Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-17
LOST ON THE BIG LAKES.
The List of Victims of the Great
 Storm Increases.
FOURTEEN SANK WITH THE BARGE.

Inc Sole Survivor of the Crew of the Dean
 Richmond Comes Ashore and Tells of
 His All Night Battle With the Waves.
 Reports of wrecks and Suffering.
 BUFFALO, Oct. I7.-Thirteen more vic tims have been added to the already long list of fatalities from the terrific northwest gale that swept the great lakes Saturday and Sunday last. It is now definitely known that the steamer Wocoken, from Cleveland, foundered in 10 fathoms of wa ter just above Long point, on the northern soast of Lake Erie in the recent storm, carrying down with her all but three of her crew. The list of those drowned is as fol- lows:
 Albert Meswald, captain, Marine City.
 Miss Sarah Meswald his sister.
 Captain John Mitchell, Cleveland.
 Captain David Jones, first mate, Cleve- land.
 Matthew Hasler, second engineer, Ma rine City.
 Michael Hinkleman, chief engineer, Cleveland
 Charles Minard, steward, Marine City.
 Henry Branch, watchman, Marine City.
 John Hinkleman, fireman, Marine City.
 George Smith, fireman, Marine City.
 Edmund Eldredge, watchman, Marine City.
 Mike Kenny, deck hand, Marine City.
 William Eachl, wheelman, Marine City.
 Those saved are J. P. Saph, second mate; Robert Crowding, deckhand, and J. H. Rice, wheelman, Cleveland.
 A Fatal Week on the Lakes.
 The last few weeks of the navigation sea son of 1898 will live long in the memory of the lake mariners, for no such awful list of fatalities has been known in shipping cir clas fOv do ha oh tions are being made daily, as reports come in giving details of the terrific gale that swept the inland seas steadily for more than 4S hours at the close of last week. The story of the fate of the Dean Rich mond, in Lake Erie, and the Minnehaha, in Lake Michigan, 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 Wocoken, with its cargo of human souls
 It is too early to attempt to estimate the money loss by the sinking of small craft at various points in the chain of the great lakes from Duluth to the mouth of the St. Lawrence. All incoming vessels are minus part of their rigging, are badly stove in, or otherwise show marks of their terrible ex- perience with the wind and heavy seas.
 The Wocoken was bound from Ashta- bula to Duluth with cargo of coal. She oh On eNG Ol tue great storm, from near the starting point of the i'll fated Dean Richmond, and she must have encountered the storm at the height of its severity while making for shelter, as was the case with the Richmond. The vessel had proceeded well out into the lake before she was struck by the storm. She faced the gale and prepared for the battle for life. As the boat became waterlogged and it became evident that it was R ques- tion of but a few minutes until she must go down, the stronger men began to jump overheard, with the faint hope of being cast ashore without being beaten to death on the rocks that abound in that locality The women and the unskillful swimmers were an easy prey to the furious waves, and they were hurled out of sight of one another by the tremendous waves that dashed the sinking hull,
 They went down in quick succession. Three only of the 16 souls aboard the Wo- coken escaped. They were all hardy and experienced seamen and skillful swim mers, who succeeded in keeping themselves well out from the dangerous coast until the storm abated and they were able to make landing