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Strathcona, stranded in the St. Clair river abreast of Sarnia, on Aug. 12, _and pulled her off in two hours. The next relief was that of the steamer Hoover and Mason, aground on Stag Island, where she lay abreast the current with her shoe gone and propeller wheel disabled. The cap- tain of the Hoover and Mason thought that she could be pulled off, bit Capt. Cunning sent for the lighter Rescue on his own responsibility on the under- standing that there would be no charge for the lighter's services if she was not used.~ The tugs Ottawa, Sarnia and Favorite pulled on her without avail. She was released after 500 tons of her cargo had been light- ered. The Favorite was then lashed to her quarter to steer her, being towed by the tug Harding. The Favorite had quite a task getting her over the Limekilns but delivered her safely to a steamer in waiting at Bar Point, and lashed her alongside for the trip across Lake Erie. The Favorite then went to the re- lief of the steamer Sonora, on Sept, 19, ashore seven miles north of Sand Beach, Lake Huron, with 6,000 tons of ore. The Favorite reached Sand Beach about 10. P. Me, in- a.dense smoke, and found the steamer resting on a shelf rock bottom out 18 in. her entire length with No. 1 com- partment on the starboard side and forepeak full of water, also tank No. 2 starboard side leaking. The Favor- ite began jettisoning at midnight and released the steamer at 6 P. M.,, after having tons of ore. On Sept. 21, the Favorite went to Poe's Reef, Lake Huron, to release the Wawatam, but found that . she had succeeded in releasing herself. She then went to Sheboygan for or- ders, returning to Port Huron and "making the long run back to Cathead Point without rest for the relief of the Hawgood, as related earlier. The next job was the release of the package freighter Arthur Orr, ashore on Bois Blanc Island,. Straits of Mackinaw. Capt. Cunning attempted to ascertain by telephone the approx- imate location of this steamer, but could not do so. He left Mackinaw City at 11 P. M., and -went half way around the island searching for her, then anchored until daylight ow- ing to the dense smoke prevailing. He found the steamer at 9 A. M., with several small tugs and one large tug pulling on her. He discovered that in pulling they had piled sand around her until there was only 12 ft. of water at any point. He ad- thrown overboard 800 TAE Marine REVIEW vised the master to discontinue pulling and to lighter. To this the master agreed and Capt. Cunning telephoned to the Sault for the lighter Reliance, taking the Favorite to Detour to meet her. The smoke prevented the lighter reaching Detour until.<2 P.M) in tow of the tug General. The captain of the General remarked that the Favorite might be able to find the south end of Bois Blanc Island in the smoke, but that he personally would not be fool) éiougt 270 try i iy this connection Capt. Cunning re- marks that he has found the Nichol- son log pretty reliable, and according- ly took the Reliance in tow and towed her at the rate of 12 miles an hott, checking abreast of the strandel steamer at 6 P. M. He advised the captain of the Orr that that was about all he could do for him, but the cap- tain insisted upon the Favorite's pull- ing. Capt. Cunning was compelled, however, to-leave immediately for Persian Island, Lake Superior, where the steamer Frontenac of the Cleve- land-Cliffs Iron, Co.'s fleet had strand- ed. The Favorite reached Persian 'Isl- and -at 11° A.-M. Oct, 29, but -eonid not get alongside the Frontenac un- til 3 P. M., owing to the heavy sea running. Compressors. were put on board and the work of jettisoning began at 6 ..o'clock and 'continued until 10 o'clock when they were forced to leave on account of the weather and take the Frontenac's crew with them. The Favorite went into shel- ter under Whitefish Point at midnight and'lay there until 4 P. M., Nov. 1, when she returned to the Frontenac, and succeeded in releasing her at 10 A. M., Nov. 2, and taking her to the Sault. Meanwhile the steamer Calumet had gone on hard at Stag Island with 7,500 tons of ore. She had been there for several days with a number of vessels working on_ her. Favorite went to her assistance and on the first pull pulled off the Calu- met's iron tow post. in releasing the Calumet in a few hours. The next wrecking job was that of -the Briton, which went on the rocks near Ambherstburg. She was pulled off after being lightered. She also went to the relief of the Saxon ashore on Hog Island, but the Saxon had released herself before the Favorite arrived. Then came a season of great activ- ity with the Favorite's rushing from one stranded vessel to another. The steamer George Stephenson went M.. (Oct. - working on her for five days. The . She succeeded 57 ashore five miles east of Round Island on Oct. 22, going on hard with. her engine compartment punctured and full of water. The Favorite put a patch over the leak and jettisoned the cargo, meanwhile lowering her power launch to find the steamer that was blowing signals of distress. The steamer could not be located. The Stephenson was released at 4:30 P, 22, the Favorite laying alongside all night and taking her to Mackinaw City on the 23d. On Oct. 25 the Favorite went to the relief of the City of Genga ashore at McGulpin's Point, Straits of Mackinaw, and jettisoned 500 tons of her cargo. She then went to the Crowe, ashore with grain on the rocks near Detour, with her for- ward hold full of water. The Bae vorite reached the Crowe at 6 A. M., Oct. 26, and had her released at 3.30 P. M., the same day taking her to Detour. In this case the water had mixed 'with her cargo of grain, so " that both had to be pumped out .to- gether. The Favorite's pumps ex- perienced no difficulty in handling the grain. : She then started on Oct. 27 to re- lease the Peshtigo, ashore on Mack- inaw Island. She was so badly brok- en, however, that after working two hours the underwriters ordered her abandoned. The Favorite then went to the steamer Walter Vail, ashore on Round Island, w:th lumber, reach- - ing her at 8 P. M., Oct. 28, pumping her out and taking her to St. Ignace. She then returned to Round Island and released the barge Connelly Bros., taking her to St. Ignace dn Oct. 30. She also released: the Mohawk, ashore on Drummond Island in 9 ft. of water. The: hghters had. beev 3 : Many pirate launches had been made fast to her, seizing the cargo as it jet- tisoned. When the Favorite pulled the Mohawk came so fast that a number of these craft were over- turned. ee The last big job of the Favorite was the release of the bulk freighter James E. Davidson, ashore on Kettle Point, Lake Huron. She started on Dec. 14 to jettison the cargo upon order of the underwriters, later lighter- ing to the Wayne, in which work she was engaged until the evening of the 15th when the Wayne was sent to Port Huron on account of threat- ening weather. The Favorite then started to pull on the Davidson with the tug Harding ahead. They could only swing her around, however, as_ she