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LYMAN M. DAVIS
The retired wooden schooner LYMAN M. DAVIS was torched as a spectacle off the Sunnyside Amusement Park at Toronto and it burned to the waterline.
The LYMAN M. DAVIS, which rode triumphant through Great Lakes gales for more than half a century, was destroyed today as the feature show in a Sunnyside holiday spectacle.
Burned to the water's edge and wracked by the explosions of powerful fireworks, the stout little schooner, which was born in a Muskegon shipyard 61 years ago, was towed to deep water shortly before 2 A.M. and sank by a dynamite charge in her bottom.
Only when the final act sent the vessel, hot and steaming, beneath the quite ripples of the outer bay, did the last of the many thousands of persons leave the amusement park. For more than an hour the great crowd stood fasinated by the roaring flames. They were more than fire-struck. They were held by the same type of spell which in olden days drew morbid crowds to the public Toronto hangings.
Even the most thoughtless of the watchers saw in the sinking vessel something more than the destruction of an inanimate thing. They had a feeling that out in the centre of the oil fed flames, the bursting bombs and roaring rockets, a personality, and what, until then, had been a living memory of inland sailing fleets, was quickly dying.
As a spectacle, the schooner's burning was eminently satisfactory. The deck and holds had been piled high with dry wood and tinder like crates on Thursday, from a Western Gap pier head. Even in that the vessel's destruction had the character of an execution. She was made to take that last short voyage, even as a condemned person is made to walk to the gallows, and she did in the ignominious tow of a sooty tug.
On the deck and in the rigging fireworks experts had placed powerful bombs and rockets. The last property for the fire set was placed late last night when men poured eight barrels of coal-oil through the ship.
Shortly before midnight a tug towed the LYMAN M. DAVIS from the Sunnyside anchorage, to a point about 300 yards beyond the sea-wall. The tug held her there at the length of a great cable.
The fire was set almost on the hour, and in a few moments the flames had roared along the oil trail from stem to stern and to the tops of her slender masts. As the fire burned into her vitals, the bombs and rockets were ignited.
The explosions fanned out great sheets and sparks and out from the burning ship rockets rose high and cut into the darkness of the upper sky.
All that remained of the schooner was towed out into deep water before the flames reached the waterline. To the late-stayers there came the sound of a muffled explosion. The fire again flared high and then quickly died into blackness.
The LYMAN M. DAVIS had ceased to amuse
Schooner LYMAN M. DAVIS. U. S. No. 15934. Of 195.35 tons gross; 185.59 tons net. Built Muskegon, Mich, 1873. Home port, Muskegon, Mich. 123.0 x 27.2 x 9.4.
Merchant Vessel List, U. S., 1885
Canadian Number C 130436
The schooner LYMAN M. DAVIS has been sent to the Sturgeon Bay shipyard to be rebuilt during the winter. She has had a very busy season and though 30 years old the vessel earned $4,000 for her owners during the year,
Buffalo Evening News
Great story of the Davis
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~twigs2000/palmdavis.html
shots of her underwater
http://www.warrenlophotography.com/uw/humber/lyman-davis-2005/
tom	 June 29, 2016 No Comments
Categories:	Boat Dive Advanced
Tags:	Lake Ontario Toronto Wrecks
FRED A. MORSE
On 27 June 1892, in rain and fog, the FRED A. MORSE (wooden schooner, 182 foot, 592 gross tons, built in 1871, at Vermilion, Ohio) was being towed downbound by the HORACE A. TUTTLE (wooden propeller freighter, 250 foot, 1,585 gross tons, built in 1887, at Cleveland, Ohio) about 12 miles southeast of Thunder Bay on Lake Huron, both carrying loads of iron ore. At the same time, JOHN C. PRINGLE (wooden propeller freighter, 173 foot, 474 gross tons, built in 1880, at Detroit, Michigan) was sailing upbound in that vicinity with a load of coal and Italian marble with the schooners HARRISON, SWEETHEART and SUNSHINE in tow. At 1:30 a.m., the PRINGLE collided with the schooner MORSE, which sank in less than 15 minutes. The crew made it to the TUTTLE in the lifeboat, although one woman was badly injured. The PRINGLE's bow was stove in, her deck planks forward were split and spread, her bulwarks torn away, and her anchors and foremast were lost. She cast off her tow and made for Alpena, Michigan, where she arrived later in the day.
SCHOONER "FRED MORSE" SUNK.
Alpena, June 28. – The propeller PRINGLE of Buffalo collided with the schooner FRED A. MORSE of Cleveland, 12 miles southeast of Thunder Bay Island at 1:30 o'clock yesterday morning. The MORSE was cut below water and sank in 200 feet in less than 25 minutes. The crew saved themselves by taking to the boat, and were afterwards picked up by the TUTTLE. One woman aboard the MORSE was badly injured. The MORSE was bound down, laden with iron ore, and was in tow of the propeller HORACE B. TUTTLE, which also had two other schooners. The TUTTLE proceeded on her way. The PRINGLE's bow is badly damaged, her deck planks forward are split and spread, her bulwarks torn away for considerable distance, and she lost both anchors and her foremast. She is damaged several thousand dollars. She cast her tow adrift. It is not known what became of them, but they can probably take care of themselves. The PRINGLE started for Sand Beach, but the seas washed in through the hole in her bow, and she set about and made this port at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon.
At the time of the collision the mate was in charge and Capt. Bonnah was in his bunk, running out on deck, he was knocked overboard by the falling spar and his left hand was injured, but he managed to keep afloat for an hour, when he was picked up by a boat from the TUTTLE. He remained on board of her until daylight, when he was transferred on board his own boat. He was almost dead when picked up, and wishes to thank the officers of the TUTTLE for their kindness. It was raining at the time of the collision. There was some fog, but further than this the mate will make no statement of the cause of the collision.
Buffalo Inquirer
THE SCHOONER MORSE SUNK
