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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-11-04, Page 40PG3 22.-,GODERICH.SIGNAL-STAR, THURSDAY; NOVEMBER 4, 1976. t rSorms of Novemb�r..;.iOnu earl • (continued from page l A) washed out of his room and stobd on end in the galley. Steward's wife 'had. to remain all night in the engine room wrapped in a blanket. • "Water through the engine room skylight drenched th.e two engineers who were —throttling the engines, I do not _Think it ever happened before when these "two men had to stand by'•these two positifons constantly. "From 2:30 p.m. until 5 the engines • raced,, requiring the greatest care. and judgtnent. At times the ship was so hely burdened with seas coming over her decks that her revolutions were decreased from. 75, to 35' turns per Minute. `The engineers made their position more comfortable by rigging up a piece of -canvas over the engines. "Wecontinued on our. course, following our deep. sea spundings, and at. 9 o'clock had soundings of 18- fatlms. This carried us well off the west shore. "I called the engineer up at this time and told him •that at 10 o'clock (the night of November • 9)' I was going to turn around head to the sea unless I could • locate the land or Fort_Gratiotlight, and wan ted= - :r ncreas e -the speed of the shi p , up to that time so„ as to enable me to bring the boat around head'to on account. of the sea running behind us. • "At 10 ,o'clock we turned, heading, • • north half .east; the vessel rolled very heavily, ,but came 'around "ail right head to. I should judge that we were 10 -minutes in turning. "At that time we were abeut 10 miles north of Fort Gratiot by the soundings' we got -10 fathoms: I had everything lashed Wore we turned. No one thought of a life preserver. The way the ship was behaving we had every confidence in her. • "The heavy rolling tore adrift the binnacle on top of the pilot house. After.: that it was extremely dangerous to be in the house, as this heavy object was • hurted back and forth across the deck as the ship labored and rolled in the heavy • sea, FAMILIAR SOUNDINGS . • "During this time from Pointe Aux Barques to- the foot of_ the lake our log line iced heavily, and theseas at times: washed brace and dial inboard over the rail, rendering it useless. We were obliged to depend on the deep 'sea lead, which was in constant use for 17 hours; at half•hour and 15minuteintervals. "By the use of the deep sea lead we knew where the. ship was .at all times. Having the', familiar soundings right along through it all was the only, thing; that. kept 'us from being wrecked, as it gave us confidence as to our location. • 'lle.nien were familiar with the use of the lead as we had used the machine constantly, but it was a great punish- ment -on them keeping it going at this time: "Just• after turning I -sent the first mate. aft to inspect the wheel chains and quadrant. H. telephoned me that they were all right, but that hecould not get forward_ again at that time, the seas covering the decks with a solid.mass of. blue water.' - "The men of the second .watch had. remained on deck with us, and while we would net let one man go aft alone we did not hesitate to let two go together: "The mate had quite a fight to get forward, but• was unable to make it then, and crawled back to the engine room half unconscious. " "I started back ono vice versa course, which would be north half east for 61/4 hours, following my soundings back from 1.0 to 22 -fathoms. During this time. one of the wheelsmen got aft, securing a few pieces of bread and came forward again with the mate and boatswain. One watchman remained on watch in the galley. "At 4:15 a.m. November 10, I turned again, heading South. one-quarter west: This bine, we' experienced much dif- ficulty in turning, .the ship remaining. longer in the trough of the sea on account • It -was the wreckage of The Price that. Capt. S.A; Lyons and his Crew of the. steamer J.H. Sheadle saw on Monday, November 10, 1913. In the accomp 1nying article, Captain Lyons tells his story of what the storm was like on that fateful . November 9, 1913. The 'Charles S.Price turned turtle and drifted several days above Port Huron where this photo was taken. All crewmen were lost. (photo courtesy B)l1 Humphries) 0•.