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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 24, No. 12 13951 Faust, Detroit, Michigan 48223 August, 1971 €& 858-foot ROGER BLOUGH. Four workmen lost their lives and a pre- = Z4 liminary estimate placed the damage at $10 million out of a to- tal cost of $20 million for the vessel. Her fuel tanks carried about 30,000 gallons. Our photo was made at the peak of the blaze by Richard J. Misch for the Cleveland Plain Dealer which carried it on Page One on June 25, the day after the fire. Conflicting reports since the tragedy make it uncertain at this writing when the BLOUGH will be able to enter service but Spring of 1973 is a frequently-used "guesstimate." >= Y ) n the verge of completion at Amship in Lorain, fire struck the