The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-02-01

NJ. w. Morgan, head waiter, Benton
Harbor
Joseph Pearl, passenger, st. Joseph.
Thomas Robertson, Waterman.
G. ID. Simons, first mate, Benton Har-
Dor.
Ed Shines, captain, st. Joseph.
Ben Shines, second mate st. Joseph,
son Of the captain.
A. Writ, second engineer, Detroit.
Eight deck hands, names unknown.
Two fifemen, names unknown.
One coal passer, name unknown.
Captain Shines, Mate G. ID. Simons,
Engineer Mcclure, Nate Lynch, the
cook. and Clerk James X. Clarke have
families. The rest of the men are single.
The anxious eyes of Lighthouse Keeper
Charles Donoghue, at South Haven,
which have for days been looking to the
west over the ice-bound lake for signs
of the missing propeller Chicora, with
her human freight, were rewarded on
Wednesday afternoon, by discerning sew
eral miles out specks that through the
glass were soon seen to be pieces of wreck
age. They were only specks, but to the
mariners quick eye they told of the I'M
questionable loss of vessel and all on
board. The wreckage was about two
miles out from shore, most of it directly
opposite the harbor. The ice appeared
TO extend half mile further out into the
lake. Mariners at once organized re-
lief party to go out and investigate the
wreckage. Captain Matthews, of the
United States life-saving service, led the
party of searchers that braved the wintry
wind blowing in their faces at rate Of
upward Of thirty miles an hour. The trip
out from land was perious one, for the
ice while driven into compact mass
by the gale of the last two days, was still
dangerous, and in places uncertain on
account of its roughness and the liability
of its breaking up.
wreckage Found i'm the Ice.
After the two miles, which seemed 10
be ten, had been covered Capt. Matthews
and his party came to mass of wreck
age imbedded in the ice, but apparently Of
boat that had but recently met with
disaster. There were a number of pieces
that appeared to belong to the upper
works of some large vessel, probably a
propeller or steamer of some large line.
Much of the wreckage was under the
ice or water, which made it difficult to
reach in order to closely describe. The
| men nunleu uTOunu LOT pieces Oh the
pilot-house, by which the name of the
vessel could be learned, but they were
unsuccessful. Portions of the wreckage
were secured and carried back to the
land, where experienced seamen who
knew the Graham e. Morton vessel iden-
tilted them as belonging to the Chicora.
Among most of the seamen the opinion
is that the Chicora has foundercd. The
discovery of the wreckage proves that she
has at least lost her upper works, and
those who know the vessel say that q
storm severe enough to carry these off
would be more than any vessel could
stand, even though she be so stanch as
the Chicora. They also state that the
twenty-six men supposed to be on board
are undoubtedly lost. If they did not 20
down with the vessel il would be impossi-
bic for them to have escaped in the teeth
Of the gale with the lake full Of ice. Mr..
Morton, of the Graham & Morton Trans
portation Company, and Clerk Hancock,
who arrived at South Haven late at
night examined the wreckage, which they
think without doubt belongs to the Chi
cora Both expressed the belief that the
Chcora Is still a1oat and perhaps dis
abled, and has lost a part of her upper
works.