Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-10-21
THIRTEEN LIVES LOST.
Steamer Wocoken Wrecked in
the Recent Storm on the
Great Lakes,
Of the Sixteen Persons on
Board Only Three Reach
Shore Safely.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. 1S.-Thirteen
more victims have been added to the
already long list Of fatalities resulting
from the terrific northwest gale that
swept tie Great Lakes Saturday and
Sunday last. It is now definitely
known that the steamer Wocoken of
Cleveland sank in ~ fathoms Of water
just above Long Point, on tie northern
coast of Lake Erie, in the recent storm.
carrying down all but three of her
crew. The list Of tlose drowned is as
follows:
ALBERT MESWAI.D. captain, Marine
City.
MISS SARAH NiESWALD, his sister.
join Ill CHELL, Cleveland.
DA EID JOINS trsl mate, Clevel nj.
MATTHLW ALsER, s. ,ond engineer,
Marine CT y.
llCHAEL E1NKLEliAN, chief engineer.
Cleveland
CHAhlEs A.lNAEp, sts ward, Marine City.
Len KY BRANCH, watchn4an A-arine City.
JJIN h kELNiAN, fireman, Marine
City.
GEORGE SMITH, fireman, Marine City.
City.
A. IKE KINNEY, deck hand, Marine City.
MlLLlAM LAC LII, wLes Imam, Malinc
City.
An Awful Gale.
Tie last few weels Of the navigation
season of 1855 will live long in the
II en- cry of lake mariners, for no such
awful list of fatalities has been known
in sill II ing circles for a decade as the
che 10 VI lich additions are being made
daily, as reports coming i'll give details
of the terrific gale that swept the in
land seas steadily for more than 4S
b curs at the close of last week. The
story Of the fate of the Dean Richmond
in LaLe Erie and the Minnchaha i'll
Michigan is suIl lemented by the news
Of H. icSs OF oue or Two lives from a
number Of yesseis composing tie lake
fleet, Ind Eow comes the loss Of The
WocoEen, with its
Cargo Of Human Souls.
1t i. too carly to estimate the money
less by tie sinking OF small craft at
various points in the chain OF great
lakes from Duluth to the mouth Of the
St. IaNieEce. All incoming vessels
are IL lnns ! art of their rigging, and
a:e badly stove in OF otherwise show
| marks of their terrible experience With
the wind and heavy seas. the Woco-
ken AS bound from Ashtabula to D1-
lulh with a cargo OF coal. She sailed
On Friday, on the eve o. the great
Storm, from near the starting point Of
tie Inflated Dean Richmond, and must
Lave encountered the storm at the
Height CT Its Severity
while making tor shelter. Long Point
on the north shore IF Lake Erie Yves
the haven sought by both vessels. but
both lert.me prey to the dangerous
coast along ,Eat part of the Canadian
border. The No,oken made her way
10 Erie with safety. There she picked
up l.tr consorr, tie joseph Paige, and
proceeded up Tie lake. The vessel had
| proceeded we'll out into the lake before
she was struck by the storm. After
she had been swept fore and aft by the
tremendous seas and lad been almost
,iis1nunt.ed Captain Meswald saw that
| further etfi,rts 10 combat TIE stolm
were useless. Ills boat was being
| Isuri.ily Torn TO picces
and the only hope was to seek the pro-
lection CT Long Point. The sea was
necessary to drop the Paige. he
Paige Lad thus far weathered the gale
much better than the steamer and hav
ing the advantage of position rode
westward be.cre the gale and found
safety behind Long Point, with all her
canvas gone. The Wocoisen was not
so fortunate. Her fight had been made
and although she righted for time
after the consort had Eeen cut loose.
her ringing was gone and her hull had
leen badly sprung as she
! Euffettcd the Heavy Seas.
The Eatches were tie next to go and
as she rapidly filed the last hope of the
despa.ring crew vanished. Life pre-
servers and portions o. tie ships furni-
ture We're called into use and every pro-
vision was made after the fate Of the
vessel became certain to enable the
human beings that were about to be
/ cast sLrift to remain Oh the surface Of
the water AS the boat became water
logged and it became evident that it
was question Ct but few minutes
until she must go down the stronger
inen began to jump overheard with the
faint hope OF being cast ashore without
being beaten to death i'll the rocks that
abound i'll that locality. The less skill
| full swimmers We're easy prey to the
succession. Three only of the IS who
were on board the vessel escaped-J. P.
Saph, the second mate, Wheelman J..
H. Rice ard Robert Grow ding, all
hardy and experienced seamen.