CASON J. CALLAWAY and another past Erie visitor, the AMERICAN REPUBLIC, collided Friday in the Straits of Mackinaw, which connect Lakes Huron and Michigan. Reports are that the downbound CALLAWAY, loaded with iron ore for Gary, Indiana on its first trip of the season, was passing close to the REPUBLIC, stuck fast in ice, to try and break it free. The CALLAWAY apparently was pushed by the ice into the REPUBLIC, holing the REPUBLIC in its number one ballast tank, and the CALLAWAY above the water line.
Both vessels are headed for Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and Bay Shipbuilding Company for repairs.
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