Alpena, June 27. – The propeller Pringle, of Buffalo, collided with the schooner Fred A. Morse, of Cleveland, twelve miles southeast of Thunder Bay Island, at 1:30 this morning. The Morse was cut down below water and sank in 200 feet in less than 15 minutes. The crew saved themselves by taking to the boat and were afterward picked up by the Tuttle. One woman on board the Morse was badly injured. The Morse was bound down, laden with iron ore, and was in tow of the propeller Horace H. Tuttle, which also had two other schooners. The Tuttle proceeded on her way. The Pringle was bound from Buffalo to Chicago with a cargo of coal and Italian marble. She had in tow the schooners Harrison, Sweetheart and Sunshine. The Pringle's bow is badly damaged, her deck planks forward are split and spread, her bulwarks torn away for a considerable distance, and she lost both anchors and her foremast. She is damaged several thousand dollars. She cast her tow adrift, and it is not known what became of them, but they probably can take care of themselves. The Pringle started to go to Sand Beach, but the seas washed in through the hole in her bow, and she set about and made this port about 5:30 this afternoon. At the time of the collision the mate was in charge. Capt. Bonnah, who was in his bunk, running out on deck, was knocked overboard by a falling spar. His left hand was injured, but he managed to keep afloat for an hour, when he was picked up by a boat from the Tuttle. He remained on board of her until daylight when he was transferred on board his own boat. He was almost dead when picked up and wishes to thank the officers of the Tuttle for their kindness. It was raining at the time of the collision and there was some fog, the further than this the parties will make no statement of the cause of the collision.
The propeller PRINGLE of Buffalo collided with the schooner FRED A. MORSE of Cleveland 12 miles southeas of Thunder Bay Island at 1:30 o'clock Monday morning. The MORSE was cut down below the water line and sunk in 200 feet of water in less than 15 minutes. The crew were picked up by the TUTTLE. The MORSE was bound down with ore, in tow of the propeller HORACE M. TUTTLE. The PRINGLE was bound from Buffalo to Chicago with coal and Italian marble. She made Alpena in a severely damaged condition.
Port Huron Daily Times
Cleveland, June 29. – The steamer H.A. TUTTLE arrived here last night with Capt. Fisher and the crew of the lost barge FRED MORSE on board. The crews of both the TUTTLE and MORSE were reticent regarding the cause of the collision. They said, however, that the MORSE sank in less than 5 minutes after she was struck. Most of the crew were in their bunks, including the cook and her daughter ?8 years old, and they had barely time to rush from their beds to the schooner's yawl boat, before the vessel went down. One sailor failed to reach the boat and went down with the wreck. He was rescued by his mates the second time he rose to the surface.
The escape of the captain of the PRINGLE was the most remarkable. He is a large man, and after being knocked overboard found his feet so tangled in a line that he could not swim. He turned over on his back, and floated about for over an hour before assistance reached him.
Buffalo Enquirer
Insurance on the sunken schooner FRED A. MORSE was placed in companies rerpresented by Crosby, McDonald & Co., to the extent of $9,500, while C. W. Elphicke & Co., had $2,833 and George McCurdy $2,000. These are all Chicago agencies. Proceedings are to be instituted against the steamer PRINGLE to recover this insurance, which aggregates $14,333
Schooner FRED A. MORSE. U.S. No. 9980. Of 592.36 tons gross; 562.75 tons net. Built at Vermillion, Ohio in 1871. Home port, Cleveland, Ohio. 182.3 x 31.3 x 12.8
Merchant Vessel List, U.S., 1891
Categories:	General Nonsense
Tags:	Wrecks
W.P. THEW
On 22 June 1909, W.P. THEW (wooden propeller freighter, 133 foot, 207 gross tons, built in 1884, at Lorain, Ohio) was in ballast, creeping through the fog off Alpena, Michigan on Lake Huron when she was rammed by the WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE (steel propeller freighter, 532 foot, 6,634 gross tons, built in 1908, at Ecorse, Michigan). After the collision, the LIVINGSTONE drifted away and lost track of the THEW. The THEW sank in 80 feet of water. Fortunately the steamer MARY C. ELPHICKE answered the distress whistle and picked up the THEW's crew from the lifeboat. No lives were lost.
GPS Location: N45° 02.705' W83° 09.205'
Depth: 84 Feet
Wreck Length: 132 Feet Beam: 24 Feet
Gross Tonnage: 206 Cargo: None
Launched: 1884 by H.D. Root at Lorain, Ohio
Wrecked: June 22, 1909
Description: The W. P. Thew was one of about 700 19th-century Great Lakes steamers designed to carry forest products like logs, lumber, railroad ties, or shingles. After a 25-year career, Thew was lost in a "hit and run" accident. Just off Thunder Bay Island, the ship was struck in a fog by the 545-foot freighter William Livingston and sent to the bottom. The Livingston didn't stop after the collision. Although the Thew sank quickly, no lives were lost. Today its remains lie splayed out on the bottom with all of the machinery and deck equipment displayed at the site.
Categories:	Boat Dive Intermediate Lake Huron
Tags:	Lake Huron Protected Wreck
SCOTIADOC
he SS Martin Mullen was launched as hull number 422 by American Ship Building Co. of Columbus.[1]
The Martin Mullen made frequent trips to and from Duluth-area ports. She was purchased by Paterson Steamships in 1947 and renamed the Scotiadoc.
Final voyage
The Scotiadoc was rammed by Canadian steamer Burlington in heavy fog on June 20, 1953 off Trowbridge Island, near the Sleeping Giant in Lake Superior. One crew member died. Captain George Edgar Morris testified that he picked up the Burlington on radar when it was five miles away. The Burlington collided with the starboard side of the Scotiadoc near the stern.[2]
Discovery of shipwreck
Shipwreck hunters found the wreck in 2013. At a depth of 850 feet, it is among the deepest shipwrecks in the Great Lakes
Categories:	Lake Superior
Tags:	ROV
MAPLEGLEN x WYOMING
1925 – The wooden freighter MAPLEGLEN (i), is scuttled in Lake Ontario, west of Kingston, near Amherst Island. It had been idle since 1921 and was originally the WYOMING of 1881.
Identified by her boilers this scuttled wreck lays at N44 08 70 W76 37 09
Propeller MAPLEGLEN.* Official Canadian Number 141589. Built at Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A. in 1887. Of 1492 gross tons; 911 tons reg. Home port, Montreal, Que. Owned by the Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal, Que. 250.4 x 40.1 x 14.6 and 100 horse power.
* Foreign name WYOMING.
List of Vessels on Registry Books of the Dominion
of Canada on the 31st. Day of December, 1920
Steam screw WYOMING. U. S. No. 81150. Of 1,952.80 tons gross; 1,739.75 tons net. Built Buffalo, N.Y., 1887. Home port, Buffalo, N.Y. 241.0 x 39.9 x 14.9
MARINE NOTES. — Dispatches from Manitowoc indicate that the steamer WYOMING, aground near there, will be a total loss.
Freighter MAPLEGLEN. Official Canada No. 141589. Of 1,492 gross tons. Built Buffalo, N.Y., 1887. 250 x 40 x 15 Ex U. S., WYOMING till 1920. DISPOSITION:– abandoned 1925
Preliminary List of Canadian Merchant Steamships
Inland & Coasta, 1809 to 1930. Worls Ship Society
Marine Notes:– The steamer WYOMING, bound for Chicago with steel, is on a reef near Manitou, Wis., and leaking. Her cargo will be lightered.
Categories:	Boat Dive Beginners Kingston
Tags:	Kingston Lake Ontario Wrecks
