Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-12-14
WATERY GRAVES,
Beven Lives Lost on Lake Superior--NIany
Seamen Drowned Abroad.

Senmen Drowned Abroad.
Duluth, Mimi, Dec. 10.--News has
been received here of the laundering of
the tug Pearl S. Campbnll, of the Inman
line, of this city, Off Huron island, about
40 miles from LAnse, Mich, on Satur-
day morning. The lost are: Capt. w.
l.. McGilvra, master; John Lloyd, first
mate; George McCort, chief engineer;
Fred England, second engineer; cook,
name unknown; two fremen, names
unknown.
The tug had been working on the
schooners Kent and Moonlight, at
tempting to release them, and good
progress was being made, when heavy
weather compelled them to cease opera
tions. The crew of the Campbell said
they were in good condition for the
trip and could stand anything. They
were advised to wait until after the
storm which threatened, but neverthe
less, they put to sea. A captain of ii ves-
sci in that vicinity ut the time says Il
50-mile-an-hour hurricane was blowing.
The tug was of 90 tons burden and was
valued at $4,000. All of the crew with
the exception of McCort were Duluth
people, McCort being from Sheboygan,
Mich. All were single; but both cap
tains were to have been married shortly.
The full particulars of the storm
which sent the boat and her crew to the
bottom have not been received as yet,
but enough is known to show that the
seamen made gallant fight for life in
90 % ,Ixal,
Campbell, together with the tugs Cas-
tie and Corona had been in the vicinity
of Huron isle for some time, endeavor-
ing to raise the sunken schooners
Moonlight and Kent, which were
wrecked there several months ago DUR
ing a heavy storm. The work was al
most finished when cold weather com
PEELED the abandonment of the enter
prise, and the boats were on their way
home. Saturday morning they were
struck by u furious northeast storm,
accompanied by binding snow. The
sea increased with great rapidity and
the weather became freezing cold, the
thermometer going down almost to the
zero mark.
Every sea broke over the tugs, and
| freezing as it fell covered the boats
with coating of ice that increased
until they were weighted down with
| tons of it. Doors and windows were
frozen so thick with the ice that they
could not be opened. Suddenly the
crews of the Castle and Corona heard
signals of distress from the whistle
of the Campbell, calling on the two
boats to come to the aid of the dis.
tressed tug, but the crews Of the two
consort tugs were having great trouble
in keeping themselves on Top of the
water and dared make no attempt to
render assistance to their companions
1t is thought by the crews of the Cas-
tie and Corona that the Campbell must
have sprung bad leak and the water
gained SO fast the siphon was unable
TO cope with it. The furnaces of the
tug being low in the hull, IT took bu
little water to put the fires out, anC
then the helpless craft fell into the
trough of the sea, and several eXtr,
large waves coming in quick succession
overwhelmed her and she sunk. Tha
is the theory of the survivors, for th'
whistles ceased after time and moth
ing could be seen of her when the snow
lifted for minute. The Castle ant
Corona, so heavily iced that they Dor
little resemblance to tugs, manage,
after hard fight to make Huron bay
20 miles from here, and stayed il
shelter.
Leith, Scotland, Dec. 10.-The Brit
ish steamer Principal, Capt. Stannart
from Shields November 13, via Dunde
November 16, for New York, took fir
in the forehold when about 40 mile
north of Cape Wrath, on the northwest
ern extremity of Scotland. 1t ran fo
one of the Farce islands, struck roc
and went down with 27 of her crew
only one, Henry Anders, of Rostoci
being saved. He was taken from til
water after having been clinging t
wreckage for IS hours.
Liverpool, Dec. 1o.-The steam collie
Ringsend was in collision with an III
known vessel off the mouth of the Rive
Mersey. The Ringsend sank. Five {
her crew We're saved, but six wei
drowned.