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BOLAND & CORNELIUS UPDATE from 1957 to Present (continued) GEORGE F. RAND Peter Worden Photo Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 205239) built in 1908 at St. Clair, Michigan as a.) ADAM E. CORNELIUS by Great Lakes Engineering Works (Hull #53). 420 x 52 x 24; 4,900 gross tons. Converted to a self unloader and lengthened to 425 feet at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. Renamed b.) DETROIT EDISON in 1948, c.) GEORGE F. RAND in 1954. Sold Canadian in 1962 and renamed d.) AVONDALE (C. 316352). Towed overseas in 1970 and scrapped at Santandar, Spain. @ PG» Bg ‘ poe be Pete Worden, Editor 42072 Sunnydale Lane Northville, MI 48167 On July 9, the Polish tug JANTAR departed Lauzon with PETER A.B. WIDENER under tow, bound for Lisbon, Portugal. *** O1 August 31, the Soviet salty ZAPOLARNYY rescued two Petoskey men adrift on their overturned sailboat midway between Beaver Island and Petosky. *** Scrapping of U.S. Steel's EUGENE W. PARGNY began at Azcon's Duluth scrapyard on September 7. *** On September 8, the Dutch tug/supply vessel THOMAS DE GAUWDIEF departed Quebec City with both CADILLAC (a. LAKE ANGELINE) and CHAMPLIAN (a. BELLE ISLE (1)) under tow, bound for Izmir, Turkey. *** On September 11, fire broke out in the pilot house of the former CSL package freighter FORT YORK, resulting in extensive damage to her cabins. FORT YORK has been idle in Sarnia since she last saw service as a barge in 1985. *** Eastern Upper Peninsula Transit AE EeS's SUGAR ISLANDER was placed on the dry dock in the Twin Cities Shipyard at the Soo on September 14. Taking the place of the _5_ SUGAR ISLANDER was the DRUMMOND ISLANDER. On September 16, the DRUMMOND ISLANDER sheared off several bolts connecting her main engine shaft to her propeller, disabling the ferry in midstream at the Little Rapids Cut in the Soo River. Our member, Captain John Wellington of Wellington Towing, after hearing the distress call, responded immediately with his work boat MISS DOLLY and within twenty-five minutes had the disabled ferry under tow. *** On September 15, the British tug IRVING CEDAR departed Quebec City with both THOMAS W. LAMONT and ENDERS M. VOORHEES in tow, giving her destination as Turkey. *** A host of dignitaries gathered on September 22 in Charlevoix for the christening of Medusa Cement's new cement barge MEDUSA CONQUEST (b. AMOCO INDIANA). *** ASHLAND (a.) CLARENCE B. RANDALL (1)) under tow of Great Lakes Marine Contracting's THUNDER CAPE and Sandrin Brother's TUSKER, arrived at Lauzon on September 23. *** PRESIDENTE ALLENDE, the Cuban salty under seizure in Canadian waters since late July, was finally able to leave Montreal on September 25. The 87-year-old schooner VICTORY CHIMES (a. EDWIN & MAUD), which was sold at public auction for $300,000 to Norwest Bank of Duluth to settle a $650,000 loan to the same bank, has reportedly been resold to East Coast interests and on September 26 passed