Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-02
ONLY ONE SURVIVOR.
LOSS OF THE MAMMOTH STEAMER
WESTERN RESERVE.
All on Boarf Except the Eelnsinan Per-
ished-Tf Vessel Broken In Two
WI .hont Momen,'s
Warming.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, Sent. T.
Ihe fieh tug Emba arrived down to-
night, having as a passenger Harry
Stewart, OF Alegensc, Mich, the wheels
man. and only survivor Of the mammoth
steel steamer. Western Reserve, which
toundered on Tuesday morning, about o.
O'Clock, sixty miles above Whitefish
point, en- route 10 Keeweanaw. The
Western Reserve left, Tueedsy, having
on board as passengers Captain Peter
Minch, the owner; wife, children. and
sister-ln-law, besides the regular crew
OF twenty-five hands. The rest of the
steamers short history and iataiity,is
best told IN the words OF Stewart. the
only euryiyor OF the terrible dissster:
Every6Elpg Went we'll until about
SIXTY miles above Whitetish Point, when
the hrst warning of impending danger
was terrible crash, caused by the huge
crait breaking IN two. She took water
last, and the yawl-boats were lowered.
captain Mlnch, family, and officers and
crew, 10 the number OF seventeen, got
into the wooden yawl, AMI the others
!ooK tne metallc one. The Reserve sank
In ten minutes. and before she was ont
OF sight, the metallic yawl capsized, The
other boat succeeded in rescuipg two of
the occupants, and the nineleen sur
vivors started for Whitetish point. eixty
miles away. Considerable sea blew up.
but the yawl weathered the breakers ali
night, and until Z O'Clock the next
morning. When about ten miles from
hfe-saving station No. 1O. and about q
mile from shore, it capsized."
Stewart SAWS h0 saw nonn os tho ~.
cupants afterwards. The cries of the
children, the screams Of the women and
the moaning of the men wore terrible
Tor a few moments. He struck for
shore, and alter two hours in the water,
landed about ten miles above the sta
tlon, and had to walk there before
reaching any one able to render him as.
sistance. Search failed to- find a trace
OF any other survivor Of she wreck, and
there seems to be no question that all
were drowned.
A dispatch from Deer Park says three
bodies and a yawl from the wrecked
steamer Western Reserve, were cast up
by the waves near there today. One of
the bodies is that OF Captain Minch.
owner Of the lost steamer. He was
identified by watch found on his per-
SON. Two other bodies are unidentified.
one being that of a pretty. dark-haired
lady.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 1.-The Western
Reserve left Cleveland last Sunday
afternoon for Two Harbors, Mich, for
iron ore. On board, in addition to the
crew.. were the principal owner, P. G..
Mlnch. wealthy vessel man of this
city, his wife and son Charlie, aged 10
years; daughter aged 8 years q sister
in.law, Mrs. Engleby, Of Ver-
million, Ohio, and the latter's
daughter Bertha, 8 years old. They
were out for recreation. The list of the
crew, as nearly as could be obtained, ia
as follows: Albert Myers, captain
Fred ingalls,, first mate; VIM. Ii Sea-
man, chief engineer; Charles Wilea,
George Davis, Daniel Forbes, Carl
Moers, Harry Stewart, Robert Simpson,
Charles Leban, Bert Smith, S. 7. Hat.
tan, John Latham. Horace Burrough,
Martin Klausen, Daniel Stickney. r.
Longfeld, Albert Davenport, Daniel
| O'Connell, M. Coffee and John Wilson.