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March, 1914 Its force may be well imagined when it snapped 2-inch steel mooring lines. The Pittsburgh Steamship Co. had a number of barges moored in the east basin within the breakwater at Cleve- land. The barges were anchored bow and stern alternately in broadside fashion with cables running diagonally THE MARINE REVIEW standing the fact that she had 8,000 tons of water in her. As it was, she drifted within 300 ft. of the beach. The passenger steamer State of Ohio, which was moored in the west slip of the East Ninth street pier at Cleveland, parted her lines and rode diagonally across the slip, carrying a TOTAL LOSSES IN THE GREAT NOVEMBER STORM. Carrying capacity Value Name of vessel. fone ey Str. Chas... S. Prices.4. = 9,000 $340,000 Str. bsaac "M.= Scott....4.% 9,000 340,000 Sic, He Be Smiths... 10,000 350,000 Str, James = Carruthers.... 9,500 410,000 Sie Wextord 22... 2,800 125,000 Ste Regina 67 ee 3,000 125,000 Str Deaheld= 22.4... ee 3,500 100,000 str. John A. McGean....= 7,500 240,000 Str Argus: 2... 3575 7,000 136,000 Str Hydtrus 405 00 ee 7,000 136,000 Bee, Plymouth... .. 4. 600 5,000 Lightship "Nos 82.2.2 | 180 25,000 Boe Halsted 323, 800 5,000 CONSTRUCTIVE TOTAL LOSS. Carrying capacity Value gross of Name of vessel. tons. vessel, Sir Le Go Waldos. 3 7,000 $250,000 Str. HM. Hanna Jr... 6-500 315,000 Str: Major 235 2 3,000 28,000 Str Matoa 6. 3,104 117,900 Str Louisiana 3.343 22 2,800 20,000 Sir Curret. Chiet 2... 3,100 100,000 Insured Insured Location for. Cargo. for. of accident. $322,400 Coal $21,700 Lake Huron. 325,000 Coal 20,000 Lake Huron. 338,200 Ore 38,000 Lake Superior. 279,000 Grain 350,000 Lake Huron. 107,300 Steel rails Ft. of Lake Huron 99.800 Eck Brt. Lake Huron. 74,100 Steelrails 70,000 Angus Island, Lake Superior. Sher ee Coal 17,900 Lake Huron. ees Coal 15,000 Lake Huron. Ore 28,000 Lake Huron. Lumber Gull Island, Lake Michigan. Sue Point Abino, Lake Erie. ae Green Bay, Lake Michigan. Insured Insured Location for. Cargo. for: of accident. $227,700 Ore $23,000 Manitou Island, Lake Superior. 301,200 Coal 20,000 Pt. Aux Barques, Lake Huron. 25,000 Coal Nr. Whitefish Pt., 'Lake Superior. Coal 12,000 Pt. Aux Barques, Lake Huron. 15,000 Light Washington Island, Lake Michigan. Light Copper Harbor, Lake Superior. from barge to barge. The wind was so wild, however, that cables that would be secure under all ordinary conditions were loosened up with the result that the barges came together broadside. In some cases the bitts were actually pulled out of the barges by the wind, and three of them, the Thomas, Holly and Jenney, were blown upon the beach. The barges that were moored in the east break- water were the Smeaton, Fritz, Roeb- ling, Manila, Maida, Jenney, Thomas, Corliss, Martha and Marcia. The dam- age to the barges will probably amount to $100,000. The steamer Richard Trimble, of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co.'s fleet, was in the east breakwater at the time. She had both anchors out, well bridled with 45 fathoms of chain to each anchor, or 16 tons of tackle altogether, in good holding ground, and yet she kept drifting. She had to keep her engines constantly working ahead to ease the strain on the chains, notwith- fleet of anchored motor boats with her and smashing them to pieces on the opposite side of the pier. The storm-came up with such sud- DAMAGE TO STRANDED VESSELS. 