Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-09-09
DROWNED IN A BIG GALE.
THE WESTERN RESERVE AND
NCITY OF TOLEDO co DOWN.
Twenty-six from Drowned from the Former
and Nine from the Latter---Only One
Survivor to Tell the story.

The steamer Western Reserve, with
81 persons on board, broke in two in 9
gale and sank 30 miles off Sable
Point, Lake Superior. Harry Stewart
the wheelsman, is the only survivor
Among those lost, in addition to q
members of the crew, were Captain
Minch, the wealthy vessel-owner OF
Cleveland, proprietor of the Western
Reserve, his wife, and daughter, his
sister-in-law and her daughter. The
vessel was built of steel and while la.
boring in the heavy sea snapped in
two. Life boats were hastily launched
and in 10 minutes the mammoth vessel
sank beneath the water. One lifeboat
speedily sank and only two of those in
it were picked up by the other. This
was overcrowded and in short time also
went down. Stewart started for shore,
which he reached after a desperate
struggle. He proceeded into station
No. II and brought the first news OF
the terrible disaster. He was in ter
ribly exhausted condition. Following
is list of the dead
PETER q. MINCH, owner of vessel
Cleveland.
Mrs MINCH.
CHARLIE MINCH, aged 10.
FLORENCE MINCH, aged g.
Mrs. BERTHA ENGLEBY, sister of Mrs.
Minch, Vermillionville, Ohio.
ALBERT MYERS, captain, Vermillion-
vile, Ohio.
CARL MYERS, son of the captain.
WILLIAM Ii. SEAMAN, chief engineer,
Cleveland.
FRED EGGLEsToN, first mate, Brook.
Ign, n. Y.
CHARLES LABEAU, second mate, Sand
Beach.
CHARLES WILLS, second engineer.
SCHUYLER STEWART, Waterman.
BERT SMITH, steward.
GEORGE DAVIS, assistant steward.
DANIEL FORBES, lookout, Algonac.
ROBERT SIMPSON, oiler.
JOHN SATCHIN, fireman.
). Il. HOLDEN, fireman.
HORACE BOROUGHS, fireman.
MARTIN CLossEN, greaser, Huron, o.
DAN STICKNEY, deckhand.
X. LoNGFIELD, decllhand.
j. ALBEIT DAVENPORT, deckhand.
DAN OCoNNELL, deckhand.
NJ. COFFEE, deckhand.
JOHN WILSON, deckhand.
Harry Stewart, the sole survivor of
the terrible disaster, was wheelman.
lie gives clear statement. He says
that he left the wheel on a signal of
distress, which was sounded about
o'clock at night, and jumped across
the breech in the nick of time to reach
the wooden yawl that contained Is per-
sons. He says at the time of reaching
the small boat the metallic life boat
was found TO be in a sinking condition,
having been stove IN while being
launched. But two persons could be
recovered from the sinking boat, the
rest persisted. The yawl, on being cut
adrift from the wreck, was run before
the other and owing to her overladen
condition, was constantly filling with
water, the seas endangering her at
every minute SO that on reaching the
bars forming outside of Grand Marais.
she was finally engulfed, the small
boat turning completely upside down.
Stewart, after struggle of two
hours in the water, finally succeeded
in reaching land in an exhausted con-
dition between Grand Marais and life
saving station No. IL.
He was picked up at life-saving sta
ton No. II and taken TO Sault Ste.
Marie. According to the steward re-
port - people were on board the ill
fated craft, II of which were the crew
and six passengers.