European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Modern masons by Susanne Schafer associated press the men who repair and restore colognes mighty gothic Cathedral cheerfully carry on a labor that has stretched Over 732 years and will never we will never be said Anton the chief Stone in a that part of the Beauty of our we just become part of the Cathe from an office beside the 63story Meid oversees five dozen scaffold masons and sculptors who ply a medieval Trade with modern amid the whine of the Metal Stone cutting disks and the thunk of his men patiently repair the damage caused by time and acid from the Church two pointed Spires look like stalagmites dropped in the Middle of the Neon it up close the mighty Cathedral is an explosion of jutting flying Arches and coloured As West Germany Foremost example of High gothic the Church provides a living history lesson for those who wish to learn the ancient trades in repairs were required after the world War ii bombardment of the but air pollution has now become the most serious decay eats More than one Inch a scaffolding went up in 1977 for major repairs to the famed Cologne year off some types of forcing perpetual replace ment of statues and Lacy Arch chemical treatment of the Stone and use of More pol Lutio resistant Rock has helped Stem the about 40 different types of Stone have been used in the said running his hand affectionately along the Soo blackened Basalt lava Stone in the base of the South see How alive this Stone is see How its pores give it character he showing off a Basalt lava peppered with tiny Young slab of the cathedrals first taken from the Hills across the was bid in but due to periodic Lack of in architectural Fash Ion and political the Church remained Only partially built until the prussian state bankrolled the final spurt of construction in the All that repairs went it is slow even because the Stone Carvers take great pains to copy in minutest detail some of the hand carved statues and decorations that have been if a statue or an Arch must be the larger pieces can be roughed out by electric but final sculpting is done by to View the latest Meid sweeps a visitor up 20 stories in an elevator inside scaffolding that surrounds the North Side of the Cathedral like a spider the buttresses that support the Cross Section of the Church Are among the most damaged by the air pollution and require immediate he his jacket whipping about him in the dizzying Meid Points out a few modern figures recently added to several pillars two men kicking a soccer a Man guzzling Beer and a woman smoking on one of the a Row of Stone masons is at hammers and chisels at each face see me asked in the next to the last in the we usually try to remain True to the but if the Stone has been lost and we have no idea what Type of carving was sometimes we put new ideas up for a the Cathedral was also meant to be a reflection of its he since world War about 70 Stone craftsmen have been tutored at the cathedrals regarded As one of the Best in thou Art called the ritual manner of address used in medieval is still used by today Stone Carvers when they ask an assistant for and there is no shortage of Young usually from schools of engineering or who vie for a Chance to get an Meid the length of their training depends on their experience with carving and their feeling for he there is a saying Here that when the Cathedral is the world will Meid i can Tell you that for there is no end in the freighter poet originally a troop ship during world War ii was last seen 24 leaving Philadelphia with Crew of up Aust bucket that vanished new York times the last time Coleman Odonoghue saw his Cabin mate was worried about making another voyage aboard the the Seaman had been fearful about the vessels Odonoghue he called it a rust said a 23 year old ships Messman from speaking of his former Noel the ships wed heard some people on deck saying she  be he there were places where holes had rusted in the they had been spot welded but there were still weak on when the poet sailed from bound for Egypt with a cargo of Mclaughlin was who wanted to be Home for stayed and that was the last Day anyone has seen or heard from Mclaughlin and 33 ship mates aboard the she has disappeared in the Atlantic without a not even an Oil Slick has been Odonoghue still appeared stunned at the Fate of his former shipmates recently As he stood outside a hearing room in the customs House in where a Marine Board of conducted by the coast was trying to penetrate some of the mystery surrounding the ships Odonoghue has not been called to but his though clearly tainted As seemed at least As enlightening As official testimony heard in the the evidence presented has reached Back into the poets history and traced her from the time she was being prepared for loading to her last known Cape at the Mouth of Delaware the steel ship was built in near the end of world War and rebuilt in 196s in at her last general in her Stem a structural part at the rear of the was found badly rusted and was before she left Philadelphia a coast guard Petty officer conducted an inspection and found three at two Oil Drums and acetylene tanks were lashed to rails and without proper Dun or padding to prevent she was also found to Lack a required piece of navigational called a an acronym for Long Range Aid to a second coast guard witness said that before the poet a Loran had been installed and the vessels chief Norman had promised to Correct the other other expert witnesses testified that the poet had been properly loaded in a manner that would not cause the Grain to shift and affect her Gary a River Pilot who took her Down the Delaware River to Cape was the Only witness to raise a serious question about the poets sea Harper found her heavy at the Bow and slug Gish in responding to the n it took a Little longer for the ship to respond because the ship was Harper meaning the Bow Rode Low in the on the second Day of the poets a sudden storm lashed the East coast with winds up to 70 speculation has focused on whether the which had previously Ridden put might have sprung a the speculation suggests that she might then have become to heavy and unstable or that the cargo might have become expanding and rupturing her questions have also focused on delays in reporting the vessel Henry president of the hawaiian Eugenia owner of the took the stand during the first three attorneys representing crewmen and their unions pressed about the citing the vessels As required by her officers operating to report to him at 48hour Bonnabel said that until when the poet was several Days he had assumed the vessel was Only experiencing radio it was then that he alerted the coast five Days after attempting to locate her by the coast guard began an extensive 10day air the poet was one of the staunchest and strongest ships in the merchant Bonnabel Jill Batchler was one of Many relatives of 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