The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-11-03
LOST OFF KENOSHA.
STEAMER /. r. DOTY GOES TO
THE BOTTOM WITH CREW.
FIFTEEN MEN ARE ON BOARD
Tug Prodigy, of Chicago, Picks Up Pieces
Of Wreckage a Short Distance Out
From ACCOMPLISHMENT Doss, of Bay
City, Well Known Here,
FIFTEEN MEN ARE ON BOARD

City, Wen KNOWN h6TG'
The steamer L. R. Doty, with her
crew of fifteen men, is believed by ma
rine men to have been lost in the great
storm in midlake off Kenosha. The
dead, so far as known, are:
Captain Christopher Smith, Port
Huron.
Chief Engineer Thomas Abernethle,
Port Huron.
First Mate Harry Thorpe, Detroit.
Steward Doss, West Bay City.
The remainder of the crew are not
known to the owners in Cleveland.
The probable fate of the Doty was
learned by the tug Prodigy, which was
sent out by the Independent Tug Line
of Chicago, yesterday to search for the
Dotv and the schooner Olive Jeanette,
which the steamer had in tow.
When about twenty-five miles off
Kenosha the Prodigy came on a large
amount of wreckage, consisting OF
pieces of deck. pole mast, painted
brown, cabin doors, stanchiOns from
the after part of a steamer and much
lighter wood work. A piece of the
steering pole which projects from the
bow was brought in. The mahogany
veneering on the cabin doors was the
most significant as to identity.
A description of the wreckage was at
once teegraphed to Cleveland and
shown to one of the owners. So far as
he knew it correspondent with the fit
tings of the missing steamer.
alt looks bad for the DOty, he said.
II fear she has been lost. We have
had no tidings of her since the storm
and have become very anxious"
William Hawgood, the managing
owner of the HawgoOd fleet, left CleVe-
land for Chicago last night.
Another steamer of the Hawgood
feet. the George W. Morley, took fire
last fall very near to the spot where
the Doty is supposed to have foun-
dered and was finally beached, total
loss, off Evanston.
The Doty left South Chicago Mon
day with the schooner OliVr Jeanette
in tow. for Midland, Georgian bay.
The Doty had on board 107, 900 bushels
of corn, shipped by COunselman q Co.
After disCharging the cargo at Midland
the two vessels we're TO go to Lake
Superior where they were chartered
for cargoes to Lake Erie. During the
storm when there was such great
anxiety among vesselmen over the yes
sells which were known to be buffeting
the tremendous seas along the west
shore the DOty and Jeanette were
lost sight of. Both we're staunch YES
sells, and the Doty was known to be a
powerful steamer, capable of living
through any sea. When the Susque-
hanna reported having sighted four
masted schooner off KenOsha, it was
figured out that the vessel must be the
Olive Jeanette, as she was the only
four-masted boat within 200 miles OF
that point at the time. Still there
were no fear for the Doty, particularly
as it was given out that the steamer
was out searching for her cOnsOrt.
This afternoon a Geographic search
was made for the DOty, and then it
was learned that the steamer had not
been seen at any point along the west
shore nor been sighted by any incOm-
ing boats since she had been seen with
her COnsOrt off Milwaukee on Tuesday
afternoon, before the full force of the
gale had swept down from the north.
When this became known it was felt
that the Doty had been lost and the
news brought in by the tug Prodigy
that wreckage from large steamer
had been found off KenOsha was quick
confirmation.
Capt Cameron, of the life saving
crew. was seen this morning and stated
that there was no doubt but that some
large vessel had been lost in the lake
near this city. All day long the life
saving crew have kept strict lookout
anxious to pick up anything that might
lead to the identity of the sunken
craft.
It is thought that some of the bod
les of the crew will be washed ashore
in short time Pedestrians along the
lake have picked up already several
pieces of wreckago, which show that
some steamer has been destroyed, but
it is hardly thought that any large
pieces will be drifted ashore for several
days.
Steward Doss, one of the men lost in
the wreck, was we'll known by local
marine men and for several years he
shipped on vessels making this port.