The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-28
BIG STEAMER 4 TOTAL loss.
CITY OF DULUTH STRIKES HEAv-
lily ON ST. JOSEPH BAR.
and Breaks in Two-rassengers
Rescued After Heroic Enorfs-Mrs.
Tryon BADLY Frozen and VIII Die.

ST. JOSEPH. Mich. Jan. s-.-The big
grain steamer City OF Duluth arrived ct
this port from South Chicago last night
ar 3d. and attempted 10 enter the har-
Dor. There was tremendous wind from
the northwest and . very heavy SEA roll
Ing
The Duluth kept on her course into this
harbor. and al the mouth Of the river
struck bar and vas thrown heavily
against the north pier. breaking ia TWO.
The mammoth steel arches on either side
OF the boat gave way Immediately and
the bow OF the beat dropped two or three
feet large hole WAS stove IN the port
side CT The boat as she swung around.
ard she went 10 the bottom in an hour.
leaving only her cabin and part or her
huiwarxs above water.
The two tugs Morfogd ard Protection.
which rad accompanied the boat on her
trip across the lake. made several ces-
perate attempts - reach her and get the
crew and passengers of, but were IN
successful.
The lie saving crew was summoned and
reached the scene OF the disaster in quick
time considering that they had disbanded
for the winter. AT midnight they had shot
a mortar line 10 the boat. and the rescue
began. The first one 10 be taken ashore
Was August Kerwein. Of this city. He
dipped into the water several times dur
ing the perilous trip and was badly frozen
when be was pulled out on 10 the pier
TIE rest OF the passengers were taken
ashore IN this manner. one AZ time.
There were seventeen passengers and
twenty-three CT the crew. Capt. Mclean
was the last 10 leave. being taken OF q,
: o'clock this morning.
There were several ladies on board. The
members of the lIfe-saEIng crew took
turns going out in tie car after them.
Mrs. William Tyron is now dying from the
effects OF th, trip. She vas IN a delicate
condition and was badly frozen, and was
seized with nervous prostraiion. There
Is no hope fer her 10 live.
The City of Duluth mad Il heavy cargo
OF corn and nour. and deck load OF mer-
chandise for local merchants. There is
10 hope OF saving anything Of the wreck
as ;hsre is 4 very high sea rolling, No
boat can reach her. and she is rapidly g0-
ing To pieces.
The engineer says that when the boat
struck the engine jumped foot and was
immediately torn TO pieces. The water
rushed In and pat ont the fires and the
hremen barely escaped up the ladders
The floor OF the deck gave a mighty heave
upward and the passengers were thrown
into the widest confusion.
The city OF Duluth was an old but
staunch steamer. She was under char-
ter OF the Graham * Norton Transport
ilOn Company carrying principally
through freight from Chicago to this port
in connection with Tie Big -Four. She
was owned by the Lake Michigan AMI
Superior Steamship Company Her e.
Tacity was about 1.osl tons and her value
about $4,000 She was laden with package
freight and grain The steamer i well
insured. and IL IS understood there is Si0-
~" Insurance on her cargo. On several
previous trips she struck on the bar while
entering this harbor
The spot where the City of Dulnth
struck is the same dangerous sand bar at
the mouth OF the harbor GA which the
Inflated Chicora and her haplsSs crew
went down three years ago almost 20 a
day. II Is one OF the most dangerous ard
dreaded spots on the east shore. and Ns
exposed situation IN a west wind and the
toTtuous channel make Ii a point Of peril