The morning call., 1893-10-17
UNDER BIG WAVES
Aftermath of the Great
Storm.
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WRECKED ON THE LAKES.
T..
The Hatches of the Wocoken
Were Crushed In.
ON THE LAKES.
SUNK BY THE WEIGHT OF WATER
Not Yet Has the Tale of Destruction
by the Tornado Been Fully
Told.

PORT no WAN ODLATlO, Oct. 16.-ln6
steamer Wocoken has gone down off Long
Point and of her crew of sixteen people
thirteen were drowned. The dead are:
Albert Moswald (captainl of Marine
City.
Mrs. Sarah Moswald, his sister-in-law.
Captain John Mitchell of Cleveland.
First Mate David Jones of Cleveland.
Chief Engineer Michael Hinkeman of
Cleveland.
Second Engineer Matthew Hasler of
Marine City.
Fireman George Smith Of Marine City.
Fireman John Hinkelman of Marine
City.
Charles Minard steward) of Marine
City.
Henry Crauch (watchmap) of Marine
City
Edmund Eldridge of Marine City.watch-
man.
William Eachle of Marine City. wheel
man.
Michael Kenney of Marine City, deck
hand.
The Wocoken left Ashtabula on Friday
bound for Duluth and carrying a cargo of
1900 tons of coal. She went first to Erie.
where she picked up the schooner Joseph
Paige. Shortly after leaving Erie she was
struck by the full force of the storm and
tried to make Long Point. The sea was
TOO much for her, however, and she
fnundeIed not far from the west end OF
the point She would probably have rid
den out the gale but for the fact that her
hatchss gave way under the tremendous
seas and the boat was quickly flooded and
sunk,
The schooner Paige cast loose soon after
the two started for Long Point and = Z
safely before the gale 10 shelter on the
west shore of the Point She was pretty
badly wrecked.
The Wncoken was valued at S56.0O0 and
was owned by Captain John Mitchell of
Cleveland. who was on her when she
..foundered.
: BUNKER, n. Y, Oct 16-The three
bodies from the wrecked steamer Dean
BichmSnd lying in the morgue here we're
to-day identified a those of A. y. Dodge,
SECOND cook Samuel Meadows, wheelman.
and William Brown, seaman. The bodies
OF Mrs. Rhetta Ellsworth, stewardess, and
an unidentified man, picked up six miles
from here, are now Oh the way to this city.
Lone of the steamers Iifeboats was picked
up this morning. Searching parties have
started along the shore to recover the
bodies and pick up whatever freight
washes ashore.
= The bodies of Captain Stoddard, Second
Mate Boysson and Wheelman Wheeler
have been picked mp. Cook Dodge's
watch stopped at 1920. evidently the
time the vessel went down, BOysson had
the vessels papers in his pockets. The
bodies had been badly pounded on the
rocks.
The body of Walter Goodyear was also
washed ashore. The bodies have all been
recovered, three being as yet unidentified.
George Thurber, Frank Cahoon and George
Mann put out in rowboat from Dunkirk
this afternoon in search of bodies and all
lost their lives. Their bodies have not
been recovered.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. 16.-A Pioneer
Press special from Sauit Ste. Marie, Mich,
says: Joe Lefebvre, sailor on whale
back 132. claims that when eight miles
above White Fish Point. on Saturday
afternoon he and another sailor saw
three-masted steam barge founder. No
particulars are obtainable. The steam
s.barge Cleveland is ashore on North
Beaver Island, Lake Michigan. and in a
bad condition. The crew is safe ashore
The steamers White and Fiant and J.
Prentice arrived this afternoon all right.
-. The schooner Yukon will have to lighter
1000 tons or so to get off shore. No assist
ance has been rendered the Kershaw vet.
but tug is trying TO drag off the Ironton.
The steamer Sitka lost her consort. the
Wadena. at the foot Of Isle Royal on Sat-
urday afternoon, and that was the last
seen Of her. The steamer Gratwick lost
her. consort, the schooner George r, off
Vermillion Saturday morning. and fears
are entertained for her safety. The
steamer Cambria, which arrived this
morning, reports seeing three lumber
laden barges ashore above where the Ker-
shaw and her consorts lay. but their names
could not be made out from the Cambria.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, Oct. 16.-The
steamers White and Fiant, with the
scho0ners Fanny Neil and Annie Sher-
wood in tow, bound TO Choo with lumber.
were out in the great gale on Lake Supe-
rior Friday ana Saturday. The steamers
cut loose from their tow soon after encoun-
terinE the gale, and of the whole outfit
only he Sherwood has been heard from.
She was a wreck almost as soon as the
Storm struck her, and the crew took to the
:. boats. Several of them were drowned.
but the survivors were picked up by the
steamer Sitka on Sunday morning and
brought here. The dead are: Captain Lewis
Guthrie of Chicago; James Cousins, sailor;
Thomas Randall. mate, and Thomas Roun-
tree Stewart. both of Chicago. The body
OF captain Guthrie was brought here.
Inc missing steamers and the Fanny
Mel are thought to have made Valet Bay
in safety.
+" The captain of the Avery reports seeing
mastheads sticking above the water four
miles above Partisan Island. The tug
Dowllng has gone to pick up the wreck.
This IS supposed to be the three-masted
steam barge which was reported sunk near
White Fish Point.
.MACKINAw CITY, Mich, Oct, 16-A
three-masted steam barge and another
vessel are ashore on Simmons Reef.
MANIsTEE. Mich. Oct. 16-The body
of Mary Keefe. cook of the Minnehaha.
has come ashore near here.
PORT DOVER, Ont, Oct. 16. - The