Sinking of the Montrose – July 1962

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• The 'amazing' picture was taken by Tony Spina, head photographer for the Detroit Free Press for many years. See link below to see more of his fantastic pics,personal fav is one of a National Guardsman looking up during the Detroit riots.

  link: http://rolandyoung.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/the-tony-spina-collection/

• i remember when this happened i was out with my mom and dad for a ride in the car one night and all of a sudden we came upon this boat on it's side i remember the old man parked the car so we could walk up closer to the river for a better look i remember it freaked me out because being so young it as the first time i ever saw somehing like this thinking people might have died

• I was an English Language and Literature student at the University of Western Ontario and had just begun summer replacement work in the news department at CBE Radio (now CBC Radio One) in my home town of Windsor. The Montrose was my first big story. In those days we needed a producer to cue the tape recorder to be turned on, a technician to operate the tape recorder and a news person (not quite 21 year old me) to do the voice reporting. Small wonder the CBC had to downsize. Anyway, imagine my thrill at being told by a friend who I met on the street: "I heard your report on the sinking of the Montrose on the Voice of America last night." Apparently my rookie report went all over the planet in those Cold War days. Such intriguing memories. Windsor has a remarkable history!

• I remember it well. I was 6 years old and we were taken down to Queen's Dock at the foot of Mill St. Sandwich It must have been the next day.