Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-28
| IltE STEAMER WRECKED.
rss Biz Grain Carrier, City Of Duluth,
Going to Pieces Off St. Joseph.

49,. struck Against a Pier-She
proke in Two at Once and Went
Ina OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Taken
~ Inv Life-Saving Limestone
woman Dying from the Effects
~ the Exposure.
= Joseph, Mich, January 27-Ihe
rain steamer City of Duluth ar
..-s1 ofl this port from South Chicago
I.s- NIGHT at $50 o'clock and attempt
81 enter the harbor. There was
,,andcus wind from the northwest.
..5 very heavy sea rolling. The Dn-
,...s Kent on her course into the har-
IL And at the mouth of the river
...,,er, & bar and was thrown heavily
,osinst the north pier breaking in two
,,rediately. The mammoth steel
,robes on either side of the boat gave
row Immediately and the bow of the
,oar dropDed two or three feet. A
q-ge hole was stove in the port side Of
.bp boat as she was swung around, and
.1e went to the bottom in an hour,
having only her cabin and part of her
bulwarks above water The two big
rues Norford and Protection, which
lad accompanied the big boat on her
trip across the lake, made several de5-
Darate attempts to reach her and get
the crew and passengers off, but were
every time unsuccessful.
The life saving crew was summoned
and reached the scene of the disaster
in quick time, considering they had
disbanded for the winter. At midnight
they had a short mortar line to the
boat and the rescue began. The first
one to be taken ashore was August
KernWein, a business man of this city.
He disappeared in the water several
times during the perilous trip, and was
badly frozen when pulled out onto the
pier, The rest of the passengers were
taken ashore in this manner, one at a
time. There were seventeen passen-
gers and twenty-three of the crew.
Captain Mclean was the last to leave,
he being taken off at o'clock this
morning. There were several ladies'
aboard The members of the life saw
ing crew took turns going out in the
car after them. Mrs. William Tryon
is dying from the effects OF the trip.
She was badly frozen and was seized
with nervous prostration. There is no
hope for her recovery.
me City Of Duluth is an old boat,
ouJ one of the largest sailing on Lake
Michigan. She has been in the grain
carrying trade for many years. She
IS owned by the Lake Michigan and
Lake Superior Transportation Com
pany and was being operated here this
winter by the Graham & Morton
transportation Company. She had a
heaVy cargo of corn and flour and
a deck load Of merchandise for local
merchants. There is no hope of saw
ing anything from the wreck as there
Is very high sea rolling. No boat
can reach her, and she is RAPIDLY go
Ing TO pieces, The engineer says that
Wnen the boat struck the engine lump
ed foot and was immediately torn
TO pieces. The water rushed in. put
out the fires and the fremen barely
escaped up the ladders in time to save
themselves. The floor of the cabin
deck gave mighty heave upward.
and the passengers were thrown into
the widest confusion.
Chicago, January PA telegram
received by the Lake Michigan and
Lake Superior Transportation Com
amy. owners of the steamer City Of
Duluth, which went ashore in a gale
W st. Joseph last night, says that the
passengers and crew were safely land
~ at > a. m. to-day. The tremendous
sea running made it impossible for
Jdsboats to get near the steamer, but
ne iife-saving crew finallyA succeeded
~ getting their rope to the boat. and
me Passengers and crew were slowly
and with much difficulty brought to
slore. The City of Duluth lies on a
Sandbar about $50 feet from shore.
Mrs. William Tryon, one of the
ladies' rescued, is dying from exposure,
Lnng frozen in the nassase from the