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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-06-23, Page 16PAGE 16—GODERICIi SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1982 Emperor lost 35 years ago BY SKIP GILLHAM It was 35 years ago this month that the Canada Steamship Lines bulk carrier Emperor was lost. She went to the bottom of Lake Superior on June 4, 1947, taking 12 lives. Emperor had just loaded at Port Arthur and pulled out Of the harbor in pleasant spring weather. At 3:15 a.m. on the fourth the voyage ended when, the ship slam- med into the Canoe Rocks off Isle Royale. Within an hour her hull had cracked and slid back into deep water. { Both: , lifeboats were .quickly lowered_ but one got into difficulty and over- turned, tossing the I oc- cupants into the frigid lake. The 'U.&C.G. ship Kimball wet in the vicinity. and responded to the May -Day call. She raced to the scene and picked up four survivors who were clinging to the keel of the overturned lifeboat. In addition, sailors aboard the second boat and those who had reached Isle Royale, were also picked up. This totalled 21 with 12 lost. Two other sailors had left the ship before the voyage, leaving Emperor two under the usual complement of 35. Their decision could have saved their lives. Among the casualties was Emperor's captain and first mate. Emperor' dated from 1911 and was constructed by the Collingwood Shipbuilding Company. She was built for James Playfair's Inland Lines and served them until the merger into Canada Steamship Lines in 1913. Although there were numerous larger vessels in the U.S. fleets, Emperor, in 1911, . was perhaps the biggest, Canadian ship on the Great Lakes. She measured 525 feet in overall length, 56.1 feet at the beam and 31 feet in depth. Tonnage was registered at 7031 gross. A 1500 horsepower triple ex- pansion engine of 23-381- 63x42 gave a speed of 10 knots. Two coal-fired scotch boilers of 15 feet 6 inches by feet produced steam. Emperor's early years were spent hauling ore, coal and grain on the upper lakes. She made her first trip down the Welland Canal July 6, 1931,.and in the years that followed,, she often added Hamilton, Toronto or Kingston as ports of call. Her service was generally routine but there were ex- ceptions. In 1936 she lost her rudder in a Lake Superior storm and one crewman was Washed overboard. Another CSL steamer, the Renvoyle, was able to get a towline aboard and pulled Emperor to safety. In the mid -forties she went aground on Lake Ontario near Bronte. Damage was not serious. Today Emperor is a favorite of scuba divers. The bow is in about 35 feet of water and slopes to 150 feet at the stern. The ,pilothouse has been washed away and the hatches blew off when she sank. Emperor's deck is broken at No. 5 hatch while the stern cabins are intact. OFA urges government on drainage program "The OFA is anxious that dollars) from the govern- tainty among farmers plann- the the drainage program be menti. ing to tile their land. The set straight once and for „ amount isn't much revolving fund would not on - all,"" OF.A's brief to the pro- y bring greater stability to vincial. cabinet said It sig greater than the $8.5 million the program, it would also gested this could be done by in net funds contributed in inspire confidence in the setting up a revolving tile :1981, the brief said, • but government's commitment drainage fund ". ° . because the payments , can to farming." Loans could be:madefrom . be retained, the fund will' be the 'fund. , Principal and in- able to loan $31 million in The brief also referred to threat payments could flow 1982 and $55 million by 1986." the Eastern Ontario Sub - into it: This would, can for and The brief said present fun- sidiary Agreement, in which additional minimum of $10 ding isn't sufficient and "has the federal andprovincial million. as year, (in 1982 created an element of uncer- • government • • share two- thirds of the cost of municipal outlets assessed against farm land. Farmers pay the remaining third. Federal funds to the pro- gram have run mit. Farmers are paying two-thirds of the cost. The OFA asked, the government to pay the federal share of the cost, and negotiate with the 'federal government for reim- bursement " Qntario Hydro managers get wage freeze An immediate wage freeze must respond to the and Professional Staff. Their one-year contract expires December 31 this year. The increase was in line with our -estimate of inflation. for 600 Ontario Hydro managers was. announced this week by Chairman Hugh Macaulay. The announcement follows a decision Monday by the Board of Directors to rescind a salary increase for the managers scheduled for July 1. The increase was 4.5 percent (based on 1981, not 1982 salary. levels). In a letter to staff, Hydro President Milan Nastich said: "Canada ,is facing its worst economic crisis in 50 years and. the Ontario economy is among the hardest hit by industrial cutbacks and layoffs. Simply put, times are tough now, and it looks like they will stay tough for some time. 