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Twelve Total Losses and Three Constructive Recorded — Except for Eastland Casualties Were Few URING the season of 1915 on the D Great Lakes, 12 vessels were lost; eight were steamers, one was a schooner, one a barge, one a tug and one a dredge. Five vessels out of the 12 were destroyed by fire, five foun- dered, one was sunk through collision and one was wrecked when she ran ashore. In addition to the 12 total losses, there were three constructive total losses, consisting of the steamers’ Iowa, LACKAWANNA and WESTERN STAR. Iowa of the Goodrich line was crushed in an ice jam off Chicago harbor on Feb. 4, carrying down a cargo of gen- eral merchandise valued at $200,000. She was covered by $60,000 insurance. A contract to raise her was given the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. in May and she was_ subsequently floated. LACKAWANNA, owned by the Buffalo Transit Co., Buffalo, ran ashore on Gull - Island Reef, Lake Michigan, Sept. 23. She was abandoned by her owners as a constructive total loss but was’ released Sept. 29 and later docked at Manitowoc. The steamer WESTERN STAR, operated by H. K. Oakes, Cleveland, stranded in thick weather on Robertson Rock, Geor- gian Bay, and was abandoned by her owners as a constructive total loss. She was insured for $200,000 and was re- leased later by the Great Lakes Towing Co. Exclusive of the apalling loss of life through the EastLANnp disaster, which occurred July 24 at Chicago, when ap- proximately 800 persons were drowned, the number of lives lost through acci- dents during the year totaled 18. Four were lost on the sandsucker JUNIoR, which hit the breakwater at Cleveland on May 9 and sunk; two men were killed by an explosion of a gas tank on the steamer THoMAS WALTERS at Duluth on June 30; two on the tug SANDUSKY when she turned turtie near the entrance to Sandusky bay on Aug. 10; one man on the barge ONTARIO when the boiler head blew off; five when the schooner City oF SHEBOYGAN foundered on Lake Ontario on Sept. 25, and five on the tug Frank C, Barnes, which foundered on Lake Ontario about Nov. 10. Half Year Record of Accidents A record of accidents from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1915, was published in the August, 1915, issue of The Marine Re- view. A summary of those occurring from July 31 to Dec. 31 follows this article. Low stages of water were more or less prevalent throughout the year, and caused quite a number strandings, particularly between Nov. 13 and 15 when over ten vessels stranded in the St. Clair river, and on Nov. 29, when the steamer CaLpeRA went aground, Total Losses blocking the passage for about 25 freighters. Approximately 90 vessels either ran aground or went ashore, while ten were damaged by fire, 14 dam- aged through collision and several met with mishaps owing to disabled steer- ing gear. Among the more serious collisions was that between the steamers CHOcTAW and WAHCONDAH on July 12. These ves- sels collided in thick fog on Lake Huron, off Presque Isle, CHoctaw sink- ing in 200 feet of water 22 minutes after the impact, while WaAHCONDAH’s bow was badly damaged, making it necessary to dock her for repairs. The steamer F. T. HerFre_Fincer collided with the steamer ALLEGHENY during a heavy fog in the Detroit river, resulting in a re- pair bill for the HEFFELFINGER of about $8,000. The steamer Epwarp Hines col- lided with the steamer CENTURION, the damage to the former amounting to about $15,000. The steamer ALtEx McDouGALL met with a serious accident when she ran ashore in thick weather on Duck Island, Lake Huron, on Aug. 3, it being neces- sary to practically rebuild the entire bottom of the vessel. Disabled steer- ing gear on the steamer Harvey H. Brown caused her to strike the west bank in the Livingstone channel on Sept. 9, damaging 39 plates. Accidents to Lake Vessels in Seeond alf of 1915. Location. Date. Name of Vessel. Nature of Accident. July Str: He W. Smiths oo esis Ran aground in harbors released. by tiigs.... ve6<es occ ee cae South Chicago. July 3 Str. A. J. McKee........... Ran aground; released and went to Collingwood for repairs.... Little Current, Ont. July 4 Str. John Plankington...... Ran ashore; released after lightering; not damaged............. Stribbing’s Point, Soo River. uly 5 Str. Harvey D. Goulder..... Ran aground; teleased by tUGis ce cwlis esd cde e ewes ewes we Livingstone Channel. uly 5 Str. Edward Buckley....... Hit ve peeruetian He ee qeraund She eee boiler room; released on 6th and taken to Ecorse for dry docking.:...... Off Colcheste i aly (5). Str. Kalkaskas a) ccc. cies Broke her shaft; towed to Houghton by Coast Guard crew...... Portage Ship feos ei uly 7 Coast Gd. Cutter Tuscarora. yous in heavy fog; released by tug and docked for exam- ATID LOD a Nat ap sien win <ee eal ar ecey crates isi aye Mimiale'n ainvelee essceeceleig ate sce a Off N a ichi July 9 Str. Robert Fulton......... ee with barge W. L. Jenney; side crushed in; repaired at hee ae ORONO SE sass Sin acm ais 50 8 aio 4) rah tye aibie BAIS Ce We ae eso oe wie akaleiaeigiy oot Ey i July 9 Bge. W. L. Jenney.....:... pea bones eet Robert Fulton; 14 stern plates damaged; oe Oe eee towed: to). orain ‘shipyard .for ‘repaints vi c0v <p 55s 6 ise hss a hoe Entrance t i July. °9 “Str. Ogdensburg: aires c as os Struck a dredge; slightly damaged below water line............. Near Citence ace Rictean jaily 10.2 Str. Matoa) 6 ccck secs eo ois Blew out her steam chest just after leaving Livingstone chan: Ce Str. Haddington Dredge A. Y. Gowen....... Str. Choctaw Str. Wahcondah . ae Wale: Wig 3 diese oe Sie. Co Wy SIS8CO0% 0S penis oles Str. Glenfinnan eee eee eeees oe ee eee onees traveled crew rescued eee eeee about three miles and sank see eee eee eee cece (Continued on page 61) 60 eee ee ee eene Bix selec ogc St. eee eee ee eane eee eres sae Detroit river. Lawrence river, near Montreal. Struck a pier of International bridge when her anchors fouled; in 23 feet of Ce Cr er ee water; Gov’t ship canal, Buffalo. Off Presque Isle, Lake Huron Off Presque Isle, Lake Huron Cleveland. Chicago.