Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-08
NINE MEN FLOATING on LAKE MICuI-
GAN IN FREEZING WEATHER.
THEY ARE BELIEVED TO BE LOST
a REsCuING PARTY HAS GONE IN
SEARCH OF THEM.
A Party of Workmcn Mt the milwaukee,
Pumping station Is Somewhere on
tho Wide Expansc of water In
Two Open Boats.


MliWankee' WIS, Fep' ''--someWhere OUT
iu the lake nine men are supposed 10 pe
aHtllt IN Two NaWl boats that leIt inc
Nor'h point pumping station Tonight Ihe
hrel SoWl p'at 's manned ny iout men
VINO came III from the erib ior supplies TINS
AFTERNOON ana started pR'k win provisions
az" O'Clock. ~ Us supposed this poat laieH
10 reach the Crib ana that IL drlftcd out
toward mld-lake with It's occupants. At I
O'Clock tonight a second vavl boat,
,,,,,,"d i,,. a,.o ,o,,,,oers ,Son, o,,t to
i.""",a '' NV NN'"t'S''S' NN'' '"a w
the 'f!o IN answer TO distress signals. rms
boat also has not been heard from again
and II is supposed that IL too failed 10
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''n, & " 'i'' ',N' CIV. VI '''u '','"N '"'''',' '"'''','
me hie BOAT Foley, having IN Tow
crew Of volunteers In the surf boat, left
the harhor at S:l5 ~ m. and was seen to
coi,,n,urir,tn win ~, mon an tho crib mud
~ ~" w t''S' Y'' w, 90
theh steam out In the lake In a southeast
crly direction. The supposition is that The
fire boat is out in search of the two yawl
heats ord ,boir occunnuts hut un to mid
,isht If b,d NOT rstirneI ,o tbis mort. II
nlsht II hol hol re,urntt me-, 70 l'i's POT
the men in the yawls failed to land at the
crib, they were probably frozen to death,
because the theF'nome'er was twen'y De,
low zero on 'ie laNe ana some VI '"e'h
were scantily dressed.
The men are all miners euploved on the
,b,,o ..,d of 80 tu,rol Tbo,, t,d inst
s'''S v'.H y. '"L '"''"e'' nv ,'.'u 80 80
that there was danger on the crib. they
offered their services Mt once. The lake
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steHieu 'a'ii' he"r 'he snort 'i"' p"' ""'
way quite strong northwest Wlnu was
blowing
.,rbn,, vyoro No, drossed for n ,oro, trim
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on the lake. several OF them were without
mlttens or gloves. some had no overcoats
and two of the men wore light felt hats.
They pulled out for the crib dressed in
this scanty attire and it is thought by
those on shore thnt If the crew of this
yawl got ndrifi thev cannot live over two
bour. on tba omen ialse II IL even doubt-
iba ial,a c,d ~ ~, t,Ir,ai without fraaz
~ 80, tartg - .b atr h,1l"s Tba vayv,
~ ,,,'Io, 80 az ct:s a,J ,oni, etrsirbt
So u.'Vi , 80 ~ "a, Iii - t,,t,. yrbtob is IN
Courst loWhiG Niit 'tin siial.S i',G ~, 10 80.
u hortHehSterlg l,reotioi' i o,teliai. my ~
n the axe from tHe PI'npl"s Statioi.. ti
For time the men on snore ahH those
VINO ran out 10 the ehu OF the pIer saw
the boat head for the crib. II was moon
light night, hut the dense clouds OF smoke
that issued from the chimneys OF the
pumping station and from the chimney of
the engine house of the shore and of the
party from view The men on the pier be-
lieve, however that they saw the second
vawl reach the crib
Before starting the foreman instructed
the men In the second yawl to hurry back
and notify him as soon as posslble what
had hanneucd nj the crib Under ordinary
circumstances It takes about twenty min
utcs TO row out to the shanty In the lake
There being four oars in the yawl, it was