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Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), December 1913, p. 437

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December, 1913 sociation, learned of this maneuver, he dispatched the tug Sarnia City to the relief of the Price. The steamer L. C. Waldo, owned by the Roby Transportation Co., of De- troit, went ashore at Manitou Island, Lake Superior, after having lost her steering wheel, which' was carried away in the heavy seas striking the pilot house. All the members of her crew were Saved; but they had an especially trying time, having been for more than three days without food and practically without shelter, as the seas were going over the bow con- stantly. The Waldo broke in two when she struck. The steamer George -THE MARINE REVIEW coming down from Two Harbors with ore when the wind shifted to a north gale. At 11:30 there was a heavy sea, which smashed the forecastle and laid the whole forward part of the boat open. We tried to tutn around, put could not. The hatches were carried away and the boat was running before the wind. At 4 o'clock the following morning we hit Gull rock reef, going on hard. The water was continually breaking over her, threatening to tear her to pieces." The steamer Turret Chief, owned by the Canadian Lake & Ocean Navi- gation Co., was driven high on the beach at the extreme point off Kewee- 437 without cargo, went ashore in the snow storm about two miles above Point Edward, Lake Superior, but was later released without much damage. The steamer W. G. Pollock, of the Valley Steamship Co.'s_ fleet, went aground just below the St. Clair ship canal, having taken a sheer into the east bank. The steamer G. J. Grammer went aground half a mile east of the harbor mouth at Lorain. on Sunday; Nov. 9,- but was released a few days later. The steamer F. G. Hartwell, of the - Tomlinson fleet, struck about a mile southeast of Iroquois light, Lake Su- perior, and sank in--26 {t. of "water. Vessels That Have Totally Disappeared es sienna THE CHARLES S. PRICE THE WEXFORD Stephenson, of the Pittsburgh Steam- ship Co.'s fleet, stood by the Waldo for a whole day. Captain A- C. Mosher, of the Stephenson, finally succeeded in launching a life boat and sent one of his mates ashore with a picked crew to get the life savers from Eagle Harbor to take, off the crew of the Waldo. It was the women again, Mrs. Arthur Rice, the steward's wife, and Mrs. Mackey, his mother, who cheered the crew during their trying experiences. "It was about nine p. m., Nov. 7: when we first ran into the storm," said Captain Duddleson. "We were naw, north of, Copper Harbor, Lake Superior, and was badly pounded, though the wreckers are endeavoring to get her this fall. The steamer William Nottingham, of the Great Lakes Steamship Co.'s fleet, went ashore betweén Sand and Parisian Islands, Lake Superior, and was very badly damaged. Her grain cargo, insured for $200,000, was a total loss. After several days of labor, the wreckers succeeded in releasing the Nottingham and she was taken to To- ledo for repairs. The steamer H. B. Hawgood, of the Acme Steamship Co.'s fleet, upbound THE REGINA THE H. B. SMITH She was floated after her cargo of ore had been lightered. The steamer Cornell, of the Pitts- burgh Steamship Co.'s fleet, had a terrible time keeping off the beach at Crisp Point, Lake Superior. She -had both anchors out and her engines going full spead ahead to keep her from going ashore. This was on Sat- urday, Nov. 8. On Sunday morning the wind moderated and the Cornell put out, only to be caught in the gale later in the day. She was light, but the seas mounted her fantail and smashed in, her after quarters. It was impossible to get from forward to aft,

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