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

CHICAGO, May 1S.-The storm which
today swept Lake Michigan was the most
disastrous of recent years.
Eight vessels We're driven ashore within
the city limits of Chicago.
Out Of their crews ten men are known
to be drowned and in every instance boat
and cargo were utterly lost.
One schooner, the Myrtle. was wrecked
just outside the government pier within
a half mile of Michigan boulevard. and six
men Of her crew went down TO death in
plain view OF hundreds Of people who
lined the boulevard walks to watch the
awful storm or peered from the windows
of the big hotels which overlook the har-
bor The wrecks extended from Glencoe
on the north, where the Lincoln Dali went
10 pieces, TO South Chicago, a distance
Of forty miles.
Following is the list of wrecks as far
as known at 10 o'clock tonight:
Schooner Lincoln Dali. 1856 tons, driven
ashore at Glencoe. eighteen miles north
of Chicago.
Schooner Myrtle. 197 tons. wrecked at
the foot Of HarrisOn-st.
Schooner Jack Thompson of Chicago.
199 tons, wrecked off Twenty -fifth-st.
tons, wrecked Off Twenty ty-seventh-st. !:
crew rescued.
Schooner Mercury of Grand Haven. 21s
tons, wrecked off Twenty-seventh-st /;
crew rescued.
Schooner J. Loomis NIcLarf Of Chicago.
222 tons. wrecked off Twenty-seventh-st
Schooner Rainbow of Milwaukee, 243
tons. wrecked of Twenty-second-st.; crew
rescued.
Schooner c. J. Mixer Of Chicago. 27s
tons, wrecked off One Hundredth-st.; crew
rescued.
Unknown schooner ashore near South
Chicago.
The fatalities are:
ANTON GUNDERSON Of Manistee
seaman, schooner Lincoln Dali. drowned
While attempting 70 reach shore.
CHARLES CAUTLERS, cook ON
schooner Jack Thompson. resided i'm
Chicago. washed from rope while at
tempting TO reach shore.
JOSEPH SPOLAN, Sturgeon Bay, mate
Of J. LOomis McLaen struck and killed
by the tOwpOst torn out when the vessel
broke away from tug.
THOMAS KELSO, fisherman. washed
off the government pier and drowned
Entire crew of the schooner Myrtle,
six men.
The First Wreck.
The first vessel to go ashore was the
two-masted schooner Jack Thompson
The boat came from Garden Bay, Mich,
and arrived off the breakwater early in
the afternoon without a pump working
A tug made its way TO her side and
offered her a line. but the captain re-
fused It. intending to sail into the har-
Dor. The task was too much for him.
however and before he was fairly into
the harbOr he lost control Of his vessel
which crashed into the Rainbow, carry
ing away the bow Of that boat and
smashing a great hole under her own
bowsprit. and. with her fOremast gone
she drifted rapidly south, a pitiabe
wreck. The anchor was thrown out and
for a time held fast but breaking out Of
the soft bottom OF the harbOr this only
hope proved Intellectual, and again the
Thompson swept toward the shore.
broadside on. She struck bottom fifty
feet from shore. The men were rescued
by life line thrown by the life-saving
crew.
The schooner Mercury Of Ludington
Mich, was wrecked off Twenty-seventh-
ST. An effort was made to tow her into
the harbor when she neared the break
water. but the wind and waves were too
strong.
The Evesing Star and Jack Thompson
were already grinding to pieces on the