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August, 1916 THE MARINE REVIEW Aecidents to Lake Vessels in First (Concluded from page 283) Date. Name of Vessel. Nature of Accident Location. June 17 str WB. chiller.) 5. Collided with a tug and scow, damaging one plate; docked at ae Gorain June 19 and left on Zist.. co si se see sco ces wenn Detroit river. June ae Bge. Thomas Gawn....... Hit by steamer W. H. Truesdale while unloading lumber; slightly damaged; Truesdale not damaged.........-..seeeeees St. Clair Flats canal. June pjisiohiet ob aka) 6 baersaierncept einer acre ONG About 25,000 bushels grain damaged through fire in hold, caused by leaving lighted candle in hold after leaving port......... seerecerceeoes : Jime:-24o > Str. DP: Ms: Philbiny 20.0. Steering gear disabled; stopped at Detroit for repairs......... Detroit river. Juanes 25e. Str) fonn: Owens sc. c25% While entering third lock, struck center pier as result of sheer, ; . breaking several plates on port bow...........cscccecccvercce Soo. June Dire Satgen oy eee ee Collided with carferry Pere Marquette 4...........ceeeeeceoees Milwaukee. Jone es Str Adrian Dseliny ioe a. Simcha TOC Tea ked (SIPPY s 0 were se arse os cise ws cic en oie einiste So St. Lawrence river. MAAeS MeO. © (SET. ra bNO Teas ac ose’ s.c 3 tie Collided with steamer J. J. Hill, being struck amidships; crew rescued; when steamer Hill backed away, Panther listed and : sank in 70 fathoms of water; loaded with 65,000 bushels wheat Off Parisian Island, White- fish Bay. ine 320s Certs ice bibl ante aie cataee ere Collided with steamer Panther; slightly damaged.............. Off Parisian Island, White- fish Bay. JUNE care pits Glenlivet: ees aie tees Ran ashore; released on 29th and docked at Collingwood on 30th Georgian Bay. June 29s Stie india. csieswse eee ees Carried away two upper gates of lock 12; docked for repairs.. Welland canal. has served to the condition HE Mexican crisis - attract attention to the VIEX1CO trade with Mexico during the 10 months ending last April was 1,702,137, of which to the close of the season will be large enough to bring 1916 shipments of shipping industry of* American ships contributed 1,278,049 up to 55,000,000 tons. Mexico. The Latin republic depends tons, according to figures just issued by Following are the shipments by almost entirely upon foreign shipping to the department of commerce. This com- ports, with corresponding data for handle its trade. This dependence is in- pares with a total of 1,419,250 net tons 1915: dicated by the statistics of her merchant during the corresponding period of 1914- June, June, ‘ : Port. 1915. 1916. marine for 1915-16. Her merchant fleet 15, when American tonnage represented Bi shake 950.964. ae 404 is made up of 42 vessels with an ag- only 659,527 net tons and foreign ton- Marquette .............. 363,637 "539,327 gregate gross tonnage of 39,294. Five nage 759,723. Due to conditions of ship- Sie ee es ees Bee yceer 1 i ] i iSi { Daley ees eoaas ne cae 2,146,501 3,116,665 of these ships are wood, with a tota ping arising from the war in Europe, tT ae 244026 1°648°586 gross tonnage of 1,120; six are iron, foreign tonnage decreased to only 424,- SDR ee Sera 2 with a tonnage of 3,070; and the re- 088 net tons during the last 10 months, ps cnaieh aR Seta maining 31 are of steel,’ averaging so that, in case of war with Mexico, the 1916 increase ........... 3,502,485 slightly more than 1,000 gross tons. United States would control most of the Fo ke Ms ale fo Only 13 Mexican vessels have a gross tonnage engaged in the trade between Port. 1915. 1916. i EsCanabanG ca ee aes 1,248,830 2,602,824 tonnage of more than 1,000, the largest the two countries. Marquette ©.) a0 47,002 1,154,140 being San Antonio of 5,251 gross tons. Ashland be Dies ee 1,161,792 2,204,263 : LOR ek cc ee Sa ee 2 ,600 3,878,91 No other ship of 4,000 gross tons or : bush 4,295,811 6,325,990 acto Ga wuclided an the eek Iron Ore Shipments Two Harbors .......<.. 2490,248 3,449,435 Aside from the shipments handled by i y - Ae 11,521,283 19,615,567 : 5 ; i re shipments on the Great lakes : the railroads, which constitute a fair iste a 8,094,284 proportion of the trade of the United States with Mexico, commerce between these two countries is carried on largely in American bottoms. The Ward line operates a regular weekly service to Vera Cruz and Tampico, dispatching alternately a passenger ship and a cargo during June aggregated 9,507,576 tons, breaking the record for monthly ship- ments established by the May move- ment of 8,449,580 tons. Up to July 1, of the present season, 19,615,567 tons of ore were brought down from the upper lakes district, compared with 11,521,283 tons carried to July 1, 1915, Lake Erie Receipts Out of a total of 9,507,576 gross tons of iron ore shipped on the Great Lakes during June, 7,823,704 tons were de- vessel. This line handles much of the fivered: at Lake Brie ports. as foliewe: trade done between Mexico and the a” increase of 8,094,284 tons. In 1913, ‘ : the record year in the ore trade, tl Port Gross tons Atlantic seaboard of the United States. y 5 be Bagel. oe ee The Compania Transatlantica (the Span- ™ovement to July 1 was 16,125,042 Ere oe bee ish. Line) touches at Vera Cruz but does tons, shipments for the entire season Connestit 03, Be. 1,623,599 not carry any freight from New York to @mounting to 49,070,478 tons. Assum- Ashtabula ....seeee eens ee ees 1,682,482 Mexico. In addition to this, the trade ing, therefore, that the shipments from Pee Seetieiee sth tataty eis Seances kg is served principally by independent July 1 to the close of the present Reni es ee "659,420 operators of chartered ships as business S¢a@son will be equivalent to those of Huron (ek eee 197,693 offers, and on the west coast by a regu- 1913, the ore movement in 1916 would Toledo . 1... ee eee eset ener eee 233,857 ie get be approximately 52,500,000 tans How- Detroit. Rise tte e 53,485 The net tonnage of vessels cleared Ver, some of the leading ore shippers Titel eee ee 7,823,704 from ports of the United States in the expect that the movement from July 1 * Includes receipts at Port Colborne.