1905 –ETRURIA sank after a collision with the AMASA STONE off Passage Island Light, Lake Superior.
http://www.greatlakessteamshipsociety.org/blog/etruria contains video of the wreck
Steamer Etruria Sunk by a Stone
Capt. George Mallory, skipper of the new ore carrier Amasa Stone, denied charges that he broke the rules of the lakes following an early morning collision that sank the freighter Etruria off Presque Isle Light.
The 23 crew members of the Etruria claimed that the Stone steamed off into the fog after a broadside collision that sank their coal laden boat on June 18, 1905. They said they barely had time to launch lifeboats and get off the boat before it turned upside down and went down by the stern in 68 fathoms of water.
Capt. John Green, master of the Etruria, also charged that the Stone may not have been traveling through the fog that morning in check, and he did not hear another boat's fog signals prior to the crash.
Mallory denied the charges. He said the story of his alleged desertion was "a deliberate lie. After the collision we swung around and approached the Etruria, intending to offer her assistance. But the crew, taking to the boats, rowed off in the opposite direction," he said.
In those days, boat captains faced fines of up to $1,000 and two years in jail if they filed to stop and pick up survivors following a collision that sank the other vessel.
At the time of the disaster, the 414-foot-long Etruria was considered the largest vessel ever to be sunk on the Great Lakes.
It was upbound that morning with a cargo of soft coal, moving from Toledo to a Lake Superior port. The Stone was steaming from Duluth with a cargo of iron ore, bound for Lake Erie.
When they hit, many of the crew members on the Etruria were asleep in their bunks. Chief Engineer B. B. Buchanan said he was awakened by the collision and thought the steamer had run aground. By the time he reached the deck, the vessel was already listing and starting to settle in the water, stern first.
The boat was gashed open on the starboard side, just abreast of the No. 9 hatch. Capt. John Green and his crew launched the boat's lifeboats and escaped in time to watch the steamer roll over. As it turned upside down, the sailors said the hatch covers began breaking off and the cargo of coal rumbled free, dropping to the bottom of the lake ahead of the ship.
The crew was picked up later that morning by the passing steamer Maritana after the fog lifted.
The Stone was a new boat, having just been launched a few weeks before the accident.
The vessel was not having a good season. On its first trip the Stone went aground at Corsican shoal at the foot of Lake Huron.
The Etruria also was a relatively new boat, having been launched at Bay City in 1902, three years before it was lost.
Sault Ste. Marie, June 20. — Smith, Davis & Company agency held the insurance on the steamer ETRURIA, which was sunk by the AMASA STONE Sunday, amounting to $360,000. The cargo insurance was about $15,000. This will make one of the heaviest losses on one vessel ever known in Lake underwriting. Early in the season losses had reached such a figure as to make profit for underwriting for this year impossible and if no further disasters occur this year, the Underwriters are far enough behind now to make a large loss on the total business.
REPAIRS TO THE STONE. – Detroit, July 1, – Owing to the position of the damages on the steamer AMASA STONE, which recently sunk the ETRURIA in Lake Huron, the repair work is difficult and is progressing rather slowly. The big boat will probably not get away from Wyandotte for a week. Twenty-six plates had to be taken off the starboard bow in addition to the removal and replacing of 25 broken frames.
Investigation is still going on in the case of the AMASA STONE and ETRURIA, and thus far the preponderance of evidence seems to be against the STONE. The fact that 70 feet of one side of the ETRURIA was crushed in, causing her to sink within 5 minutes after she was struck, proves conclusively, so it is claimed, that the STONE must have been going full speed. If she had been going as she claims, under check, they would have simply come together and glanced off. Smith, Davis & Company have paid the ETRURIA loss of $275,000. This was accomplished within 30 days from the date of collision, which is a record. No effort probably be ever be made to raise the ETRURIA, or her cargo of coal, which lies between 300 and 400 feet under water. It is said that an action will be brought against the STONE, which promises a very vigorous contest.
PIONEER MARINE DECISION.
Detroit, June 9. – Judge Henry H. Swan, in the United States District Court, established a precedent in a suit brought by the Hawgood Transportation Company of Cleveland, owner of the steamer ETRURIA, to collect damages for the loss of that vessel, sunk in collision with the steamer AMASA STONE, in Lake Huron, June 18, 1905.
Sixteen insurance companies shared in the payment of a $205,000 loss on the ETRURIA.
Judge Swan holds that the non-contributing insurance companies may share only in any residue that remains after the 10 contributing companies have been paid their full percentage of the loss incurred through the sinking of the ETRURIA.
The ETRURIA and the AMASA STONE came together in a heavy fog about 10 miles off Presque Isle.
ETRURIA Built 1902 Bulk Propeller -Steel
U. S. No. 136977 4744 gt -4439 nt 414′ x 50′ x 24′
Sunk in collision with stmr. AMASA STONE June 18, 1905, 10 miles off Presque Isle Light, Lake Huron.
Frank Wheeler & Co., West Bay City Shipbuilding Master List
Institute for Great Lakes Research
Perrysburg, Ohio
Steam screw ETRURIA. U. S. No. 136977. Of 4,653 tons gross; 3,415 tons net. Built West Bay City, Mich. Home port, Cleveland, Ohio. 414.0 x 50.0 x 28.0 Of 1,500 indicated horsepower. Steel buil . Crew of 25.
CHECKED DOWN BY UNCLE SAM
Vessel Masters Fined for Law Violation.
CAPTAINS WERE BLAMED
For Loss of the LINDEN, CITY OF ROME, and Big Freighter ETRURIA.
Federal authorities have taken drastic action in the collisions which occurred last season between the steamers ETRURIA and AMASA STONE and the CITY OF ROME and the LINDEN. Fines aggregating $1,200 have been imposed on two of the captains.
Capt. George B. Mallory, who sailed the steamer STONE, has been fined $1,000 for not standing by when his boat collided with and sank the steamer ETRURIA, near Detour. He has been notified of the fact and in case he does not pay the fine the alternative is two years in prison. The collision occurred on June 8.
Capt. John S. Morrison, who was master of the steamer WIDLAR, has been fined $200 without any alternative for causing the steamer LINDEN to sheer into the CITY OF ROME in violation of rule 22 of the steamboat laws. It is claimed that he passed two boats with the LINDEN in between and the suction resulted in the sheer. The LINDEN and the ROME went to the bottom as a result of the collision.
