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Show Ice Jam in Lakes Breaks Sault Ste. Marie Favored by milder weather, efforts to break up the ice blockade that for a week has held more than 100 lake freighters, up-bound up-bound with coal and downbound with erain, tight in the "bottle neck" of the Great lakes, gave promise of success Tuesday. The upbound fleet of coal carriers began moving slowly before noon after a tug had opened a lane for their passage through Middle Nee-bisch Nee-bisch channel. The progress was very slow, the ice in Middle Neebiseh dike above the channel disputing every foot of the way toward Lake Superior and open water. A score of the upbound fleet had fought their way through the dike up to early this evening. Ten others got out. |