Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-24
GREAT LAKE DISASTER.
Proof of the Loss of the Steamer
 Chicora Comes to Light.
TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS ARE LOST.

The Missing Steamer Was Caught In a
 wintry Hurricane. and the Only Evil
 dences of the Tragedy Found Were Some
 Hits of wreckaEe on Lake Michigan.
 BENTON HARBoR, Mich, Jan. 24.-An hope for the safety of the Graham & Mor- bon screw steamer Chic ora has been al an- aoned here by the finding of wreckage from the vessel off South Haven. The fate of 29 men, who are known to havo been aboard when the steamer left Milwaukee for this port Monday morning. is almost as hope less. Veteran mariners number every man with the dead
 The list of the officers and crew and pas- Bengers so far as known is as follows:
 Doc Ballnger, manufacturer, St Jo- seph. pas. enger; James R. Clark. clerk, St Joseph: Jesse Davis. porter, Benton Harbor; Grant D1wney, oiler. Detroit; John Hodges. watch man. Baltimore; Nate Lynch, cook, St. Joseph James Malone, pantryman. Chicago Joseph Marks wheel man, Benton Harbor; Robert Mcclure, chief eng. neer, Detroit: NJ. w. Morgan, head waiter, Benton Harbor; Joseph Pearl, druggist, St Joseph. passenger; Thomas Ro ertson. watchman. Bait more; C. b. Simmons, first mate. Benton Harbor. Ren- nie Stines second mate captain son), St. Joseph; Captain Stines. St. Joseph; Al fred Wirts, second engineer. Detroit
 In addition to the foregoing there were on board the vessel two firemen, one coal passer. eight deckhands and two gentle men from St Joseph, who were, along with Ballinger and Pearl, guests of the captain.
 Caught In a Hurricane.
 The i'll fated vessel was caught while crossing the lake. and fell an easy prey to the Omile an hour hurricane which swept the icy waters of Lake Michigan through out Monday, and continued with little moderation for another 24 hours The fears of all conc, rned were confirmed when the following dispatch was received from South Haven:
 Captain Donahue, the lighthouse keeper, noticed this morning through the hazy weather portions of what seemed to be wreckage floating abreast and on each side ot tho harbor here a couple of miles out side and close to open water. Captain Matthews of the life saving station led a party of volunteers on dangerous trip over tho moving ice until they came into a lot of fresh wreckage Some of it was wedged between the ice. but the greater portion was seen underneath tho ice The parts which were brought hero were easily
 
 the Chicora. A perilous gale is still blow ing. the weather is thick, and the dark ness combines to prevent another search for further proof of the disaster" |"
 The following telegram was received here by the steamship company last even- ing from South Haven:
 We have just found some of the Chi cora upper works in the ice of this place. There is no doubt she has foundered"
 Captain St nes Simons Mcclure, Lynch and Clark have families The rest of the men are single.
 The loss on tho vessel, exclusive of the cargo. amounts to $165. 900. and the cargo of SS carloads of flour for export was val ued at SEQ. 00O The Cbicora was a screw steamer of 800 tons burden, built by the Detroit Drydock company two years ago. The Graham X Morton company carried no insurance on her except for fire, and there was no insurance on tho flour.