Both captains were tried before the United States inspectors at Port Huron and found guilty of violating the steamboat rules. The inspectors made their report to Collector Leach, the boats being owned in this district.
The STONE's collision resulted in a property loss estimated at $283,189.81, but this is not figured in the fines. It is owing to the fact that the STONE did not wait to render assistance to the ETRURIA's crew, thereby endangering their lives on the open lake.
The LINDEN sheered into the CITY OF ROME June 23. She was up-bound with a cargo of coal and the CITY OF ROME was coming down with a load of ore. The impact of the collision was so hard that it sent both boats to the bottom. The ROME was afterwards raised, but the LINDEN is still on the bottom. It is considered a menace to navigation.
Categories:	Lake Huron Technical Dive
Tags:	Lake Huron Protected Wreck Wrecks
GRECIAN (steel propeller freighter, 296 foot, 2,348 gross tons, built in 1891, at Cleveland, Ohio by Globe Iron Works (Hull#40) struck a rock near Detour, Michigan, on 7 June 1906, but made dock at Detour before settling on bottom. After her cargo was removed, she was raised, and towed by her fleet mate SIR HENRY BESSEMER, bound for Detroit Shipbuilding Co. in Wyandotte, Michigan, for repairs, relying on air pressure in her sealed holds to keep her afloat. However, on 15 June 1906, her holds began to fill with water and she sank in Lake Huron off Thunder Bay. Her crew was rescued by SIR HENRY BESSEMER
Depth: 100 Feet (Stern Deck at 75 Feet)
Gross Tonnage: 2348 Cargo: None
Launched: 1891 by Globe Iron Works at Cleveland, Ohio
Description: On June 7, 1906 the Grecian struck a rock and sank in shallow water
at Detour Village in the St. Mary's River. The ship was later refloated and taken in
tow by the steamer Sir Henry Bessemer, en route to Detroit for repairs.
Unexpectedly, it filled with water and sank near Thunder Bay Island. Its crew
escaped in lifeboats. Today the Grecian's bow and stern lie intact, while the midships
portion has collapsed. The engine, boiler, portions of the propeller and deck
machinery are all in place. There is also a steel canalon (salvage lifting device)
lying off the vessel's stern from a 1909 salvage attempt.
A great 3d webpage on the Grecian is here.
STEAMER GRECIAN WILL BE RAISED AT ONCE.
Detour, June 8. — The tug THOMPSON, with a lighter, arrived here yesterday afternoon to take off the cargo of the GRECIAN, which is sunk in 21 feet of water. The extent of the injuries to the steamer has not yet been ascertained
WILL COST $50,000TO REPAIR STR ZIMMERMAN.
Cleveland, June 9. — It will take at least two months for the Lake Shipyards to complete repairs on the steel vessels now lined up waiting to go into drydocks. The steamer ZIMMERMAN, which was sunk in collision with the SAXONA in the Soo Passage on her first trip, will be at the local shipyard for seven or eight weeks, and the repair bill will be between $50,000 and $60,000. The steamer CRESCENT CITY and barge MANILA, recently released from the beach near Duluth, will be repaired at Ohio ports and they will both be big jobs.
The MANILA will be converted into a steamer, but the change will not be made until next winter. Repairs on the MATAAFA will probably be made at Superior. Little will be known regarding the condition of the EDENBORN until she has been released at Split Rock. The steamers ROMAN, recently released, and the GRECIAN, now sunk at Detour, will have to go into drydock for repairs.
The North American Salvage Wrecking Company has begun preparations for raising the sunken ore barge GRECIAN, which went down in Thunder bay during a gale two years ago.
The sunken steamer GRECIAN was located by divers 16 miles off Alpena yesterday. She is in good condition and valued at $100,000
Steam screw GRECIAN. U. S. No. 86136. Of 2,348 tons gross. Built 1891. On June 15, 1906, vessel foundered in Lake Huron. With 20 persons on board. No lives lost.
Loss of American Vessels reported During Fiscal Year, 1906
Steam screw GRECIAN. U. S. No. 86136. Of 2,348 tons gross; 1,875 tons net. Built Cleveland, Ohio, 1891. Home port, Duluth, Minn. 296.2 x 40.4 x 21.1 Crew of 20. Steel built. Of 1,280 indicated horsepower. Passenger service.
Categories:	Boat Dive Advanced Boat Dive Intermediate Lake Huron
Located at N44 11 692 W76 34 215 this small wreck was located by a Mike Powell. The Islander was a dredge barge and was discarded after the Portsmouth harbour cleanup during the 1930's.
Stripped of almost everything useful she was towed to her present location and remained there till found. In 2003 a quick photo survey and sketch was made.
Categories:	Boat Dive Intermediate Kingston
ZEPHYR Schooner, cargo coal; sprung a leak in Lake Erie; a total loss.
Marine Disasters on the Western
Lakes during 1869, Capt. J.W. Hall
On Thursday night (6/10) the schr. ZEPHYR bound from this port for Detroit, with a cargo of 250 tons of coal, sprung a leak when about 15 miles off Long Pt., filled rapidly and sunk in 20 fathoms of water. The crew took to the yawl, and pulled to Grand River, where they arrived in safety. The vessel and cargo are fully insured.
Buffalo Morning Express
June 12, 1869 1-8
We learn that the schr. ZEPHYR bound to Detroit, sprang a leak during the heavy wind of the 10th, and finally sunk below Long Pt. She was loaded with coal for Detroit and will without doubt prove a total loss. The crew reached Grand River in safety, but very much exhausted, after pumping 18 hours in an open boat.
We learn that the schr. ZEPHYR which left this port for Detroit with 250 tons of coal, sprung a leak Thursday afternoon and sunk in 25 fathoms of water 15 miles east of Long Pt. All hands were saved. They took to their boat and pulled down to Grand River, Ontario. The ZEPHYR we believe is fully insured.
Buffalo Daily Courier
ZEPHYR; 1856; Schooner; US28018
US28018
Construction Build City
Trenton & Detroit
Build State
Hull Materials
G. Cantin or Cantair
E.W. Hudson
Original Owner Location
Power (Sail)
Sail Number Masts
Power (Mechanical)
Tonnage Old Style
Tonnage Gross
Final Disposition
Final Location
15 miles east of Long Point, Lake Erie
Final Date Month
Final Date Day
Final Date Year
Final How
Foundered in gale
History and Notes
1862 Repaired
1863 Owned J. Johnson, Port Huron, Michigan
1865 144 gross tons
1866 Owned H. Harbeck, Cleveland, Ohio
1868 143.57 gross tons
1869, June 10 Foundered, Lake Erie
It is not known if this wreck has been located.
Categories:	Lake Eire
Tags:	Lake Erie Wrecks
Located at N 44'12.115 W 76'31.705. Mark was a guy hanging around the charter operations and wreck hunters in the 70s/80s and was interested in learning how to locate wrecks. So they taught him a few secrets and sent him out to practice.
Mark returns a few hours later with this first confirmed wreck. This little tug boat in 60 feet of water out side of Portsmouth harbour near snake island.
This is obviously an abandoned wreck. In the 80's a POW survey was conducted and the wreck was forgotten about till 2003.
tom	 June 8, 2016 No Comments


