The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-04-28
FOURTEEN LIVES LOST.

List % the Lost.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, April ai.-Four-
teen worl.men lost their lives in the
fierce storm which lashed Lake Michk
gan yesterday. They were employed
in the construction of the new water
works intake tunnel. being engaged
In bricking up a shaft. a thousand feet
from the shore. The hurricane swept
away the frail structure which had
been built upon the top of the cut TO
shelterthc men and dashed them into
the SETTLING lake Through the heroic
efforts OF the life-saving crew James
Miller was saved. He is the only one
Of the fifteen workmen who esca ped
with his life. He is lying at the Emer-
gency hospital, too weak to tell his aw-
full story.
The work was in charge OF Schailer
a Schneiglon, Chicago contractors,
whose loss viii be about ei0. 900.
Work On the tunnel will be delayed for
several months
A terrible sea has been raging since
Wednesday morning As night APP
preached the swell increased. and to
ward II o'clock thesseaIbecome so furious
that the shed built on the crib began 10
tremb BILE. Toward II o'clock the tim
bers supporting the house gave way
and the planks began 10 wash ashore.
At o'clock yesterday morning the last
s.fter of the shed fell from the top OF
the crib. leaving the men ut the mercy
of the waves
At 8 o'clock Capt Peterson and the
ife-ssaving crew arrived at the wa
terworks. The sea was running high,
waves fifteen and twenty feet high
we're washing over the piers and the
crib lie said it was impossible to
reach the crib with his lifeboat. III a
tug could be obtained there might be
some hope Of landing. The Starke was
secured and the dangerous trip begun.
The tug cleared the harbor, but was
obliged to turn back. as she could not
be controlled in the raging sea then
running.
When the news came that the crib
rsonid not be reached great excitement
prevailed. Relatives Of the missing
men volunteered TO attempt the trip If
boat could be secured There was no
boat TO be had. however An attempt
To reach the crib in small boat would
have resulted in sure death for its oc-
cupants
At O'clock about 500 people had as
sem bled on the shore. The scenes
we're the most pathetic witnessed in
this city since the Newall house fire.
Wives and children OF the victims pa
troied the shore for the bodies of their
loved ones No bodies were, however,
washed up.
At $50 the beach was crowded with
weeping women. Some were wives,
some were sisters. Children were
mourning for their fathers, wives for
their husband
At 10 o'clock every hope for the safety
OF the men had vanished. when sud.
denly figure was seen creeping out Of
the shaft Then came another. In
few moments six men were on the crib
>liDging 10 the eng inc. which is still
intact With the aid Of powerful
Geld glass the movements Of the men
we're plainly discerned. The men must
have suffered fearfully from the cold. rs
their actions signified. They huddled
together closely and tried hard to warm
themselves They remained on the
crib about fifteen minutes, when one
ov one they disappeared. The disap-
rcarance did not worry the spectators.
who now thought that the men were
all safe. IL was thought that the men
IN the crib had gone back into the
shaft. where II was supposed their COM
rades were in safe refuge
The news that the men had been
seen cheered the women, who now had
hopes Of the safety OF their husbands
The sea became calmer. and Capt.
Peterson OF the life-saving station no
tiled the officers at the pumping sta
ton that another attempt to reach the
crib would be made
All II o'clock the tug Welcome tow,
ing iifeboat steamed out Of the har.
Dor and headed to the northward At
Ii:f5 the crib was reached and Ingcr
Olsen. one ~ the surfmen. landed All
eyes were now turned seaward Olsen
worked about for fifteen minutes and
then dove into the water Everybody
on shore knew what the mans actions
meant There was no longer any doubt
that the men were lost and that some
Of them had died while the helpless
spectators on shore were looking on.
When Olsen was drawn back to the
boat 1t was seen that the helpless form
Of a man was strapped to his back. II
was James Miller. the only survivor,
who was half dead from cold and ex-
posture The tug and the lifeboat re-
turned 10 the harbor with difficulty,
and Miller was taken to the emer yency
hospital
Following is the list Of the dead:
Ames Mcbride, engineer. Chicago.
Michael Dwyer. fireman. Milwaukee
William Pruesener. fireman. Chicago
'G-co. Grcgg. loclE-tender. Milwaukee,
james Murphy. miner. Milwaukee.
Joseph Pezol miner Milwaukee,
Gustav. Likowvitz, miner, Milwau
kee
Peter Scenes. miner. Milwaukee.
William Marion. miner, Chicago.
Charles Johnson. miner, Chicago.
John Healy, miner, Milwaukee,
Frank Brown. miner, Milwaukee.
John Donovan. miner, Chicago.
Nd ward Cambrinn (solOretll. stewa ri