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Front: Steamer (named "L.C. Hanna", from Fairport) docked. A dozen or so men stand on the deck posing for the camera. Same steamer is also shown on a postcard located in the Columbus Ohio Metropolitan Library Collection. http://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/postcard/id/770/rec/18 Clarion Fire; An Erie Horror Story By James Donahue: Chief engineer A. Welch's story of survival on the burning freighter Clarion .....Welch and five other men found themselves trapped aboard the burning ship, in the dark of night, with a serious winter gale blowing, and in the middle of Lake Erie without a lifeboat. The date was December 8, 1909. Welch told of leading the small band of men in a four-hour battle for their lives, and successfully holding the fire back until the steamer L. C. Hanna came alongside and took them off http://perdurabo10.tripod.com/ships/id96.html Back: