The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-06-01
TWELVE LIVES LOST.
Foundering of Steamer Baltimore
in Lake Huron.
Two Members of q Crew of Fourteen
Are Rescued by a Passing Tug
storm Causes Many
other Wrecks.

dashed the waters of the upper lakes
the steamer Baltimore was sent to
the bottom of Lake Huron, near Au
Sable, Mich, Friday morning, and of
her crew of IA men only two escaped.
Lashed to heavy raft, the two men
were adrift on the lake under heavy
seas all day Friday, and one of them
was crazy when rescued.
Names of the Victims.
The following lost their lives with
the wreck Of the Baltimore:
Capt. NJ III. Place, master of the steamer,
Cleveland; Mrs NJ. II. Place. wife of cap
tain; stewardess; Michael Breatden, first
mate; John Delders. second steward; Ed
ward owen, wheelsman; {. w. Sears,
wheelsman George w. Scott. Waterman;
Herbert Winning. watchman p. Marcoux,
chief engineer, Chicago; William Barker.
fireman; p. Kruger, fireman; August An
derson, deck hand
Was Wooden Craft.
The Baltimore was wooden steam
er loaded with coal, from Lorain to
Washburn, Wis. 1t had n large steam
drill and scow in town. The storm
had buffeted the vessel badly all
through Thursday afternoon and
night. Off Thunder Bay Capt. Place
saw that the steamer was in danger.
The waves had already smashed in
the engineers quarters and the wash
rooms and water was running into
the hold every time wave came on
board. AS last resort, the captain
decided to turn about and run for
Tawas for shelter. His ship stood
the storm seemingly all right until
it was near Au Sable. when it struck
heavily on the bottom. The seas
broke over and carried away the
deckhouse and the after cabin. Then
the smokestack fell, and both rails
broke in two aft of the forward deck
house.
Some of the crew took to the rig
ging, but McGinnis and Murphy, the
two men who were rescued, lashed
themselves to ringbolt in piece of
the after cabin, and waited till they
were washed overheard just before
the vessel sank. Then came 12 hours
of horror to the two rescued men.
They suffered so much that they could
not appreciate how much more fortu-
nate they were than their FELLOWSHIP
ors. McGinnis lost his reason COM
pletely.
Struggles with the Maniac.
He tried to throw Murphy overheard,
and the two men struggled violently.
Sometimes Murphy would calm the
mailman, then the latter would break
loose again. Murphy tied him fast sew
eral times and tried to convince him
that rescue would soon come, but
when he did calm him it would not last
long.
After few hours the passenger
steamer City of Holland passed at a
distance, but it was too far away for
the raft to be seen. Murphy began to
grow weaker, and each time the wave
struck him with unusual violence he
thought the breath was being driven
out of his body. At last the tug Column
bia came and picked the two men up.
Many Vessels Wrecked.
The full extent of death ana disas-
ter by the storm is not known yet.
From Chicago to Ogdensburg, n. Y,
the storm held sway and score of
vessels were sunk, wrecked, or suf-
fered serious damage. The reports
only of disasters in their immediate
vicinity. and it is feared that other
wrecks. with fatalities, occurred at
isolated places along the shores.
Anxiety is felt for vessels in mid
lake, which could find no shelter
from the gales fury.
A drill and n scow broke away from
the tug Columbia, near East Tawas.
Six men aboard the drill were picked
up later, but the scow was lost. The
Columbia picked up the two surviv-
ors of the Baltimore.
SIX Hundred Lives In Peril.
The sidewheel steamer Empire State,
with 600 excursionists aboard, sprung
n leak IL miles out from Ogdensburg,
Ny. The water put out the fires, and
the vessel just made shore when it
sank in eight feet of water. There was
a panic aboard, but the officers main
tanned order, and few of the passen-
gers realized the extent of their peril
until the vessel reached the beach.
The schooner II. ID. Moore, laden
with hardwood, collided with the pier
at Sheboygan, Wis. Masts and rigging
were carried away ana the crew was
taken off. The vessel is at anchor, but
leaking and pounding hard.
The fishing tug Constance was cut
in two and sunk in collision with the
steamer C. w. Moore in the river near
Menominee, Mich. The crew escaped.
The schooner Montmorency is ashore
on Charity island, near Bay City, Mich,
and may prove a total loss. The cargo
Is being removed. ,~->
At all ports on the lakes many ves-
sells put in for shelter. Many that had
started out met the gale and turned
back. The storm was declared by ma
rine men one of the worst in Is years
Time Extended.
New York, May 25.-The challenge
committee of the New York Yacht
club at meeting Friday afternoon de-
cided to extend the time for the inter
national yacht race one month, in ac-
cordance with the wish for this length
Of time expressed by Sir Thomas Lip
fon The race will proba bly take place