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Q: Find minimum in i-j range less than in O(j-i) using less than O(N^2) memory Say there is a big array that containes N integers:
const unsigned N = 1e12;
int array[N] = { 1, 3 , 8, -5, 4, 3, -1 -6, 6, ....., N};

There should be queried many times the smallest element in the range of different i j indecies. THe complexity of returning the minimum should be smaller than in O(j-i) and the problem should be solved using less than O(N^2) memory.
How this can be done?

A: RMQ works in the following way:
We keep an array M[N][logN], where M[i][j] shows minimum number of range starting from i and having length 2^j. To fill that array, at first we calculate all M[i][0] values, which are all equal M[i][0] = A[i] (A[i] is the original array). After that, by induction each M[i][j] will be equal to min(M[i][j - 1], M[i + (1 << (j - 1))][j - 1]) i.e. we get values for longer intervals by taking minimum of its left & right parts, which should be calculated in previous step as we are going from shortest to longest intervals.
After that, to get minimum value in [a..b] interval, you need to find the biggest P, such that 2^P doesn't exceeds the length of interval [a..b]. And the answer will be min(M[a][P], M[b - (1 << P) + 1][P])

A: For static array, as you mentioned, the fastest solution is O(1) with O(n) preproc. But in practice you may want to use one of the following approaches, which also work for dynamic arrays, and seem to me easier to understand and code:

*

*divide the array into sqrt(n) sections, each with sqrt(n) elements, and store minimums for each of those segments. Each (i,j) will contain some of those segments entirely plus maybe some elements from left and right. Pass over these elements and stored answers for segments to find the min. This requires O(n) preproc, O(sqrt(n)) query, O(sqrt(n)) update and O(sqrt(n)) memory. Also very easy to code.

*build a minumum segment tree over the array. This gives O(logn) for query/update, O(n) memory/preproc.

A: For those who knows Russian this is the solution: http://e-maxx.ru/algo/rmq
For those who don't know Russian, sorry, I have not found something. If someone will find, please edit my answer.

A: A simple solution is to create a 2D array where an entry [i, j] stores the minimum value in range arr[i..j]. Minimum of a given range can now be calculated in O(1) time, but preprocessing takes O(n^2) time. Also, this approach needs O(n^2) extra space which may become huge for large input arrays.
Another solution is to construct a Segment tree.Segment tree can be used to do preprocessing and query in moderate time. With segment tree, preprocessing time is O(n) and time to for range minimum query is O(Logn). The extra space required is O(n) to store the segment tree.
Representation of Segment trees

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*Leaf Nodes are the elements of the input array.

*Each internal node represents minimum of all leaves under it.

