Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-04-13
TWO STEAMERS SUNK.
The Straits of Macknaw tho Scene of Two
Vessel Disasters-Ice and Wind.

The steamer William II. Barnum,
Chicago TO Port Huron, Capt. VIM.
Smith, of Marine City, with grain, sank
in Macllinaw straits. All of her crew
were rescued without mishap. The
steamer went down in eleven fathoms
of water and is total loss. She had
on board 50 coo bushels OF corn. The
Barpum was not in the best of condi-
ton, and the rough weather down
Lake Michigan was too much for her.
Water began To pour into the hold
soon after entering the straits. Strenu-
Gus efforts were made TO check the in
flow with canvass over the holes, but
they were unavailing.
The lost steamer was owned by c.
a. Chamberlain and others, of Detroit,
was rated in last years register at
S35, 900 and was insured for So, 900.
The corn cargo was insured for $50, 900.
The Barnum was built by j. NJ. Jones,
of Detroit, in 1873, was 21s feet long
and 35 feet wide. She rated Az. 1t
was the first trip that Capt. Smith had
made in the boat.
The Minneapolis Goes Down
The steam propeller Minneapolis,
with her consorts, Red Wing and San
Diego, from Chicago, bound down,
sank at a. m, off McGulpin's point.
The consorts then sailed to Cheboygan
after saving the crew off the Mime
npolis. The wreck was due to the
heavy ice and the wind, which was
blowing a gale all night, and to the
heavy rain. This rain caused the ice
TO give way from the shore, and the
wind forced it into the ill-fated vessel.
The captain of the consorts did not get
ratified, but steered to the side of the
wrecked vessel and took off the crew,
not a minute too soon. AS the last
man left the boat, so rapid was the
sinking, the large craft broke in two
and toppled each way with a deafen-
ing roar, sinking TO the bottom, q
depth of 20 fathoms. The clothes and
effects of those on board all went
down. A lady on board lost heavily in
wearing apparel, escaping with moth
ing but a light wrapper. The cargo
was a total loss, as all was spilled into
the sea when the steamer broke in two.
The Minneapolis was a wooden pro-
peller of 1,072 tons, built at Marine
City in 1873 for A. A. Parker, of De-
troit. The Minneapolis was rated AZ,
was valued at $50, 900 and insured for
S43,750. When the disaster occurred
she was on her way from Chicago to
Buffalo laden with 5000 bushels OF
grain. Capt. II. w. Bogart was in
command.
Other Lake Accidents.
The grain-laden steamer Majestic ar
rived at Detroit with the forward rig
cling of an unknown schooner fast to
her forward upper works. About 4:3C
a. M, near Harsen's island, she collided
with the schooner, and the bowsprit
and jib-hoom of the latter broke
through the forward cabin of the
steamer, and passed on through the
upper deck. The Majestic brought the
Eb-boom, bowsprit, two jib sails, the
Bnchor and cathead to Detroit.
The passenger steamer State of Mich
ran, bound for Detroit, went ashore of
North Point, Thunder Bay. They had
on board the crew of the Inflated YES
BEL w Ill. Barnum, which sank in the
straits. She went on light, having
already delivered most of her freight
Byron Poorman, of cassopolis, ha,
been arrested on charge of forging
his fathers name TO draft and oh
tanning S125 in that manner.
John Newell, aged 100 years and
months, of Alieghan, is dead. liz
walked in six miles from the country
a few days before his death. He wa
the oldest person in the county, ant
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