The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-01-30
FOUNDERED IN THE ICE.
Fate of a Steamer and her Crew on Lake
Michigan,

Michigan.
BENTON HARBoR, Mich, JAN 23.-
al hope for the safety of the
Graham and Morton screw steamer
Chicora has been abanoned here by
the finding of wreckage from the YES
sci off South Haven. The fate of
twenty-six men who are known to
have been abroad when the steamer
left Milwaukee for this port Monday
morning is almost as hopeless. Vet
eran mariners plumber every man
with the dead.
The ill-fated vessel was caught while
crossing the lake, and fell an easy
prey to the seventy-mile an hour bur
ricane which swept the icy waters of
Lake Michigan throughout Monday
and which continued with little mod
Grafton for another twenty-four hours.
The fears of all concerned were con-
frmed when the following dispatch
was received from South Haven: Cap
tain Donahue, the light horse keeper,
noticed this morning, through the
hazy weather, positions of what seemed
to be wreckage floating abreast and
on each side of the harbor here, a
couple of miles outside and close to
open water. Captain Matthews of
the life saving station led a party Of
volunteers on a dangerous trip over
the moving ice until they came into a
lot of fresh wreckage. Some of it was
wedged between the ice, but the
greater portion was seen underneath
the ice. The parts which were brought
here were easily recognized by vessel
men as belonging to the Chicora a
perilous gale is still blowing. the
weather is thick and the darkness
combined to prevent another search
for further proof of the disaster.
The number of dead may be go, pos
tive statements being made that 4 St.
Joseph business men instead of /,
Joseph Pearl, We're guests of Capt.
Stines Doc" Ballinger, a manufac-
ture, is the name of one who is said to
be on board.
The disaster Will prove heavy fin
ancial blow to the transportation COM
pany, as there was no insurance ex-
cept against fire.
The following telegram was received
here by the steamship company this
evening from South Haven: 1--WE
have just found some of the Chicora's
upper works in the ice off this place.
There is no doubt she has foundered. "
The vessel was commanded by
Captain Ed Stines ofSt. Joseph, Mich.
Captain Stines' son was second mate.
The loss on the vessel, exclusive Of
the cargo, amounts to s165,000, and
the cargo Of thirty-eight carloads OF
-four for export was valued at S20,-
600. The Chicora was screw steamer
of 900 tons burden, built by the De-
troit Dry Dock Company two years
ago The Graham and Morton Com
pany carried no insurance on her eX-
cept for fire, and there was no insur-
ance on the flour. Owing to dull busi-
ness she was taken out of commission
January l, but last Saturday was put
in commission. She was strongly
built boat and well manned. It is
hardly possible that the victims are
adrift on an ice field
Captain Stines is said to have had
foreboding Of impending disast er and
sometime ago said as much to friends.
This is the first disaster that has over
taken any steamer from this port since
the sinking of the ill-fated Hippocam-
pus in the fall of 1856. from being over
loaded. James r. Clark, who was
filing the place of the regular clerk,
J. w. Hancock, was ex-United States
Marshal for the Western District of
Michigan. He was born in 1914 at
Monterealand had resided in Michigan
since two years of age. He was
telegraph operator in the army during
the war. After the war, he was en-
gagged by the Goodrich Transportation
Company until 1876, when we became
deputy sheriff of Berrien county, and
at the end of four years. was elected
sheriff. From 1890 to '94 he was Tn
tied States marshal with headquarters
in this city. Since retiring from Of. !
flee, he has been engaged in Lake
Shipping. He leaves wife and
daughter.