St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-30
The Largest Sailing Vessel on
the Lakes Sunk in Lake
Michigan.
During the Howling Gale on
Thanksgiving Day the Da-
Vid DoWS Founders.
Her Crew Had a Terrible Ex-
perience, but, Happily,
Were Saved.
Land Shark FpederickSen Is
in Gotham and Short Of
Cash.

CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-The largest sail
ing vessel OIL the great lakes. the FIVE
master. David l.. BOWS, foundered this
afternoon twenty miles southeast of
Chicago. Nothing but the tips of the
big barge's tallest spars projecting
slightly in the air show the spot in the
stOrn-beaten waters where the DOws
went down. Her crew had ter
rible experience, but were saved. A
round SlO0.OO0 was the cost of the
mammoth vessel when built about six
years ago. Her hold would accommo-
date $4,000 bushels of grain. and when
she sank contained $3.50 tons of hard
coal consigned to EX-Congressman w.
victim of the bowling Thanksgiving day
gale that wrought havoc with the
steamer Calumet off Evanston and
nearly cost the lives of nine work
men in the caiss0n two miles
out In the lake at Twelfth street.
The steam barge Aurora had the big
barge DOWs and the schooner George
w. Adams both in tow Thursday up
Lake Michigan and was heading for
Chicago harbor. All day long the wind
had been blowing great guns and the
captain of the Dows felt that his charge
was laboring heavily in the wild sea and
would probably never make Chicago.
Toward evening the furious storm had
almost
DEVELOPED INTO A CYCLONE,
and during series of plunges the
fated barge sprung bad leak in an al
ready defective hulk. The steam
pumps had been at work for hours hut
~ ha h..I<
At this critical juncture, the Aurora. TO
from both the Dows and the Adams.
leaving each to work out alone its slim
chance of salvation. A desperate bat
tie of three hours with the waves brought
the Aurora within Chicago's sheltering
piers, while the Adams and Dows cast
anchor in mid-lake and prepared 10
brave the storm, hoping against hope.
During the long night the despairing
crew of the Dows had the misfortune of
a breakdown of their oYerworked
dummy engine, eaiising the loss of a
precious hour at the pumps. To make
matterS worse, when the engine was re-
paired again, 1t was found that the
pumps had frozen up and were useless.
All efforts to tiIaw them out proved fruit
less, and the crew of seven men looked
uDGSeuiy lOIWdTu W Tic pOSSIDulbN OI
the vessel hosting her beam and going
down with all on board. Meanwhile
fears for the Dows were excited in Chi
cago, and the tug CrOwell, with Capt.
st. Peters government life saving crew,
started for the place where the big
barge was cast adrlft. 1t was 2:30
D. N. when the life:savers reached
the vicinity of the flOundering wreck.
The water had risen to a point above
the cabin, the engine and pumps being
submerged. Shortly before the crew of
the BOWS, badly frostbitten. had Deen
taken off by passing tug, efforts we're
made to keep the tive-maSter atioat, but
it was useless. She was
ALREADY SETTLING IN THE WAVES.
The tug drew off short distance. and
within few moments the stately Dows
and her great cargo were resting from
the weary struggle on the bottom
of Lake Michigan. Her eonsort. the
Adams, weathered the gale and reached
the city later without serious damage.
The sunken barge will be total loss.
as by spring. when she could he raised.
she will doubtless have pounded to
pieces. She is owned by the COrrlgans,
of Cleveland, who are the owners of a
number of other craft. 1t is thought
be D0WS WAS uninsured.