The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-10-28

Harbor. The reason for going to Ea-
gle River first was that the Jake was
calm and the captain took advantage
/ of the still water to land at the un-
sheltered pier there. We lay at Eagle
Harbor that night, discharging q
small amount of freight, and again
the next morning cast of for the final
run to Ontcnagon.
As we were going through the mar
row channel from the harbor to Lake
Superior, our boat ran fast aground
on the rocks; anchors were thrown
cut with lines attached to the capstan
and every effort was made to war;
her off, but to no avail, and then be-
gan the tedious process of lightering
the cargo in yawl boats. Barrels Of
pork and beef and boxes Of dry goods
were lowered into the yawf boats,
taken inside the harbor and landed on
the beach. The passengers, as well
as the crew, worked with q will to
get the steamer afioat, and after a
bout two hours work we had the sat
isfaction of seeing her slide gently
off the shelving rocks where she had
struck about midships. Another two
hours was consumed in taking the
freight back from the beach in the
yawl boats and hosting it on beard,
SO that it was long after noon before
we were successfully out of the har-
Dor.
When we were finally out in the
lake, the captain, instead of heading
for Ontonagon, ran the beat to Agate
Harbor, as he stated at the time to
get more fuel, but as learned four
years later, actually for the purpose
Of making an examination as to the
safety of the beat, before proceeding
to our destination. He discovered
the boat was leaking about midships
and after clearing away the freight
in the hold, found the oak planking
had been shivered but not broken
through enough to endanger its fall
ing cut. For space of about sixteen
by twenty inches considerable water
was seeping and just how to stop the
leak was quickly solved by Captain
Ryder.
| Finding quantity Of white lead
and some wooden blankets in his car
go, he confiscated what he needed Of
each, cut the blankets into pieces suf-
ficiently large to cover the planking
and smeared both sides Of each piece
with thick coating Of the white lead.
He placed twenty thicknesses Of the
blanket thus prepared over the leak,
4 and a heavy plank Of the same size
over them. Another heavy plank was
placed fore and aft on the underside
Of tho cross timbers that sustained
the main deck and saplings which
had been cut the right length on shore
We're placed upright between the two
planks and driven tight with sledge
hammers, thus forcing the leadet
blankets tight enough to stop the leak
! completely. The beat ran for three
years afterwards on Lake Superior
without further repair.
In the meantime few of the crew
had, for appearances sake, been leis.
urely toting wood aboard, while the
passengers were ashore having &
game of SNOWFALL from drifts still
found in shaded ravine early il
June.
The whistle summoned us on boart
again and we set out early in the ev
ening for Ontonagon, where we found
/, ourselves anchored the next morning
half mile from shore, after spend
: ing nearly three weeks on the jour
ney. At that time there was no har
Dor nor even "a pier at Ontonagon, 81
/, vessels were obliged to lie at anchor
and discharge freight and passenger.
) by lighters. As there was consider
!. able sea running that morning, w
, were obliged to wait until about ter
o'clock before the captain considered
; it calm enough to launch the yaw
! boats with safety and land the pas
t sengers. The yawls we're brought
alongside and the passengers and lug
/. gage lowered into them from th'
gangways Of the main deck, and wher
s1fficiently loaded were sculled to th'
$ shore and unloaded upon sand beacl