• of not gettin"g'so much• w ay and running head into it, but she be,h`ived well, handled well in every way and steered. well. "The rolling was ,very bad --I was lifted fight off my feet. Only by the greatest effort were the second, mate and myself able to hold onto:the stanchions :on the top house, our -legs being parallel with the deck most of the time'. "Again and again she plunged for- ward, only to be baffled in her attempts • to run before it, sometimes fetching up standing and trembling from stem tq stern.. She 'Was buffeted about. by the tremendous seas, almost helpless, dipping her hatches in the water on either . side, • barrels of oil and paint getting adrift and smashing out the sides of the paint locker, ' "The mert were tossed around the wheel house at -will. I feared her steering gear had given way, but fortunately on examination they preyed to be all right. She would gain a half point, only to lose it, but finally after a mightyeffort she swung. around. -- "I never have seen seas form as they - did at this time; they were large and- seemed. to, run in:.series,•one mounting the other like a mighty barrier. • , "Running back, we decreased our speed rorn "full" to 55 turns, as we got • getting„ and to be prepared at any moment te5 give eie full power to turn the ship again. We could see nothing on account of the heavy fall of snow. "At 6:45 a.m. we turned for the third time, heading north by west. This time the sea had decreased, and the wind had gone to the northwest in the meantirine'so that there •wras;practicallyno sea to bother us any. "The 75 -mile gale•lasted from about 10 down closer to the river, following back on somewhat different soundings than we got g9ing up. We dome back in two hours, where it took us 61/4 to face the -sea. GALE SUBSIDES "At 6:30 a.m., November 10,:J called the engineer and told him ' I was not satisfied with, the soundings we were i3OWN TALK The winner of the draw on the teddy bear at the Taylor's Corner bazaar Saturday, October 30 was Lisa Rodges; RR 2 Goderich. , ...._.......... . Each year at this time, people along the Great Lakes recall the Great .Storm of 1913; But November has always been a treacherous month for Great Lakes seamen. This freighter, the Carl D. Bradley built in 1927, was Iost,November 18, 1958, five and three-quarter miles southwest of Boulder Reef .on Lake Michigan in 360 feet of water. Thirty-three sailors lost their lives. The length of the Bradley was 638 . feet; the beam. was 65 feet; the draft 35 feet. (photo courtesy ,Bill Humphries) 44112witelliwaillbrAtiliur AG* OUR eonus6i1t 1975 PONTIAC PARISIENNE.BROUGHAM 4 door sedan, power steering, power Brakes, radio,.digital I clock,. rear defrost, remote control mffrors, side moulding, "-whitewall radial tires, wheel discs, tinted windshield, deluxe ' bumpers. Finished in maroon with complementaryred cloth interior, Only 31,000 miles. Locally owned. IM HAYTER oLusMaBitE� SALES REPRESENTATIVES DON FULLER, IVAN BEAN 5 24— %3 14 GCDERICH.. f«�, + , . « «r� tom, •, ;.,.' "1i .e 4'0:0.I04.1!r04.I IJN• if o'clock Sunday morning until about 2 o'clock Monday morning, 16 hoursof it, ,. with continuous snow all the time. We kept our whistle blowing all the time, but at times we up forward could not hear it ourselves. "At 8:30 a.m. it had cleared up so we could see quite a distance, so we turned around aga"In heading south one-half west, the wind and sea going down. In 15 minutes we could see the west shore.and sighted what I suppose was the wreck of the Price, passing this hull at about a distance of 1,000 ft. "We noted what we tho.ight were oiler, barrels and wreckage, floating not over a quarter of a.mile to the leewardof-her. "Just before we arrived -abreast of the wreck, we cast our deep sea lead to determine what water there was in that • locality and found.10 fathoms. 1�6tice is hereby given to the Municipal Electors of the Town of Goderich, Town of Clinton and the Township of Goderich in the. County of Huron that the Period during which nomination papers maybe filed in the office of the cl rk for the purpose of municipal elections will commence on November llth aI'the hour of 8 30 o'clock a.m;, and close on November 15th at the hour of 5 o'clock p.m. for the purpose of nominating fit aryl proper persons for the office(s) of one member of the Huron and Perth Counties combined . Roman Catholic. Separate, School Zone Board representing the Town of Goderich; the Town of Clinton and the Township of Goderich for the. Town. of Goderich, Town of. Clinton, Township of Goderich; of which all Electors are hereby required to take noticeand govern themselves accordingly, and further take notice that the manner in which said nominations shall be filed is set forth in section 34 of The Municipal. Elections Act which provides that: • 4 How_nominated - 34.