Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-18
WAR ON THE WATER
Reeds Lake Ssssmbost Msnnsss
Fighting again
COLLISION sfTwftH eoATs
Lives % r.ss~sxsrs Endsaess,sA ~
shs fteckie- ossiess Of assv~a Cap
saias--Ihess s<~ss..sass.

Captain MeCzrsy Il the stesmsr Bal
kazp and Captain Poissoa u sns stssm-
- MAJOR A. r. XstsDn are - Is again
Eeeh ruDs an sxcurstDA ark Uot on
Ecs<fs laka. Zach d bitterly isslous %
tie oshss and they've hesn scrkppiug
ever since the eldest inkAl,itznt v.ss ma
sars snoaGh - Distinguish k'rsnch
pa,ois fsoos Irish cuasing.
Sunday ths iatsspid navigators % The
street railway sAnsx became usixsd up
Ia another squabbIe. snich endangered
the lives II 40 passrngsrA Their boats
became tangled up Ia mid-ixke and the
rival captains held Douuybro>k fais
in sso languages while tho craft vsss
baszkins away.
Mccarthy says Poi-son 10 responsible
for the collision Poisson says McCas-
thy u an Irish exaggerasor. Mccarthy
claims tho A. b. Watson ran the Bel
ka2p sgscand Poisson says Mccarthy
hzs kss. and isn't responsible fm What
be zsys Poisson declares that the Bel
knap smashed into the A. Is. Watson
zmls-hipa Mccarthy says Fcsnson is .
Wild brained Frenchmsn. who has
sworn - sink tho Beiknap at any cost
and strc~ il shattered fragments twice
and half srosnd the lake
Mccarthy Explains
1T xas like this." said Captain Nc
Carrhy ia<t night. Il started otsf with
the Eelkuap for Manhasfan beach.
kight away afterwards Pwasong pulls
out With the Wsfsoo- He can run
faster than can bat be amt no bust
neez getting on the shore side at me.
Gosernmsut rules say 81. What does
fwaspDg do but try % beat me 10 the
Manhattan dock. To do this he'd have
a. cut across oar bows. but be ooa'f do
that lie smashes into us near tho
Prov and breaks a stanchion and shat
tiers the rail Then HIS boat rtbounds
aud hits IA again. Then he cuts across
our bows and got 20 the dock ahead Of
~. Then - No pulled mp 10 the
deck he hits Us amidships and
and scares the passengers half to
death They jumped from one boat
Ia the other and there Was q regular
panic. Finally We got away from him.
bat the boat was considerably dam
aged had no way Of getting away
from Pwasong when no first struck me.
We we're as far out into the Lake. a. No
could get without running aground on
bar. HE seemed TO be trying to ground
us and thea stave Va 10. Everybody
SAYS be was % blame. They ask me
10 have him arrested. but . I've had him
arrested 81 cften that m ASHAMED To
get out another warrant for hnn- He
don't seem To have no sense. and wants
al the aks himself. He's bound 20
smash my boat il he can"
Poisson Tells His Story.
Captain Poisson tells n slightly differ.
eat story. Here IL h: Mccarthy him
ess On tam geesc. lie est crazy Him
haf dts. Sacre. he he two. tree twcnfy-
ME Tunes in court on ez oath / draw
seven feet Il water. He draw twenty
tao inches | keep near shore; zen i
don't run into ze ssnd bar. FL Nc
Carfhy say | run into him. be haf hts.
Moo Dieu. He try To chase me into 70
ehorc. Ven sec I'm going to ground
~ swing ~ boat into &c lake 10 escape
Mccarthy. De Belknap runs us down
ia 20 miiile and kiiocks away re
paint, Eats II. ~ 20 dock he push
10y boat into ze middle u &c lake.
Binchy man grabs Nccsrthy's
neck and say he punch 81 head ef he
don stop. lie stop tam quicx. to<e Nc
Carthy know ef / run on 70 sfarboard
side I got on 20 sand lar. He run me
into &c shorc 20 be can. Mccarthy 81
Irish. lie act hike he haf tits. and don't
know nothing lie damage my other
boat ssU0. add vould sink ze Florence ef
I run Der. He can't sink 40 Waisong or
be do il mighty queeck-"
The crew u the Watron corroborate
Poisson story. and the crew Of the Bel
knap certify that NcCarthy's tale is the
right one. Both have been carrying on
warfare for years and neither ever
misas~ an Opportunity % bump into the
other The water IL about twenty tive
fre. deep where the collision took place.
and had tho Prov u the Watson struck
The lislknap fully. coz vice versa. IA the
case might BE- a hole would have been
driven into tho steamers SHE. and tho
boat icen sunx. With - or LOO pas
sengers on board there u a chance foe a
wholesale dros ming.