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Two survivors: from
:hitchedride .wit
The `Asia', one of the
smallest passenger ships on the
Great Ljkes, made headlines
September 14, 1882' when it
became one of the greate%t
disasters on the lakes with the
loss•of over,100lives..
The `Asia' was built in St.
Catharines in I873 at a length of
136' attd a 26' beam. The 1 eatty'
team Ship Line of Sarnia
acquired .her in 1881 at, which
,time -the . vessel ran between.
Sarnia aridbuluth•
During the summer of 1881
the vessel grounded in the St.
Mary's River-, repairs were
made and the `Asia''ret-ned to.
service to be chartere ' to the
Great ,''Northern Transit
Company of Collingwood.
Carrying the largest number
of passengers and cargo, the
ship set out from Owen Sound
under command of Capt, J.
Savage for French River and
Sault Ste. Marie, • midnight
Sept. 13, 1882.
About - 11 a.m :_.. t ie.'next
morning a. storm broke and
'Panic seized the passengers.
The `Asia' had gotten into the
trough of the sea, and though
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asker
Christy Ann Morrison
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her engines worked hard, this
vessel refused to . obey her
helm. Wave after wave sWep'
over her. until thq ultimate and
the ship capsized. • •
It was impossible to launch
life boats._as they would have
keen dashes!' to pieces; life
Xa�l et • too proved of no avail in
the high seas and cold water, „
As the ship disappeared
beneath the waves the life boats
.•managed to stay afloai.,, As
people strugd •_aboard the
sea� would -'capsize the craft
'
and t itT as eventually tell to their
death.
However, Duncan Tinkiss
managed to get aboard a life
boat with .some fifteen others;
the - capptaf n; mate and -some
passengers, The seas were
• relentless and diminished these
to only two survivors of the
`Asia''. Miss Christy' Ann,
'Morrison aria Duncan Tinkiss.:
A.fteP- drifting for some '18
hours, (the two. finally came
ashore, sleeping the night On,,
the beach and finally "hit-
ching" a ride to Parry Sound
via ^ a passing Indian, It was
then their , stor} could he
revealed
Story W.W. Humphries, Mo�ret�wn; photos from his collection
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cumstances surrounding the
coati' calf • producers at the
�preent time, the 1975 farmer
premium' trill be Offired until
Tate in 1975. if after calculation,
a
p.rfoloucer payout is made in'
1`15, the. producer's premium
will be; deducted from his
payout." pr•o.missory note4will
be accepted in 'lien of a cash
payment ot"he fee ""constituted under the Drainage
I'he enrol'me period for
eligible produc s, for this year
' will he July 1,5 to August 31,
1975, Applications and other
pertinent information can, be
obtained from the local
Agricultural Representative's
office after Jul 15th.
Mr, Winkler also -introduced
the Drainage Act, •1975 and the
Tile Drainage Amendment Act.
The Drainage Act, 1975, Mr.
Winkler said revokes 'the
present Drainage ,Act and re,
enacts it -in a more sequential,
logical and updated format.
• .This Act provides for petition,
procedures . to he mdr•e`
equitable- to, 'the principal
landowners with a stakie -in
drainage'proposal. The owners
of '60' per,cent r of the' land -`several changes announced in
requiring drainage, can --now the Horticultural Societies
present a valid petition
, niend'ment Act, 1975,
A further provision allows for Prior to the_•,.amended Act,
a preliminary engineer's report •horticult'urafsocieties qualified
on -a proposed drainage works for an',ann•ual 'maximum grant
before the interested parties, of 85.00,-.. depending on mem,-,
have' to proceed with the ex-, hership numbers. The . levels
pense of a- detailed en ineer's have been -changed whereby a
report. In this regard, an on site, yearly maximum,.grant of $500
survey of the drainage site by ...is available to.societies with 100 •
.e1I1 interested iarties will now members or less; - a $1000
become a routine matter of yearly grant to societies' with
procedure wirth each drainage 100 ''to 200 members; and a
'proposal. This will allow for a $1,500 . grant to societies with
gross analysis of the vjabilityof more than 200 members, Where
the project hy.all concerned. a new society .is formed, the
"One item of the Bill provides first year me.mbersh�,p grant
for Provincial-.grants'tube used has been increased from 50c
to, pay the drainage •superin- per person with a $75 maximum
tendents to , supervise the to 's'', per member tMth. a $200
maintenance and repair 'of
drainage 'works,' . fhe'',. ap-
pointment :of the drainage
Superintenant remains as a
municipal responsibility.
Another item i>n 'the Bill
allows for. the est'ablshment of
an Ontario Drainage Tribunal
,to look into appeals on • the
technical aspects of drainage.,,
Maitenance and repair•'costs
pow ow eligible for the same considered • as . an expense
grants --as -hew cotistru.ction'• within a society to one-quarter
projects, • - •. , of the'amou.nt expended.
r
In order that individual
tourneys night ha'the op
porturwty tu- receive more
eclaitable treatment from local
municipalities regarding loans
for farm ,d.r,ainage purposes,
the Tile Drainage Amendment
Act allows for .appeals' to the_
Ontario Drainage Tribunal.
Thi, is the same Tribunal as
Art, 1975: Prior to the Amended
Act, a farmer had no grit.�vanc�r,
procedure open to him if he felt'
he was being dealt with in an
unfair manner by a , local
municipality regarding a title
loan.
A •new section under the
Amended Act now makes.'=it
pissible for the 4 percent
subsidized tile drainage lo -an -s ---
up tc►,.75 percent of the full cost
to .z apply ''"to persons in •
territories ' without municipal
or`,gai iza on.' -
--Horticultural Societies
throughout receive
additional financial assistance
this year .through doubling ,of.
their annual grants, The in
creased grants are part• of
maximum,
Societies which have -been in
existence for more than one
year 'will now .receive grants
bas`e'd on $1, for 'each member
forthe previous `year, and one-
half of the expenditures in-
tuned :during the. previous
year. Under the amended,Act a
new' provision • allows for.
' volunteer"'or donated labor to be.
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Huron F of A
fights killer
. Huron County Federation or
Agriculture at their July
meeting adopted a resolution to
try to halt .- the spread of. •
brucellosis, a,growing problerfi
in the area,-•
'The•resolution was sponsored
1)y , Stan Zurbrigg of HowiCk°'
township, because' .of the
number of cases of the high
'contageous disease in nearby •
Wellington county. Five herds,
he .expisined had gone down
with the- disease...on one -milk
.route and there was, the
suspicion that the disease may •
have been spread by the ,milk
truck. •
resolution calls;for foot
• 1 aths for all personel visiting
dairy barns and for i. bath for
trucks to iltrss their wheels
Trough to disinfect than.
a'"'A second -,resolution . was 4
plisse(' asking Ontario
Federation of . Agriculture to
look into liability 'clauses in
utiaityccintracts to try 'to limit
the liability ofiat-niers to wilful
" dal -page.
The resolution resulted when
farmers in'vghved in hydro
power lines found they were
liable for damages to hydro
towers n their property and
—began tyforry that they might .-..
he held responsible for loses''
catised.if They knocked oventhe
Utter and cut off power to a
large portion of the population.
Insurance etmpanies con-
t icted, including -Lloyds of
Londotrwere uncertain enough
Of the legalities involved that
they refused to quote a cost for
insurance _to. cover such ' .a
possibility, • The resolution
extended the investigation not
'Only to hydro lines butto other
utilities,
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