The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-24
ives LOST on The LAKE.
Tss Stlma CbiCOSa Goes Down With
% 10 % Hen.

r.. vessel Caught IN Furious Hurri-
cane and wrecked on South Haven,
>r.eh.-Ihe Wind Blowing Seventy
vIes an Hour for Two Dlys-Life-
savers Make a Perilous Trip Over Ice
., Examine wreckags From the Lost
Steamer.
Benton Harbor Mich. Jan. oS.-Au
fer the safety OF the Graham and
---a screw steamer Chicosa has been
--c-e1 here by the nnding Of wreck
tr5m me vessel of South Haven.
gaze Of the twenty-six men who are
Is have been aboard when the
-efl Milwaukee for this port
morning is almost as hopeless.
--s-1u mariners number every man with
dead The Inflated vessel was caught
- crossing the lake. and fell an easy
-7 the 70-mile-an-hour hurricane
r. swept over the icy waters of Lake
za1 throughout 1Ionday.,and which
r--ed with little moderation for an
I'D. tweuty-foUr hours.
fears of all concerned were con
--.l when The following dispatch was
Sawed from South Haven: Capt. Don
.s the lighthouse keeper. noticed this
-lls. through the hazy weather. por-
ms Of what seemd 10 be wreckage
a-.r- abreast and on each side of the
-t1- here. d couple of miles outside
close TO open water. Capt Mat
s-s Of the life-saving station led par
p v0Iuutsers on a dangerous trip over
h. moving ice until they came into a
- fresh wreckage. Some of it was
r-4-e8 between the ice. but the greater
.r-t1u was seen underneath the ice. The
MS which were brought here We're
ssfIv recognized by vessel men as be-
'oae.s 10 the Chicosa, a perilous gale
Still blowing. the weather is thick, and
darkness combines to prevent an
r.fa~ search for further proof OF the dis
= number cf dead may be twenty
r-a uosiltve statements being made
-r- alur ST. Joseph business men in
bread az one, Joseph Pearl were guests
Ca1r Shines DOC" BallinGer. a man
III e-u-sr. is the nama Of one who is
ss.z 10 be en- board.
--= disaster will prove heavy imam
bal blow to the transportation company.
~ there vas no insurance except against
The following telegram was received
here By the steamship company this even
IS from South Haven. we have just
f3.-.4 some OF the Chicosa's upper works
-h= lea Of this place. There is no doubt
a has foundered."
Ths vessel was commended by Capt. Ed
--Iu5- Of St. Joseph, Mich. Capt Shines
.r was second mate.
Tine loss on the vessel exclusive of the
,sl-- amounts to S-25,00l and the cargo
o d.. lar loads OF -four for export was
.f.tf al 500 600 The ChicOsa was Il
.rao steamer Of 900 tons burden. built
rr D=troit Dry Dock Company two
a- age The Graham & Morton Com
av carried no insurance ON her except
and there was no insurance on
e.r Owins 20 dun business she was
out of commission Jan. 1. but last
was again put in commission.
a strongly bulls boat and well
aarely possible that The victims are
ON AN ice field Capt. Shines is said
I've had f0reb0di1ss of impending
Ter, and sometime ago said as much
rieuds.
Fails is the first disaster that has over
..-1 any steamer from this port since the
alma of the in-fated Hippocampus, in
- IAN OL loth. from being over loaded
James r.. Clark. who was filling the
a.e of the regular clerk, J. w. Han
g.. h. was eX-United States marshal for
Western trict of Michigan. He
-" IS bonn in 1874 at Montreal and had
'-silcd tn Michigan since years of age.
- las a telegraph operator in the army
-r.nz the war After the war he was
engaged by the Goodrich Transportation
~e till 1876, when he became deputy
riff of Berrien county. and at the end
II four years was elected sheriff. From
sa} 20 1S9t he was United States marshal,
7l-h headquarters in this city. Since re-
lri1@ from office he has been engaged
ke shipping, He leaves wife and