Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Brookes Scrapbooks, January 1 to June 15, 1946, p. 2

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Greenhill Park Has More Grief This Time It's Spark-Lit Fire GREENHILL PARK BURNING ON SIWASH ROCK North Vancouver, Feb. 15— (CP) —A tarpaulin that burst into flames aboard the freighter Greenhill Park last night started a fire that brought all available fire-fighting equipment into swift action to avert what might have turned out to be a major conflagration. It will be re? called that some time ago there was a fatal explosion on this ship. Firemen brought the blaze undei control in a hurry and damage was reported slight. The ship was tied up at the shipbuilding works of the Burrard Drydock Co. Fire department officials believe the fire originated with a spark from a welder's torch. Previously the Greenhill Park was torn apart by an explosion and fire at its dock on the Vancouver waterfront on March 6 last year. Damage to the ship and to property -was estimated at more than $1,500,-000. Six stevedores and two members of the crew were killed and 18 persons were injured. . 'zL. ' A i Corvette Guelph Is Sailing Again Last to Be Built, is Now Carrying Bananas Guelph, Feb. 6 (Special)—The Guelph, one of the last and fastest corvettes built for the Canadian , Navy, has been saved from the scrap heap. Proud of her record of one | submarine probable and two Nazi planes destroyed, she is doing a spirited job again as the fastest banana ship plying the Caribbean sea. Wilson H. Mills, former member of Parliament for Elgin, has sent Mayor Gordon Rife a picture of the trim ship., docked at Miami Florida, after delivering 23.000 stems' or bananas on her maiden voyage from Santa Marta, seaport of Colombia. South America. Newest of 85 corvettes put up for sale a few months ago, the Guelph, which cost $750,000 to build at Collingwood, was sold for $40,000 The new owners scrapped her guns tore out the crew's quarters in the hold, and installed one large air-conditioned refrigerator capable of holding 30,000 stems of bananas. For Coastal Service—Contracts have been signed by the C.P.R, for the constructs011 inGlasg°w of tw0 new Passenger ships for the Vancouver-Victoria-Seattle run of the B.C. Coast Steamships Service. This is drawing of one of the 6,000-ton twin-screw vessels which will accommodate 2,000 passengers on day service.

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