The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-25
MARINE DISASTERS.
A vesssl Reported Lost in the Pacific W


n vesssl Reported Lost in the Pacific WITH
all on BOsrd-Wrecksd on the Lakes.
LONDON, Nov. 20.-Advices have been
received here to the effect that ship
crowded with laborers returning from
Queensland had foundered in the Pacific
Ocean and that 40 lives had been lost No
particulars are obtainable.
TWO BARGEs GO DOWN.
FRANKFORT, Mich, Nov. 20.-During the
height of the storm Wednesday afternoon,
at intervals through the binding snow
storm, three-maSted schooner could be
seen about three miles southeast Of here.
Her poles were almost bare, and the
deck seemed clear Of cargo. An at
tempt was made to anchor her, and she
held for a time, but soon broke loose
and drifted before the gale. The wind
gradually increased in violence, and the
seas were growing larger every moment
when darkness settled over the face of the
lake. Help was asked from the life-saving
station at Manistee, but it was impossible
for a tug to live in such gale. After
great trouble the life-saving station six
miles north of here was reached and the
apparatus hauled down the coast by few
volunteers over hills, ravines, tree trunks
and heavy snow drifts and pelted by the
driving snow and hail. They arrived at the
scene at Spring creek at four o'clock this
morning after q twenty mile struggle,
but by this time the vessel was
totally broken up and with the cargo piled
up on the beach, everything being COM
pletely destroyed. Broken masts, shroudS,
lumber and debris were mixed and piled up
together. Captain Mathews 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 thirty
years old, with black hair, sandy mustache
and clothing to resist the weather. In
the pocket of his coat was a letter
bearing the address .William Laurey, 1S1
Madison street, Chicago" His face
was badly damned and mis- hands
cut The vessels yawl with the name
Menekaunee was near by uninjured. 1t is
thought she had a crew of four men, and
that she broke as soon as she struck. No
other bodies have been discovered.
Another wreck was discovered two miles
south, where the same chaotic wreckage
was seen, and the entire stem of the
schooner Marnette, Of Racine, was diScov-
cred. At a IeighbOring farm house was a
bruised and battered sailor with lacerated
hands from which the flesh was stripped,
and his feet We're badly swollen. He is C.
w. Annis, of Port Huron, sailor on his
first trip, and is the only survivor of this
vessel.
LOST WITH ALL ON BOARD.
WAsHBURNE, Wis, Nov. 2O.-News has
Just been received here that the steamer
Lucerne, which left here last Monday for a
cargo of ore for Cleveland, has gone to the
bottom of Lake Superior with all on board.
She is not known to have been seen after
she left here until Wednesday when the
captain of the steam barge Fred Kelly saw
her turn about and head for the port for
shelter. Not arriving here this morning
the captain of the steam barge Raleigh who
brought the Lucerne, telegraphed to Bay
field for tug to go in search of her. The
steamer S. fB. Barker started out. She
had only gone few miles when the
spars of vessel were seen just above the
water about a mile south and about ten
miles from this city. Three men were
found lashed in the rigging. They were
Immediately cut loose and brought to this
city last night. One is recognized as being
the second mate. The vessel is lying in
forty feet of water. The Lucerne left this
port with crew of nine men, all of whom
are supposed to be lost. The tug Brown,
of Bayfield,, has been searching about the
wreck all day for more bodies. but has not
yet found any. The bodies were covered
with from one to six inches of ice.
RESCUED.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Nov. 2O.-The crew
of the barge Robert Wallace and schooner
David Wallace, were rescued yesterday |
morning by the Portage Lake canal life |
saving crew. Every man on the boat was |!
saved. The Robert Wallace is a total |
wreck. The David Wallace is still sound. |