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Many Casualties Caused by Grounding, Fire and Dis- abled Steering Gear—Three Total Losses Reported a summary of accidents which have occurred on the Great Lakes and connecting waters from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1915. Analysis of the table shows that practically half of the acci- dents listed were caused through ves- sels grounding, stranding or running ashore, while fire, collision, and’ disabled steering gear were other notable causes of damage. Three vessels are reported: as total losses, the steamers IowA and BEAVER and a dredge. The most important loss of the season up to July 1 was the steamer Iowa, of the Goodrich Line, which was sunk in an ice jam off Chi- cago harbor on Feb. 4, carrying down TT: ACCOMPANYING table is a cargo of general merchandise valued at $200,000. She was abandoned by the underwriters as a constructive total loss and was insured for $60,000. It is reported that attempts may be made later to salve her. The steamer BEAVER, valued at $10,000, was destroyed by fire at Charlevoix, Mich. A dredge towed by the tug S. C. Drxon, foundered in heavy weather on Lake Huron on May 16. Five lives were lost, four on the sandsucker Junior, which hit the break- water at Cleveland on May 9 and sank, and one through the explosion of a gas tank on the steamer THoMAsS Watters at Duluth on June 30. Two serious collisions occurred, the first between the steamers A. W. Os- BORNE and VALCARTIER on May 13 and the second between the steamers Cu1- caco and J. B. Eaps on Jyne 7. The Os- ‘BORNE and VALCcARTIER collided head-on in a heavy fog in Lake Huron abreast of Corsica. Shoal lightship, necessitating the docking of both vessels and throw- ing VALCARTIER out of commission for a month. The cost of repairs to VAL- CARTIER was approximately $15,000 and the damage to her grain cargo was estimated at $125,000. The Cutcaco- Eaps collision occurred in the St. Clair Accidents to Lake Vessels for First Date. Name of Vessel. Jan. 7 Str. J. S. Ashley 4 Str. Iowa Nature of Accident. Slightly damaged by fire which started through an tion of waste in after end accumula- river when the steamer Cuicaco crashed into the stern of Eaps, damaging her shoe and wheel and denting a hole in her stern above the waterline. She was towed to Lorain and docked and was fitted with a new rudder stock. The Pittsburgh Steamship Co., owner of the steamer Eanps, has filed a libel against Cuicaco for $19,000 damages, claiming $15,000 for repairs and $4,000 as compensation for the loss of time suffered by the steamer. The Chicago was docked at Buffalo and her repairs estimated at $5,000. The Canadian steamer StTRATHCONA met with a serious accident when she stranded in the St. Lawrence river on May 29. She was docked at Buffalo and incurred a repair bill of $22,500. The steamer Tuscarora hit the water- works ‘crib off. Chicago on June 3, car- rying away the masonry superstructure of the crib. The vessel was docked at Buffalo. Repairs to Tuscarora necessi- tated the expenditure of $20,000. alf of 1915 Place, Buffalo. Depot Harbor, Ont. ne Lake Erie. Off Chicago harbor, Lake Michigan. Str. Samuel Mather Str, Thomas Barlum F. C. Pere Marquette 19... Str. R. W. England Tug Minnesota Str, Byron Whitaker ...... Str. J. S. Ashley C. F. Marquette & Bessemer N Str. Str, N. F. Leopold . J. Frater Taylor Grounded when water dropped 5% feet; coal cargo taken out and floated Feb. 6; No. 3 and 4 tanks punctured Grounded owing to low water; No. 3 tank punctured; cargo taken out and docked Feb. 17; 7 plates taken off ; Damaged her shaft in the ice and was docked at Milwaukee Feb. 10 Fire started in her coal cargo, but resulted in no damag' While bucking ice, split her wheel and later lost it entirely.... Damaged by fire - os aos ‘ Damaged her bow by striking Louisiana street bridge abutment. iter Several GAYSe cs sicceic © o:s:+ one cic eieleieic-e.clcieisis(eeieiers se e's) a/8"s see Hit coal dock eee the head of the Middle Ground, dropping 500 tons of coal into river and damaging dock to extent of SOOO rok ceniee se cco snstaresere eyo acetone tetera eieie aes etecstarers WS atace chu dave lovatpiats Bee ashore; released after lightering 100 tons; reloaded lightered cargo and left for Chicago Stranded at entrance to harbor; released and docked at Col- lingwood, Ont., on April 20; nine plates damaged Steering gear became defective, delaying steamer for a day.... Ran ashore, forepeak filling with water; released and docked at Port Arthur, Ont.; bow crushed in below water line, 15 plates damaged, and part of forefoot gone. Grain cargo was transferred to steamer Martian. Floated out of dry dock Ran sront yf cerre 610.000 re; loss, ; opener a, released after lightering 10,000 bushels of grain; reloaded lightered cargo and _proceede : : : Ran on bottom; released on April 24 after lightering 10,000 bushels of grain; reloaded lightered cargo and proceeded.... Ran aground (Continued on following page.) 303 Lackawanna Slip, Buffalo, Buffalo. Lake Michigan. . Milwaukee. Duluth-Superior harbor. Trenton, Ont. Buffalo. Conneaut. Kinnickinic river, Milwaukee. St. Clair river. Simmon’s Reef, Lake Mich. Collingwood, Ont. Lake Michigan, Blake Point, Isle Royale, Lake Superior. Lake St. Clair. Charlevoix, Mich. Sweet’s Point, Soo River. Grosse Point, Lake St. Clair Lake St. Clair,