Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-17
TIDlNGSOFSORROW
Continue to Come From the
Great Lakes.
LOSS or TIE STEAMER WOCKOKEN
Thirteen Lives Go Out When the
Stricken Vessel Sue
cumbS.
THE STORY OF HER VAIN STRUGGLE

but lhree oil Her Crew SurvlVe-f1ve
More Lives Lost on the Richmond, In
clnding the Captains Wife and Children
One Single Survivor Found, Looking
for His Dog, Which He Discovers Dead
Two Lost on the Annie Sherwood-A
Gale That Will BE Long Remembered.
BUFFALO, Oct l7-Thirteen more vic
tins have been added to the already long
list of fatalities resulting from the ter
rife northwest gale that swept the great
lakes Saturday and Sunday last. II is
now definitely known that the steamer
Wockoken, of Cleveland, foundered in ten
fathoms of water just above Long Point
on the northern coast of Lake Erie in the
recent storm carrying down with her all
bat three of her crew. The list Of those
drowned is as follows: Albert Meswald,
captain, Marine City; Mss Sarah Mes
wa!d, his sister; Captain John Mitchell,
Cleveland; David Jones, first mate, Cleve-
land; Matthew Hasler, second engineer,
Marine City; Michael Hinkelman, chief
engineer, Cleveland; Charles Minard,
steward; Henry Branch, watchman; John
Ilinkelman, fireman; George Smith, fire.
man; Edmund Eldridge, watchman; Mike
, kenuey, deckhaud; William Eachl wheel
mau-all of Marine City.
The Lake Fleet suffers Terribly.
! The last few weeks .. the navigation sea-
son of 1898 will live long in the memory OF
! lake mariners, for no such awful list of IA
! Utilities has been known IN shipping circles
! for a decade As the one 10 which additions
are being made daily The story of the
| fate of the Dean Richmond and the Min
| nehaha is supplemented by the news of
| the loss Of one or TWO lives from a number
! OF vessels composing the lake fleet and
/ now comes the loss of the Wockoken with
. its cargo of human souls. 1t is too early
| to attempt any estimate of the money loss
! 10y the sinking of small craft at various
| points IN the chain of the great lakes from
Duluth to the mouth OF the St. Lawrence.
Overcome While Seeking a Haven.
The Wockoken was bound from Ashta-
bula to Duluth with a cargo of coal. She
sailed on Friday on 1.-The eve of the great
storm, from near the starting point of the
ill-fated Dean Richmond and must have
encountered the storm at the height of its
severity while making for shelter, as was
the case with the Richmond. Long Point,
on the north shore of Lake Erie, was the
haven sought by both vessels, but bot n
| became prey to the dangerous coast along
thar mart of the Canadian border The
Wockok4u mad. her yyav "a Eric in safetv
There sbe rirked mn her consort the
Josenb paipe ana nroceefed uotbe lake
Tbe I.assaI hsd nrocasdal ,,a,1 oI,t into the
ltba l.l-e berore sbe MAS et~ucL nv tho
Storm She feed The Gale an.t p~enarad
for tho battle f. life
Had to Abandon Her Cousort
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of I o,,rr poir, I, W.. ,,,,.,.sa,r- - dron
tho pic 9s a Ia-t rs., = ana The Iqt,er
roIa ~sofsIv ro-rr sh,.Irar CfTon, Toin+
witb ail her canvas roue After pgrtinG
copnanv with The Paire the Wocloken'S
fght hecanne more desnerate she was
badly sprung. her matches were swept