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JOHN B. COWLE (i) US.77559. Built in 1902 by the Jenks S.B.Co. of SHIPS THAT NEVER DIE Port Huron, Michigan, and owned by the Cowle Transit Co. of Cleveland, (#209) the steel freighter JOHN B. COWLE sank on July 12th, 1909, after a collision with the freighter ISAAC M. SCOTT, in a dense fog just above Whitefish Point on Lake Superior. The COWLE had loaded 7023 tons of iron ore at Two Harbors, and had cleared there on the evening of July 10th bound for a Lake Erie port. The late evening of the llth found the COWLE navigating in fog on its way to the Soo. By 5:15 a.m. on the 12th the downbound COWLE was nearing White- fish Point, while upbound were the freighters, ISAAC M. SCOTT just new from the shipyard at Lorain, and FRANK H. GOODYEAR. The SCOTT had just passed the‘light at Whitefish, and straightened out her course for up the lake, when suddenly the JOHN B. COWLE loomed out of the fog, broadside to the SCOTT and only a few feet away. The SCOTT crashed into the side of the heavily laden COWLE, penetrating the hull to fifteen feet at about the fifth hatch on the port side. The COWLE sank in two min- utes time in 217 feet of water taking with her 14 members of the crew, only 10 were rescued by the crews of the SCOTT and GOODYEAR. The COWLE was valued at $285,000. The ore cargo was valued at $25,000 and was not insured. The insurance on the ship was $275,000. The SCOTT limped back to the Soo with a hole in her starboard bow. Capt. Wallace Rogers of the COWLE was suspended for one month for violating rule 15 of the laws of navigation, that in fog a vessel shall not be run faster than a moderate speed. Capt. Wallace's defense claimed the COWLE was checked to bare steerage speed and at the time of the collision was either stopped or reversing. Fr.Ray Donahue SOODOC, Cont'd. deck has been strengthened for the addition of 2 - 10 tons cranes and these are sla- ted for installation sometime next summer. These will increase the versatility of the ship and enable her to compete in the newsprint trade to the Caribbean. Twin Allen 12 PVBCS engines, developing 4,000 horsepower, provide the power for this vessel. She has a service speed of 14 knots. SOODOC loaded salt at Goderich on Sept. 3rd for her maiden voyage. Skip Gillham