Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-24
A TALE OF aHE DEEP.
fne Propeller, Michigan. Crushed to
Pieces IN the leo.

GRAND HAVEN. MlCH March % -
AT q LATE hour this afternoon Cant.
Prindivllle Of the Grand Trunk pro-
pelier, Michigan, rea h,d here and re-
ports the loss OF his vessel last Thurs.
day. The steamer sunk, but III. crew
We're taken of by the tug Artic, which
was near at the time. The Michisan
had been locked in the Ice for nearly
four weeks. The captain reached the
shore from the Attic on the ice. The
MICHIGAN was valued nj Sl4S 900.
GRAND HAVEN, MfcH., March o.
The steamer Michigan, whose loss was
reported Tonight, left here FEBRUARY
~ In search of the propeller On.ida.
which was imprisoned In the ice and
shor' OF provisions She was caughtIn
the ice aud had been frozen In since
sac sank about is TO twenty miles OIL
hOll ma at o'clock puursdnv
AFTERNOON last. Her stIonp iroi,
sides gave way under the tr.ntndo,,s
pressure of the leo " aich died nm
around he to the heiyhth of from
twenty five thirty five feet and near
~ tore away or bent In all couceiynbl.
Shapes, her port side, allowing water 10
Ill her compartments toan extent that
= on maze it apparent To the com.
mander and crew that her fate WAS
seated Steam pumps being lnsufll.
oient 10 cope with the increasing vol.
ume OF water. However the men
Kept At WORK hoping TO keep the ves-
sal all at and with the help Of the tuR
n Gle which was near by to save the
valued propeller, but IL was of
no avail. Gradually the body of the
vessel disappeared between the huge
lcebergs which lined her aides, u,h-
log aud grinding, until at last the
crew were compelled To cave them
selves and abandon the vessel. The
llie-boat WAS swung over the sides aud
half a d,zsn HALTER, zen inuiv duals
hlied 1t and pulled II some distance
from the propeller, while the rest pre-
pared 10 follow Capt Prindiville was
the last 10 leave the boat. They got
aoOutA quarter of mile rom the pro-
pellor, when her topmasts disa ppesIe ed
IN ABOUT four hundred feet OF water,
the Trip 10 the tug Arctic, which
lay about ten niles on Was
attended by cOn,iderable suiieriug
from cold and danger from getting
under the Ice which was moving aud
continuously pihng up under their
feet. However. with the exception of
slightly fr,2en ears and fingers the
entire crew reacht Il the tug nj night
where they were cared for. Had Il
not been for the close proximity Of the
Arctic, not one of the crew would have
Reached the shore alive, rs all would
have peri-hed from the cold on Ice
during the night, and no one would
have been left TO tell the tale OF the
Michigan's fate. Nothing of the
crews personal properly WAS
saved All went down with
the propeller The crew consisted OF
Capt Prindiville, the mate, James
McMann, Engineer Phillip Roth and
ten men. Eariy thus morning they left
the Arctic firmly packed In the Ice,
Win no pro-pect uf getting fIer, aud
arrived at Holland this afternoon, and
this evenisg, with the TX e, PIT, n OF be-
ing badly worn out from the danger.
GUS trip Of fourteen miles over the ice,
causing sore feet, ETC., the entire crew
| ak well.
Tue Michigan was built ut Wyan.
dotte, Mich in 1882 for the Goodrich
transportation company of Milwau-
kee, at a cost ~ $4,000. She had
tonnage OF lls0, and was clasesed
as an A ] propeller. The De.
trolt, Grandhaveu 81 milwaukee,
railroad berame her owners two yrars
ago and the Grand Trunk line In 1884.
Nothing Is known here OF the WIS
consin's Whereabouts aud since the
above disarter has become known.
grave fears for her shf ~ are enter
talned, The Michigan was loaded
with small carg, but both the vessel |
AID freight are believed 10 be fully In
,ured.