The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-13

Two urn, names unknown, one "a porter, the
other a Ldcrkhaud.
the Idaho was out of commission
three or four years. Last summer She
was ovcrhauled and used during the
national G., A.R. encampmcnta as the
Naval Veterans flagship. When the
cacampment closed She went into
commission as u freighter. har cap
tain being Alex. GiIlies, we'll
known seaman. about fl years old,
and d brother of Donald Gilles.
captain of the steamer Harlem.
News of the disaster was brought
& Buffalo late Saturday night by
the steamer Mariposa which rescued
the two survivors from the mast of
the Idaho. Capt. Root SAYS it was
one ot the worst gales he ever eX-
pcrirnccd Shortly after noon on
saturday they sighted the spar and
the two men clinging TO IT,
| was puzzled how to ho'D the
men, says Capt. Root. for | could
not lower Il boat in such a storm
Finally circlrd about the spar UNI
til ran alongside and my men pick
cd the poor fellows off. They had to
drag them away from the spar by
fCrcc for the lncn had been there 50
long that their arms had become
numb and were twisted about the
mast and almost frozen fast 10 it.
a THRILLING STORY.
The rescued men We're Louis La.
force. second mate. and VIM. Gill. Il
deckhand Gill is % years old and
moreintelligent than theaverage. He
tells thrilling story of the disaster.
'Wrlett here Friday night for Chi
cago with II cargo of general mer-
chandise. said he. Storm signals
were up. but our captain thought he
would take chances on getting
through Everything seemed all
right until we got outside the break
water, and then we were struck by
the worst storm / ever saw. When
the first big breaker struck Us we
were tossed up in the air like top,
and Il second later big roller came
over the bow port and rolled down
amidshipS foot deep. The wind
shrieked and howlcd but we did not
pay much attention to the storm.
We had felt wind before. The cap
tam consulted with the mate and de-
cidcl that he could weather it and
he kept on his course.
AS we headed up the lake dead
against the gale it appeared to be
getting worse every minute. The
waves were running high and the
wind blew the tops from the break
ers like dust. We moved slowly
against the heavy wind and sea, and
when we were we'll up the lake we
found that the boat was taking
water. 1t kept coming faster and
faster and the bilge pumps were put
to work. but the water gained and
every minute the ship kept getting
less buoyant and the big comcrS
continued breaking over her
WATER PIT FIRES OUT.
I'VE were near Long Point at this
time and the captain started To put
in there with the intention Of beach
ing the ship. But the water gained
so rapidly that it was too late. She
was already laboring and the two
men at the wheel could do nothing
with her. Two more men went to-
work with them, and finally they
brought her around and headed her
towards land.
Capt. Gillies started the pumps,
ordered the men TO the fire buckets,
and we formed line and began to
bail, but it was no use. The water
gained on the pumps and the buck
cts and soon the water put the fires
out. When it was found that the
power was gone and that the Idaho
could not be moved, we knew we
could not live in the trough OF that
fearful sea and the only hope left us
was to run out the anchor and bring
her head up to the sea and let her