The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-10-04
LAKE VESSELS SUNK.
Several Craft Destroyed In Collisions and
by Heavy Storms.

by heuVy STORMS.
The steamer Kershaw and consorts
Moonlight and Kent were driven
ashore near Marquette. The Kershaw
struck reef and soon broke in two
amidships, the forward portion going
To pieces. The two schooners went
high on a sand beach and are appar-
emily not much damaged. The 10
members of the Kerslaw's crew were
rescued by the life saving crew after
a thrilling experience in which the
surf boat was capsized and four life
savers nearly lost their lives. The
crews of the schooncrs walked ashore.
Considering the violence of the gale il
was most fortunate escape for all
The kershaw was comma nded by Capt.
Pringle, and owned by VIM. ). Mack,
of Cleveland. The insurance is e35, 90.
The wooden steamer Robert l.. Fryer
was sunk near the dyke in Hay lake
channel by collision with the steamer
Corsica. The Fryer was cut clean TO
the foremost and her bow is nearly all
gone. She lies with her decks below
water. The crew was taken off safely.
The Fryer is owned by Mitchell 81 Co,
and valued at S95, 600 She was bound
TO Duluth with coal. The Corsica was
badly damaged and returned to the
500 after the coll sion.
The steamer II. C. Pope arrived at
the $500 having on board the crew of
the schooner c. A. King, of Detroit,
which had been picked up off Point Au
Barques, Lake Huron, after their boat
had foundered. The crew consisted of
Capt. James Glenn, four men and
woman. The King was bound from
Toledo TO Bay City with coal, when
she encountered the Northwestern. This
was Capt. Glenn's first trip in the
King. lie had recently purchased her,
and lost everything, as he had no in
Surance.
2The schooner Elma is reported as hav-
ing been driven upon the Picture rocks
on Lake Superior in a terrific gale and
all on board. nine in number, including
Capt. John Thurstons wife and child,
were drowned. The Elma was one of
three schooncrs in tow of the steamer
Birkhead. OF the others the G. Is.
Jones anchored off Whitefsh Point,
but 10 is feared she will be pounded To
pieces. The crew was taken off by life
savers. The third of the tow, the Com
modore, found shelter at Grand island
and the steamer Birkhead made the
500 in safety. The steamer Nellie
Torrent arrived at the 800" from
Shelldrake, having released herself,
but her barge Carney pounded herself
TO pieces losing u cargo of lumber. The
barge Lille May went to pieces at
East Whitefish Point The tug Parker
had TO abandon "a raft of half million
feet of logs and run to shelter near
Deer Park. The steamer City of Paris
ran into Copper harbor for shelter and
was driven hard on the rocks. The
barge Lady Franklin drifted ashore
at Hammond's bay, Lake Huron, and
became a total loss She was owned
by Abram Smith, of Algonac
Two of the crew of the schooner
John Raber were drowned in Lake
Michigan when the vessel grounded
near Whiting, Ind. VIM. Spields.
light keeper at Squaw island, reports
a decomposcd body being washed
ashore there in the gale and it is sup
posed TO be one of the crew of the lost
Chicora. The furniture from some
vessel washed ashore near South
Haven by the storm, indicating n
wreck. The excursion steamer Puri-
tan with 40 passengers left Chicago in
the gale and came near sharing the
fate of the Chicora. The Puritan
reached ST. Joseph after an awful
voyage, but was unable to enter the
harbor and after being tossed about
like q cookie shell for some time it was
seen that the only thing TO do was to
return to Chicago. No one expected
TO ever reach shore, but after "a terrible
struggle port was reached and all were
glad to plant foot On sofia land after
their 10 hours fearful experience.