea St, - Clair: river. Nov. 1. Sts, Monroe, . Smiths .4...0055 Collided with Str. Reis; bow badly smashed and otherwise damaged; 4 beached; temporarily repaired to~ finish trip; out of commission , for: balance Of season. cc ci ves sis ce ed ee ee Sti: Claim river, NoOvVeeee Str Michigan: 2544040. ee as Ran: aground; 'reledsed,. uninjured <s. 01.0.6 Wore y sce Buffalo harbor. Nov. 20 Tue MyGen viv oa ve to ks Ran on reef in, heavy. weather; total lossiu. sie hee es ee Niagara river. Nove 2 strc. He. D.. Cofimbesry wines 6 . Became, disabled: in "storm; towed into. port...3:..5 0.6 oe Off Huron, Lake Erie. Nove 33 ptr Co. Bislnan: cv. aca ses Ran on bank, owing to low water; released Nov. 4, uninjured...... Bar Point, Detroit river. Noy. 3c Bee, MM. .Eo. McLachlan... aes s. In tow of Str. Bielman; stranded owing to low water; released on Nov. after clightering, "uninjured. 1.0.5 e a coe es Bar Point, Detroit river. Nov. 4 Boe. Polynesia (ec Rammed by Str. Hubbard; six frames stove in......... SL viglseaien te Ashtabula. harbor. Nov. 4: )Stre Tlubbard yee ey Ran into barge: Polynesias: not injured... ici iow sare op ee Ashtabula harbor, Nove cS (Str Raleigh way ie ra Ran ashore; tow line'in wheel; released on Nov. 6, uninjured...... Au Sable F'oint, Lake Huron. NOV, 5° Str Beattie 70 6 eee ove Stranded; releaséd, «uninjured: mania) ss es ee oe ees Straits of Mackinac near Mack- * inaw City. Nov.; 6. Str, Carte Ryerson. cscs. es Propeller: shaft, broke while Out in storm... 000. .20 500... o5 0s os as Lake Michigan. Nov. 65 (Str = - Republic ike eee Ran aground in storm; released on Nov. 7 after lightering.......... Belle Isle, Detroit river, Nov. 6. Bree. Chietiaing: 2.5. cick anes Stranded in) St@rin 2 es wee souls ie eke pieces csv ue ue ee ee es ie Foot of dyke, Sault river, Nov, 6 Str. Games: Gayley "15.60. 2.40. Ran. agrotind sein iii Ake aia as eee ees ee on een eee Bar Point,. Detroit river. Nov. 6-) Str. Caledonia 2 6c ae ee ie Tow. line: in: wheels ois eccsivc sud secu Wile ora Ow aig ee nea St. Clair river. Nov.46-- Str) leaughiin 50° ee Picked 'up log in her: wheel, breaking off a bucket; other bucket , blown: off to balance: steamer = ficient a hee ee eee Superior harbor. Nove 6, Str Albright 6c a oe Ran aground, owing, to slow water...0. Gas ee ee ee Bar Point, Detroit river. NOVO tt. de ike Baomtow ave ashe ee Broke tail shaft and' stern' pipe: <<... es 0s seu. Gans rer tiem ¢ Ces Lake Erie. : Nov.c275" Sch. Re Ar Georper: os. oes Tossed about: Insstorm:. not, .damaved i. 30 fies es ee Lake Erie, off Ashtabula. Nov. 7 .btr. joshua Rhoades=..3. 405 a6 Ran one. rocks) owing tO s1lOW Water. 0s ci PS ae elas +++ Limekilns, Detroit river, Nov? Griltsen = Vigilant, 08. ey Crashed into tug Nettie? B. while 'turning 7.0.2. cee. i Port Stanley harbor. Nov.27. "Tugs Nettie "Buss 22.052 iy Strack by. Str WVigvlants: beached; leaked badly. je ue ee 2 Port Stanley harbor.: Nov 7: Bee Chiettain +0 4 eee. Grounded; released: on Nov. 8; uninjured)... 06. Below dyke, Sault river. NOV. 7 Bee. Onandaga. 6 toca. wee Sprang aileak; sank 04. epausri era eu mute ee eee setae Gers Lake Ontario, > Nov. *2 Bee. Black Diamond). "ns. o.aSprang. ao lenky sank oi. us baci ae so ens oiyiece cs ehenie siete yc ec mien Lake Ontario. SNOV. 42 OT. 2 Gladstone ees es oe Tow: lineV gotsin henry wheelie. coe. Societe ce ere Otis ses sie ee St. Clair river, Nov. 6: Str: = Neosho. wie eerste Grounded; released..on: 10th after. lightering.... i260. .225 coe Bar Point, Detroit river. Novi8sStre Idlewild: 4. cca esac. ss Struck submerged pontoon; three bottom plates punctured; docked > HOT UUROpalrs aie iy sees ee Sige ean ee os ee eee he ea 5 Detroit) river, - Nov. 8 Bess Me US: Bacon <2) <5 ae Collided with Bge. Melbourne; slightly damaged.................. .