The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23

breakwater and thousands of people
stood on the beach watching them. As
the mercury came near. her crew could
De seen huddled together in the bow
They were franticaIly waving their arms
70 the people on shore. When the schooner
nnally struck an attempt was made but
In vain, TO get a line TO the crew Then
one or the seamen on board. Tom Thurs
ton, jumped from the vessel to some
hoating lumber and after several times
going under the heavy breakers, was
nnaily taken ashore
Two others took the same chance and
got safely TO shore.
A line was finally thrown to the vessel
ana made fast. The crowd ashore held
IL taut and one by one the four men
almost exhausted, climbed and slid to
saIety. The last man, Ed Sterling. was
about half way down the line when the
rope broke and dropped him into the
water and among the lumber floating
ABOUT near the breakwater. Several per-
sons rushed to his rescue and he was
carried to shore amid the wild cheers of
the crowd.
Gallant Rescue.
The schooner Lincoln Dali Of Manistee
was driven ashore at Glencoe and Anton
Gundersen, one of the officers, was
swept overheard and drowned. After
several hours of waiting the rest Of the
crew We're rescued by members Of the
evanston life saving crew. When the
hie-sdving crew finally arrived the
wrecked sailors We're well nigh exhaust
ed- The life boat was dragged down the
sleeps bluffs. which line the lake at
Glencoe, and the men brought off.
The wreck of the Rainbow, a lumber
laden schooner from Racine, occurred
late in the AFTERNOON and was marked by
the heroic rescue Of her crew. when
ABOUT all hope of saving them had been
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anchors and tried 10 ride out the storm
from position just south of the govern
ment pier. The gale was too strong for
her, however, and at O'Clock she began
10 drift rapidly soLthWard. dragging her
anchors as though they were nothing but
hsh-hoOks. Seeing that her destruction
was inevitable. for she had left but a
few tattered rags on canvas. insufficient
10 give her steeTagewdy against the gale
the life-saving crew loaded their lifeline
apparatus on fiat car Of the Illinois
Central railroad which runs close to the
waters edge. and Kept pace with the
doomed vessel as The wind drove her
southwark. OF the foot of Harmon
court the car was stopped, the cannon
fired and the lifeline missed the boat by
thirty feet.
At Twelfth-st another shot was fired
with the same poor result At this point
the tug Spencer, which had wallOWed its
way through the giantic waves, managed
10 run close 10 the Rainbow and throw
her a line. 1t snapped like tow, but
second one held and four Of her crew of
seven men were haTled aboard the tug
The schooner was low SO close 10 the
breakers that the tug dared follow heI
no longer, and steamed away The life
saving crew on their fat car kept even
with the boat as she rolled around and
tried again and again to throw a line
across her, but failed every time.
4 Gallant swimmer.
At Twenty-ffth-st the sailors cut loose
on a small raft they had made and Will
lam H. Haville. a young electrical en-
gineer, was held with a line and swan out
TO the raft. then about eighty feet from
the shore. The lumber from the Rain
bows deck load was tossing on the waves
and the young fellow, a t the imminent
risk Of being Drained BY some floating
plank, was long time in reaching the
raft. he finally made his way to its side
ard called to Capt. John Pew 10 jump
overheard. Pew Obeyed. HaVille caught
him and the two men We're hauled ashore.
negro named i. J. Willis swan out III
like manner and saved another man. This
left but one man on the raft, and Haville
was taken on the fiat car once more and
carried two blocks south To where il had
drifted and again swan cut and brought
or Jacob KnudsOn. a seaman living in
Racine. Both men were utterly ex-
hausted and were taken 70 Mercy hospital
where Pew, who Is in a critical condition
from chill and exposure, had preceded
them. The vessel drifted ashore and was
ground 10 pieces.
The McLaren was ground to pieces 100
yards from shore. Her crew. commanded
by Capt. X. Johnson. was saved by the
life-saving crew, the last Of them being
taken off at O'Clock tonight. Her mate
Joseph Spolan, was killed by the break
ing Of a tow post. His body is still
among the timbers Of the vessel.
One of the most exciting features OF
the storm was the Imprisonment Of TWEEN
ty-seven men, who were working in the
water works crib off Lake View. one
mile from shore. Their only shelter was
a timber tower, erected on the crib and
until that was washed away at o'clock
this afternoon the men were not believed
TO be in any danger. 1t was a close
question for then. however, after that
time, as the water went over the crib
again and again in binding sheets
Crowds of people lined the shore anx-
iOusly watching the crib, from which
distress signal flutteced at various times
during the afternoon. The contractors
made frantic efforts TO get the men away
and offered the tug company any amount
of money TO make the rescue, but the
tug men said il would be useless to make
the effort. and would result only in the
loss of the tug without saving the r,en
As night fell the men on the crib hung
up a red lantern, which was burning
steadily at midnight, and as the wind is
gradually dying down # is believed that
all Of them will be rescued early tomor-
row morning.
The MyrtIe's Loss.
The Myrtle on which the chief loss
Of life occurred, not a single man OF her
crew of six escaping, was water-logged
when she appeared off the harbor in the
afternoon. She attempted to anchor, but
was driven before the gale and struck
the schooner Evening Star. which. IN 10
that time, had been safely riding at
anchor The Myrtle's jibooom broke of.
and drifting away from the Evening Star.
she struck the schooner Clifford and her
bows being stove in, she began to sink
rapidly. She drifted out to sea, her crew
being plainly visible on the cabin. One
was washed away. heavy wave broke
over her again and then only three We're
visible. One Of them jumped on a
plank and fOated in close TO the break
water where he lost his hold and went
down. The two men on the boat went
down with her. 1t is known that the
captain of the Myrtle was named VIII
son, but nothing more is known Of the
crew.
The schooner. c. NJ. Mixer. with a car
go of cedar lies, was driven past Chica-
60 and went on the beach at One
Hundredth-st. The Mixer struck about
O'Clock and the life-saving crew At
South Chicago was Immediately nou-
fed. There were seven in the crew, and
it was dark before the last was rescued.