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Late Flashes On Marine Disasters Brief Summaries of Recent Maritime Casualties-- A Record of Collisions. Wrecks, Fires and Losses Name or Vesseu Date Nature Prace Damace ReEsuLTING Name or VESSEL DatTE Nature PLACE oe ee Seth Wyman Oct. 3 Grounded Southwest Harbor, Vincent A. White Oct. 15 Disabled Vineyard Haven ae s : : Total loss : Sierra Oct. 27 In tow Raion Eng. shaft Virginia Nov. 1 In tow Tortugas epenad ' broke Venezuela Oct. 30 Collision San Pedro - Slight Squanto Oct. 28 Ashore © Beck's Rock Not stated ° : ee ae ee a easy oe aad West Cahokia Oct. 7 Disabled Seven Foot Knoll ee Tennessee Oct, 1 Sank Port Costa ae West Camak Oct. 9 Collision North Channel oe h Oct. 26 Hurricane N. of Jupiter an : 3 d Fp Maru Cee 26 Collision Staten Island Undamaged West Erral Oct. 8 Disabled Galveston ayn ee ee ogee eee aoe mee . Wathena Oct. 21 Leaking Trelleborg To cargo Thomas B. Garland Oct. 27 Stranded Tampa Not stated Wichita Oct. 8 Disabled Near Norfolk nee notes i i i ' , W. H: Reed Oct. 15 Ashore Rhode Island ot state Vincennes Bridge Oct. 20 Disabled Haaks Light Vessel De Weekend Gude Dialed awe Bog ouble Marine Business Statistics Condensed Lake Erie Receipts' Out of a total of 3,233,081 gross tons shipped from upper lake ports in Octo- ber, Lake Erie ports. received 2,103,940 tons, as shown by figures compiled by Marine Review. Balance on dock Nov. 1 was 9,672,077. tons against 10,212,- 975 tons on Nov. 1, 1920. Detailed figures are: Port Gross tons Buialowand Port Colborne'... 260. 35.. 173,515 Meee er ey cna eta OS ee eee 75,025 OMME ATE ee ele ey ee ee 663,108 Wa a eo, 211,064 MAURO ae oe 157,953 (eveland 4. eis che ar se 380,036 Miata ee a Ce Geis es 202,440 PUGAE ONG ee as re Oe ea 100,224 AINE OMe ee eee i ee igh forvetaly gas OS 92,508 NOUN eee ener ene ue aed hs eae ciate 48,067 Ben ier eee RTS eT as Bere picid gies 2,103,940 Lake Michigan Receipts Receipts of ore at Lake Michigan ports in October were 1,174,888 gvoss tons as shown in the following recor] by ports: Port : 'Gross tons Bout Chicato. (il 8 ee 499,448 Hast Jordan, Mich 6.302.000. NS 10,892 Weenies Clin MACH oS as cece oe IAKees Sele ec oe liigiana: tlarbor, Ind. 64sec. oes: 176,686 CA OM at co ea ee 487,862 Total 1,174,888 Soo Canal Report Traffic through the Soo canal in October aggregated 6,652,395 net tons of freight, of 'which 4,943,351 tons was eastbound and 1,709,044 tons was west- bound. The American canal handled 6,- 177,010 tons and the Canadian canal 475,- 385 tons. Official regulations delayed the release of the September record. These restric- tions have now been raised and the fol- lowing tables show both the October and September records. Below is the record of freight passed through the canal during October and September for the past seven years: Net tons @Octvobet; OZ eS ee ee eee 6,652,395 OCtomers O20 ee ou sce eres aetna anes 13,000,299 October WOO ee ee eS ee ays 9,713,319 OCtober TONS 88 Sie, ask hc ana eae tes 13,363,287 OCho Dera WOL eer re ee yet s sucrose 12,646,066 October! MOO seis cae ce a ee were 9,116,196 October 1015. Ga ea ee ee i557, Sod Net tons September 1921) 8 ae ee eee eae 6,482,071 Deplenicers A920) eye a ee 11,748,131 September 1910) oii ahiy see en eeu 10,202,917 SBeptembet LOLS oes Cui 12,400,073 Heptemiber, WOM Leys ete cules Geen seas 13,544,686 Meptembery VOlOr yy Morr ey kuceetes le cee 12,906,524 NIGDLCM ICT ONS Vek Ae ae 10,979,451 The following tables show the complete Soo canal traffic including first, the record to Oct. 1, and second, the rec- cra-up to Nov. 1: EASTBOUND Mo. Octy 1:7 lo-Oct.1, 1921 1920 oumbers: Mo it Be Vi. 156,066 157,646 Hor, "patrels... 