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14 Lake Vessel Accidents During 1908. While accidents on the great lakes during 1908 were sufficiently numerous, total losses appear to have been slight. The subtraction from the available tonnage of the lake fleet was insignifi- cant. The only important loss in the ore fleet was the steamer D. M. Clemson, which disappeared on Lake Superior early in December. Twenty- three lives were lost in the wreck of the Clemson. Had it not been for this unfortunate disaster, the loss of life during 1908 would have been very low. It is low as it is, numbering 33 altogether. Next to the Clemson, the most im- portant losses were the steamer North Star, the Neshoto, Pascal P. Pratt, Chauncey Hurlbut and Peshtigo. Fol- lowing is a table giving the vessel losses, together with lives lost and vessels upon which they were lost: THE MarINE. REVIEW Two by capsizing of a scow belong- ing to the Reid Wrecking Co.; on Ost. 6. CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF ACCI- DENTS. 4--Tug George R. Hand, owned by ie Mich. ; burned Robert Thompson, Port Huron, at Ecorse ship yard; total loss. _ Jan. 5--Carferry Manistique, owned by Manistique, Marquette & Northern _Ry., Manistique, Mich.; struck a rock near break- water at Manistique; two plates stove in in boiler room; later sank at dock and floated; docked for repairs. Jan. 9--Str. George C. Howe, owned by Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co., Chicago, Ill.; seacock burst near Kings- ton; sank in shallow. water. Jan. 10--Str. New York, owned by Port Huron & Duluth Steamship Co., Port Huron, Mich.; caught fire at Algonac; after cabins and life boats destroyed and after deck burned; repaired. March 25--Carferry Marquette & Bessemer No. 2, owned by Marquette & Bessemer Dock & Navigation Co., Conneaut, O.; rammed by carferry M. & B. No. 1, while breaking ice in Lake Erie; slightly injured. March 25--Steamer Wm. E. Reis, owned by Mitchell & Co., Cleveland, O.; caught fire at Ecorse ship yard; woodwork of gal- ley considerably charred; _ repaired. VESSELS TOTALLY LOST DURING 1908. CARRYING CAPACITY, NAME OF VESSEL. CAUSE. WHERE LOST. GROSS TONS. STEAMERS. Clemson, D. M.......... WIKMOWH ec a sas kes SupemOr septs ec access 7,800 holiday fse sea.6 ioe. ee MPG sees 2 re Pole ou: Holland, Mich: 323... Bis elsacoke Sate e s Goh ole ils Hurlbut; 'Chauncey....... Sprane acleak....... ... Whitefish Point, Lake Superior....... 1,250 MVESHOLO) 520 on ee ce Stranded. sees eee oe 'Crisp "Point, Jgake - Superiot... 2...) 2,987 North, Stan. so... ss COMMSION. C65. eee e ca cs Port Sanilac; "Lake Huron.....-... +. 3,000 Oregons fess se ees HO UMCETER oie ta wares North Channel scien eo ac cea cs aisle 779 PeshtioOc ese c ree. ee ee Stranded a. we. Pos... Straits or. 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BG ey cas ee aes Sale yr oie lces Heorses eMiphie ne sce he hick ss 34 Mllasewel li Nail Ins as «crest DETATIG OC. iif age crises ses ore Lake Huron, Thunder Bay Island.... 43 WMeWMondld: Rees. 6c. . os SPATE oy oi en ae ie ee Lake Ontario Tat Spies snes eee os 69 Number of lives lost on the great lakes during the season of 1908 'was Cay rae One on barge Baldwin, which turned turtle on Lake Michigan off Twin River Point on Aug. 27. Twenty-three on steamer D. M. Clemson, which was lost on Lake Su- perior early in December. One on passenger steamer Leela- nau by boiler explosion on Aug, 17. Four on steamer Maggie Marshall by steam pipe explosion on Oct. 20. Two on Lackawanna dock, Buffalo, when steamer John A. McGean caught rigging of a hoisting machine while passing, on Nov. 19, March 30--Barge Lester, owned by Butler Bros. & Huff Co., Detroit, Mich; sank in Detroit river. April 7--Tug Lorena, owned by Joseph Walter, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.; sank at dock at Sturgeon Bay from unknown cause; raised and repaired. April 9--Str. Harvey Brown, owned by Northwestern Trans. Co., Detroit, Mich.; seacock: opened while she was being loaded at Ashtabula; sank; pumped out and raised. April 11--Str. City of St. Ignace, owned by D. & C. Navigation Co., Detroit; swung into freighters tied up at Cleveland; several stanchions broken. April 14--Str. Assiniboia, owned by Cana- dian Pacific Ry. Co., Owen