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On the general issue of salary levels, ' Chairman Macaulay noted: "There have been a lot of wrong numbers published about our plans for 1983 management salaries. "In our submission to the Ontario Energy Board we estimated that 1983 salary increases for the 600 mangers would be between 12 and 13 percent," Macaulay said. "In addition, a sizhilar estimate was made for about 6,000 people represented by the Society of "There never was a 22 percent increase for senior executives planned, projected or budgeted for 1983," Macaulay em- phasized. "Our estimate for inflation hasn't changed much but the 1983 salary levels are under careful scrutiny." Macaulay said that the 13oard of Directors approved a policy in 1979 designed to bring the salaries of top executives closer to com- munity levels. "In 1979, a salary survey prepared by Hay Associates showed this , group. was earning less -than the com- munity standard by as much as 50 percent. The board agreed to raise that to ap- proximately 70 percent of the community level by 1983," Macaulay said. "In light of the worsening economy that process has been halted." �,• Macaulay said senior salaries came under review more than a month ago. The recent announcement is a result of that review, rear forced by Ontario Treasurer Frank Miller's guidelines last month. Ontario Hydro Management a!iv.�. =�111V 0O11E! �:,�OW PNCES! FINAL WEEK OF OUR GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE.... STORE CLOSES JUNE 30th STILL LOTS OF BARGAINS ON REMAINING STOCK *PAINT *BOLTS *V -BELTS V -PULLEYS *TOOLS *LAG SCREWS etc. We wish to Thank all our friends and customers for their patronage through the years. SERVICE DOMINION HARDWARE 30 Victoria Ne GODERICi I 524-0581 Huntington's Disease suffered Imagine waking up one day and being told that you are dying. Imagine also being told that it could take as long as twenty years before you die. Horrible news. But for one in 10,000 Canadians the twigs is even more devastating. They suffer from Huntington's Disease (HD) and face up to two decades of slow deterioration of the mental and physical -" capabilitites. The fear of losing one's mind and losing control over one's body are two of the , most profound fears facing any human being. Both losses occur with HD. HD is an inherited neurological disease passed on to the children through the genes .of, an affected parent. The children of an HD victim face a 50-50 chance of inheriting the defective HD Gene. The symptoms usually appear between the ages of 30 and 45; very often after the victim has parented children and possibly passed the gene on to another generation. Contrary to the popular myth surrounding HD, both sexes can contract the disease and both sexes can pass it on to their offsprings., The defective gene con- trols certain nerve cells of the brain. HD sufferers begin to jerk and twitch uncontrollably in the muscles of the head, neck, arms and legs: Speech becomes slurred and eventually they are no longer able to walk, communicate or care for themselves. Severe personality and mental deterioration are else ,common as the disease advances. HD is a cruel disease. Death comes gradually and can take as long as 25 years before it eventually overcomes the victim. HD is difficult to diagnose. No cure or predictive test is available. At least not yet. In spite of the grim realities of HD, there is still hope and optimism. _ The work of the Huntington Society of Canada is con- tributing to that hope. Since its inception in 1973, the Society has raised over $200,000 in•research funds for many brain disorders, not just for HD. . The Society does much more than raise needed funds for research. In 1981 it opened Canada's only Brain Tissue Bank, one of four in the world. Canadians can now take a practical step to help find and fund cures for brain and nervous disorders by donating their brain tissue for research. Because. of its world-wide uniqueness, brain tissue is flown around the globe 'to be used in the study of brain functioning and disorder in other countries. The Huntington Society also provides a valuable forum of information and communications to the thousands of Canadians who suffer from HD or who have family and friends who are victims; Before 1973, it was, not unusual for an HD victim to hide away and wait for a nursing home or death. Today, the Society provides an outlet for much needed dialogue on coping and living with IID. To the Society, it is important that those touched by the disease "live out their remaining years as fully as possible," says Ralph Walker, founder and Executive Director of the Huntington Society. "We want Canadians to know about HD and to know that there is hope." This year, the Huntington Society or Canada has y many launched a major fund raising and awareness campaign to inform Canadians of HD and to ask for their financial support. $500,000 is their ambitious goal and the Society is asking you to. help.'PITEASE MAKE HD YOUR CAUSE. Send your donation to the HUNTINGTON SOCIETY OF CANADA, Box 333, Cambridge, Ontario N1R 5T8. { the i1.auks of LAO, Heron, = *AodeTic h. The above photograph was reporduced from a postcard a reader picked i a flea market recently. The card, while never mailed, contained a poem written by C. Elliott to a W. H. Johnston in Milestone Saskatchewan. The card claims the photo is a scene of Lake Huron at Goderich but the landscape has obviously changed. Perhaps readers could identify the time the photo was taken. • •••••••'•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • • • • .. , _ TO ALL OUR • • • • WELCOME • • • •.•••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••�••••.••••••'•J • r NIAGARA FROZEN • HEINZ455 ML. e I LIBBY S FANCY 48 FL. 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