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Ges The LOG By Bill Luke BULLHORN Litton Industries, Inc., an- nounced in early October pre- liminary agreement with Wilson Marine Transit Co., to acquire Wilson's ll-vessel fleet and lake transportation business, subject to stockholder appro- val. Litton, which had earlier announced intention to study the possibility of establish- ing a shipbuilding facility on the Lakes, is said to have de- veloped designs for a new ore carrier and materials handling methodse On Sept. 14, in a position ap- proximately 10 miles south of Caribou Island, Bethlehem's 621-foot steamer LEHIGH ii suffered a boiler explosion, injuring three crewmen, one seriously. The vessel proceed— ed to the Soo for inspection and then on to Cleveland under her own power, escorted by Bethlehem's JOHNSTOWN ii, to discharge her ore cargo, load- ed at Marquette. She is being repaired at Cleveland. The Lakes' sole surviving ma=- jor passenger steamer, Georgi- an Bay Lines’ SOUTH AMERICAN, tied up at Holland, Mich., on Sept. 24, concluding a suc-— cessful season which included two post-Labor Day cruises to Montreal. The company plans five such Seaway trips next year, taking passengers to "Expo-67," the Canadian Cen- tennial, scheduled for opening at Montreal in late April. PERILS OF THE DEEP On Oct. 6, at 9:10 p.m. in clear weather, North German Lloyd's 393-foot m/s EMSSTEIN and the 576-foot Liverian-reg- istered OLYMPIC PEARL, owned by Olympic Maritime Co., Monte Carlo, collided almost head-on just south of the city limits of St.Clair with EMSSTEIN sus— taining a 140-foct-long gash in her port side. Fire aboard the West German salty was ex- tinguished by tugs and units of the Coast Guard after the vessel was run aground on the Canadian side of the river, about two miles below Court- right, with her forwaré cargo holds flooded and a 27° port list. McQueen Marine, Ltd., of Amherstburg, salvaged the ves— sel, upbound with mixed cargo, with the lighter T.F.NEWMAN and tugs ATOMIC and AMHERST- BURG. The OLYMPIC PEARL, down— bound with grain from Duluth, sustained bow damage high a- bove the waterline and pro- ceeded downbound to Montreal a few hours after the collision. (See photo on back page) On Oct. 14, at 4:30 a.wm., the Norwegian-flag ARTHUR STOVE and Hall Corporation of Cana- da's self-unloading steamer STONEFAX (a.SINALOA, b.WILLIAM F. RAPPRICH, c.SINALOA) col- lided in the Welland Canal be- tween Locks 7 and 8. The laker downbound with 7,000 tons of potash for Oswego, proceeded about amile down the canal before she was grounded one mile north of the Port Robin- son Bridge. With both forward and after decks below water, the sunken 441-footer poses a problem to navigation but is not blocking traffic. (See photo on back page). Cables shoreward prevent her settling further into midstream. Late- ness of the season and lack of space for salvage work indicate no attempt will be made to raise her until after the canal closes Dec. 15. Hall Corporation's 730-foot steamer LEECLIFFE HALL ii, down in 90 feet of water 45 miles below Quebec City since her collision with the salty APOLLONIA in September, 1964, was scheduled to be blown up