The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30
Lake STEAMER FOUNDERS.
NINE PERSONS GO DOWN TO DEATH
on THE MARGARET OLwILLs.
rour Of Her Crew Picked Up, Float
Ing Around ON Wreckage, Bat
Only with Extreme Di0culty, -
. Heavy Sea Was On ~ the Tine.

CLEVELAND. O.. June SIN the
heavy northeast gale last night. the
steam barge Margaret Olwilis. laden with
stone from Kelly's island. TO Cleveland,
foundered in Lake Erie of Lorraine. Nine
persons were drowned. Four members
of the crew have been picked up by pass
ing steamers and brought into port. The
dead are:
Capt. John c. Braun. master, Of Cieve-
land.
Lizzie Braun. wife of master, Cieye-
land
Blanchard Braun, their s-year-old son.
Mrs. Cora A. Hitchcock, passenger,
Of Cleveland.
William Doyle, fireman. OF Cleveland
George Heffron, seaman. OF Cleveland
Frank Hipp, Waterman, of Cleveland.
Two seamen, names and addresses un-
known.
The rescued are: John Smith. first
mate, Cleveland; Alex McRea, chief en-
gineer, Cleveland: Luke Schinski, second
engineer. Cleveland; Duncan Coyie. sea-
man. Cleveland.
Smith. McRae and Sehinski were res
cued by members of the crew of the
steamer Sacramento and taken into Lc-
raine by the tug Cascade. Coyle was
picked up by the passenger steamer State
Of Ohio and landed at Toledo today
From the reports OF the survivors. the
Olwills cargo of stone shifted while the
vessel was laboring in the trough of the
sea. Shortly before she went down the
rudder chains parted. allowing her to-
fall of into the trough. AS the helpless
craft rose on top of "a heavy sea. the
stone slid TO ieeward, the steamer listed
heavily and sank.
The cabins came loose. from the barge
and foated on the water. while the rest
of the ship went TO the bottom.
The rescued members of the crew were
floating on the surface of Lake Erie,
clingfng to bits of wreckage. Their rescue
was attended by exhibitions OF extreme
heroism, for a heavy sea was still running
when they were picked up
Coyle. the sailor rescued by the steamer
State of Ohio, chung TO part OF the after
cabin.
Capt. wirloughhy. of the State Of Ohio.
sighted the wreckage about sis In the
morning. directly in the course from Glove
land TO Toledo. The Zig steamer irnme-
diately put into service her life-saving
crew. and after sailing around the Week
age for an hour and half Coyle was res
cued. Heffron was thrown a line, but ne
was too weak to take hold of 1t, and went
down in the presence OF a large crowd on
board the steamer. Several attempts were
made to get the yawl boat in the water.
but the sea was stin running high and the
work was extremely perilous Henrons
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 Re Was too
weak. and had to give up .ae 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 line
would be thrown. Finally he reacked one
and quickly got it around his body. fle
was more dead than ahve Whea taken in.
Capt. Willoughby said he did not leave
the spot till f< was sure THAI no others
remained on the wreckage.