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Could It Be 4 Centurye Ago? Photo by Bob Zeleznik Jan. 12, 1950, saw title to the new Queen of the Lakes, the WILFRED YKES, go to Inland Steel Co. After the master carpenter's certifi- cate was exchanged, the new ship was moved to winter berth a short distance up the Black River at Lorain, 0., to await spring.. »The middle of January saw one of the worst storms to hit Buffalo in more than 20 years. Among the damaged Shee were CADILLAC, PERSEUS, GAL- LAGHER, ASHCROFT, STADACONA. HOWARD HINDMAN, SCHOONMAKER and CARMI THOMPSON. Only the CADILLAC and SCHOONMAKER (now BOYER) are still left...Someone tried to scuttle the ferry PELEE on Jan. 24 at Kings- ville. The fishing boat SANDI-PAT was sunk at the same time...The Detroit News of Jan. 31 told of the trainferry HURON being caught in the ice in the Detroit River with a passenger train on board and ta- king an extra hour to get across with the aid of the Detroit fire- boat JOHN KENDALL. The HURON was recently reduced to a barge and is slated to go out of service while the KENDALL waits for fire alarms at her berth near the Ambassador Bridge...General Electric radar sets were installed on the DONALD B. GILLIES, E. T,. WEIR (not the present one), LEON FRASER, ©. L. HUTCHINSON and THOMAS WILSON. Only the FRASER and WILSON are still around...Hanna in 1950 was to bring Mes the BERWIND, cae We D. CRAWFORD, GEORGE FINK, E. L. FORD, F. G. HARTWELL, A. HEEKIN, LOUIS W. HILL, LA BELLE, DAVID M. WEIR, E. T. WEIR and JOSEEH WOOD...Feb. 9 saw the announcement that the DALHOUSIE CITY having been sold to operate out of Montreal...Febru- ary of 1950 was so mild that the WALTER INKSTER could be taken from Buffalo to Port Colborne in only 10 minutes more than usual running time...Tankers running in February included BLUE COMET, TRAVERSE CITY SOCONY...February, 1950, saw Columbia buy the SIERRA from Tom- linson and the conversion of their W. C. RICHARDSON to a crane ship