The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-07-05
NINE DROWNED.
Steamer Margaret Olwill, Laden With
Stone, foundered In Lake Erie.
The Rs'cu"d Member. Of the Crew We're
found Floating on tn. surface Of tho
Lake, Ciingias to wrechsgs
Their Rescue Wa. Heroic.

CLEVELAND, o., June 30.-In tn,
heavy northeast gale Wednesday nigh,
the steamer Margaret Olwill. laden
with stone from Kclly's island &c
Cleveland. foundercd in Lake Erie OF
Lorain. Nine persons were drowned.
-Four members Of the crew have been
picked mp by. passing steamers and
brought into port.
The dead are: Capt John c. Braun,
master, OF Cleveland; Lizzie Braun,
wife Of master, Cleveland; blanchard
braun, their o-ycar-old son; Mrs. Cora
A. Hitchcock, passenger, Cleveland
William Doyle, fireman, OF Cleveland
George Hebron, seaman. OF Cleveland
Frank llipp, Waterman, Of Cleveland
two scamen, names aud residences un.
known.
The rescued: John Smith. first mate,
OF Cleveland; Alex. McRea. chief engi
neer, Of Cleveland; Luke SchinslSi. sec
ond engineer. ~ Cleveland: Duncan
toyie. seaman. Of Cleveland.
Smith, McRca and Schiuski were res
Cucd by members Of the crew OF tho
steamer Sacramento and taken int
lorain by the tug Cascade. Coylc wa,
picked up 10y the passenger steamer,
state Of Ohio. and landed at Toledo
Thursday. From the reports of the
survivors, the Oiwilrs cargo of stone
shifted while the YES eli was labor
ing in the trough OF the sea. shortly
before she went down the ruddet
.,haInS parted, allowing her to fall of
into the troagh. A. the helpless craft
ruNc on top OF a heavy sea, the stone
Slid To lceward, the steamer listed
heavily. and sank 10 the bottom. The
rescued members of the crew were
found floating on the surface OF Lake
Erie. clinging to bits OF wreckagc.
Their rescue was attended by exhi-
billions Of extreme hcroism. for heavy
sca was still running when they were
picked up
The Margaret Olvill left Kclly's
island at q o'clock Wednesday night
bound for Cleveland with a cargo Of
stone. There wap little or no wind
blow ing. but at 10 o'clock the gale com
mcnccd aud the wind blew from the
northwest at the rate of 80 miles an
hour. Suddenly the gale turned TO
the northeast aud Capt Braun found
chat the boat was making little head.
way and concluded 10 turned back and
go with the storm
The vessel had turned half way
round when the rudicr chains parted,
and In an instant the boat was at the
mercy Of the storm. She was caught
between the two waves and as she
was borne along the top OF one OF
them she rolled over on her side. The
cabins came loose from the hull OF the
barge and foated on the water while
the rest OF the ship went to the bot
tom. Coyle caught part OF the after
cabin aud climbed up on IT, lieffron
was clinging TO a part OF the same
cabin.
'apI Nlalou my OF tnc steamer
Ohio, sighted the wrcckage about Sis
in the morning and after sailing
around the wreckagc for an hour and
half Coyle was rescued. Hebron
was thrown a line but he was too weak
to take hold OF 1t and went down.
Several attempts were made to get
the yawl boat in the water but the sea
was still running high and the work
was extremely perilous llenron's
death was pathetic one for he grab
bed the rope aud being encouraged by
the crowd made a superhuman effort
TO put the rope around himself but he
was TO weak and had To give up the
desperate struggle with the waves
The rescue OF Coyle was effected with
difficulty. Expert lincmcn walked up
and down the steamer and every time
the big boat could bc worked nea, him
a line would be thrown. Finally he
reached one Of them and quickly got IL
around his body. lie was more lead
than alive when taken in.