The construction of the Segment tree is explained in detail here:
http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/segment-tree-set-1-range-minimum-query/

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AIM presents roadmap for US integrated photonics
400-page study highlights market drivers and investment targets for US photonics through 2030.
By Ford Burkhart in Tucson
400-page plan.
As it looks toward its Year 3, the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics yesterday released its 400-page Integrated Photonics Strategic Roadmap (IPSR) – at the LA Convention Center, Ca, during OFC 2017.
The AIM Photonics CEO, Michael Liehr said a central Roadmap goal is to increase "domestic competitiveness" with a " common platform approach."
AIM Photonics is based in Rochester, New York; with outposts in Massachusetts; in Santa Barbara, California; in Tucson, Arizona, and elsewhere.
The IPSR includes chapters created by six Product Emulator Groups and nine Technology Working Groups, each focused on issues critical to the future of integrated photonics systems manufacturing.
Multiple supply chains – 'difficult'
AIM said that because integrated optics technology is proprietary and is not manufactured in high volume, having multiple supply chain sources is difficult. Establishing an enabling silicon photonics technology as envisioned in the IPSR is a necessary step to achieving low-cost, high-volume manufacturing in this rapidly expanding market, it said.
More importantly, it said, "achieving this challenging task will require strengthening the mechanisms for cooperation among industries and among researchers who are all working in advanced technologies."
Taking AIM: Michael Liehr.
Liehr added, "The goal of AIM Photonics is to increase domestic competitiveness; however, in today's global economy the IPSR must be an international roadmap that looks at the global technology needs of the integrated photonics supply chain. For integrated photonic systems to be low cost and have high-volume applications, a common platform approach is needed.
"Many of the platform needs can be addressed by the existing supply chain. AIM Photonics will develop technical projects that focus on key competitive needs."
Lionel Kimerling of MIT, Executive Director of AIM Photonics Academy, said the Roadmap is intended "to define the 15-year path for changing the global network, the components in it, and most of the elements attached to it, in order to meet market needs. These changes include orders of magnitude improvements in power efficiency, cost per function, and number of networked ports — all at no increase in total cost."
The Roadmap grew out of meetings with industry, government, and academia over 18 months, with input from scientists, researchers, and executives from throughout the supply chain for low-cost, high-volume integrated silicon photonics.
Approximately 700 professionals from 16 countries, representing 254 private corporations, consortia, government agencies, and universities, have contributed to the roadmap.
The full 400-page IPSR document can be accessed and downloaded on the IPSR website (login required).
Ford Burkhart is a writer based in Tucson, Arizona.
American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics
IPSR website
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Trump reportedly set to pardon more than 100 people in his final hours as president
Nine shot as Fourth of July fireworks pop across the city
By Thomas Tracy
A 35yr old man, a 28yr old man, a 30yr old man and a 25yr old woman were all taken to the Hospital after they were shot on Elton Street near Sutter Avenue, just around the corner from the 75th Precinct in Brooklyn on Friday July 5, 2019. (Theodore Parisienne/for New York Daily News)
Nine people were shot, one fatally, and two men were slashed during a bloody spate of violence across the city early Friday as Independence Day celebrations drew to a close, officials said.
The violence stared with a bang in Brooklyn about 12:10 a.m. when three men and a woman were shot in East New York as celebrants set off fireworks on neighborhood streets.
The four victims were walking down Elton St. near Belmont Ave. in East New York — just a block from the 75th Precinct stationhouse — when a gunman opened fire at the group, cops said.
When medics arrived, they found a 30-year-old man shot in the chest and a 28-year-old man shot in the neck, officials said. A 25-year-old woman had also been shot in the shoulder.
Two of the victims were removed to Brookdale University Hospital. The third was taken to Jamaica Hospital. All are expected to survive, cops said.
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Cops said a fourth victim from the same shooting, a 30-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the lower back, showed up at Brookdale University Hospital and was listed in stable condition after treatment.
Responding officers grabbed a man believed to be involved in the shooting at the scene and were questioning him Friday. No arrests have been made.
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In a separate incident roughly an hour later in the Bronx, a 40-year-old man was fatally shot in the basement of an apartment building on Crotona Ave. in Belmont, cops said.
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The victim had been shot in the chest, officials said. It was not immediately clear how long he had been lying there before witnesses found him and called 911. Medics rushed him to St. Barnabas Hospital where he died of his wounds. His name was not immediately disclosed.
Bullets went off again in Brooklyn about 3:30 a.m. when a 37-year-old man was shot in the stomach as he and a woman sat in a car on Crown St. and Schnectady Ave. in Crown Heights.
The man tried to escape in the car, but lost control of the vehicle, which flipped over onto its roof. He and the woman were taken to Kings County Hospital, where they are expected to survive.
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The victims told police that the gunman stormed up and started shooting at the victim. The incident was picked up by the NYPD's ShotSpotter system of selectively placed state-of-the-art microphones designed to pick up gunfire, cops said.
A half-hour later in the Bronx, a 20-year-old man was found lying on Hoe Ave. near E. 172nd St. in Claremont Village with gunshot wounds to his head and leg. Medics rushed him to an area hospital in critical condition.
Within the next 15 minutes, a 30-year-old man was shot in the stomach on Seventh Ave. and W. 123rd St. in Harlem and a 20-year-old man was shot in the left calf as he hung out with friends on Grant Ave. near E. 164th St. in Concourse Village, cops said. Both men were taken to area hospitals and are expected to survive.
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The bloody spree ended in Williamsburg about 5:40 a.m. when a woman slashed two men during a fight on Middleton St. near Union Ave. Cops took the woman in for questioning, but no charges were immediately filed.
The two slashing victims were taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment, cops said. The third man also injured in the fray was taken to Kings County Hospital with a minor injury.
Friday's violence comes as the NYPD fights a 7% jump in shootings across the city. By the end of June cops were investigating 361 shootings, 24 more than the 337 shootings reported in the first half of 2018.
Murders in the city remain down for the year, by nearly 14%, cops said.


