Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-28
A FEARFUL EPIs0 ODE
o. Lest Msek's erset eaIs g u
Lakes. -
Terrible experisees Of Fear Salp-wrsekse
Sailon-AAsat On . Ran tor
Thirty nosn Viii q Nav.
iag Maniac.
THEIR RESCUE A LUCKY CHANCE.

YnEln 1eCfuE lIEkY EHAMEk.
tHIih hISSus
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MILWAUKEE, No'enioef
Ter Wisconsin, on her arrival here froo
Grand Haven this morning, brought the
~. a, The los. of the schooner Colline.
-.>a h., c.r,.;n and four of her crsv in
~ rVvs' w,. .h,n. tn ho.u
frlday storm. Wucn soous wv
out from Grand Haven the men ON oosru
the Wisconsin heard cries for help coming
-, g., A.. -.,.,
w ion N -
was manned ana put out In the orect'oe
from which tie sounds cam6 The boats
c,.v ann came npon a raft ON which wore
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:. - 'ssss
tAkeh o4b0 v1sWssSos'zs - ].
to be the survivor. OF the crew g oeget
men belonging 70 the son1c1S' on H
Mood: ineir names ~ ~ ~ cne'S., ~
FRANK Mcsee anu N'cuo'as 'on
ioiio"inE
Sshnsens Aecsees -
of the loss OF the schooner and the remain.
ing five Of the crew:
THE CollingwoOd was loaded with cedar
poles, and was going from 81, ns'ees 20 Csi.
cago. She wasa miserable oid thin9. 80
was almost unseawortny,I 81 unosI:sanu W
boat was worth ao0ut $hvo, ano voc cssEv
about sso; 81. l helena Is sh near inc Fs;S.s ESa
OF the straits. During tne gaze FruV
afternoon the vessel
Became Water1sgged,
and We worked the pump for oil Il was
worth. About 4 O'Clock In the afternoon
the pump rot choked, and things looked
nre,tv blue tell YOU, The gale wAs
bloviny from the nor west and about 5
O'clock the sea made the vessel roll over.
There we Law, right on the broadside, I'LL
the topmast went out, when with great
grosn she Strengthened up on her beams'
ends and kept that way for about an hour.
Then. all OF O sudden. the deck burst up,
caused by the pressure OF the water against
the cargo, and
hhe Rolled over and went D"wa Dleaa
First.
Tho xbole crew. eight of us. were all hang.
;nm 80. t"r Jcar ,ifs 70 ,bs t.iIrail, thinkine
that il would be the last thing that would
give way. Ater she went ooSn n. -
washed over US ine captain an anu .nn. s a,.,irs s.
other men Wn9 w . VIZ ~
Win pos's unae1 'ne" ais .
A Piece 81 DOCK Asoss s'A
and three Of us got on 10 that. Sheldon Got
on TO another raft, the one We three were
on when We were picked up. -Four Of us
finally got on TO that raft. We suffered
terribly, the air being biting cold, and
fierce gale was blowing. To make matters
worse the stewart became ravins Tsnisc ~ .t.c
two OF us could 90 70 keep the poor fello.
on the raft All through the night ana
during Friday the man fought us, and rv.
eral times he succeeded IN ge,unB mo ,ns
O'Clock yesterday afternoon
HIS ssresEsh cave oss'
and after last maniacal struggle he died.
We held on 10 his body for awhile, buthsd
10 let Il wash overheard. Finally. ~ We
had no way OF fastening IL to the raft, We
took some papers and things out Of bis
pockets, and among them was q receipt for
a considerable sum Of money that
he had deposited with 0 Chicago
storekeeper named Jacobs. EAhy
Yesterday morning all OF us became
i.
from the terrible exposure. That OF
course, only tended to aggrcyate oar suner'
lngs., How we manages 70 i've 70 Ioni un'
der the circumstances ibe i9ru only snows'
put We SonIan nave ias.ea n,as muSn ssn,
Es,h % dIa,cr,,v ~s couid fsen our eves
w.. n tn. ~, ~,.dn.iiv i,c.s, Iov.rino
opL ~ a.. ,,ns,. nnde, a. .h.o,h.S TIA vstsy
~ po'S 49, ~, nn,tj -. -. t.'rrd -
snu hn ~, % u AZ ~. 49, ,s..,i. 80.
s.oou s ~ ~ I III h.n,, .n" 49,. a. ~
SeeP. LILY .ns,S 10" h..o aon. .is.n .sS
"onm S.nsa, &c Je.,h W. scnntinnoi vs,tjnS
sro.., n - W "a 80 A.. o,,,.. ana so,n. 80
moniS ncc.sion.iIv eo IN slsrn vhiIe vsiI.
won ;.nS J'"' ~ ~
Step Overheard.
The others would pull The unfortunate beck
onto the raft. Mcfee walked OF the rsft
three times last night, and succeeded a.
ter great trouble In getting him back each
time. For thirty.one hours We didn't have
q thing 70 eat. ] managed 10 dig little
bit Of oakum ont Of the raftt snd the thrse
Of us chewed this for twelve hours. hcrcs
wOaId hsyc died In a couple OF hours ws
hadn't been picked mp. He was begiunins
to set crazy snd was 30 numb that u vas
with difficulty that we kept bin On BIS
just when she did u would have bsen So
oy Win W; ioI we SsS Son,pn - NJ ~ -.
.onp., I'D an.,i. an i,ssnn,,.e C.ssJ.~rsS "a
,inkins" =
60, u.a,.~s.. srsn. vsaes~s1s.
..,s..,. :, M. ~.
gnse tne ioliowing PaIucu .a m.-
nner Nhsn we vsis aut w" ~
ifom nisna hsVen I.n syen,nE
iv ni ana y oesGcn, tps secooe -
MlsGcnsin s and sne lSosoa.' a We w" q. Ns,
Ia,cn' 9." ~ ssv 4Ln.,,.S-. sme IA "a n.
snsaa me- ., s.e ~ o nsy IT, .tsSs -.
very briebt. and there appeared 70 ise soma
one In the water. The lie boat was n ooco
manned and lowered. and
rs... u.,Ger..-~ -
go .,...,.. =. 20 . -, NJ 4.
were round shnging 70 iMs ss,shEhs.1
s 'sss ssn,. o .n.y ~. ~. v ~ siIe,;ss. ~,
,na ,i,t, ,ftI,se H. n.o@ ,c -
rInois sssennE Y csys..
tnree on sHw OF tns scn
vooo, eI Ssicso n ~
hsved ost semc,s.uy Tx ~.
CoInnsyssa ssn oosn
Doon. SOui oi tne s cmS ~ ~ -
died yesterday sftsrncon on The fsft. SOD