St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-08
ADRIFT ON The LAKE.
Nine Hen in Open YaWls
Missing From Mil
Waukee
HARDLY A CHANGE FOR LIFE.
CastaWays Too Seantily Clad
to Long Withstand the
Terrific Cold.
TUGS SENT IN SEARCH.

TUGS SENT IN SEARCH.
| Sequel Of the Awful Crib
Disaster of But Ole
Year AS
MILWAUKEE. Feb Z. - Somewhere
! out in the lake nine men are supposed
! to be adrift in two yawl boats that left
the north point pumping station to
night. 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 that this boat
failed to reach the crib. and that
it drifted out toward mid lake with
! its occupants. AT z o'clock tonight
/ second yawl boat. manned by five vol
| unteers, went out to the crib in answer
| to distress signals. This boat, also, has
not been heard from again, and it Is
! supposed that it also failed to reach the
! lake end of the intake tunnel. The
freboat Foley, having in low crew Of
| volunteers in the surf boat, left the
harbor at :45'O'clock, was seen to COM
municate with the men OH the crib, and
then steamed out i'll the lake in
southeasterly direction. The sup
| position is that the fireboat
is out ID search of the yawl boats and
their occupants, but up to midnight it
had not returned to this port. If the
men in the yaWls failed TO land at the
crib they were probably frozen to death,
| because the temperature was 20 below
zero on the lake and some of them were
very scantily dressed. The names of
the men adrift. as nearly as could be
learned. are:
The Missing.
- ALLEN.
GOV, BARRETT.
JAMES CADIN.
BARRY
JOHN DALEY
JEREMIAH FALLEN.
"SLIMi WELSH
Two unknown men.
The men are all miners employed at
the shore end of the tunnel They had
just come out of the shaft, and when
they heard that there was danger on
the crib they offered their services at
once. The lake seemed calm near the
shore end, but out ways quite strong
northwest wind was blowing. They
were not dressed for long trip on the
lake. Several were without mittens or
gloves, some no overcoats. and two of the
men wore no caps. but light felt hats.
They pulled out for the crib dressed in
scanty attire, and it is thought by those
on the shore that if the crew in this
yawl got adrift they cannot live over
two hours on the open lake. 1t is even
doubtful if they could have made the
trip 10 the lake end of the tunnel with
out freezing some parts of their bodies.
The yawl got under way at 6:45 O'Clock,
and took straight course toward the
NAAO Hi4iOI4 10 AL q iiOl
direction, One-half mile out in til
lake from the pumping station. For
time the men OH shore and those who
ran out to the end Of the pier saw the
boat head for the crib. 1t was moon
light night. but the dense clouds of
smoke that issued from the chimneys of
the pumping station and from the chim-
ueY of the engine house at the shore
end of the tunnel most of the time hid
the rescuing party from view. The men
on the pier believe, however, that they
saw the second yawl reach the crib.
Before starting the foreman instruct
ed the men in the second yaWl to hurry
| back and notify him as soon as possible
what had happened at the crib. Under
ordinary conditions it 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 be back at Z 80. Patiently
! the men on shore waited for some tId-
/ ingS that the second yaWl was expected
! to bring back. but not a trace of the
! yawl or the men was seen. Then those
! on shore concluded that the danger was
| not OH the crib but that the men IN
| the provision boat had got adrift.
When the volunteer crew left the
| shore it was instructed by Foreman
| Laughlin not under any circumstances
to attempt to rescue the provision yawl
| in case it got adrlft, but to hurry back
| and then the fire boat Foley would be
sent out. Under these instructions
| news from the crib was expected
| positively within forty minutes after
! the second yawi got under way.
Signals OF Distress.
The blasts Of the crib whistle and
t signal light still continued to warn
those ashore that assistance was needed.
| AS a rule the crib shanty only is visible
| by night by the light that shines
| through a small window, but last
| night the door was swung wide open
! and light streamed forth from
! all directions Men could be seen
! moving about the crib. From the
| amount of light visible it was thought
| that the shanty was on ire. A few
| minutes before O'Clock. after the res
| euing party were over thirty minutes
| due OH their return trip, Foreman
| Laughlin and Chief Engineer McMiI-
| Ian decided that either the second
| yaWl had gone adrift or that it
| could not return. Chief Foley, of the
! fire department, with the tug Foley
| started out with volunteer crew at
| o'clock under command of Capt.Boutin,
| of the lifeosaving station. The relief
| party was made up of the following:
/ Capt. 7. Boutin, Charles Garland,
| Inger Olsen. Frank Gurdis. all MEM
| bers of the life-saYing crew when
it is in commission. and Ernst Fischer,
/ a fisherman residing on Jones' island.
+ The crew was the same that was out 10
| the crib and took off the twenty-slX
| men before the storm recently. 1t was
| Just S:4S when the Foley, having in tow
! the life-sayers in the surf boat, left the
harbor. Up TO midnight nothing has
| haan heard of aithnr nf The yaIYls Or