The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-05-19


To be drowned. and in every instance the
boat and cargo arc lost.
One schooner. the Myrtle, was wrecked
just outside of the government pier. within
half a mile of Michigan boulevard. and
SIX men of her crew went down TO their
death in plain view of hundreds of people
who lined the boulevard walks or watched
the awful storm from the windows of the
big hotels which overlook the harbor. The
wrecks extend from Glencoe, on the north.
where the Lincolndale went to pieces, to
South Chicago, an air line distance OF 40
miles.
The following is the list Of the wrecks
as far as known up TO 10 o'clock tonight:
The schooner Lincolndnlc. driven ashore
NJ Glencoe, Is miles north of Chicago; the
schooner Myrtle, wrecked at the foot of
Harrison street; the schooner Jack
Thompson. wrecked off Twenty-iifth
street; the schooner Evening Star,
wrecked oil Twenty-seventh street, tho
crew rescued; the schooner Mercury of
Grand Haven, wrecked off of Twenty
seventh street, the crew rescued; tho
schooner j. Loomis McClarin. wrecked Off
Twenty-seventh street; tho schooner RAIN
bow, wrecked of of Twcnty-sccoud street,
tho crew rescued: the schooner {. j.
Miner, wrecked off OF One Hundredth
street, the crew rescued; an unknown
schooner ashore near South Chicago.
The fatalities are: Anton Guncers of
Manistee, seaman of the schooner Dale.
drowned while attempting to reach shore;
Charles Gautiers, cook Oh the schooner
Jack Thompson. resided in Chicago,
washed from a rope while attempting to
reach tho shore; Joseph Spollan of Stur-
geon Bay, mate of tho }. Loomis Nc
Clnrin. struck and killed by tow post
torn out when the vessel broke away from
tug. The entire crew of the schooner
Myrtle, six men, were drowned.
The first vessel TO 60 ashore was the
| two-masted schooner Jack Thompson.
| Tho boat came from Garden Bay. Mich,
| and arrived early in the afternoon with
| out her pump working. A tug made its
way to her side and offered her line, but
the captain refused IL. intending TO sail
into the harbor. The task was too much
| for him, however, and before he
was fairly into tho harbor he lost
| control OF the vessel which
crashed into the Rainbow, carrying
away the bow OF that boat and smashing n
great hole under her bowsprit, and with
her foremast gone, she drifted rapidly
south, q pitiable wreck. Her anchor was
thrown out and for q 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 the
bottom 50 feet from shore. The men we're
/ roarnrl hy linn thrDus, h,,. lifn i'm,
crew.
Mich, was wrecked Oft the Twenty-sev-
enth street. An effort was made to tow
her into the harbor when she ncared the
breakwatcr. but the wind and waves were
too strong, and the Evening Star and Jack
Thompson were already grinding to pieces
on the breakwatcr and thousands of peo-
Pile stood on the beach watching them.
As the Mercury came nearer. her crew
could be seen huddled together in tho
bow, and they were frantically waving
their arms to the people on the shore.
When the schooner finally struck, an at
tempt was made, but in vain, TO get n
line to the crow, and then one of the sea-
men on board tho Tom Thurs,on jumped
from the vessel to somc float
ing lumber and, after several times
going under heavy breakers, was finally
taken ashore. Two others took the same
chance and got safely ashore. A line was
finally thrown from the shore to tho ves-
sci and made fast. The crowd ashore held
II and one by one four men. almost ex.
hausted. climbed TO safety, and the last
man. Ed Sterling, was about half way
down the line when the ropo broke and he
dropped into the water. Several persons
rushed 10 his rescue and he was carried
ashore.
The schooner Lincolndale was driven
ashore at Glencoe and Anton Guncers
swept overheard and drowned. After
several hours of waiting, the rest OF the
crew were rescued by the Evanston life
saving crew.
The wreck Of the Rainbow. a lumber
schooner from Racine, occurred late in
the afternoon, and was marked by he.
roic rescue of the crew when all hope OF
rescuing them had been abandoned A,
o'clock she began to drift rapidly south.
ward. dragging her anchors. Seeing
her destruction was inevitable, q
life saving crew loaded a life
line apparatus upon fiat cat
close 10 the waters edge and kept pace
with the doomed vessel as the wind drove
her southwark. OF the foot of Harrison
street the cannon was fired and the linc
missed tho boat by 30 feet. Several unsuc.
cessful attempts were made between Har.
rison and Twenty-ilfth street. The men
were finally rescued and the vessel drifted
ashore and WAS ground 10 pieces.
RACINE, May ls.--A life boat and crew
arc coming on special train to rescue
the crew Of the Cummings. The schooner
{. {. Barnes is dragging anchor and ia
rapidly approaching the beach.
SHEBoyGAS, Wis, May ia severe
storm, accompanied by a terrific wind
storm, struck this city to-day and did
much damage. Tho schooner Surprise Of
Chicago lies half q mile of the port
pounding in a fearful sea.
pJLEDo, May ls.-Four persons werc
killed by tornado at Kunkle last night,
Martha Dozo and Charles Moore and bis
wife were fatally injured, and Mrs. Evans
is missing. A crucsome incident was tho
finding of CORY human heart in the Gem
etery. II belonged TO Mrs. Barret, whose
body was torn to pieces. Had the tornado
gone about go yards further north i
would have wiped out kunkle and killed