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LAKE FREIGHTER TRAPPED IN THE 1CE SEASON OF 1934 OPENS IN HARBOR AS SHIP CLEARS Seeking the honor first boat7 down Lak son. the freighter, C of being the i route from Detroit to Cleveland with , miles off Cleveland. Two tugs Were s Erie this sea- a cargo of motor cars, is seen from | sent to the rescue ami succeeded in •esccut rttjj en I the air trapped in au ice field six ' rptuming with the freighter. j. u GAP MER OPENS c -S S.S. Collier Departs for New York Port After . Midnight. Devoid of ceremony, the regular ¦ f shipping season opened in Toronto ¦ j port in the early hours of this morn-' tag when the first out-hound', *N» freight^-, the Canada Steamship Lines" cargo-carrier, SS. Collier, slipped out * of the harbor a few minutes after midnight, A self-loading collier, and first of the C.S.L, fleets to sail this year, she is bound for Sodus, N.Y., to pick up a ooal cargo. The crew, under Capt, t Reg Belcher, had been standing by .J since the beginning of the week, but j opening of navigation was delayed by j ice in other lake ports. iSandsucker C. W. CJadwelIJ| Leaves for Niagara-onrthe- j Lake, Returning Tomorrow; With First Cargo * ~~f- Smoke on the lake horizon was seen again to-day when. the sand- | sucker C. W. Cadwell, master, Capt. I -/Clarence Forbes, cleared the Western | i Gap for Niagara-on-the-Lake, to be \the first ship out of the Port of To- : Iron to this season. ' Conditions are satisfactory at the sandbar across the mouth of the fiver at Niagara, and Captain Forbes i anticipates no difficulty In getting I his cargo quickly and clearing back I for Toronto. Alan Ward, customs officer at the | docks, issued the first clearance pa- {• pers of the seasonT/) Captain Forbes! this siorning after the sandsucker |J had eoaled. , .jrtie C.S.L, ship Collier is not likely I to clear till the end of the week because of ice at Charlotte, where she will be bound for a coal cargo. | Ajfcrrding to a Harbor Commission lulling' made again" this year the cap- ' Stain nam ic sandsucker will not be sellgibleWbr the harbormaster's hat j-when he returns to-morrow. I'Kingston Harbor Ice Bucked By Steamer; II Kingston, April 5—First attempt of ¦ the season to" open the local harbor j'was made this afternoon when the ?feteamer Wolfe Islander endeavra ¦batter her way through the ice Khad locked the 'harbor since i Christmas. 0 With several passengers aboard and , la cargo of .freight, the Islander pulled . out of her pier but was not able to proceed more than 75 yards before she encountered difficulty. There was little prospect of being able to smash through to Wolfe Island The Collier, which is to bring her cargo back to Toronto, hopes to win ¦ the historic harbor master's silk hat I and' Is expected to return before the I middle of the week. Captain F. J. Marigold"riarbor-I master, is to-day dusting^R the his-¦ toric silk hat in preparation for' the ¦ arrival .pf the Collier (C. S.' L,'.), about noon to-morrow, when the traditional cerernony of presentation to .the first " car/fainj bringing a ship into Toronto harbor \?ill be observed. * "r j Capt. Reg. Belcher took the Collier out early to-day bound for Sodus Point, N. Y., the first departure of. j the season. The ancient "topper," i which will be given into his hands on his Arrival to-morrow, will,-he re-| placed by a snappier, more modern model,-while the old one will return to the' archives. The ceremony is an annual excuse, for :..a gathering of L,»— lake veterans to greet the in'coming V vessel. Capt. Belche?, has nevSs-he-fore won the hat,", having '"Seen a captain little more than a year.: COLLIER WAITS FAIR WEATHE Sarnia, April 13.—The collier Eoyt ton arrived here yesterday afternci' from Toledo, to await I favorah weather before proceeding to Sai Ste. Marie. OBSERVE HISTORIC CEREMONY OF HARBORMASTER'S HA7 The elegant piece of millinery which adorns the brow of Captain Reginald Belcher (inset) invests him with the distinction of having opened yje season of navigation in Toronto harbor by bringing in the cargo of 1934. Since it -,-a presented to the city by John Mead in 1875, the venerable stovepipe has done annual duty, although the traditional presentation dates back farther than that. It was presented s by Harbormaster The ship is The Coi: Belcher's charge sinc% £a,s Choice of a hat which '"will his personal property is left captain. arigold. Skipper ;¦ year.] .remains to the 12GH34J