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MARINE NEWS . | The big' steel carrier W. D, Matthews | was the first of the steél tonnage to go into, winter quarters" at Sound. Ske has taken up a berth op- posite thfelectric light plant. r The tug\larrison took" the stows] or load of britk from Midland which the] 5) Saucy Jim 'had been chartered to take] w to Little Current. The A. S. S, Co.'s steamer Leafield, | Jc Capt. Alex. McIntyre, arrived on Sat-] 4 urday afternoon, having on board a/R cargo of wheat for winter storage. The] ut Ieafteld is one of the initial fleet} n brought to the Canadian waters by] la the Soo company some years ago. The] di others were the Paliki, k i and Theano, the latter two of which are now resting.on the bottom of Lake] st Superior. During the past season the] im Leafield has heen trading chiefly be-|w tween the Soo and Fort William, her] ¢; cargoes being. steel rails and ore. The N. N, Co.'s steamer. City of] Midland, Capt. M. Wivingstone, came] H in on Saturday morning about one o'- clock, thereby closing her season, and] oy is now going into winter quarters. | yy), The last trip was a few days longer] y, than usual, but this is the general]... case of last trips, the pursers taking titne to wind up business at the var- ious ports along the route, The Fatrar Transportation Co.'s] 4" _|steamer Meaford, Capt. F. Scott, th threw off her lines here on Friday a- Fi bout noon, thus closing another suc-} 4 cessful season, The steamer had a car-} ¥! go of 110,000 bushels of wheat for] a storage. th The C. P. R. steamer Athabasca] *! which cut down the tug General last] th week in the Soo River, has figured in} '" prabably as many notable incidents as any other boat on the great lakes. Twenty veats ayo she sank the United] ta States steamer Pontiac in the St. Mary's River a short distance below the Soo. The late Capt. Jas, Foote was in command and the accident was a result of the Pontiac changing her signals for passing, the last change hein dls was too late for) Di , the Atha las: 7 witer her cimrge. She crashed into the Pontiac almost | bow om, with the result that the], 'freighter sank in a few tminutes, but ite stud on the lottom before being sub- jinerged. No lives were lost. In Octo- wher, rao, the steamer went on the "Th | Flower Bot Islam? and wad nearly | & jlost; in fact, it is said that had] . lit not been for the good work of Capt. | 6 ; [frown and his crew the steamer would] R jhever have been saved, u The last of the local boats of the} fc Ni, "o., the steamer Germanic,| a came in on Sunday evening about six| B {«'elock. t tS ee t ' Manager Ruchatian of the C. PL Ro] 4 lake steamers, came across from Owen | fi Sound on the steamer Manitoba and] t iwas in town for a few days. ' A | Cap. W. J. "McQuade of the D. G.} ts | | steater Ravtiell, is in town this week. |X Ilis steamer went into winter quar-[o ters at Prescott a fortnight ago after] o spending the season on the survey of fC Lake Ontario between the Main Duck} Q Island and Cobourg. The Captain will} fi reinain in town for a few days. Cc The €.P.R. steamer Manitoba, Capt.] q, Toba MeIneyre, came into port on} 4 day evening between five and six o'clock and an hour or so later was within the gates of No. 2 dry dock, The steamer will be inspected and re- ceive some minor bull repairs. It is expected that the work will be com- pleted ina week when the steamer] 4 will return to Owen Sound where it] 4 7 will winter. ¢ The steamer Assiniboia of the C. P. = R. flect is coming to the dry dock here i. to have some repairs made to her wheel. These will occupy but a few bi days. The Alberta of the same fleet will also be here to 'be lengthened -------------- | A Kodak is the biggest pleasure promoter and pleasure preserver known, Why not give one at Christ D mas? $t.oo up at Jury & Gregory's ------ 4 TURNING OF STEAMER ALASKA. | * More details have come to hand of the destruction by fire of the steamer Alaska at Tobermoray on the 260th]? elult, The steamer had cleared on Wed-] nesday of last week from the Carney] ] mills at Owen Sound with a care offs ats.oun foot of lumber for Windsor and] yy was im charge of Capt. Melons. ff! struck heavy weather on Lake Huron] t aml lost a portion of her theek-lowad. $1 and oqyat back te Tobermoray for}] shelter "About three ofeleck fire} s Qroke owt in the Jorecastle and the}, crew kad toe atake a hasty escape for] 4 safety, Capt. MeInnis opened the sea] y lear and endeavered to sewttle the} s vessel, but the pra iy, ee it the} ¢ hele wonld not permit Ber to settle Jy Considerable of the deck Towl was]: thrown overboard and on Saturday night the Gre was stil Taming. On t i Monday night, accompanivil by the' > insurance adjuster, Mr. Warry Ifar- | Lingh went te the scette of the disas-j ter on the tug Maitland. Mr. Mar-)4 tingh reperted that the vessel was ; badly burned to the water's edge, and'; the stern section almest completely , destroyed. The Jumber has kept the , lurned vessel alloat and it is proposed | to have her towed to (heen Bound and the lumber: pnloaded. There will be a, + salvage of nearly two hundreal thou- , at pxand feet. The Alaska was one of the | ald wooden barges which are fast fimd-! a0" ling their fate in fire and wreck. She a lis owied by W. J. Pullinge& Co. of the |Windsor, The lumber was owned bs | be |the Hines Luntber Co. who take the stsjentire output of the Carney Lumber | hat|Co.'s mills. Both cargo and vessel 4 a <|will be abandoned to the insurance e. companies. ~ 1 | ~