5,366,870 4,571,912 Wheat, bushels... 24... 75,830,015 50,724,199 Grain; bushels 420.423. 63,572,118 29,542,026 Copper, netvtons: 0... 4. 14,574 34,185 Inon ore, net tons: ....; 18,981,467 42,295,119 Pigs iron, met totis..s.... 526 212 Stones net tons 4... . ; 17,910 45,162 - Gen'! merchandise, net tons 48,350 37,447 Passengers, number .... 29,102 33,063 WESTBOUND Coal, 'soit, net 'tons... 105760.2002) 7,417,138 Goal, hard, net7tons.....: 1,780,569 1,301,983 iron Ore, Neto tonsy i wat ccs 99,403 Mfg. iron and steel, net tons 2791 53,584 Salty: net. tons). i weeny. 39,205 75,285 Oil metstons ea 267,734 268,285 Stone, net tonsis 2 362,575 367,491 Gen'! merchandise, net tons 327,078 363,822 Passengers, number .... 30,445 34,010 SUMMARY Vessel passages, number. 8,920 13,681 Registered tonnage, net. 23,529,700 41,787,770 Freight: Eastbound, net tons.... 23,498,113 45,410,347 Westbound, net tons.... 13,560,152 9,946,991 Total freight, net tons.. 37,058,265 55,357,338 556 EASTBOUND Ro Novel, Lo Nov: 1, 1921 1920 umber, «Me tt: 8) Moe: 178,783 182,820 Hlounwcbarrels7 cy ccc) ess 6,228,680 5,714,903 Wheat, bushels ........ 113,287,236 79,194,895 Grain, bushels... 00: 2c 70,012,809 36,740,337 Copper, Netstons. i eis. 17,896 40,884 Tron ore; net: tons. 332. 22,078,786 50,951,942 Pigeirofs: net tonss; es... 526 462 Stone, net? tonseics. 2.25 17,910 65,344 Gen'! merchandise, net tons 54,351 41,055 Passengers, number .... 29,142 335,942 WESTBOUND Goalcsott; netitons 2). 11,964,566 - 9,911,045 Coal, shard; inet tons... ... 2,0995226) =) 14678,371 Iron' ore, het tans; ec ee 127,067 Mfg. ironand steel, net 'tons 26,740 60,689 Salty inet tons @eo 2c. oe 51,478 93,340 Op net tons ak ees 295,946 314,134 Mitones Met tons: fce ns. 461,237 463,367 Gen'| merchandise, net tons 857,417 422,636 Passengers, number .... 30,570 34,385 SUMMARY Vessel passages, number. 10,130 16,426 Registered tonnage, net.. 27,629,214 50,818,574 Freight: Eastbound, net tons..... 28,018,665 55,286,988 Westbound, net tofis.... 15,216,610 13,070,649 otal freight, net tons.. 43,235,275 68,357,637 October Ore Shipm ents Shipments of iron ore from the Lake Superior district continued to reflect through October the depression which has marked every month during the navigation season. Ore moved last month aggregated only 3,233,081 gross tons, a decrease of 5,615,905 gross tons from tre record of October 1920. So far this year, only 21,894275 gross tons have been carried against 53,122,- 342° gross 'tons: up to Noy. 1, 1920. Detailed figures follow: ' October, To Nov. 1, Port 1921 1921 Escanaba. (eae a 405,554 1,719,885 Marquette 28 i 259,491 719,293 PSION ey a areata, 335,180 2,183,108 DUPETIOR 3 655,915 4,833,413 Duluth nea 1,188,926 9,164,803 hwo Harbors: <8 388,015 352/3;773 21,894.275 31,228,067 Total 3,233,081 5,615,905 eee eee ewe