The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-07-19


tached, were drawn from the water
The child was the daughter
of John Winters. of Red Wing. Fred.
SEWERS, blacksmith, was taken out,
few minutes later That makes Il total
of siXty-tiye bodies already found, or
probably about half the total number
drowned. Corp. &. L. Perry, of St.
Paul, saw the wreck early last night.
and al once FASTENED 10 the shore
to render such assistance as was
possible. Finding man stand
ing near 4 boat on the shore. lie asked
TO he taken out into the storm TO the
oyerlurning boat. Being refused he
threatened To kin unless his orders were
obeyed, and with the help of his un
willing assistant he saved the lives of
fifteen or sixteen women. Adjt.-Gen.
Mullen says the man has earned a com
mission.
From early morning patrol of row
boats was keptup all over the nelghbor-
hood of the wreck, looking for bodies.
Several were found in that way last
night, and Il small boy was found then,
floating and yelling, three miles down
the lake from the scene of the disaster.
Battery \, of ST. Paul. kept up can
nonading all day to-day, trying to
raise bodies, but without success.
The little steam ting Wanderer tried
unsuccessfully to pull the wreck apart,
and then the Ethel Howard came up
the river, and with the valuable aid of
the Luella pulled apart the frame of
what had been the top of the steamer.
The LueIla then pulled the Sea Wing up
out of the water, releasing
three bodies, one woman and two
young man. Alice Palmer, of Trenton,
was one of these, but the two men had
not bnen identified up 10 l O'Clock.
That makes total of siXty-eight bodies
now found.
1t seems certain that at least 125 lives
were lost in the disaster at Lake Pepin
About seventy bodies have already been
recovered, and it is thought that at least
fifty more bodies are fast in the wreck at
the bottom of the lake.
1t was stated this afternoon that to
keep the water out of the cabin and to
keep the people under shelter Capt.
Wcthcrn had locked the door of the
cabin. If this is true it may explain
much of the loss of life, although the
loss would still have been very heavy.
Estimates vary as to the total number OF
dead. There were over 200 on the
steamer and barge when they
started to return to Red Wing, very few
remaining behind on account of the
storm, although many protested against
the proposal to steam up the lake IN the
face of such Il gale as was then blowing.
OF the whole number 1t is known posi-
lively that fifty were saved. More
may have escaped, but only this many
are known at this time to be
safe. That would leave about $50
victims of the disaster, but every one
hopes the number may not 90 beyond
l25. A good number are still in the
wreck, and great many are i'll the bot
tom of the lake where the gale first
struck the steamer. Just how many
will not be known for some time yet,
possibly for several days.
In Lake City the damage to property
by the cyclone is great, although no IA
tai.ies lave been reported. Collins
Bros saw and planning mill is totally de-
molished. The roof Of The Opera House,
owned by Mr.. Hanisch, was carried
| away, and the stores underneath more
or less damaged by the rain and hail.
Young 4 Co.'S dry goods block is badly
demolished Part of the Lyons block
was demolished. and goods in the
stores damaged. The roof of the build
| ing in which the telcgrah office is locat-
ed is gone, and the lower floors were
| damaged. Gillett q Beck's starch fac
| tory is almost a total wreck. The streets
| of the city are filled with fallen trees
| and parts of buildings that had been
| carried through the air.
At this hour (2:lo p. M.) sixty person
are known to have been saved, and i,
is thought the death roll may be inside
| of 100.