by Guest » April 13, 2024, 4:14 pm
Newspaper reports say it hit a boulder and suffered 13 "fractures" along its side. It was partially unloaded to a barge before heading to Cleveland to unload the rest of its cargo. It was the last vessel to unload in Cleveland before dock workers there went on strike. From Cleveland, it went to Lorain for repairs that were estimated to take three weeks, but I'm not sure when she sailed again.
She was on her first trip of the season, leaving layup in Sandusky the week before. On her way up the St Mary's, she stopped at the Lime Island fuel dock and picked up three kids (nephews of the dock superintendent) and gave them a ride to the Soo so they could get to school in Raber. They lived in Raber during the week and went home to Lime Island on the weekends, but the ice had been too thick to ferry them across the river.
Newspaper reports say it hit a boulder and suffered 13 "fractures" along its side. It was partially unloaded to a barge before heading to Cleveland to unload the rest of its cargo. It was the last vessel to unload in Cleveland before dock workers there went on strike. From Cleveland, it went to Lorain for repairs that were estimated to take three weeks, but I'm not sure when she sailed again.
She was on her first trip of the season, leaving layup in Sandusky the week before. On her way up the St Mary's, she stopped at the Lime Island fuel dock and picked up three kids (nephews of the dock superintendent) and gave them a ride to the Soo so they could get to school in Raber. They lived in Raber during the week and went home to Lime Island on the weekends, but the ice had been too thick to ferry them across the river.