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wy & NORTHWIND in 1959. "Scrapped in 1961 at Hong Kong. Water levels in Buffalo harbor rose three feet. Tug officials refused to make any tows until they returned to normal. The steamer IRONWOOD arrived in Buffalo on November 12. Her Captain, William Rinn, reported tremendous swells which threatened to lift the IRONWOOD's propeller right out of the water. It was necessary to release the vessels storm oil to flatten the waves. Lorain County Radio had its busiest day on Tuesday November 11, with nearly five hundred ship-to-shore radio messages handled. Five operators were busy at the Lorain station where normally two or three handle the work. Messages included those from ships in trouble. These were speedily turned over to the Coast Guard. While land-line communications were disrupted by the storm on a large scale, Lorain radio's principle problem was handling the volume of calls. Four channels were in use by the Lorain station for Lake Michigan, where the storm was the worst, whereas two usually were used. Also, during the greatest rush of business, the company had to limit time of Calls to three minutes. On November 11, the Cleveland District of the US. Coast Guard reported that strong winds and seas had shifted the HURON LIGHTSHIP 4,000 yards off it's station and was still drifting northerly. Other vessels reported missing were later found to be safe. Some of them had been damaged. The Bethlehem Transportation Company steamers L C HANNA and BETHLEHEM were sheltered behind Welcome Island in Thunder Bay, Lake Superior. The Cleveland Cliffs tanker MERCURY sought shelter in the lee of North Manitou Island in northern Lake Michigan. The steamers W.H. McGEAN and JOSEPH BLOCK arrived in Chicago damaged as a result of the storm. Pilot house windows of the McGEAN were broken and fireman's door was stove in. The captain and wheelsmen were without food for 32 hours. The seas were so FRANK J PETERSON photo courtesy Peter B. Worden Sr. Collection Steel laker (U.S.217199) built in 1918 at Ashtabula, Ohio oy viedd Lee Engineering Works {tw eo) for the U.S. Shiping Board as a.) CRATHORNE: 253 5 gross tons. Renamed b.) FR 436 2,24 J PETERSON in 1936, c.) ATLANTIC TRADER, d.) HSIN FOO SHIN ia 1948, i TAI YUN, f.) MINA, and ‘ea 44-6-3