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the FORT
22nd. / 1917
1"arch
the Orleans
ERIE FERHY;;;
THE ICE--with BROKEN STEARING GEAR
ORLEANS NARROWLY E3CAPES.
CAUGHT IN
Ceugbt in the heavy
ice
driven from the
lake bv
high w,ind s
her Sat.
the
the Ferry Boat the Orleans, leaving Fort Erie on
afternoon trip at 5.30; was carried down the river within
400
yards
of the International �ride,e. As the boat drew
, it was able to fieht it's way into
It steemed up
a clear stretch of water b�r the Canadian shore.
�here
this clear space, then struck out for the American shore;
about
near the steel
structure
In crossing the rudder beceme dis�
put asho re at the foot of
to
forced
abled and the boat,was
Auburn St. There was less then a dozen passanpers on the boat
at the time; but they all had a bad scare; for should the b oat
was another
there
have
the �ridge either the upperworks would have been
or the span would have eiven under the force of the
reached
ripped
a·,,11ray;
boat and
open patch.
the ice.
Just what
happened
has not
as
vet been determined
,
and
a
to the d:ry dock may -be necessary to find out. rhe Steamer
the 1A/ELCOUE with Capt, George N:.c. Kiln in Command will take over
the schedule of the Orleans. She is a small boat and not suited
to automobile traff ic.
trip
1917
:N:ARCH
29th./ 1917
THE FERRY::::::
ICE STOPS
The Ferry IYELCOWE made no more
on the River.
heavy ice
people
to the Mace Track were dragged
storaf-e so that tbe people of
Bridge burg
;
that
national Dummy.
·
the
they mieht
The Orleans
Welcome will be
Albert J.
Schww says
comes
laid
trips
this week becuse
one horse Jetneys that
�he
carry
of
the
of their winter
out
�e
Fort Erie could
taken to
r,orr to Buffalo on the G. T. interÂ
out
of Dry Dock in a few days
up for repairs.
tPat when
The
and
superintendent
appears again it
!ier d eek will be rearranged
the Welcome
will be hard to recoe;nize her.
so that automobiles will be loaded endwise; and a new bottom
will be put on her ; which will make her speedier. tt was last
summer thst an auto. owned by J. BATT went off the Welcomeinto t
the river with his loss and that of his wife and motrer-in-law.
tlacine the eengway at the bow and the stern; will facilitate
the bandline of autos·. and remove any .fears there maybe a§
to the safety of
the boat for
auto traffic.
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Louis McDermott Collection
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Local history, Fort Erie and surrounding area.
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Ferryboat "Orleans"
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Listed here is a document pertinent to a ferryboat "Orleans" being stuck in ice.
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March 22, 1917
1910s
ferries
Fort Erie
Louis Mcdermott Collection