-Cleveland harbor. Nov. 8. Boe. Melbourne. <0... ks Collided' with: Bee. MS. Bacon; not imjured i: 4. Cleveland harbor. Nov... 9. Str. Wm. A. "Hawgood =... Steering gear gave out and eccentric rod broke; repaired at the St. Clair yatde a er eae se eens ih bap eae St. Clair river. Novi 9 Str. Wanisteo oo. 80 ee Both anchor chains broke; heavy sea; repaired at Port Huron...... Lake Huron. Nov. 10: Str. louisiana. 2. OS eden Struck west breakwater; hole in side amidships, below water line.... Portage Lake. Nov: -2 Stree Oceanion, yi ies ts Broke rudder; docked at: Buffalo fOr repairs: ...5 00... ey ew ees Lake "rie, FREIGHT SITUATION. The close of the bulk freight season in 1907 will be the dullest in years. Ore shippers have covered their re- quirements and are not in the market for additional tonnage. Little ore will be moved after Nov. 20 and practically none after Dec. 1. Furnace yards are congested with ore and have really more, than they need, it being proba- ble that a number of stacks will be blown out during the,winter. No fur- ther orders are coming from the fur- naces and the bulk of ore that will be moved during the present month will be left on dock. The real cause of the slump is the financial 'stringency. Large corporations are unable to ob- tain money even to meet their pay rolls and report that the financial con- traction is the worst they have met with in years. Coal shippers are behind on their contracts: and practically admit their inability to fill them owing to shortage of cars and shortage of labor. Little coal is coming forward to Lake Erie docks, throwing vessel tonnage com- pletely upon the ore trade which is, under the circumstances, unable to care for it. Grain is not moving in any quantity, largely due to lack of money to move the crops. All things therefore con- spire to an early close of navigation on the lakes. OBITUARY. | Capt. Walford Been, a pioneer res- ident on Lake Superior, died at Cal- umet, Mich., recently. He sailed ves- sels on the lakes 40 years ago and was a descendant from the Swedish. royal family. Capt. Hiram W. Smith, of Buffalo, well known in marine circles, died last week, at the age of 67 years. Capt. Smith was formerly a member of the shipping firm of Smith & Watson, but at the time of his death was con- 'nected. with the Buffalo Ship Chand- lery & Supply Co. Robert 7. Smith, ot Port Puron, who was attacked by footpads at Lor- ain last week and shot, died and was buried at. Port Huron last Saturday. He was chief engineer of the steamer J. J. Sullivan, and had a very eventful career on the lakes, having figured in several thrilling wrecks. He was on the steamer J. T. Hutchinson when she was wrecked off. Keweenaw point, and was also chief engineer. on the steamer Hesper which was lost on the north shore of Lake Superior. Last season he was in the steamer J. G Butler Jr. The early part of the present season he was again in the je T. Hutchinson, but left that steamer when the Sullivan went into commis- sion. IMPORTANT MEETING. A big meeting will be held of the Association of Passenger Steamboat Lines in Washington on Dec. 10, 'at which matters of great importance will be discussed. Serious objection is made by the passenger interests to the way things pertaining to the equip- ment and other details of their vessels are handled in Washington. The as- sociation is of the opinion that they should be consulted when changes af- fecting their lines are made by the supervising inspectors of steam ves- sels, and consider the present method very unsatisfatcory and provoking. They propose to call upon Secretary Straus of the department of commerce and labor and insist that they be granted a hearing through a repre- sentative when matters pertaining to passenger boats are considered by the board of supervising inspectors. If successful in their demand, Naval Ar- chitect Frank E. Kirby will be asked to represent them.