The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-08
ADRIFT ON THE LAKE
NINE MEN AFLOAT IN YAwLS OFF
MILWAUKEE, HARBOR.
In Danger of Being swamped by the
Ice-Topped Waves or of Freezing
to Death In the Blizzard.
NO WORD FROM LA GASCOGNE
THE BIG FRENCH STEAMSHIP NOW
FIVE DAYS OVERDUE.
Fears Increasing for the Safety Of
the 372 souls Abonrd--The Teu-
tonic Also Behind Time.
NO WORD FROM LA GASCOGNE
THE BIG FRENCH STEAMSHIP NOW
FIVE DAYS OVERDUE.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Feb. 7.-Somewhere
out in the lake nine men are supposed to
be adrtft 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 o'clock. It is supposed that this boat
failed to reach the crib, and that it drifted
out toward midlake with its occupants
AT 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 again,
and it is supposed that it also failed to
reach the lake end of the inlake tunnel
The fire boat Foley, having in tow a crew
of volunteers in a surf boat, left the har-
Dor at S:l5 o'clock. was seen to commune
cate with the men the crib, and then
steamed out in the lake in southeasterly
direction The supposition is that the fire
boat is out in search of the two 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, be-
cause the thermometer was 20 degrees be-
low 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 ~
GOV" BARRETT.
JAMES CABIN
- BARRY.
JOHN DAILY.
JEREMIAH FALLEN.
SLIM 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
tnat there was danger on the crib they Of
fered their services at once The lake
seemed calm near the shore end, but out
ways quite a strong northwest wind was
biowing. They were not dressed for long
trip on the lake. Several of them were
without mittens or gloves, some had no
caps, but light felt hats. They asS pulled out ut
Tor the crib, dressed in scanty attire, and
if the crew Of this yawi got got adrift S they cam can.
IT is even doubtful If they could have made
the trip to the lake end Of the tunnel with
out freezing some parts OF their bodies The
straight course toward the crib shanty,
which Is in northeasterly direction, one
naif I'm mile out in the lake from the pumping
those who had run out to the end Of the pier
saw the boat head for the crib. 1t was a
smoke that Issued from the chimneys of the
pumping station and from the chimney of
tAo cn6lAp uCu5e OL the SnOre enQ or the
tunnel most of the time hid the rescuing
party from view. Men on the pier believe
however, that they saw the second yawl
Before starting the foreman instructed the
men In the second yawl to hurry back and
happened at the crib. Under ordinary cir
cumstanceS it takes about twenty minutes
to row out to the shanty In the lake There
that the second yawl ought to have been
able to be back at 7:30. Patiently the men
second yawl was expected to bring back,
but not a trace of the yawl or the men
was seen Then those on shore concluded
Liiat ,he danger was not on the crib, but
that the men in the provision boat had got
adrlft- When the volunteer crew left the
shore IT was instructed by foreman Laugh
lin not under any circumstances to atter1nt
10 rescue the provision yawl in case it got
adrift adrift. put to hurry back and then the fire
boat Foley would be sent out. Under these
instructions news from the crib was ex-
nected positively within forty minutes after
the second yawi got under way. The blasts
OF the crib whistle and the signal light still
continued to warn those ashore that as
AS rule the crib shanty only is visible
by night by the light that shines through
small window, but tonight that door was
in all directions. Men could be seen moving
about the crib. From the amount of light
visible 1t was thought that the shantv was
on fire. A few minutes before O'clock
after the rescuing party was over thirty
nesnutes due on their return trip. Foreman
isASiiitik anu SAitt EHSineeF NcMfllan de-
cided 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 ct
s O'clock, under command of Captain Bol,t-
In, of the life-saving station. The relief
partv was made up of the following: Can't.
r. Boutin. Charles Garland Engineer OF
sen. Frank Gurdis all members of the life
saving crew, when II Is in commission. and
Ernst Fischer a fisherman residing on
Jones island. The crew was the same that
went out to the. crib and took off the tewen-
ty-six men before the storm recently. It
the life-savers in the surf boat left the har-
hor. Up TO midnight nothing has been heard
fro', either of the yawls or the third relief
party.
DrifteJ for Ten Days.
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