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Mesquite may have been late to the scene but she definitely did respond at one point.

When we went out to the burning vessel, there was a Canada Coast Guard vessel attending.

I remember being camped along the North Shore above Duluth and watching Mesquite returning from the scene a couple of days after the incident, through my binoculars.

Ray wrote:Does anyone know what other boats responded to the fire? I seem to recall news footage of the Peter A.B. Widener nearby, but there were a number of other vessels in the shot as well.

Thomas W. Lamont was the first vessel on the scene. She rescued 17 members of the crew off of the Cartiercliffe Hall.

Ray wrote:Does anyone know what other boats responded to the fire? I seem to recall news footage of the Peter A.B. Widener nearby, but there were a number of other vessels in the shot as well.

Thomas W. Lamont. A friend of mine was on her.

Does anyone know what other boats responded to the fire? I seem to recall news footage of the Peter A.B. Widener nearby, but there were a number of other vessels in the shot as well.

Winnipeg upbound in the Welland Canal June 1988
Algontario upbound at the Soo November 2008

Coalburner wrote:Quite a while ago, I was in Copper Harbor, MI and managed to get close to a burning ship on Lake Superior. The aft superstructure acted like a big chimney and the crews quarters burned killing at least one crewman. This was a Canada vessel and I think a Patterson ship.
Does anybody remember this fire and what eventually became of this ship?

Cartiercliffe Hall, in 1979 durned at the aft end. Cabins/superstructure destroyed. Rebuilt during 1980, went on to become the Winnipeg for CSL, then Algontario for Algoma. Scrapped in 2011

http://continuouswave.com/misc/cartiercliffehall.html

Also a song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ETOhvOx5xM

A web search found this article. Cartietcliffe Hall, 1979.

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/06/arch ... maged.html

The vessel you’re referring to is the Cartiercliffe Hall which later became the Winnipeg for CSL and finally the Algontario for Algoma Central Corp. and you can find answers to all your questions on her by going to the Fleet History Galleries on this website. Once in the Fleet Galleries page, scroll down to scrapped vessels. Then, look for the Algontario and click on that boat. It has articles, photos and a write up history about the devastating fire and the death of some of its crewman. Hope this helps.

Cartiercliffe Hall

Quite a while ago, I was in Copper Harbor, MI and managed to get close to a burning ship on Lake Superior. The aft superstructure acted like a big chimney and the crews quarters burned killing at least one crewman. This was a Canada vessel and I think a Patterson ship.
Does anybody remember this fire and what eventually became of this ship?