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During the first six months of this year, the global container port throughput rose by 6.7 percent and the growth is on track to hit over 6 percent for the full year, a six-year high, according to Alphaliner.
The estimate was made based on the survey results from over 250 ports, with a combined annual throughput of more than 550 million TEU.
"Total volume growth powered ahead in the second quarter to reach 7.4 percent, ahead of the 5.9 percent recorded in the first quarter this year. The momentum is expected to continue into the second half, with the latest figures for July also showing very strong figures," Alphaliner added.
As disclosed, the growth was recorded in all regions, with ports from South Asia taking the lead with a growth rate of 9.3 percent. The Middle East ports lagged behind with only 3.1 percent growth. Ports in China and the US booked highest first-half growth rates of 8.4 pct and 8.2 respectively.
Among the top 30 ports, notable gainers during the period were Ningbo and Guangzhou with 14.4 and 11.7 percent respectively, while Algeciras saw a 9.4 percent dip in volumes, followed by Lianyungang and Bremerhaven with 7.2 pct and 4 pct decrease.
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ABC announced this morning on Good Morning America the celebrities for the next installment of the mega-hit Dancing with the Stars. We are proud to mention that a few former sitcom stars will compete, too! Mario Lopez of Saved by the Bell fame will be competing. Mario played Slater on the teen sitcom. Former child star Joe Lawrence (AKA Joey Lawrence) will also be in it. Joe starred in sitcoms such as Gimme a Break! and Blossom. He was also on Half & Half recently. other stars include L.A. Law's Harry Hamlin, TV/movie star Vivica A. Fox, reality TV star Shanna Moakler, TV talk show host Jerry Springer and NFL great Emmitt Smith. To view the full list of 11 celebs, click here. Dancing with the Stars airs Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8 p.m. starting Set. 12 on ABC.
Pretty soon the fall will start and that means we will all be browsing TVGuide or TitanTV to see what our local channels are doing. Some locals will start changing on Sept. 5, but many will make their changes the weeks of Sept. 11 and 18. Sitcom wise, premiering Sept. 11 on locals are reruns of Still Standing; premiering September 18 on locals are reruns of According to Jim, Scrubs, One on One and Reba. Then there are the weekly drama/reality shows, like CSI: Miami, American Idol, The Shield and Without a Trace. They all will air once or twice a week on weekends. Then there are the new talk shows and court shows. Premiering the week of Sept. 11 are Dr. Keith Ablow, The Greg Behrendt Show, Judge Maria Lopez and Cristina's Court. Week of Sept. 18 will see Rachel Ray and Megan Mullally. I have posted most of the NYC info on all these shows. Click here to view this. You too can post info on your locals on that thread. I have posted WPIX's full fall line-up, and soon will have WWOR and WNYW. So keep checking!
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2 books by Abrams, Elliot M.
The Emergence of the Moundbuilders: The Archaeology of Tribal Societies in Southeastern Ohio
Elliot M. Abrams
Ohio University Press, 2004
Library of Congress E78.O3E64 2005 | Dewey Decimal 977.19701
Native American societies, often viewed as unchanging, in fact experienced a rich process of cultural innovation in the millennia prior to recorded history. Societies of the Hocking River Valley in southeastern Ohio, part of the Ohio River Valley, created a tribal organization beginning about 2000 bc.
Edited by Elliot M. Abrams and AnnCorinne Freter, The Emergence of the Moundbuilders: The Archaeology of Tribal Societies in Southeastern Ohio presents the process of tribal formation and change in the region based on analyses of all available archaeological data from the Hocking River Valley. Drawing on the work of scholars in archaeology, anthropology, geography, geology, and botany, the collection addresses tribal society formation through such topics as the first pottery made in the valley, aggregate feasting by nomadic groups, the social context for burying their dead in earthen mounds, the formation of religious ceremonial centers, and the earliest adoption of corn.
Providing the most current research on indigenous societies in the Hocking Valley, The Emergence of the Moundbuilders is distinguished by its broad, comparative overview of tribal life.
How the Maya Built Their World: Energetics and Ancient Architecture
By Elliot M. Abrams
University of Texas Press, 1994
Library of Congress F1435.1.C7A26 1994 | Dewey Decimal 338.476900972838
Maya architecture is often described as "massive" and "monumental," but experiments at Copan, Honduras, convinced Elliot Abrams that 300 people could have built one of the large palaces there in only 100 days.
In this groundbreaking work, Abrams explicates his theory of architectural energetics, which involves translating structures into volumes of raw and manufactured materials that are then multiplied by the time required for their production and assembly to determine the labor costs of past construction efforts. Applying this method to residential structures of the Late Classic period (A.D. 700-900) at Copan leads Abrams to posit a six-tiered hierarchic social structure of political decision making, ranging from a stratified elite to low-ranking commoners. By comparing the labor costs of construction and other economic activities, he also prompts a reconsideration of the effects of royal construction demands on commoners.
How the Maya Built Their World will interest a wide audience in New and Old World anthropology, archaeology, architecture, and engineering.
The Emergence of the Moundbuilders
The Archaeology of Tribal Societies in Southeastern Ohio
How the Maya Built Their World
Energetics and Ancient Architecture


