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Ships That Never Die 106 3 aes ILE BIEL Probably one of the most outstanding examples of Ogee of hrs ahnann, Ped venwweeig ce 5. Su lnath foe veahivat Ge. A Ja bee ot sa-aadend AAKAKI 5 fairest. a Pt. Folurerl, QO "Ships That Never Die" can be found about a quarter of a mile above the Point Edward range light on the Canadian shore above Sarnia, Ont. The GLADSTONE 283 X O X 23, 2453 tons (DMH Vol. 2, No. 1) built 1888 for the then famous Capt. Alva Brad- ley fleet, lies there in Lake Huron. After serving many faithful years and a rebuild in 1901, it was neare ing its end of usefulness when the First World War, with its scarcity of ships, brought the GLADSTONE into the Langel Shipyard at St.Clair, Mi- chigan, for another rebuilding. Like many of the old-timers, she was given a "once over fast" and a new coat of gray paint. Winter set in before she got out for service. Between ice jams in the Pine River in the spring and probably not too tight a bottom,she sank at the ship- yard mooring. When she was pumped out, the sure veyors found that the backbone of the ship was broken, or so badly twisted, that further service as 9 steamship was deemed impractical. After being stripped of most val- uable parts, the hull was towed to Point Edward about 1920 and sunk, bow on to the beach, as a protection for the channel that they had diffi- culty maintaining into the little bay just behind the Point Edward light. Ice and weather have reduced the hull to only a shadow in the water but the engine today stands reso- lutely erect, for all to see -- tru- ly a_ ship that just will not com letely die. Russ Mortinger