- (1) A person maybe nominated as a candidate for an office by filing in the office of the clerk,: during the normal office hours of the clerk within the period in • which nominations may be.fired, a nomination paper in prescribed form which: (a) shall be. signed by at least ten electors whose names,are entered in the polling lists of electors en- titled to vote in,an election to such office; (b) shall state the name, occupation and address . of the person nominated in such manner as will identify him and the office for which he is • nominated; and (c) shall state the name and address of each elector signing the nomination paper and, where the office for which the person is nominated is a member of a school board, that such nominator is a public school elector or a separate school elector, as the fact is, 19744.20(1). • • Consent and declaration to be filed (2) No nomination is valid unless there'is filed with the nomination paper.a consent in writing to the; nomination and a declaration of qualification in the prescribed form• by the person nominated. Public school nominators (3) A nomination paper nominating a person for an office the holder of which is required to be elected by public school electors shall besigned by public school' electors only. 1974,s20(3). Separate school nominators (4) A nomination paper nominating a person for an office the holder of which is required to be elected by separate school electors shall be signed by separate school electors only. 1974,s20(3) Separate nomination papers (5) Each 'candidate for election to an office shall be nominated by a separate nomination paper; but.an elector may sign the nomination papers of different candidates. Clerk to keep nomination paper (6) After a nomination paper is filed with the clerk it shall remain the possession of the clerk. Onus on persons nominated (7) The onus is on the person nominated for election to an office to file a bona fide nomination paper. If a greater number of candidates than required tofill the said•offices, are nominated and. make the required declarations, notice of the. time for the holding of the poll, including the advance poll and notice of the last day for making applicationt for a certificate to vote by proxy will be given forthwith. Given under my hand this twenty-first day of October 1976, J.Harold Walls 57 West St., Goderich Returning Officer. The LUXURY LOOK of LEATHER The Latest Fall . Fashions for Men and Women -•. All at Low Sale. FACTORY OUTLET PRICES Full length Pant coats Fur trimmed Jackets Finest Quality Men's and Ladies' Leather Gloves - Al(at Sale Prices Rich fall colors Ladies' 15" full length ryuilt-lined durable cowhide. Reg, ;4171). Sale $139.00 Men's Jacket classic :14" styling - .Nappy cowhide. Sale $139.00 iteg$I 75.011 Ladies' Shetland stceaters.made in Scotland- beautiful fall shades, long sleeve Pullover. Reg. $25.00. $16.99 4 (:udigan, Reg.. *27.00 $17.99 (:.+►ngrotuiations to Mrs. M. Rowswell R.R. I. ,Area. Ontario • WCinner of portable T.V. from Our Grand Opening Draw the sun sho OpenMon ''.:Sat In a.m, - 5 p.m. nelays, 1 p.m: =5 p.m. ")1:3 MAISV';ST;ORAND'BEND At the reg meeting of . ship Council a $22,199;65 we payment on. Deputy -Reel Councillor Ma Rene. Ar proached Cot to his proper end of Mer Afterconside it was moves ` Councillors Kernighari t strong's apI building peri story.' brick. family resi proved, su Township Sol and that it be the roadway a 66 foot before the Colborne w taking it as a'. Council ane the Tiger . D Institute` mi LeBeau and re the ihstz cupboards compartmeni Township Ha motion of C nighan and M agreed to pe $175.00 for. cu $310.00 alreae the three col installed: wil sinks and ci exceed $500.0 On a mdt Reeve Durst A24-: Kernighan t $544.48 to Truck Cer hydraulic oi'. snowplough proved. Mel Good, Superintend with Counci and stockpil three hundre sand and sal 1976-77 wint sand being Murray John at $2. pet delivered, Council . regret the re Road Super Good for hea Clerk was a; accordingto for appointu super intende' 1,1977., Council ab disconnecting Linus 'Poee whovolun photo)