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SHIPS THAT MONARCH ~wood- R DIE en passenger (#58) & freight pro- 1 pellor, built j at Sarnia in 1890 by J. Dyble for J.H. and J.D. Beatty's Northwest Trans- portation Co. Dimensions: 2hOex 35 xs: 2017 got. Two masts and one stack. The white oak in her ribs and planks was teamed from Brigden, five miles from the River. Cabins finished in white enamel, trimmed with gold mouldings. Hull black to main deck rail, white cabins, red lower stack with black top é@ver narrow white band. Ran be- tween Sarnia and Fort Wil- liam. In 1899, after the Beatty Line merged with the "White" and "Black" lines of Georgian Bay, the MONARCH retained her color scheme as a unit of the new Northern Navigation Company. Eventually, in the early 20's her red white and bkack stack was adopted by Canada SS Lines. . . At 6.P.M. on Thursday, Dec.6,1906 she cleared Port ae on her last down trip of the season with’ 10 passengers, a crew of 30, and a cargo of flour and canned salmon. Ten miles out a snow- storm reduced eLainiiity and at 9 P.M. she struck on Isle Royale's Blake Point. A line forward enabled all aboard to reach shore, where they pro- tected themselves with brush shelters and a bonfire. Capt. Robertson renaine@ aboard until Friday afternoon. All were without food until Sunday when the vessel began to break up and sacks of flour and cases of salmon were washed ashore. On Monday the tug JAMES WHALEN (DMH v.4,n.3) took the shipwrecked passengers and crew, many of them frostbitten severely, to Port Arthur. All returned to Sarnia a few days later on the Str.HURONIC. (Illustration: Young photo, loaned by W.A.McDonald) AOR KOR OK KOR OK ROK KOK KOK OR KK OK ROR OK OR OK OK OK OK OR KOK OR OR RK OK OK KOKO Columbia Fleet, Part 2, Continued from preceding page: W.C. RICHARDSON (41), (ex WAINWRIGHT, 1908 Wyandotte), 420 x 52. To Col- umbia S.S.Co., 1921. ~ SENATOR, 1896 Wyandotte, 410 x 46. (Lost in collision, L.Michigan,1929) YOSEMITE, 1901 Wyandotte, 356 x 50. Now being scrapped at Buffalo. Note: During the season 1918-]919, Richardson Trans. Co was listed as operators for three ships which went to salt water that year. Apparently Richardson acted as broken in the transfer. The freighters involved were: CASTALIA, 1896 Cleveland for Brown SS Co. 365 x 40 (as rebuilt) FRONTENAC (i), 1889 Cleveland for C.Cliffs. 270 x 40. GoODREAU (ex PONTIAC i), 1889 Cleveland for Cliffs. 300 x 41. Note: Two vessels active during the period in which Richardson fleet was in operation were named for the founders of Oglebay, Norton, but neither of the two were part of the Richardson fleet. These vessels were: Str.E.W.OGLEBAY, 1896 W.Bay City for Whitney, 375 x 45. Lost by strand- ng on Lake Superior, near Marquette, Bge.DAVID Z.NORTON (1), 1898 Clevéland for Wilson, 369 x 45. Later SAGA- MORE (ii), and presently KENORDOC (ii). (Continued next month) Q HRSA Kee RO RT AE Oe Ok ek eK Ok EDITOR'S Your editor neglected to give proper credit for the photos used OMISSION in the September issue of the Marine Historian. The illustrations of the WILLIAM H.GRATWICK (i),on the cover, and of the JOHN B. COWLE (1) were provided by Wm.A.McDonald, and that of the BELGIUM was loaned by Peter VanderLinden. The sandaneckar MICHTGAN 4a fram vanr aditare fil