The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-20
LAKE M1oH1eAN,s BLOW.
The Wind Still Bowling Along at q
Lively Rate Yesterday Morning.

The Wind Still Bowling Along at a
Lively Rate Yesterday Morning.
Chicago, May 19.-The wind which
swept Lake Michigan forty-eight hours
and caused such disaster to shipping and
consequent loss of life, died down consid-
erably during the night, but freshened
after sunrise, and this morning was blow
ing forty-eight miles an hour. Consider
ing the number of lives endangered in the
blow comparatively few were lost. Nearly
a hundred persons were in i'm
miuenU peril, and all but ten
were saved, Darkness came
down on twenty-seven men/ /crouching in
the One-mile crib at Lakeview, and cut
them off from all hope of outside succor
Until nightfal the unfortunates strained
their eyes for some sign of answer to the
flag of distress which they waved from
the partially wrecked crib. All efforts
to get tug to go to their relief were
without success, it being impossible to
get any one to go out in the face of the
fearful gale. Twenty men spent the day
and night on two cribs of the Sixty
eighth street tunnel. The twenty-seven
men on the north crib hauled down the
distress signals to-day and signaled that
they were all right. The men at the
other cribs telephoned that they were
safe.
FOUR LIFE-sAvERs DROWNED.
Port Huron, Mich, May 19-The lives
Of four volunteer life-savers were sacri-
feed this afternoon in an attempt to save
the crew of the schooner William Shupe,
which was drifting helplessly off the
Shore eight miles north of here. Those
drowned were: Capt. Barney Mills,
single, and Angus King. married; Capt.
Henry Little, single, nephew of Capt.
Nelson Little, of the Shupe; William
LEWIS, LEY g married The Shupe ran upon
the reef about quarter of a mile
from shore last night. The sea
was running very high, and she
soon lost her steering apparatus and was
IA imminent danger of going to pieces.
Early this morning the tug Thomp pson
went 10 the scene, but was unable to get
near enough to the disabled schooner to
render any assistance to her crew. She
returned to shore for more help, and
started out again with yawl and six
men, VINO volunteered to make the peril
GUS attempt to board the vessel. The
u9aI was launched with Barney Mills,
hlng, Little, Lewis and William Linn as
Si Sle crew, and managed to reach the
onupe IN safety. A painter was thrown
" lhe vessel and made fast, but just
as the almost exhausted sailors
started to avail themselves of the
NE line, the yawl capsized and all its
occupants were thrown into the water
vi Ihe hive men, but one, William Linn,
was rescued. AS the boat went over he
S[dSped the rope and was drawn to the
onuPe. The others were carried out of
reach of help by the heavy sea and were
drowned. The tug returned to the shore,
ana ana the life saving crew at Sand Beach,
Ti TSn miles distant, was telegraphed for.
ary nucy made the trip on special train and
SIlCceeded in 'rescuing those who were
aooard the disabled schooner.
SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM.
salem, N. j., May 19.-The most terrific
su-.. s,uoItleaI storm ever known in this section
0"ep' over this city last night.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
=, ape May, N. j., May ia very heavy
reGLric r;,'I1 storm hung over Cape May last
atsHI; atGI;, Lightning entered a farm house
5o ColG nolq. Spring, killing George Hoffman as
Io oSISgcllned on the floor near the door. His
0'oVher near him was stunned.