The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-20
Wrecks and Loss of Life on
the Lakes.
sICKENING EXPERIENCES:
The Perils and sunerings OF Those
Who 20 Out on the Lakes in
Ships.
Dre.dfui Disasters on Lake superior.

there is left not soul to tell the story
\ Dur ng the height Of the storm, yestCr
day afternoon. at intervals, through III
binding snogs.Oim, q three last.
schooner could be seen about six miles
southwest OF ROckport. Her pole:
we're almost bare, and her deck
seemed clear of cargo. An attempt
was made to anchor her, aud
she held for q time, but soon broke
loose and drifttd hopelesSly before the
gale. Toe wind gradually Increased in
violence and the seas were growing
/ every moment h ayier, when darkness
settled over the lake. Help was asked
I from The lie saving station at Manistee.
| but i. was impossible for q tug 70 leave
in So b a gale. Alter great
/ trouble. the Life saving station
six miles north of here was
reached and the apparatus hauled
/ down the coast by q few volunteers over
steep hills, Windiny rayines, tree trunks
and heavy snow drifts. AMI pelged by
driving snow and hail. They arrived
at the Sesne OF ne disaster 1t Herring
/ Creek. AZ Z O'Clock this morning. after a
twenty mile struggle against the eIe-
ments. The vessel was totally broken
up and with her cargo piled up on the
/ beach, everything being completely de-
/ Der and deJris. all we're mixed and
piled up together. Captain Matthews
/ thinks she must nave had her anchor
dowd and pounded to pieces on
\ The outer bar. One body was
/ found, that of man about
/ 80 years old, with back hair and
| sandy nous ache. In the poke: OF
his coat was letter bearing the address,
William Lourey, ISL Madison Street
Chicago" His face was badly jammed
and his hands were lacerated. The YES
sells yard, with the name MiaskGunee,
was near by uninjured. Ii is thought
she had q crew of nine men and that
she broke as soon as She struck. 70
other bodies have yet been discovered.
Another wreck vas discovered two
miles south of where the same cha
Otto wreckage was seen by the Free
| Press spOndent. Inc entire stern
of the schooner .HdrioHstte, OF Racine
Wis, was disco Fered. At a neighbOr-
ing farm house was . bruised and BAT
tered sailor. with lacerated hands, from
which the flesh was stripped. and his
feet were badly swollen. He is L. W.
Annis. of Port Huron, a sailor on his
first trip, and is the only survivor of
this vessel. He says: We loaded
at Oscoda with lumber for George
Loud. the owner Of the lost vessel
We made fair passage on Lake Mich
igan. On Wednesday az noon 4 Soaih-
east gale set in Titb rain an1 5 low. At
midnight, while abreast Of Ludington.
six miles out, the gale increased TO al
most hurricane. At daylight the
tug NGnis.iglis squared away for
the Manitou Islands TO escape the on
slausht Of the storm. and the tow broke
at go. The steamer left US TO orr
fate. We signalled 70 them to stay by
US, but she Steamed away and was lost.
to sight in the snow squal. The Mari
Hette pitched and rolled terribly, so that
We could scarcely keep foothold. She
unshipped her Tudder, becoming IN
manageable, then sprung a leak, and
became waterlogged. She rolled her
deck load off, taking both rails and
bulwarks with IL. She rolled her main.
mast ont. and in falling it took the fore
mast and mizzen head. We saw the
MinekduHse drifting near US all day.
We sighted Frankfort during the after
noon. We were huddled in the cabin,
where We built q temporary floor over
the water The captain was washed
overheard and drowned at 2 o clock IN
the afternoon. We lowered the yawl
at O'Clock AMI attempted to reach
land, but while lowering her she sprung
3 leak, rendering her useless, and we
let her 90 adrifI. At 1880 she struck
the beach broadside and swung head
TO and we rushed out of the cabin.
Some huddied under the lee vi the
cabin, clinGing 10 the timber heads,
l 10 the mlZZen rigging. The
steWardeSs, Mary, was Cling.ng to me
and cry ing. helped her up the shrou6s.
and she tried TO. hold on until could
fasten her, but she could not stand the
cold and suddenly let go Ter hold and
fell down across me. nearly carrying
me slGng, and fell into the boiling sea
beneath US. Her daughter. aged Is, the
pet OF the crew, never left he cabin. but
was drowned there. Clinging 70 the
rigging with me were French John
and Mr.. Uumfrey. Soon the mast fell
across the cabin. We then chung TO the
dayits 81 her stern seas Washing over US,
and gradually washed of one after an
othe=. At ! O'Clock Nr. Cumirey and I
Lohn said they would try and reach the
shore. They each took q loose plank
and started. As they neared the land I
ho,lered, How do you get alODg2"
rheanswercauae. .sAil night. and then /
all was silent. a heavy sea swept over /
the wreck. carrying me along. / Crap |
pied small pieces of wreck plank and /
after a terrible experience was flung |
upon the shore. Icragled to the house |
Of Mr.. MortensSn. who took care Of me. |
Our crew consisted OF the Captain, 4
(name unknown. William Cumfrey, |
French John. " OF Alpena, G. W. An
mis-, a Norwegian from Cape Town. Nor
way, Mary and daughter Minnie. from i
Port Huron, ana another named /
John. l think the HinskaUneS Was water |
logged. did not see her after il grew i
dark. She had a crew OF seven. The /
body found is probably John Cation,
married, OF Port Huron.
While 81 the wreck, fresh Ereekage |
was discovered out in the lake.
CHICAGO, November 19.-At Mar I
quette. the lake was dashed into sea /
foam by the terrible force of the wind, /
and sea after sea rolled completely over |
the breakwate-, producing tremendous
current and undertoT in the harbor.