Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Brookes Scrapbooks, 1943, p. 27

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Two Other Collisions Without Loss Of Life Sault Ste. Mane. Mich., .Tune 2 — The ore-laden steamship Harry W. Hosford, of the Buckeye Steamship GLOBE AND MAIL, TORONTO, MONDAY, JUNE 7, Co. was beached at Iroquois Point to-day after a collision with the steamship W. W. Holloway, of the Oglebay Norton Co. Extent of damage to the Hosford was undetermined. None of the crew of 30 was injured. The Holloway. with a crew of 36, also downbound with ore, was standing by. The Great Lakes Towing^ Co. wrecking tug Favorite is enroute to aid the Hosford after refloating the barge Resolute, which had been aground in Lake Michigan. The tanker Edward G. Seube the Standard Oil Co., ran aground at Sailors' Encampment to-day while upbound in the Sault river. The latest mishaps brought to ton the number of vessels grounded or involved in collisions on the lakes in the past three days, including the refloated Resolute which grounded Monday. The 530-foot steamship C. O. Jenkins lay near the American Shipbuilding Co. yards at Cleveland af-;ter being towed 28 miles lashed to the 640-foot Irving S. Olds yesterday. I The vessels collided, tearing a large ' hole in the Jenkins' port. side. Fr< reighters Collide Cleveland, June 2.—(CP)—Two lake freighters, the Irving S. Olds and the C. O'Jenkins, collided in a fog 28 miles from here yesterday and made port lashed together, seven hours after the crash. __--------------------------------------- Warn of Wreckage Port Arthur, June 3.—A general warning was broadcast yesterday to ships operating on the Great Lakes to be on the alert for floating wreckage near Passage Island in Thunder Bay, where the grain carrier Prindoc foundered early Tuesday following a collision with the freighter Battleford. Forced to Build Dock Addition Kingston, Ont., June 3.—(CP)— High water in Kingston harbour has reached a point where the management of the Canada Steamship Lines has found it necessary to build an extension to the passenger dock to permit passenger steamers to dock. Part of the dock is now submerged, with the water right up to the freight sheds and offices today. Divers have been busy for days inspecting the under-pinning of the dock to see if it has been damaged by the high water. BREAKS LAKE RECORD—The 614-foot freighter Benjamin P. Fairless pulls up at her unloading dock at Cleveland with the biggest cargo ever carried on the Great Lakes—17,101 gross tons of war-vital iron ore from Two Harbors, Minn. Steamer Aground Kingston, Ont, June 4.—(CP)— The steamer New York News, loaded with newsprint, ran aground on a shoal between Cape Vincent, Ont., and Oswego, N.Y., it was learned yesterday. The tug Salvage Prince and the barge Davie were sent yesterday to help the stricken vessel. It is believed the New York News was shipping water and it may be necessary to remove part of the icargo to release the vessel. p int.. Lake —. The J. T. Wing, the last three-masted schooner on the Great Lakes, has been' pressed into commercial service again to lend a hand in the battle of the lakes to win the war. The Wing is docked at Port Huron, awaiting a trip into Lake Huron to carry lumber, cedar posts and pulpwood down Lake Huron. The boat wintered at Marine City. The ship, used several years by Sea Scouts for training purposes, was purchased recently by the Chippewa Lumber Co., of Sault Ste. Marie. New Ship Launched Montreal, June 14.—Named after the metropolis in which she was built, a new fighting frigate, the H.M.C.S. Montreal, was launched by Mrs. Lead, wife of H. N. Lead, electrical superintendent of Canadian Vickers, Limited, on Saturday. The ship was blessed by Rev. Father A. Dragon, S.J. Warn Lake Ontario Reaches New High Toronto, June 14.—(BUP)—The waters of Lake Ontario have reached a record high, it was revealed here to-day by Hilliard Lang, superintendent of Toronto life I savers. Lang warned that the level of the water in the lake to-day exceeded all previous recorded marks. The water is two and a half feet higher than at this time last year. Lang appealed to boaters, bathers and others frequenting the waterfront areas, to use extra caution to avoid accidents.

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