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CSL Rapids Steamer Meets With Mishap BROKEN RUDDER SENDS SHIP CAREENING STERN-FIRST THROUGH RAPIDS How the St. Lawrence steamship Rapids Prince owned by the Canadian Steaanship Lines was carried for six miles through dangerous rapid's until, she reached quiet waters' / near Morrisburg, was told by Capt. P. J. Cherry of Kingston when the ship put into drydock there. First reports of the mishap to the Rapid Prinice were that she had run aground. But Captain Cherry explained that the rudder stock which controls' the rudder broke about 11 p.m. Wednesday when the ship was in the middle of the rapids about six miles west of Morrisburg, in the six miles that the ship covered backwards there is a drop in the river of about 2,2 feet. With 14' passengers and crew aboard, the crippled craft was controlled by her twin propellers as she careened backwards down the river in a six-mile run through dangerous eddies between sharp, jagged rooks. It was a rc/,raicu-lous escape from disaster. "The river would not be more than a quarter-anile wide at any point, and we were going from 219 to 25 miles an hour until we reaeheid quiet water near Morrisburg," said Capt. Cherry. Tlie 14 passengers were taken off at Morrisburg. "By standing on the stern and yelling orders to the chief en- gneer we were alble to steer the' ship aftr a fashion." At times they were so close to the shore that branches1 from overhanging limSbs' were torn off and carried away on the ship. Some were caught in open windows at the side. The chief problem was to control the how, and this was easier to do when the vessel was drifting back down the river. It would have been impossible to control the ship going ahead. The rudder stock is a steel shaft about 24 feet long and six inches in diameter directly attached to the rudder. Temporary repairs were made at Mor-.rislburg and the ship came to Kingston under her own power and using her rudder. Two tugs from, Kingston accompanied her from1 Morrisburg until gihe entered dry dook after half an hour's manoeuvring. To replace the rudder stock a piece of raw material was brought from Montreal and was machined here, 40 men working on the repair job through the night. Now that she's in dry dock, the Rapids Prince will be inspected for further damage but Capt. Cherry does not belive there is any since the hull did not touch. She is expected to obe ,back in service in a day or two. 'Capt! Cherry has skippered the Rapids' prince for 20 years. ! FORTY TEARS AGO From The Enterprise and Bulletin ! September 19, 1907 ~—r.------- — ,--------------:— The tugs,¦ Mjighglja and Tj|f"'i- jstmi' arrived heT^/rhursday j j with what is said to be the largest raft brought into the. local ha;rbor. The raft.came frami. Spanish River and contained 65,;00O pieces < and the trip took .ten days. .The Charlton mill had 'beeii closed ;£or ten days previous due to lack of material. ROGRAM &4y ° v$ 60 Years Ago UThe steamship JR. J. Hackett, Captain David Girardin, called in Amherstburg Monday.....evening. She was caught in the gale in Lake Superior and was only a short distance from the schooner Niagara when she floundered Off Whitefish Point. - FORTY YEARS AGO J loin rj,e Enterprise and Bulletin September 26, 19(17 FIFTY YEARS AGO From Tlie Enterprise and Bulletin September 24, 1897 Built only a year and a half ago the tug D. L. White of Midland burned to" the waters edge'at the entrance to Miner's Lake. So fast did the flames spread after discovery that the crew escaped \»ith difficulty. The Midland Navigation Company have purchased a new steamer across the Atlantic which reached Halifax this week. It •will go to Lorrain to load coal and proceed to Midland. The steamer will ,be known as the.Midland Empress. BUSY WINTER F In its 1947-48 winter program Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wis., has undertaken the lengthening of the self-unloader, Charles C. West, a 425-foot vessel owned by Rockport Steamship Co. She will have 120 feet added to her hull. The bulk freighter, Captain John Roen, will be converted to a self-unloader at the Manotowoc yards. She was formerly the George M. Humphrey, which was raised by John Roen from the bottom of the, west end of the straits of Mackinaw, three years ago,'renamed, and sold last spring to Boland and Cornelius of Buffalo. - ____ LAKE CAFTAIN LOST OFF DECK INJSTSWELL Tug Reports Skipper William Hawman Drowned in Superior—Mariner Was Collingwood Resident Sault Ste. Marie. Sept. 18—(Staff Special)—Wilfred J. Hawman, 56, of Collingwood, captain of the tug Helena drowned today in Lake Superior while en route from Sault Ste Marie to M i chipicoten Island. It ij believed the captain, last seen at 1.3C a.m.. was washed overboard when a heavy sweL' swept across the deck of ... the tug. W- J- Hawman Captain Hawman had been a Great Lakes captain for many years and was well known in every port on the lakes. According to Fred H. Ellis, owner of the Hamilton Shipping Co. and the tug Helena^ the drowning victim had talcen^narge of tugs on numerous occasions. Mr. Ellis told The Telegram that Capt. Hawman was taking the tug to Michipicoten to pick up a dredging apparatus when the storm came up. He was last seen by a member of his crew and discovered to be missing a short time later.