The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-30
STEAM BARGE
FOUNDERS IN
LAKE ERIE
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Disaster Occurs During a
Heavy Gale and Nine
Persons Drowned.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CLEVELAND, June 29.--In the heavy
ro;tEnast gale last night the steam
barge Margaret Olwin, laden with
store from Kellys Island to Cleveland,
fou-dored in Lake Erie, off Lorraine.
N!>e persons were drowned. -Four
members OF the crew have been picked
up by passing steamers and brought
into port The dead are:
CAPTAIN JOHN c. BRAUN. master,
% Cleveland.
LIZZIE BRAUN, wife of master,
Cleveland.
BLANCHARD BRAUN, their 9-year-
uld SON.
MRS. CORA A. HITCHCOCK, a pas
scnaor. Of Cleveland
WILLIAM DOYLE, fireman, Cleve-
lard,
GEORGE HEBRON, seaman. of
Cleveland
FRANK HIPP, Waterman, of Cleve-
land.
TWO sEAMEN, names and addresses
C2'5~cwn.
tn rescued: John Smith, first mate,
Of Cleveland; Alex McRea. chief engi-
nee. Of Cleveland; Luke Schinsk sec
ond engineer, Of Cleveland: Duncan
CO~le, seaman, Of Cleveland.
Smith, McRae and Schscsk1 we've res
cued by mem bers Of the crew OF the
steamer Sacramento o1d tal-e~ into L0-
Taine b. the ting Cascade. Coy!e was
picked up By the nasserger steiner
State Of Ohio ard landed at To'edo TO-
day From fhe recorts Of the sur
Vivors. the Ofwil1's cnrpo. of stone
shifted while the vessel was laboring in
the trough of tho sea. Shorty before
she went down the rud5c- chairs part
Cd, allowing ber to fall off into the
trough. As the helpless croft rose on
top Of a heavy sec the stone slid to
1eeward, the steamer listed heavily and
SS9k.
The cabins came loose from the hull
of the barge and footed on the water.
while the rest Of the snip went to the
bottom.
The rescued members of the crew
Wore floating on the surface Of Lake
THrie clivri0g to bits Of wreckage
Their rescue was attended by exhibit
tions OF extreme heroisn, for heavy
sea was still running When they were
picked UP.
Coyle and Heffron, the sailors res
cued by the steamer State of Ohio
chung to q part of the after cabin.
Captain Willoughby of the State Of
Ohio sighted the wreckage about SIS
O'Clock in the morning, directly IN the
course from Cleveland to Toledo The
big steamer Immediately put into
service her life-saving crew. and after
sailing around the wreckage for an
hour and half Coyle was rescued.
Heffron was thrown lire. but he was
too weak to take hold of it, and went
down in the presence Of a large crowd
on board the steamer.
Several attempts were made to get
the yawi boat in the water, but the
sea was still running high and the work
was extremely perilous. Heftron's death
was a pathetic one, for he grabbed the
rope and being encouraged by the
crowd, made a superhuman effort to
put the rope around himself but he
was too weak and had TO give up the
desperate struggle with the waves.
The rescue Of Coyle was effected with
difficulty. Expert linemen walked up
and down the steamer and every time
the big boat could be worked near him
n line would be thrown. Finally he
reached one of them and quickly got
it around his body. He was more dead
than alive when taken in.
Captain Willoughby said he did not
leave the spot till he was sure that no
others remained on the wreckage.