St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-19

from position just south of the gov
ernment pier. The gale was too strong
for her. and ut 3 O'clock she began to
drift rapidly southwark, dragging her
anchors as though they were nothing
but fish hooks. Seeing that her deStruc-
ton was Inevitable, for she had left but
a few tattered rags of canvass, insult
ticient to give her Steerage way against
the gale, the
LIFE-SAVING CREW
loaded their life line apparatus upon a
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. Off
the foot of Harmon court the car was
Stopped, the cannon fired. and the life
line missed the boat by thirty feet. At
Twelfth street another shot was fired.
with the same poor result. AT thlS
point the tug Spencer, which had wal
lowed its way through the gigantic
waves, managed to run up close to the
Rainbow and throw her line. 1t
snapped like tow. but second held,
anu four of her crew of seven men were
hauled aboard the tug. The schooner
was now SO close to the breakers that
the tug dared follow her no longer,
and steamed away. The life
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kept even with the boat as She rolled
around, and tried again and again to
throw a line across her, failed every
time. At Twenty-iifth street the sailors
cut loose on small raft they had made.
and William ii. uavill, a young eiec-
trical engineer, was held with line and
SWAIN out to it. then about eighty feet
from the shore. The lumber from the
RainbOw'S deck load was tossing on the
waves, and the young fellow, at the
imminent risk of being Drained by some
floating plank, was a long time In
reaching the raft. lie finally made his
way to its side, and called 10 Capt. John
Pew to jump overheard. Pew obeyed,
Hayill caught him and the two men
were hauled ashore. A negro named
e. j. Willis swan out in like manner,
and
SAVED ANOTHER MAN.
This lett tut one man Oh the raft, and
Havill was taken on the fiat care once
more and carried two blocks south to
where it had drifted, and again swan
out and brought off Jacob knudSUn. a
sailor living in Racine. Both men were
utterly exhausted and were taken to
Mercy hospital, where Pew. who is in a
critical condition from chill and eX-
posure, had preceded them. The vessel
drifteu ashore and was ground to
pieces. The McLareu was ground to
pieces 100 yards from shore. Her crew.
Commanded by Capt. h. Johnson. was
last of them being taken Off at
O'clock tonight. Her mate, Joseph
Spolan. was killed by the breaking of
tow post. The body is still
among the timhers of the vessel. One
Of the most exciting features of the
storm was the Imprisonment OF twenty
seven who were working on the water
works CRIBS OF Lake View one mile
from shore. Their only shelter was
il timber tower erected on the crib, and
until that washed away at 2 O'Clock this
afternoon the men were not believed TO
be in any danger. Ii was close Ques-
lion for them, however, after that time,
as the water Went over the crlU again
and again in binding sheets. Crowds
of people lined the shore anXiouSIy
Watching the crib, from which
A DISTRESS SIGNAL
huttered at various times during the
afternoon. the contractors made
frantic efforts to get the men away, aud
offered the tug companies any amount
of money to make the rescue, but the
lug men said it would be useless to
make the effort, and would result only
i'll the loss of tug without saving the
men. As night fell the men OIL the crio
hung up red lantern, which was burn
ing steadily at midnight, and as the
wind Is gradually dying down it is be-
lieved that all of them will be rescued
early tomorrow morning.
The Myrtle, on which the principal
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 up to that time had been safely
riding at anchor. The Myrtle's jib boom
broke off. 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 as they were
huddled together OH top of the cabin.
One was washed away; heavy wave
broke over her again and only three
were visible. One of them jumped on
a plank and f1oated in close 10 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 Will
son, but nothing more is known of the