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wy WILLIAM CLAY FORD at 767 feet Pete Worden Photo Halco's 730-foot CARTIERCLIFFE HALL became the scene of tragedy when a flash fire in her stern section broke out on the morning of June 5th as the vessel was down- bound off Keweenaw Point in Lake Superior. Enroute from Duluth to Port Cartier with a 993,000 bushel cargo by William J. Luke of corn, the motorship's stern cabin was extensively gutted and the lives of six of her crew taken in the fire, the origin of which was still uncertain as of late June. Nineteen crewmen were evacuated to Copper Harbor, with four of the group dispatched to the University of Michigan Burn Center at Ann Arbor. The disabled vessel was towed into Thunder Bay on the 6th, where the fire again had to be extinguished. A Coast Guard investi- gation began at Duluth on June 8th. Three of the injured crewmen taken to Ann Arbor improved sufficiently to be transferred to facilities closer to their homes, but the fourth succumbed to the burns about two weeks later. * Storm damage repairs to Paterson's LABRADOC have been completed at Port Weller Dry Docks, Itd. She was floated free of the graving dock on May 21st, given further refit and returned to service on May 29th. * Canada Steamship Lines' self-unloader HOCHELAGA has been chartered to Westdale Shipping, Ltd. * Columbia's new FRED R. WHITE, JR., cleared Bay Shipbuilding's Sturgeon Bay yard on her maiden voyage May 26th. Bay's 1,000- foot HULL 719, due for completion for American Steamship in late August, will be christened INDIANA HARBOR. Bay will build another 635-footer for American Steam- ship. Designated HULL 724, her keel will be laid this Fall with delivery set for late next year. This latest order for American Steamship marks the tenth new vessel in the company's new construction program which began in 1972. Nine of these vessels have come from the Bay Shipbuilding yard. * Interlake's steamer JOHN SHERWIN re- turned to service May 27th following bottom damage repairs at Bay Shipbuilding. Interlake's steamer CHARLES M. BEEGHLY is currently undergoing similar but more ex- tensive renovation at Fraser Shipyards, Superior. Fraser will undertake engine repairs to Huron Cement's steamer J. A. W. IGLEHART which broke down in the Middle Neebish Channel in the St. Mary's River during the week of June llth. She mee towed into Duluth by Gaelic Tugboat Company's tug WILLIAM A. WHITNEY on the 16th. The former Kinsman steamer HENRY STEINBRENNER was moved out of the Frog Pond at meas on June 18th and towed to Ashtabula where she will be dismantled. * Soo River Company's steamer HOWARD F. ANDREWS was formally christened at Cleveland on June 8th. (Continued ) a5 =