St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-20


Thursday, sank about ten miles from here,
near the CheQuamegon light house. The
crew consisted of nine persons, all OF
whom were lost. Three Of the bodies
we're brought here to-day The other six
have not been found. The three men were
tied up in the rigging of the boat.
THE NEWS CONFIRMED.
Special TO the Globe.
DULUTH. Mimi, Nov. 19.-The vessel
lost off Lapointe is the Luceine, loaded
with iron ore She was driven on Point
ChequamegOn. and lies in five fathoms OF
water. All hands were lost. There were
not less than ten men on board.
EIGHTEEN LIVES LOST.
Wreck OF TWO Barges Off Frank
fort. Mich.
FRANKFORT, Mich. Nov. ia terrible
lake disaster occurred last night. and there
is not soul TO tell the StOIy. During the
height Of the storm yesterday afternoon, at
intervals through the binding snow. a
three masted schooner could be seen about
six miles southwest of Frankfort. Her
poles were almost bare and the deck seemed
clear of cargo. An attempt was made to
anchor her, and she held for time, but
soon broke loose and drifted helplesSly
before the gale. The wind gradually
INCREASED IN VIOLENCE.
and the seas were growing every moment
larger. when darkness settled like pail
over the face of the lake. Help was asked
from the life saving station at ManiStee
but it was impossible for tug 10 live in
such a gale. After great trouble the life
saving station. six miles north of here. was
reached. and the apparatus hauled down
the coast by a few volunteers. over steep
hills. winding ravines. tree trunks and
heavy snow drifts. and pelted 0y the driv-
ing snow and hail. They arrived at the
scene of the disaster al Herring creek at +
o'clock this morning. after a twenty miles
struggle against the elements. The scene
beggars description. The vessel was totally
broken up. with The cargo piled upon the
beach. everything being
COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
broken mats. ShTouds lumber and debris.
ali were mi.ed and piled up together.
Capt Matthews thinks she must have had
her anchor down. and pounded TO pieces on
the outer bar. One body was found. that
of a man about 80 years old with black
hair. sandy mustache and clothing to re-
sist the weather. In the pocket of his coat
was a paper bearing the address William
Lang. 131 Madison street, Chicago" His
face was badly jammed and his hands lac
Grated The vessels yawl with the name
''Menekaunee' was near by uninjured. Ii
is thought she had a crew of nine men and
that she broke as soon as she
struck. No other bodies have as yet been
discovered. Another wreck was discovered
two miles south, where the same chaotic
wreckage was seen by the correspondent.
The entire stern OF the schooner Marinette
of Racine. Wis. was discovered. AT a
neighbOrng farm house was bruised and
battered sailor with lacerated hands from
which the flesh was stripped and his feet
were badly swollen. He is c. W. Anns.
of Port Huron. a sailor on his first trip,
and is
THE ONLY SURVIVE
of this vessel. He says:
We loaded at Oscoda with lumber for
George Loud. the owner of the lost vessel
and left for Chicago Sunday. the tow consist
ing of the steam barge MdnistiQue and the
schooners MarineIte and Menekaunee. We
met heavy weather on Lake Huron and were
driven for shelter TO Pre>que isle. We then
left and maue a fair passage on Lake Michi-
gan. Wednesday noon a SOU east gaze set in.
with hail and snow. Al midnight, while
abreast of LudingtOn, six miles OUT. the gale
increased to almost a hurricane. TIE barge
reached for the Wisconsin shore and made
Two Rivers light. but could fetch nothing
At daylight the Manistique squared away for
the Manitou islands. 10 escape the onslaught
OF the storm. and the TOW broke up at 30
The steamer left US 10 our fate. We Sgnaled
10 them to stay by US. but she steamed away
and was lost to sight in a snow squal. The
Marinette
PITCHED AND ROLLED
terribly. so that we could scarcely keep rot
hold. She unShIpped her rudder, becoming
unmanageable; then sprung a leak and water
logged. She rolled her deck load Off, taking
both rails and bulworks with it, she rolled
her main mast out, and in falling it took the
foremost ard mizzen head. We the
Medekaunee drifting apparently near US all
day. She showed no distress signal while we
tied our cOlOrs TO the mast. We Sighted
Frankfort during the afternoon. We were
huddled in the cabin where we built a TEN
porar floor over the water. A Chicago man,
50 years old. don't know his name, was
WASHED OVERHEARD
and drowned at ? o clock in the afternoon.
We lowered the yawl at o'clock, and at
tempted TO reach land, but in lowering she
sprank a leak, rendering her useless, ana we
left her go adrift. AT 1880 the vessel struck
the beach broadside and swung her head TO.
and we rushed out Of the cabin. Our crew
was eight men all told Some huddled under
beads. ! took TO the mizzen rigging. The
stewardess, Mary, was cHnging 20 me crying:
''Save me; oh, same me- ] helped her up
the shrouds. aud she tried to hold on until
could fasten her. But she could not stand
the cold. and suddenly let go her hold and fell
down across me, nearly carrying me along,
and fell
INTO THE BOILING SEA
beneath us. Her daughter aged 13. the pet
of the crew. never left the cabin. but was
drowned there. Chnging to the rigging with
me were French John and Mr.. Cumfrey.
Soon the mast fell across the cal in. We then
clung to the davict at the stern, the waves
dashing over rs. The Others, we thought.
gradually washed of, one after lanother. At
i O'clock Mr. Cumfrey and John said they
would try and reach the shore. They each
took a loose plank and started. AS they
ueered the shore l followed, 'How do you
Pet along?'' The answer came back, 'All
right" and then all was silent. heavy sea
swept over the wreck, carrying me along.
prssped a small piece of deck plank, and
after a terrible experience, was flung upon
the shore. l crawled 10 the house of Mr..
Mortenson, who took care OF me.
our crew consisted OF Capt. William Cum
frey. French John, of Alpenar c. W. Anmis,
Norwegian from Capetown, Norway; Mary
and daughter Minnie, from Port Huron, and
another named John. l think the Menekau-
nee was waterlogged. ! did not see her after
II grew dark She had crew of eight The
bodv found is probably that of John Cotton,
married, OF Port Huron. looked out al
saybreak and saw
SMALL STEAM BARGE
standing on the outer bar abreast of here.
She had fan top on her smoke stack and an
exhaust pipe half way uD the stack, was