Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-12
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Schooner Waukesha Founders in a Gale
on Muskegon and OF the Crew of
Seven but One Man Escapes
Captain and Crew Responsible.
Schooner sank-six Men Drowned.

80. He was seaman on the Inflated
schooner, and had the life saving crew
been Is minutes later he would not
have lived to tell the story.
Dolach tells a terrible story of this
his first trip on the Waubesha. He
says: capt. Duncan Corbett was in
command of the Waukesha, which was
loaded with 600 tons of salt in bulk and
25 barrels of apples, and bound from
Ludington to South Chicago. We left
Ludington with slight wind, but the
old ship sprung leak and in short
time we were working the pumps with
four feet of water in the hold. We
ran as far south as Grand Haven, but
the captain and mate were drunk and
said it was not Grand Haven. We
kept at the pumps all night, and in the
morning were 80 miles off shore, / told
the captain if he kept going that way
we would sink in midlale, and urged
him to keep we'll to the shore. The
weather continued good and we
reached Muskegon. My partner and 1
knew it was Muskegon, but the captain
and mate said it was not. We wanted
to run in but the captain was stubborn
and would not do so. The ship was
fast filling with water and my partner
and / became desperate and told the
captain we would make him run in.
The mate advanced on us with clenched
fists, and cussing us, said he would like
to see us make him. AS there were
but two of us, and all but one of the
other sailors were drunk, we kept still;
there were then six feet of water in the
ship At o'clock the life boat left us.
begged the captain to signal for the
life crew but he would not. / tried to
get the signal torch but he locked it in
his cabin SO that could not get it, Ny
partner and / let the anchor go so that
we might drift ashore, but it was too
late. The ship commenced to sink and
we all took to the rigging of the fore
mast. The sea was now running high
and it was o'clock at night. The
mast snapped and we were thrown
into the water. One by one my part
ner and / saw the other members of
the crew go down to- death: We had
managed to lash two spars together
and tried to help them but as they
were helpless themselves they were
washed from the spars as fast as we
pulled them on. At s o'clock in the
morning my partner died and / was
going to sleep myself when i
awoke with jerk to find the
life boat coming from the shore.
/ stood up on the spars to let them see
me and was soon in the boat Thank
God"
Dolach was in the cold water for 12
hours. He says one of the men was a
Swede, aged about so; the mate was an
American aged 40, another American
about As; the Negro cook was &c, and
the other member of the crew besides
the captain was a young Irishman, 90.
The Waukesha was one of the old
feet of 'canalers." She was owned by
4. II. Head, of Chicago and was form
erly known as the Nabob. She was
built in Manitowoc in 1864 and was
valued at $4,000.
Young Woman Whitecapped at Capac.
Miss Louisa Roy was brutally treated
by about a score of whtecaps at Capac,
because of her alleged fondness for the
society of II. p. Jenney, well-known
lawyer. Louisa Roy has been clerk
in Jenney's Office about six years. Mrs.
Jenney became jealous, and frequent
family quarrels resulted. Recently
the fellow has spent much time at the
Roy home and finally the citizens Wis
tied the house, ordering Mr.. Roy to
surrender both Jenney and his daugh-
ter. Upon his refusal to do So they
hurled stones through the windows.
Miss Roy came out and threw herself
on the mercy of the mob, and they
partly Invested the girl of clothing,
rolled her over in the mud and escorted
her up Main street yelling, Hang
her." tar and feather her." She was
finally allowed to go home. Mr.. Jen-
ney left the Roy house and skipped the
town.
Creditors May Seize Niles waterworks.
The city of Niles is in a predicament.
With an outstanding debt of nearly
$4,000 there are prospects that some
of the creditors are may seize the
tltCbliS iAH llb anu hdltL WOIhS hNSItUl
The council is lie TO pay bonds
long past due held by n. w. Harris &
Co., of Chicago, who declare they will
sue the city. AS the treasury is empty
and taxes not due until December,
there is no way to meet the obligations
except to hold a special election to vote
bonds. Last June "A special election
was held, but the taxpayers voted the
proposition down. and there is every
prospect they will do SO again.
Mrs. Amanda Dion died at Saginaw,
from an overdose of morphine.
Saginaw lumber firms report lively
improvement in business. A. G. Me-
Lean, who operates a line of lumber
lighters on the river, has put on 125
more men, and wanted as many more,
but could not obtain them. WiclIes
Bros, machine and boiler builders,
have added 40 men to their force.