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RAISED TUG TO BE TOWED INTO PT. DALHOUSIE
WILL BE GIVEN INSPECTION IN DRYDOCK BY THE UNDERWRITERS
SALVAGE BOAT CHAMPLAIN WILL PROCEED TO WINTER QUARTERS AT SOREL
[The Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 9 December 1931]
The tug Rival of the Sin-Mac Lines, whch sank in 30 feet of water in the Welland Canal just north of lock eight four weeks ago last night when its boilers exploded as it was mooring for the night, was sucessfully raised yesterday after three previous attempts and this morning cleared in tow of the salvage tug, Champlain, for Port Dalhousie.
The tug was finally raised successfully late Monday night after a diver had plugged rivet holes in the bottom of the craft and it had been pumped dry. Yesterday a crew of men were kept busy removing the coffer dam which was built around the tug from the gunwhales and used in the raising, and in steaming the coating of oil from its decks, and superstructure. When the coffer dam with its canvass covering was removed the superstructure of the boat was revealed to the many interested spectators as somewhat badly damaged above the decks by the explosion, the woodwork of the engine room being considerably charred and splintered.
The vessel, which left for Port Dalhousie this morning at 9 o’clock, will undergo a complete inspection by the underwriters and will remain in the Lake Ontario port during the winter months. The Champlain, after it delivers the Rival in Port Dalhousie, will proceed to its winter quarters at Sorel, Que., where the Rival will be taken for rebuilding by its owners next spring. The Champlain was in charge of Captain George Stitt, as it cleared this morning with the Rival.
The raising of the tug was in charge of Percy Bonam of the Sin-mac Lines, with Lew Myers, veteran wrecking master and diver, assisting and doing the under-water work.
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