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/?¦?& Lock Which Will Control The Chicago River mimmm Island Shoal Holds Vessel Near Kingston ; and Lighter Sent to Assistance of Freighter With Steel and Grain Cargo Kingston, July 11 (Special)—Reported to have a bad port list, Rahane, big bulk freighter ed by the Calvin Boat Line, is caught fast on treacherous Ironside Island, six miles east of Alexandria Bay in the American channel. The tug Rival, owned by Sin-cennes-MacNaughton Lines, went down yesterday evening with the lighter Cobourg to take off some of the Rahane's cargo of steel, package freight and grain so that she might ride free. No word has reached this port yet about the tug and lighter's success in attempts to dislodge the ship. The Saskatoon passed the Rahane upbound about 8 a.m. to-day and members of the crew reported that she was still caught on the shoal. A man from Kingston, who came past Sunday afternoon in a boat reported that she had a bad port list. However, it is reported that her owners do not think she is badly damaged. She is aground not far from Little Sister . Island. Boats are supposed to pass between Ironside Island and the shoal where the Rahane is caught. The island is not marked, but a red gas buoy rides over the shoal. The sb--' is concealed by about four feet c er. - Rahane was downbound, and it is believed that she struck the shoal 'bout noon Sunday. She has no ..ireless or radio telephone. A man who saw the boat reported that she was quite a bit off her course. The Rahane usually carried package freight. She is 248 feet long, has a beam of 48 feet and a gross tonnage of 2,222. She is skippered by J. H. Falker. f Ar This is the nearly comyleted $2,500,000 control lock in Lake Michigan,¥ at the mouth of the Chicago River. It is designed to hold the river level at a reduced point set by a United States Supreme Court ruling to prevent sewage return to the lake and to facilitate navigation. Nothing But Crew Is Saved As Steamer Burns To Water Owen Sound, July 19 (Special)— Captain Charles Whitesides, of this city, and a crew of seven men escaped with little more than their lives on Sunday when the steamer Islet Prince, which they were bringing from Kingston to Owen Sound, caught fire near Southampton harbor during a severe electrical storm and burned to the water's edge. According to word received here to-day, the crew were asleep when the craft, anchored in Shanty Bay, caught- .lire. Jon -Mrj««aa, <tf -South-, ampton, saw smoke pouring from the burning vessel and, puting out in a large motor launch, took off all aboard. So fast did the flames spread that even personal belongings were abandoned in the flight. The Islet Prince, which operated as a ferry on LakexErie last summer, replaced the Waubic at Kingston this spring. She was being returned to Owen Sound for her' owner, John Tackaberry, of Lion's Head, at the time of the fire. The boat is a total loss. Steamer, Schooner In Collision Quebec, July 31 (CP).—The river schooner Honorine, in a damaged condition, is being towed to Father Point by the steamer Bochum following a collision between the two vessels off Red Island, 100 miles below the Port of Quebec, today. The Honorine, her holds filled ^vith water, was held to the side of the freighter shortly after the collision and the schooner's crew was removed.