The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-19


| street the sailors cut loose on
small raft they had made. and WIN
Haviiie, young electrical engineer. vss
held by line and swan out to n when
about eighty feet from shore The lnme<r
from the kainbow's deck load was tossing
on the waves, and the young fsllow. a the
risk Of being Drained by some nostsns
pianks. Was . long time in reaching the
rait He fnally made his way tn its side
and called TO the captain, John Penn.
to Jump ovsrhoard Penn obeyed.
Haviils caught him and the two men
were hauled ashore. A negro named J.
Willis swan out in . like manner and
saved another man. This left but one man
on the raft and Havilis was taken on the
nst car once more and carried two blocks
south. TO where il had driftsd. and again
swan ont and brought on Jacob Knudscn.
seaman living in Racine. Both men
were utterly exhausted and were taken to
Mercy hospital, where Penn, who 10 in .
critical condition from chill and exposure.
had preceded them. The vessel drifsed
ashore and was ground to pieces.
The McLaren was ground to pieces 100
yards from shore. Her crew, commanded
oy Capt Johnston, Was saved by the life
saving crew. the last Of them being taken
on At o'clock. Her mate, Joseph Pol
land. was killed by the breaking Of .ow
post. His body is stiil among the timbsrs
Of the vessel
One Of the most exciting features OF the
storm was the imprisonment Of twenty
seven men who we're working In the water
works crib OF Lake View, one mile from
shore. Their only shelter was . lumber
tower erected on the crib, and until that
was washed away u o'clock thin After
noon the men were not believed TO b in
any danger. 1t was close call for them.
however, after thatpas water went over the
crib again and again In binding sheeta
Crowds of people lined the shors. an xiousiy
Watching ths crib. from which . distrsss
signal huttered at various times during The
afternoon. The contractors made frantic
efforts to get the men away and ofsred the
tug companies any amount OF money TO
make rescue. but they refused 20 make
the effort. As night fell the men on the
crib hung up . red lantern. which was
burning steadily at midnight, ana n the
wind 10 gradually going down it 10 believed
all Of them will Be rescued early tomorrow
morning.
The Myrtle, on which the chief loss Of
life occurred, not . single man of her
crew OF six escaping. was watsrlogeed
when sns appeared off the harbcr In the
afternoon. She attempted 70 anchor, but
was driven before the gale and struck the
schooner Evening Star. which up "a that
time had been safely riding at anchor.
The Myrtls's lib broke and, drift-
ing away from the Evening Star,
she struck the schooner Clifford
and her bow vss stove in. She began to
sink rapidly. She drifted out 20 ssa, her
crew bsins plainly visible - they we're
huddled together on top Of The sabda. One
was washed away. A heavy wave broke
over her again. and then only thrse were
visible. One Of them jumped on plank
and fioatsd In close TO breakwater. whore
he lost his hold and went down. The two
men lsfs on the boat went down With her.
The steamer G. n. Mixsr. With Z cargo
| Of cedar tiseI Wa driven on the beach as
Ons HundredtA ssrsst- ehs straok about
o'clock aAd the lifs-savinR crew q South
Chicago vas - onos notified. There we're
seven In the crew. and the steamer was
Destroyed before the last was rescued.
The gas launch Nsva Il missing. Il il
owned By =. q. Bsvan, Of Grand Raplfis.
Mich. Last night two of his friends, &C.
companisd By two young isdisst started
on short trip.
Dispatchss from many points In this
section show that she great storm OF
yesterday and today was general. and that
much damage has been done. Along the
lake shors. both In Wisconsin and Michi.
gan, the storm was one Of Unprecedented
severity. Il u feared that many serious
marine disasters are Jet 70 b reported.
At Michigan City. Ind. two sehoonsrs
were driven ashore. but the crews we're
rescued.
At Green Bay. via. the barge Edward
g. Tics was driven ashore but the crew =
safe.
MgLwAuKxn, May lA-HanGing 10 the
Just south Of Milwaukee lighthouse. to-
night, are the bodies Of : man and
woman, the latter the stswardess and the
former sailor. Four Others, including
the captain, have been drowned, and Rob
ert Patterson, sailor. 10 saved. II was
the fercest storm that has swspt the vess
shore of Lake Michigan since the crib dis
aster two years ago, whom fourteen lives
were lost The Cnnmings and the schooner
G. G. Barnes tried 10 enter the harbor
early In the day and failed 10 make the
piers, and were soon drifting towards ths
beach ON Jones island. An unsuccessful
effort was made by the life saving crew TO
rescus al the crew Of the Cummings. but
they we're nearly drowned in tho attsmpt.
The lifsboat was overturned, the crew 80
Gaping almost mirscaiousiy. The crew Of
the Barnes escaped and the vessel cannot
be reisassd, - she II light and ON =
sandy bottom.
Six thousand people lined the pisrs and
shores Of Jones Island and the maitland
this afternoon whom tho tug Knight Tsm-
piar. towing scow bearing iifssavsrs, lest
the piers 20 attempt the rescue of the
crew. One hundred fest Of line separated
the tug from the scow, and back Of the
scow WAS towsd the empty surfbOat.
With bow TO the waves the knight Tenn
pisr permitted the scou 10 drop down
toward the wreck
When the :surfboat was within fifty
yards Of the wreck . man who had been
clinging 70 the rigging of the mixssnnsss
was seen 20 throw mp his haads and fall
back ward into ths boiling waves. bsing in-
ssansly lost " siehk A short time before
another Of those elinGing - the 10pss had
also let 70 his hold and peFishsd.
A groan went up from the crowd - each
body was lost 70 sight, and then oil eyes
conferred on the suxfboat - 10 dropped
back bsside the sunksn vessel Two hg-
urss slowly Descended the shfouds from
| the mIsxsnmass and elung - the lines but
4 few feet above ~ waves Five minutes
passsd a an sttsmps was made BY ths ifle.
savers 10 swing the hfsboss eloss 70 tas