The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-08

Milwaukee, Wis, Feb. 7.-Somewhere
out in the lake nine men are supposed
to be adrift in two yawl boats that
left the North Point pumping station
tonight.
The first yawl boat is manned by
four men, who came in from the crib
for supplies this afternoon, and
started back with provisions at 5
o'clock.
1t is supposed this boat failed to
reach the crib and that it drifted out
toward mid-lake with its occupants.
Al o'clock tonight, second yaWl
boat, manned by five volunteers, went
out to the crib in answer to distress
signals. This boat, also, has not been
heard from. and it is supposed that it,
TOO, failed 10 reach the lake end OF the
intake tunnel.
The fireboat Foley, having in tow a
crew of volunteers in the surf boat,
LETT the harbor at S:45 p. m. and was
seen to communicate with the men on
the crib and then steam out in the
lake in southeasterly direction. The
suppesltion is that the fire boat is out
IN search of the two yaWl boats and
their occupants, but up to midnight it
has not returned to this port. If the
men in the yowls failed to land at the
crib they were probably frozen to
death, because the thermometer was 20
| below zero on the lake and some of
them were scantily dressed. The
names of the men adrift as nearly as
could be learned are:
! - Allen.
Governor" Barrett.
| James Cabin.
- Barry. j.
| John Daley.
! jeremiah F. Allen.
| Slim Welsh.
| Two unknown men.
| The men are all miners, employed
on the shore end Of the tunnel. They
had just come out of the shaft, and
when they heard there was danger on
the crib they volunteered their services
at once. The lake seemed calm near
the shore, but out a ways a quite
strong northwest wind was blowing.
Before starting, the foreman in.
Structed the men in the second yawl
to hurry back and notify him as soon
as possible what had happened nt the
crib. Under ordinary circumstances, il
takes about twenty minutes to row out
to the shanty in the lake. There being
four oars in the yawl it was figured
that the second yawl ought to have
been able to get back at 1880 p. m. Pa.
tiently the men on shore waited fol-
some tidings that the second yawl was
expected to bring back, but not a trace
of the yaWl or the men was seen. Their
those on shore concluded that the dan.
ger was not on the crib, but the mer
in the provision boat had got adrift.
The blasts of the crib whistle ant
the signal light still continued to war;
those on shore that assistance wa.
needed. AS a rule the crib shanty is
. visible by night by the light that shine:
through small window, but tonigh
the door was swung wide open ant
light Streamed forth in all directions
Men could be seen moving about tn
crib.
; The Steamer Returns.
: The three men lost, as reported b,
) Fire Chief Foley upon the return t
port of the fire boat at 2:15 this morn
ing are:
Gus Stayner, of Chicago.
Tom Anderson of Milwaukee
John Brown. of Port Huron, Mich
: They were occupants of the frs
yaWl. Although the fire boat cruise
2 about for distance of twelve miles
not a trace OF the men was discovered
and there is not one chance in
thousand they are living The thre
f occupants of the volunteer yaN
landed at the crib and went out wit