11 this reason, having lost both anchors. The steamer Northern Queen went ashore in a blinding snow storm at Kettle Point, one of the most danger- . ous places on Lake Huron, and was badly pounded. The members of her crew, at first reported drowned, were all saved. The wooden steamer Major, owned by Capt. John Mitchell, of Cleveland, was abandoned by her crew about 19 miles west of Whitefish Point, Lake Superior, on Thursday, Nov. 13. She was so thoroughly shaken up by the heavy seas running that it seemed impossible to keep her afloat and THE DEATH TOLL. Vessel. Lives lost. Str. Wextord 3... 202: 2 LZ Str: Reatield: : 33) Si ae ee 18 Sin Arcus 80 os ee ee ee 24 Str Hydrus. nc ic ee ee 24 Str Charles: SS. Prices 28 Str. 'Isdac-- M... -Scott. 5.27. 28 Str: James Carruthers (22... 2. 19 Str. John "A. "McGean... 3. .3.76.. 23 Str. Henry B. Smiths: :..7.0.. . 23 Str. Regina 2 24.0555 15 Str: Nottingham... oe 3 Lightship: (NO:: 62.435 4 0 ee 6 Bee: "Plymouth 3. ee, 7 Totaly Sie sr ee ee 235 she was abandoned by the crew. The Major was picked up by the steamer Barnum, of the Tomlinson fleet, and towed to the Sault, where an ex amination was made of her, as a result of which the owners abandoned her to the underwriters as a_ total constructive loss. It will be noted that no use ap- pears to have been made of the life boats on the various vessels that foundered in Lake Huron, and the probability is that they could not be launched. It has been suggested that ee Estimated Vessel. Bae . eae Sa diets eens ettle Point, Lake ULON. vice oes bee 6a ce ee ea ene r ae en ee Midland harbor, Georgian bay.........csesseceseeeus 25,000 Gir: H. > B. Haweood.......... Weis Beach, Lake Huron. oes ee 7,000 Sir, W: Ge Pollock......--.-- Lake St. Clair ship canal......+.sssseeeeeeeeeeeees 5,000 Str. G. J. Grammer.......---. Lorain, Lake Brie steko cs og ee es ee es 1,500 Str. A. E. Stewart......--+--- Whitehsh: "Day 6.65 oo lee iac aks ae et eee) eee ee 2,000 Str, Acadian .....-+e+-+s-eees Thunder bay, Lake = Huron. <3) 000, fag nce ee 30,000 Str Meaford =o. 6.3 6-6 6-5 os St. Mary's Tiver...cesececeececercncencrsencessesees 500 Str. Scottish Hero .....-.-.-. Lake Superior... +. sss eseeee tence sees anes eet aens 500 Str, Huronic ..-..+--+seeeeces Whitefish Point 1... sc cceeee sees cece ee nee teen ee eees a Str. Pontiac 1s... ese ese s o> cee Simmon's Reef, Straits of Mackinac.........++..+++. 9,000 Str. Nottingham .....-+-++++- Near Parisian Island, Lake Superior.........+++-++5 75,000 Str. J. T. Hutchinson........ Point Iroquois, Lake Superior.........ceeeeeeeeeeee 40,000 Str. F. G. Hartwell.....-. -... Near Iroquois Light, Lake Superior...............-. 95,000 Str. Matthew Andrews.......- Corsica Shoal, Lake Huron.......-sssseeeeeseereees 2,500 Str; Victory Siss cee heer reas Livingstone Channel, Detroit river.........+++++++++- 12,000 Str DO) Mills........ 2. --- Harbor Beach, Lake Huron..33 osc60 7 45,000 Str. SaxOn€. oi ess ss nevus oes Lake St. Clair...... poet cence eect eee tentenseatessass 1,500 Str: Fulton: «2 26> 35 ee so Bar Point, Lake Erie........5. 22262 2es- 2,500 Collided in breakwater, Cleveland............+--+-++. 100,000 Pittsb'gh Steam. Co.'s_ barges. den fury that several steamers lost their anchors before they had time to hoist them. The steamer Farrell, of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co.'s fleet, had to return to the Sault for the chances of escape by means of life boat would be increased if the crew merely took their stations in the boats prior to the moment of founder- ing and allowed the life boat to float