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% Paterson Steamship Co. Buys Four Freighters $300,000 Is Involved in Purchase From Union Transit Co., Toronto, Boosts Fleet to 34 Four canal-sized freighters of the Union Transit Co. of King st. east, Toronto, have been sold to Paterson Steamship Co. of Montreal and Fort William, with approximately $300,000 involved in the transaction. The four freighters are D. B. Hanna, George R. Donovan, James B. Foote and the "William Schupp. George R. Donovan, after whom one of the freighters is named, and head of the Union Transit Co., could not be reached for confirmation of the sale. He is out of town. All four vessels are registered in England and have a length of 253 feet with a beam of 43 feet and depth of 20 feet; seven hatches and two holds. BUILT IN ENGLAND The Donovan's gross tonnage is 1,780 tons; net, 1,280 tons; built at Haverton Hill-on-Tees, England, in 1926. Her master is Capt. A. E. Laking. H. D. Foote is chief engineer. The Foote has a gross tonnage of 1,746 tons; net of 1,246 tons; was built at Birkenhead in 1924. Her master is Capt. J. W. Lidstone, and A. Gillies her chief engineer. Also built at Haverton Hill-on-Tees was the D. B. Hanna, which has a gross tonnage of 1,779 tons; net of 1,285 tons; with her officers, Capt. R. T. Robinson and Chief Engineer H. Fitzpatrick. Last of the four to be brought to the Great Lakes was the William Schupp. She was built at Haverton Hill-on-Tees in 1928; has a gross tonnage of 1,779 tons; net of 1,255 tons, with Capt. W. J. Brown, her master, and J. Ash, her chief engineer. FLEET TOTALS 34 Paterson Steamship Co. has a fleet of 30 ships, both canal-sized and big bulk carriers that trade only on the upper lakes. With the addition of these four ships the fleet will be increased to 34, being the second largest Canadian-owned fleet on the Great Lakes. The name of every one of the Paterson fleet ends in "doc," such as Wellandoc, Torondoc. This ending is an abbreviation for Dominion of Canada. Freighter Founders With Cargo of Wheat Port Colborne, Ont., Feb. 2.— (CP)—The freighter Northton, of Colonial Steamships, limited, with 117,000 bushels of wheat aboard for storage, sank at her berth in the west pier of the harbour here early to-day. The vessel was noticed settling in 30 feet of water about midnight by employees of the Canadian Furnace, limited, on the east pier of the wall and they notified the ship-keeper in charge of the Northton and officials of the company. The vessel settled slowly during the early hours of the morning and her hatches were awash by, 7. o'clock. She had settled on the bottom of the harbour by 9 a.m. J. O. McKellar, of Sarnia Steamships, limited, in charge during the absence of Captain R. Scott Misener, could give no reason for the sinking of the craft, except that in some manner it must have sprung a leak. The 2,227-ton vessel was built in 1924 at Newcastle-on-Tyne. She was of steel arch construction, 248 feet long. There would be some salvage value in the 117,000 bushels winter storage cargo of wheat, McKellar said. SAILOR SWEPT TO HIS DEATH Newfoundlander Drowns —Eight Rescued Off Cape Cod Chatham, Mass., Feb. 3.—(AP) —One man was lost and eight others were rescued by United States coast guards early to-day when the 135-foot British motor vessel Lutzen went aground in fog on the easterly side of Cape Cod. The missing man was identified as Baxter Bailey, 28, of Trinity Proper, Newfoundland. He was swept overboard when the Lut-zen's dory capsized in rough seas as the crew left the vessel. A companion, who was pitched into the sea at the same time, saved himself by grasping a rope attached to the Lutzen and hanging on until rescued. He was the vessel's mate, Newton Halsyard, 33, of St. John's, Newfoundland. The 135-foot vessel, bound from St. John's, under command of Captain R. J. Randell, 34, of St. John's, piled ashore two miles north of Old Harbour coast guard station, near Nauset Beach, at about 1 a.m. The Old Harbour station's surfboat took off the others aboard her: Captain Randell, C. R. Moore, James Gibbons, Arthur Amanson, Frederick Candow, all of St. John's; Joseph Carew, Cape Croyle, Newfoundland, and Clayton Pelley, Port Union, Newfoundland. Port Colborne, Feb. 3 (Special)— Tenders will be called immediately for the raising of the steamer North-ton and the salvaging of the grain in her holds. The vessel sank in Port Colborne harbor Thursday morning. J. O. McKellar, marine superintendent of the Sarnia, Colonial and McKellar Steamship Companies, owners of the Northton, stated that efforts to raise the vessel would be started early next week. Representatives of the underwriters' association from Buffalo were in Port Colborne yesterday conferring with steamship officials. The sinking of the ship remains a mystery. Mr. McKellar stated that it would be impossible to determine the real cause until the cargo was removed and the vessel raised. He was inclined to discredit the theory that defective seacocks might have been responsible. Because of the dangers caused by ; ice on the Port Colborne pier and : on the steamer Bayton which is tied j up alongside the sunken vessel, i steamship officials restricted sightseers at the sceen of the sinking. Given Salvage Contract Port Colborne, Feb. 7. — Pyke Towing & Wrecking company, of Kingston, was awarded the contract for the salvaging of the contents and the raising of the vessel Northton, which now rests on the bottom of the Port Colborne harbour. Tenders were opened last night at the office of the Sarnia Steamship company, owners of the sunken vessel. The Northton sank in the Port Colborne harbour last week with 117,000 bushels of wheat stored in its holds. Salvaging will be started within the next three days, but the methods for raising have not been divulged.