St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-24
The Lake Propeller Michigan Sunk by
the Ice-The Crew Escape
in Safety.
Grave Fears Entertained Concerning
the Fate of the Ice Bound Steamer
Wisconsin.
Inc Depot Hotel at Sedalia Burned-A Fatal
Boiler Explosion in West Vir-
ginia-A Wicked Mayor.
Two Children Roasted Alive In Michigan
"A Number Of Other Grimes
and Casualties.
Lake Steamer Sunk by the Ice.


GRAND HAVEN, March 23.--At late hour
this afternoon Capt. Prindiville of the Grand
trunk propeller, Michigan, reached here.
lie reports the loss of his vessel last Thurs
oay. The steamer sank, but all the crew were
taken OH by the tug Arctic, which was near
at the time. The Michigan had been locked
IN the Ice for nearly four weeks The cap
tain reached shore from the Arctic on the
ice. Inc Michigan was valued at S145, 900.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
GRAND HAVEN, Mich, March 23.-The
steamer Michigan, whose loss is reported to-
night, left here Feb. in search of the pro-
peller Oneida, which was imprisoned in the
ice and short of provisions. She was caupbt
in the ice and has been frozen in since. She
sank about eighteen to twenty miles
Off Holland at O'Clock D. m.
on Thursday last. Her strong iron
sides gave away under the tremendous pres
sure OF the ice, which piled up around her to
hight OF from twenty-five to thirty-fve feet,
anu had nearly torn away or bent in all con-
celvaole shapes her port side, allowing the
water TO I'LL her com partments to the extent
that 1t soon made it apparent to the COM
mander and crew that
HER FATE WAS SEALED.
The steam pumps being insufficient
10 cope with the increasing volume
Oh water, however, the men kept at
WORK, hoping to keep the vessel
afioat, and with the help of the tug Arctic,
which was near by, save the valuable pro-
peler, but it was of no avail. Gradually the
body OF the vessel disappeared between the
huge lcebergs, which lined her sides, brush
liUp 1rr,fi1 M 1oof H.
compelled to save themselves and abandon
the vessel. The life boat was swung over
the side and half a dozen half
frozen individuals rapidly pulled it
some distance from the sinking
propeller while the rest prepared to follow.
Capt. Prindiville was last to leave the boat
They got about quarter of mile from the
propeller when the tops of the masts disap-
peared in about four hundred feet of
water. The trip to the tug Arctic,
which lay about four miles off,
was attended by considerable suffering
from cold and danger from getting under
the Ice which was moving and continuously
piling up. However, with the exception of
slight
FROZEN EARS AND FINGERS,
the entire crew reached the tug at night
where they were cared for. Had it not been
for the close proximity of the Arctic not one
OF the crew would have reached the
shore alive, as all would have
perished from cold on the ice during the
night and no one would have been left to
tell of the catastrophe
Nothing of the crews personal property
was saved, and all went down with the pro-
peller. The crew consisted of Capt. Prindi-
vile, Mate James McMann, Engineer Phillip
Roth and ten men. Early in the
morning they left the Arctic firm
ly packed in the ice with no
prospects of getting free and arrived at Hol-
land this evening. With the exception of
being badly worn out from the dangerous
trip of
FOURTEEN MILES OVER TIE ICE,
causing sore feet, etc., tine entire crew look
well. The Michigan was built at Wyandotte,
Mich, in 1882, for the Goodrich Transporta-
ton company Of Milwaukee, cost $3.50, 200,
had tonnage of II ,S01 and was classed an
propeller. The Detroit, Grand Haven
& Milwaukee railroad became owners two
years ago and the trunk line in 1884 Moth
ing is known here of the Wisconsin's where
abouts and since the above disaster has be-
come known grave fears for her safety are
entertained. The Michigan was loaded with
small cargo, but both the vessels freight
is believed to be fully insured.