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Straining at their towlines, tugs try in vain to pull the freighter George M

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Straining at their towlines, tugs try in vain to pull the freighter George M

Date12/29/1975

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Griffin, Doug (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Straining at their towlines; tugs try in vain to pull the freighter George M. Carl out of the sand in which it was grounded off Sunnyside Beach. Not until a fifth tug was called into service; nearly 47 hours after the effort began; was the 10;418-ton grain ship pulled gradually out of the sand. [Incomplete]

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014222F

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