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Police defuse London bomb
June 30, 2007 — 6.50am
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British police said today they had defused a bomb in the heart of central London's theatre district.
The discovery comes a week before the second anniversary of the July 7 London bombings, which killed 52 commuters.
Police confirmed the device was a bomb.
Police responded after a passer-by alerted them to a suspicious vehicle - reportedly a silver Mercedes - in The Haymarket, near Picadilly Circus underground, just before 2am (1100 AEST).
"They discovered what appeared to be a potentially viable explosive device. This was made safe," they said, adding that counter-terrorism officers were investigating. A security source said a link to al-Qaeda could not be ruled out.
The discovery came hours after new Prime Minister Gordon Brown named a cabinet to succeed Tony Blair's. It posed a first major challenge for Brown's three-day-old administration, and particularly his new home secretary, Jacqui Smith.
Smith was to chair a meeting of the government's top emergency committee, Cobra, today, Brown said.
"The first duty of a government is the security of the people and as the police and security services have said on so many occasions we face a serious and continued security threat to our country," Brown told reporters.
"This incident does recall the need for us to be vigilant at all times and the public to be alert."
Security around parliament was stepped up, with police body-searching drivers of vehicles entering the compound.
The bomb alert came almost two years after a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks on London's transport network killed 52 commuters, the first Islamist suicide bombings in western Europe. London has frequently been on edge since.
A security source said an al-Qaeda link could not be dismissed, noting that the threat from international Islamist terrorism was the main reason the official British threat level is placed at "severe", the second highest level.
"Numerically speaking, al-Qaeda is a strong possibility but it just is too early to attribute specifically," the source said, adding that it would be "wrong and short-sighted" to rule out domestic options as well.
The MI5 intelligence agency said last year it believed Islamist radicals were plotting at least 30 major terrorist attacks in Britain and it was tracking some 1,600 suspects.
A large area of central London around the scene, in the normally busy and popular theatre district, remained sealed off hours after the bomb was found. Officers at the scene said it could be several hours before the area was cleared.
Television pictures clearly showed one gas canister after it was removed from the car. It was green and labelled "PATIO GAS", which is readily available at hardware stores nationally.
Sky News reported that two canisters were found in the car, as was a large quantity of nails.
Office workers unable to enter their buildings to start the work day milled outside, watching the police operation.
Haymarket, in between Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus, is usually thronged with Londoners and tourists, who flock there for its bars, theatres and restaurants.
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On the waterfront: Expand your plant range and encourage wildlife in a splash!
A garden might not need a water feature any more than a dinner party needs wine, but without a pond, rill or fountain, something is lacking. Water adds so much — not just as an attractive feature, but it also allows you to extend your plant range and encourages wildlife.
Small water features are an alternative, but unless carefully chosen, they may look sterile and unnatural. Low-voltage fountains, for instance, can be pretty tumbling over natural stone, but you probably wouldn't want unconvincing fake rocks or plastic barrels.
A tiny pond, on the other hand, creates a natural feature. It can support a diversity of life, including plants, dragonflies and even tadpoles. Its appearance will change with the seasons and if creatively landscaped, can become a delightful focal point. A puddle-sized pool can work perfectly as a micro- habitat.
Plunge an old sink, with drain and overflow sealed, into the ground to make a mini-pond. You could install it in half an afternoon.
We buried an old Belfast sink which, despite its white porcelain, melded beautifully into a corner of our garden. The secret is to place it deep enough to ensure the sides are flush with the ground and absolutely level. That way, when filled to the brim, the sides become almost invisible.
I enhanced my sink further with a few old rocks at the back and planted the edges with a dwarf trailing willow and other plants to conceal the white rim.
You must make sure, especially with a vertical-sided container, that creatures can get in and out easily. Rocks made a shallow end in ours and the plants that trail into the water also act as lifelines.
We planted starwort Callitriche in a submerged pot as an oxygenating plant, but duckweed arrived uninvited and made a green surface.
Our sink pond was made in a morning. The second project was more ambitious and took nearly all day. I woke one Saturday, years ago, with an impulse to build a small wildlife pond in a shady part of our garden.
turf back all round so I could bury the pond liner's edges. The hole had sloping sides and was checked for protruding stones or roots that might puncture the liner when filled with water. Once again it must be level, or some of the ugly liner could remain unsubmerged and nastily visible, even when the pond is full. It would be more professional to use a butyl pond liner, but the poly was in my shed and therefore free.
The last task was to cut away the surplus plastic and replace the turf flush with the edge. Planting with aquatics took less than an hour and, that very afternoon, a dragonfly buzzed into the garden and immediately took possession. Frogs have bred in that pond. Foxes and hedgehogs drink at it and wild king cups adorn its margins. In late summer, windfall apples tumble into the water and float like fishing buoys.
On the waterfront: Extend your plant range and encourage wildlife in a splash!


I'm soon travelling to France, Monaco, UK, Thailand and Italy, Let me know if you are around and want to book a session with me!
When I got the inquiry from Veronica and Steve last summer to photograph their wedding in Bali I was shooting some magazine work in Austria. I was staying near the turquoise lake Wörthersee. It turned out that this color really connected me to Veronica and Steve's wedding. The details, the vespa and the ocean were all in pastel. A few days ago I saw a turquoise old car for sale in a car magazine, a Fiat 1100 de luxe 1956, and I instantly thought of Veronica and sent her a photo of it. This is their pastel story from their beautiful day May 19th.
Photographing the wedding of two designers from Jakarta was really a dream. Not only the location was amazing, it meant a lot that Veronica and Steve are creative souls and trusted my ideas and visions. Both the ceremony and the reception took place at the luxury resort Pantai Lima. I had never before photographed in such a tropical heat so I drank a lot of water and even though my feet hurt at the end of the day (as they always do) I ended the shoot on the dance floor without the camera.
A few days before the wedding we had a beach session. Go check it out if you have not seen it!
Dear Veronica and Steve, thanks a lot for inviting me to your wedding and for being fun and genuine people. I'm really looking forward to meeting you again in Scandinavia on your vacation in August and in the end of July in Bali when I will photograph another wedding.


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Q: HTTPS under Amazon EBS + Apache on ubuntu on EC2 not redirecting HTTP I have a EBS machine running ubuntu 16.04 and Apache2 which is receiving HTTPS requests from a EBS. I`m having problems on trying to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS.
So far I tried to redirect using .htacces and mod_rewrite.
.htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} =http
RewriteRule . https://%{HTTP:Host}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=permanent]

How can I redirect the HTTP requests to HTTPS?

A: Try like this:

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
    RewriteRule (.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]

A: I found a solution.
Instead of using a .htaccess file I wrote the rules on apache .conf file.
Here is it:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} =http
RewriteRule . https://%{HTTP:Host}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=permanent]


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The CD-ROM includes the text of the probate forms but does not include the reference, time or comments. The forms are provided in Microsoft Word to avoid the necessity of retyping them.
The Probate Forms are updated as needed by the Judicial Council Probate Law Advisory Committee. The 2017 supplement will be published early in 2018.
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Andrea Bargnani not in Running for Andrea Bargnani Award
By Adam Francis Feb 23, 2012, 2:00pm EST
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One of my favourite NBA columns each season is Hickory High's "Anti Awards" post.
It's a look at players who...well...aren't likely to win any of the usual awards that are handed out when the season comes to a close, and more importantly, aren't exactly helping their teams in various areas.
In the past, the Toronto Raptors have been featured in these awards, with Andrea Bargnani going so far as to have an entire award named after him.
At the halfway point of the season, Bargs is actually getting some props for his early season play, and there's nary a Raptor to be found in Hickory High's halfway point update.
But that doesn't mean there aren't some pretty ugly individual performances, my favourite being the Darrick Martin award, named after the former Raptor, with Austin Daye shooting a blazer 30.5 per cent from the field.
And we all thought DeMar DeRozan was struggling with his shot this year!


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