The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-12-23

JOE CADOIIE,
who was the only married man
among the crew. was about SO or 40
years old and leaves wife and two
children to mourn his loss. He was
a half-breed, brother of Charlie and
Antoine Cadotte, and had sailed on
the Lakes for the last Is or Is years,
being considered an experienced
sailor, either on large or small
craft; was also wrecked in that
same locality once, being on the
schooner Charlie when she went
ashore near Grand Marais.
JAMES LAFAvE,
who was about % years old, was
also a Halt-breed, and has mother
and brothers living here. Though
accustomed to being on the water,
he was not a regular sailor, and
this was his first trip on the Stranger.
Of course it is not yet known
here, to a certainty, that the three
men last seen on the vessel per
ished. Indeed, there are many who,
assert with great confidence that
it is quite probable they survived,
and will yet turn up somewhere all
safe, though it is almost hoping
against hope, to hope that such may
be the case, as the chances are ten
to one that they persisted.
The hopeful ones, however, argue
that, supposing the vessel had no
hole in her when she went on the
reef-and it is quite probable she
did not or she would not have
Heated for two hours afterWard-
why, then, she could easily ride out
the sea, as it is known that the
boys, after they cut away the masts,
threw out her anchor, in order that
it might drag and thus keep the
vessels head toward the sea, in con-
sequence OF which she was riding the
waves spendidly. This being the
case, it is further argued that Ill the
crew would then have to do would
be to wrap themselves in blankets
of which they had a plentiful sup
ply, and also OF provlsions-and re-
main In the cabin, while the vessel
AS the wind continued blowing
from the northwest for two or three
days after the disaster-would nat
urally drift across the Lake-about
IS mlles-to keweenaw Point aud
go ashore somewhere in the region
of Eagle River; OF, if she did not
Drift across the Lake, that she might
have drifted abou> lie Lake until it
Gained down, and that then her crew
were enabled to rig some kind of
sail on her and land somewhere.
On the other hand others argue
that, even admitting that she had
no hole in her hull, she could not
live in sucha sea, anyway, as being
of rather frail build, she would
not hold together; and that even if
she held together, owing to the fact
that it was so cold that every drop
of water which fell upon the boat
Immediately turned to ice, she
would soon become SO encountered
with ice that she would sink;
which latter fact, again, is refuted
by those who say that the crew
could easily keep the ice off by the
use of salt, Of which they had two
or three barrels on board.
Another question raised is,
Whether the crew could keep from
freezing. They had stove in the
cabin, aud matches, but whether
they could keep a fire in the stove
is question.
And thus the question is dis
cussed with pros and cons, with
nope sometimes dominant, then
again depressed.
For our part, we incline to the
opinion that it is foolish to entertain
any hopes whatever for the safety
of the three men last seen on board
the wreck. We have talked with
several who are perfectly familiar
with that locality, know the strength
of it's storms and can judge pretty
correctly what chance the crew had
of surviving, and all agree thatthat
chance was only one in q hundred
against them.
However, all we can do is to
patiently await more definite infor-
nation, which will probably arrive
here sometime next week, as we
understand that Mr.. Robert Nc
Lain, a brother-in-laW of Isaac