At daybreak Sunday, Oct. 25, the Sam Laud was making her way out of Ludington, MI. Her broad black hull and rust-streaked white bow stood against a soft October sky, with two crew members visible near the forecastle. After a brief visit to unload stone, the veteran Great Lakes freighter was headed south again. The Sam Laud arrived in Ludington at about 4 a.m. from the Drummond Island Quarry in northern Lake Huron. She discharged a portion of her cargo of stone aggregate at Rieth-Riley Construction’s Great Lakes Materials terminal on Pere Marquette Lake. By about 8:30 a.m., she had departed for St. Joseph, MI, where the remainder of her cargo was to be unloaded.
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