The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-29
LAKE DISASTER.
Foundering Of the Propeller Manistee,
In Lake Superior.
Her Entire Grew of Thirty-fve Find a
Watery Grave.

There seems 10 be no doubt that the pas
senger propeller Manistee, belonging 10 Leo
pold & Austrian, of Chicago, has been lost in
Lake Superior, and that every soul on board,
about thirty-hve In number, has perishod-
The ill-starred vessel left Duluth on Saturday,
Nov. 10, and, being caught In the furious
gale that swept the lakes for several succeed
ing days, put into Bayfield, harbor, where she
laid until the following Friday, when she
proceeded TO Ontonagon. The unfortunate
vessel, IL is believed, encountered and sue
cumbed to the fury of the second storm.
Portions of wreckage have been found
There were only seven passengers on board at
the time, all the others having been trans
ferred at Bayfield, TO the City OF Duluth, Tor
Houghton. II is more than likely that
all the crew have been lost, as
The Manistee was built in Cleveland by +. W.
Peck, in 1876. In 1873 she was cut in two and
heightened thirty feet and soon after was put
on the Lake Superior trade. Lloyd gives her
no rating and she was valued at S25, 900. she
was very low in the water and had but 1ttle
power for her size. She carried 1850 barrels
of flour and 230 tons of feed. Her registered
tonnage was go tons. The only particulars
of the disaster so far received are en-
braced in the following telegram from
Duluth: 1.-THE propeller Manistee loadeN
with merchandise for Ontonagon, left Duluth
Nov. 10. She was windbound at Bayfield, till
Thursday. She then transferred all her pas
sengers to the City of Duluth, which was
bound for Houghton, and clearedfor Ontona-
gon at midnight. Nothing was heard from
her until noon to-day, when the tug Mayhem,
which had been sent to look for her, returned.
Last night, at point forty-five miles north
east of Ontonagon, the tug picked up DUCK
ct marked 'Manistec,' and part OF the
pilot-hOuse. IL is supposed that the propei-
Ter foundered during the severe storm OF last
Friday. The wind was then from the North
west and the thermometer below zero. The
tugs Mayhem and Boutin are now looking
for traces of the wreck or crew. 1t is not
possible that the men could have escaped in
small boats, and if the Manistee had drifted TO
the north shore she would have been seen and
reported by the Canadian steamers cOasting
there. The propeller Ontario, which
arrived az Port Arthur today, saw
nothing of the Manstee, and there
is no doubt that she is lost with
all on board. Following are the names of her
officers: John MKay, Captain; George N.
Seaton, Purser; +. NJ. Kilby, Steward; Andy
Mack, First Mate; Harry Smith, Second
Mate; Pat Cullen, First Engineer; John
Payne, Second Engineer Ed Bowden, cook.
There were about thirty-tive souls on board,
including officers, walters sailors, chamber
maids, and deck hands.
y Hancock on en- dispatch says: All hope
OF any of the Manistee crew being saved IL
| abandoned. The last seen Of her was at $40
O'Clock on the evening of Nov. -. 10 70
thought her machinery broke down when
well out at sea, and she became unmanage-
able. She was then teyond the shelter of the
Apostle island, and in the attempt TO return,
foundered. At bayfield, all passengers for
Hancock were transferred, and only seven
destined for OntonagOn remained on board.
The crew consisted OF twenty-eight persons,
and the loss is therefore thirty-five. Capt.
Mckay was n sklful sailor and very popular
| on the lakes. He leaves Il family, consisting
of wife and daughter, who reside in Cleve-
land. The Manistce was considered a staunch,
seaworthy craft, and had ridden out many
severe gales on Lake Superior.