Evening journal., 1893-10-17
FOUNDERED in LAKE ERIE
ALL BUT THREE OF THE GREW
or THE WocOKEN DROWNED.

Those who Were saved Managed TO
Get Ashore Aner Terrible Eapcrience.
Tho steamer Tried to Mako Harbor
But Was Beaten Down By the Heavy
Sea.
BUFFALO Oct 17.--lt Is now def.
nitely known that the steamer Wocoken.
from Cleveland, foundered in ten fathoms
OF water just above Long Point, on the
northern coast OF Lake Erie, In the
recent storm, carrying down with her
al but three Of her crew. The list Of
those drowned is as follows
ALBERT MEsWALD. captain. Marine
City.
MRS. SARAH MEsWALD, his sister.
CAPTAIN JOHN MITCHELL. Cleveland.
CAPTAIN DAVID JONES, first mate,
Cleveland.
MATTHEW HAssLER, second engineer
Marine CITY.
MICHAEL HINKLEMAN. chief engineer
Cleveland.
CHARLES MINARD, steward, Marine City
/ HENRY BRANCH, watchman, Marine City.
JOHN HlNkLEMAN, fireman, Marine City
GEORGE SMITH. fireman, Marine City.
EDMUND ELDRIDGE, watohman, Marin,
City.
NIKE KENNY. deck hand, Marine City.
| WILLIAM EACHL, wheelman, Marine City
The saved were:
y. p. Saph, second mate; Robert
Crowding, deckhand; J. II Rice, wheel
man, Cleveland.
The Wocoken was bound from Ash
| tabula TO Duluth with a cargo of coal
She sailed on Friday and made her way
to Erie with safety There she picked
up her consort, the Joseph Paige, RnC
proceeded up the lake The vessel haC
proceeded well out into the lake befor.
she was struck by the storm. She faceC
the gale aud prepared for the battle fol
life. After she had been swept fore ant
aft by the tremendous seas and had beer
almost dismaniled Captain Me8wald saw
that further effort TO combat the storm
was useless. His boat was being rapid,
torn TO pieces, and the only nope was L
seek the protection Of Long Point.
The sea was too much for her aud i
was soon found necessary to drop th'
Paige. The vessels had clung togethe
| In the hope that ii either must succuml
the other might prove the means Of saw
ing the lives Of both crews.
IL was only as a last resort that the
hawsers were cut and each set ont with
grave misgivings to make the fight 70
itself. The Paige had weRthered tn
gale much better than the steamer, aul
having the advantage OF position rod
westward before the storm and founl
safety behind Long Point with all of he
canvas gone The Wocoken was not 8
fortunate She righted for time, afte
, the consoTt had been cut loose, but he
rigging was gone and her hull had bee
badly sprung.
The hatches were the next to go, an
as che rapidly filed. the last hope Of th
desparing crew vanished Each mad
preparations to save him elf single
handed IL possible. Life preservers AM
! portions Of the ships furniture wer
called into use, and every provision wa
/ made after the fate Of the vessel becam
, certain to enable the men to keep afoai
As the boat became waterlogged, an
It became evident that il was a questio
of but a few minutes until she must <
down. the stronger men began TO jun
| overheard with the faint hope of bein
y cast ashore without being beaten
Z death on the rocks that abound In tha
= locality. But the most skillful swim
i mers were hurled out Of sight Of on
= another by the tremendous waves tina
lashed the sinking hull
. They went down In quick succession
The three who escaped were tall, hard
a aud experienced seamen and skillil
swimmers, who succeeded in keepin
4 themselves we'll out from the dangerou
y coast until the storm abated and the
were able to make a landing. I'll
Wocoken was owned byiJohn Mitchell, (
~ clnrnland and was valned at Sif 600