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Just short of the breakwall, the 10,0000-ton freighter George M
Just short of the breakwall, the 10,0000-ton freighter George M

Just short of the breakwall, the 10,0000-ton freighter George M

Date12/26/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Just short of the breakwall; the 10;0000-ton freighter George M. Carl is grounded near the mouth of the Humber; having missed the entrance to Toronto Harbor by four miles. No one was injured when the 604-foot ship missed a turn and ran aground last night - but it has more troubles now: tugs trying to free it fouled a line around the ship's propeller; and a diver will have to go down to cut it loose.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0014219F
      A traffic sign shows the 10,000-ton freighter George M
      A traffic sign shows the 10,000-ton freighter George M
      Griffin, Doug
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      Docked in Toronto Harbor 49 hours late, Captain Morey Armstrong of the freighter George M
      Docked in Toronto Harbor 49 hours late, Captain Morey Armstrong of the freighter George M
      Darrell, Dick
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      Preparing to cut away the rope tangled in the propeller of the freighter George M
      Preparing to cut away the rope tangled in the propeller of the freighter George M
      Bull, Ron
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      Straining at their towlines, tugs try in vain to pull the freighter George M
      Straining at their towlines, tugs try in vain to pull the freighter George M
      Griffin, Doug
      12/29/1975
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      Unknown
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