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ALEX ANDERSON SHIPS THAT] ALEX ANDERSON US 106928 NEVER DIE] A three-masted wooden schooner, later a _ tow barge, built at Marine 1892 and named after her City in builder, another famous name in St. Clair County shipbuilding. She was 193. feet long, 37.2 feet beam and 13.7 depth. She had a gross ton- nage of 738 tons, one of the larger schooners built. For many years she ran for the Mills Transportation Company, of Marysville, in the lumber trade. On March 13, 1916, she was sold to the Sullivan Transportation Company, an affiliate of the famous Moore— McCormack Lines. She was taken to the East Coast via the St. Lawrence River, leaving Marine City in August of that year. The GETTYSBURG, a steam barge, and the ARENAC, her consort tow barge, also sold to the same company, car- ried pulpwood. The three ran into a 50-to-60- mph windstorm off the coast of Mas— sachusetts on Oct. 1, 1916. About 3:30 aem. when about 20 miles off Seal Island Light and near Sable Island, in the Gulf of Maine, the GETTYSBURG began to leak badly and From the Author's Collection pound in the heavy seas. When she could no longer headway and her hold filled with six feet of water, she cast off the barges. She wired for help, picked up the crew off the ARENAC and headed for the nearest shelter. The SAGAMORE heard the distress signal and rescued Capte Carr and the crew off the ANDERSON, taking the ARENAC and ANDERSON in towe Still struggling in the seas, the SAGAMORE managed to tow the barges toward shelter. However, when the cargo of pulp- wood on the ANDERSON shifted and she snapped her tow line, the SAGA- MORE had to give up and leave her to the elements. The ANDERSON drifted and finally sank beneath the waves on Sunday, Oct. 2. So ended the career of an- other wooden vessel. She _ served faithfully for 24 years but the wind and waves of the Atlantic were too much for her creaking hull. Michigan oak timbers were strong and her builders were adept men but the Sea is no respecter of men or material. The Rev. Peter Vander Linden make