The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-17
LIVES LOST IN THE LAKE.
The Steamer Wocoksn Goes Down
and Thirteen Of Sixteen on
Board Perish.
Caught the Full Force Of the Storm
and Could not Ride
It Out.
bodies From the IiI-Fatsd Dean Rish-
m0sd Washed Ashor~--Othss
Wrecks Reported.

PoRr Rowan, Ont. Oot. 16.-Ths steamer
Wosekss has gone down OF Long Potst
and Of her crew of sixteen people thirtssa
were drowned. ! hs dead are: Albert Mes
valid. captain, Marine City; Mrs. Sarah
Nsswaid. his sister-in-Iaw; Capt. John
MITCHELL Cleveland; First Mate David
Jones. Cleveland; Chief Engineer Michael
Hinksiman. S.eond Engineer Mathew Has.
Ter, Marine City; Fireman George smith,
Fireman John Hinokslman; Charles
Mlnard. steward; Henry CYauoh, watch
man; Edmund EldtidRo. watohnnsn; Will
lam Eaohlo. whsslman; Michael Ksnney.
deck hand. These were al from Marine
City.
The Wocoksn lsft Ashtabula Friday,
hound for Duluth. carrying 1900 tons Of
coal. She went fYst to Erie. whore she
picked up the schooner Joseph Paige.
Shortly after leaving Erie she was struck
by the fall force Of ths storm and tried TO
make Lons Point. The sea was too much
for her however. and she foundered not far
from the west end Of the point. She would
probably have 'ods out the gale but for tho
fact that her matches gave way under the
trems ndous seas and ths boat was quickly
flooded and sunk.
The schooner Paigo oass loose soon after
she started for Long Point and ran be-
fore the gale to shelter on the west shore Of
tho point. She was pretty badly wrscksi.
The Wocoken was valued At $56, 600 and
was owned by Capt. John Aisohslt. Of
Cleveland, who WAS on her whom she foun-
de, cd.
DuNK1Bx, N. Y. Oct. 16.-Bodies from
DkAk l..
Ing In the moreue here. were Identified 40
Meadows. whssismsn; VIM. Brown. ssa-
man. Mrs. Rstta Ellsworth. stewsrdsAa,
and an unidentified man were picked up
six miies from here. Other bodies re-
cove, cd were those Of Capt. Stodda1d, 500
ond Mate Boyeson. Whaelsman Wheeler.
Capt. Dodge's watch sto ped at 1920, evil
dently the time the vessel went down. Ths
bodies we're badly pounded ON the rocks.
George Thu Der. Frank Cshoon and Geo.
Mann put ont in row boat from Dsnkish
this afternoon tn SEA oh OF bodies and oil
lost their lives. Their bodies have NOT
been recovered.
TT. PAUL. Dot. ia Pioneer Press
special from sault Ste. Marie. Mioh., says
that Joe Lefsvre. q sailor. claims thai
whom eight miles above White Fish point.
| Saturday ate, noon. he and another sailor
saw tn % masted stoam barge founder.
barge Cleveland 10 ashore north of Beaver
island, Lake Michigan. and in bad condi-
tion.
The steamer Sitks lost her consort, Wa
dens, Al the foot of Iale Royal Saturday
afternoon, tbs last seen OF her. The
steamer GratWick lost her consorS, the
schooner George h. OF Vsrmiilion Sltar-
day morning. Tho steamer Cambria. ar
rived this morning. reports seeing three
lumber laden bsrRes ashore above where
| the kershaw and consorts lay.
SAN Francisco. Dot. 16.-Stsamer sdvioes
from Hong Kong say that In the province
Of Shonsi. on the Yellow river. three ferry
boats were swept away BY a food and hun
dreds Of passengers drowned. Tho British
bark Florence Treat, was wrecked in big
storm Sept. 8. Capt. Poulson. bis wife and
| four children, fourteen Chinese and many
| sailors were drowned.
BAN FRANo1soo. OcA 16.-Advisss from
| Victoria. b. G., state TINT nothing has yet
| been heard from the steamer MioWeHs, now
seven days overdue. 6 cat anxiety 10 ex-
pressed, but IL 10 thought that possibly she
was disabled aud may make for ssn Fran
cisco.
| PoRr DOVER Ont. Oet,-Ths steamer
Whitaker went asho ~ LeaR Poins sun
| day during the terrific storm and 10 new
lying on the bar. Tbs crew escarsd wish
great Difficulty.
ST. JOHNS. N. f.. Oct. 16.-Ths bark
Ma tin Lusher vas wrecked in The Mar oWs
lssS ni1ht and two of the crew drowned.