The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-01
ALL HOPE ABANDONED.

Given Up for Lost In the Ice run List 81
the Steamers Crew. and Description OF
Her Cargo isut one Passenger Aboard
Speculation a. 20 Remaining Chances.
BENTON llARBoR. Mich. Jan "a All
hope FOR the safety Of the Graham 4
Morton screw steamer Chicora has
been abandoned here hy the finding
of wreckage from the vessel of South
Haven. The fate of twenty-six men
who are knosn to have been aboard
when the steamer left Milwaukee for
this port Monday morning is believed
10 be hopeless. Veteran mariners
number every man with the dead
The Inflated vessel was caught while
crossing the lake, and fell an easy prey
TO the protracted cyclone which
swept the icy waters of Lake Michi-
gan throughout Monday. and which
continued with little moderation for
another twenty-fonr hours. The fears
of all concerned were confirmed, when
the following dispatch was received
from South Haven;
Capt Donahue. the lighthouse
keeper. noticed this morning, through
the hay weather, portions OF what
seemed to Toe wreckage floating abreast
and on each side of the harbor here
couple Of miles outside and close to
open water Capt Matthews, OF the
iife-saving station. led party
of volunteers on dangerous
trip over the moving ice until they
came int a lot of fresh vreckage. Some
Of II was wcdged betwe the ice. but
ishc greater portion was seen under
meath the ice The parts which Were
brought here were easily recognized
by vessel men as belonging TO the
Chicora.
weather is thick and the darkness
combines To prevent another search
Tor fur ther proof of the disaster"
The number OF dead may be twenty
nine. positive statements being made
that -four st. Joseph business men. in
stead OF one. Joseph Pearl. were guests
of Capt Shines Doc" Ballingcr.
manufacturer. is the name of one who
is said TO have been on board
The disaster will prove heavy
financial blow to the transportation
compa ny, as there was no Insurance
on vessel or cargo except against
fire
The complete list Of the officers and
crew Of the Chicora is as follows: Eli |
Stines. captain, 81. Joseph; {. d. |
5imons, first mate. Benton Harbor; /
benjamin Shines. second mate the cap
tain's SON, It. Joseph; Joseph Marks. |
vheelman, Benton Harbor; Thomas /
Roberts son ani John Hodges. watch
men. Baltimore; eight deck hands. |
names unknown. Detroit: Rob |
ert McClusc. chief engineer. De
troit; A. W. Write, second /
engineer, Detroit; Grant A. Dow ney, |
oiler Detroit: two tiremen and one
roal passer. names unknown; Nate
Lynch, cook, st Joseph; James Ma
lone, pantryInan. Chicago; NJ. W. Nor
gan. he adj waiter Benton liar Dor: Jesse
Davis. porter. renton Ilarbor; James
q: Clark, clerk. 81. Joseph. Capt
>tincs. Mate g. y. ~imons. Engineer
Mcclure, Nate Lynch. the cook. aud
Clerk James Il. Clarke have families.
The rest OF the men are single. as far
as known.
SO far as known there was only one
passcn ger aboard, Joseph Pearl. of the
drug firm OF Howard & Pearl, OF ST. |
oseph-
The loss on the vessel. exclusive o. /
the cargo amounts to $50. 900, and the
cargo of thirty-eight carloads of -four
was valued at $4,000.
The Chicora was screw steamer OF
4 bout 900 tons burden. and was built
~ the Detroit Dry Dock Co. two years
lgo. She was valued at $4,000 at
hat time. The Ora ham * Morton
carried no insurance on her,
4 nd there was no insurance on the
largo of flour. Owing TO dull bust
ness she was taken out Of commission
about January /, but last Saturday
was again put in com mission. She Is
\ strongly-built boat and excellcntly
named.
The crew may have escaped drown
ng at once and he now adrift on an
ce field Capt. Shines is said to have
had forchodings Of ir pending disas ter,
and some tins ago said a. much to
friends
Joseph Pearl. who was doub tless lot
with the boat, was one Of the bright,
prominent votn business men of It.
J oscph- lie is widely known and es-
Dccmcd.
Mr. Graham's first theory was that
the Chicora. having left Milwaukee at
':45 a. M. would begin 70 get the full
force of the gale about $3.50 or 10
o'clock. and that Capt. Shines. with his
<nowledge Of the condition Of the st.
J oscph harbor and Of tho large field Of
Ice that would be slown toward this
shore. would put about and either
make his way back TO Milwaukee or
attempt TO make the Chicago har.
Dor. or. failing to do either. he
would lie ION and or the shore
somew here in the vicinity Of one or the
other Of those places. keeping in smooth
water as much a. possible. 1t Is
thought that the boat would have
made a bout ~eventy-five miles on her
course 10y the time it was found that
tho storm threatened to be serious. al
though She would not be more than
forty miles from land. In that case
She would necessarily have To run
back on her course thirty-five or fort