Sound, Ont.; hit by steamer Doric which broke from her moor- ings at Owen Sound; slightly damaged. April 18--Str. Robert Wente, owned by Gus Kitzinger, Manistee, Mich.: struck bot- tom in Manistee harbor; steering gear dis- abled and crashed into dock, damaging it considerably; several stanchions broken and 100 bbls. salt lost. April 20--Str. Juno, owned by Haney & Miller, Toronto, Ont.; ran aground at Pelee Island, Lake Erie; pumped out and taken to Toledo for repairs. oe April 28--Schr. Carney, owned by Ogdens. burg Coal & Towing Co., Ogdensburg, N. Y.; ran on rocks in Alexandria Bay. ; April 28--Str. Puritan, owned by Graham & Morton Transportation Co., Chicago; rap on sand bar in Lake Michigan, near Ho. land; released, uninjured. ae . April 29--Str. W. H. Gratwick, owned by Mitchell & Co., Cleveland; ran aground in Portage Lake; released, uninjured. April 29--Tug John Leatham, owned by Leatham & Smith, Sturgeon Bay, Wis, struck a rock near Green Bay; broke shoe and stern post. May 1--Str. Oscoda, owned by Edward Hines Lumber Co., Chicago; got line in her wheel and struck a dock at Sturgeon Bay, damaging it considerably. May 2--Str. C. Reynolds, owned by Lake Erie Transportation Co., Toledo, 0.; © ran aground near Fighting Island, Detroit river. May 5--Str. Huronic, owned by Northern Navigation Co. of Ontario, Ltd., Colling. wood, Ont.; crashed into Duncan's coal dock at Port Huron, doing considerable damage; Huronic not injured. May 7--Str. Myron, owned by O. W, Blodgett, West Bay City, Mich.; got tow line in wheel while landing at Harbor Beach. May 7--Schr. R. H. Becker, owned by C. B. Freyberg, Sheboygan, Wis.; became water- logged on Lake Michigan near Sheboygan and sank; probably total loss. May 8--Schr. J. B. Newland, owned by C. C. Naleid, Racine, Wis.; hit breakwater at Milwaukee; slightly damaged. May 9--Str. James H. Hoyt, owned by Provident Steamship Co:, Duluth; ran aground near Dunkirk, Lake Erie; released, uninjured. May 9--Ice crusher Montcalm, owned by Canadian government; collided with steamer Milwaukee; seriously damaged; sank. May 10--Bge. Moravia, owned by Tona- wanda Iron & Steel Co., North Tonawanda, No Yo: (struck, bottom in Sault 'river; hele punctured in starboard quarter; sank. May 10--Str. Utica, owned by Western Transit Co., Buffalo; ran aground in Lake Michigan; 63 plates damaged; loss estimated at $50,000. May 11--Str. John Stanton, owned by Hutchinson & Co., Cleveland; ran aground in Portage river; hole in side, four damaged plates; later docked for repairs. May 11--Str. J. T. Kopp, owned by Penn- sylvania Steamship Co., York, Pa.; stranded in Kinnickinnic river at Milwaukee; delayed trains several hours; not injured. May 12--Str. Topeka, owned. by F.. W. Smith, Milwaukee, Wis.; stranded on Big Point Sable, Lake Michigan; released, slightly damaged. May 13--Str. I. W. Stephenson, owned by I. Stephenson, Marinette, Wis.; ran aground in Niagara river; released, after lightering, uninjured. May 15--Str. Suit, owned by Hill Steam- boat Co., Kenosha, Wis.; disabled on Lake Michigan; eight feet of water in hold; towed to' port and pumped out. ; May 19--Tug Wm. Kennedy, owned by Great Lakes Towing Co., Cleveland; collided with steamer G, Watson French in Cuyahoga river at Cleveland; quadrant and port rail badly damaged; about 10 days to repair her. May 19--Str. Harvey D. Goulder, owned by Hawgood & Co., Cleveland; crashed into bridge at Lorain, damaging it greatly; hole punched in bulwark plates of steamer. May 19--Str. Frontenac; ran on rock dur- ing heavy fog on Lake Michigan; released after lightering; leaked slightly. May 19--Str. Sam Mitchell, owned by W. (C. Richardson & 'Co., Cleveland; ran ashore in heavy fog on Lake Superior near Hough- ton; rudder disabled and hole in stern; tem- porarily repaired at Ashland. May 19--Bge. Chickamauga, owned by W. C. Richardson & Co., Cleveland; in tow of steamer Mitchell when she ran ashore on Lake Superior; stern broken off and hole in side above water line. May 19--Schr. Nelson, owned by Leatham & Smith, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.; ran into @ dock in St. Clair river; bowsprit and jib- boom broken. May 22--Str. D. D. Calvin, owned by The Calvin Co., Kingston, Ont.; crashed into gates of lock No. 18 of Welland canal, carry-