Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-09
WRECKED ON THE LAKE.
Six Vessels Wrecked and Many Lives
 Saved

Six Vessels Wrecked and Many Lives Saved.
 Port Huron, Mich, Sept 9.-After one of the toughest nights ever known on Lake Huron, made worse by a heavy pail of smoke that oyerhung the water, six vessels are wrecked on the beach three miles north of here. The crews of four of them were rescued by the life saving crew in the night thirty eight persons all told, and the crews of
 the other two still are on their vessels
 but in no danger. Several other craft were In grave danger in the night, but
 were extricated in the morning. The
 wrecked craft are the Wawatam and consort, Whaleback, 1O2; Pauly and lscoEsort, Amaranth, barge Paige and l tug Sarnia. In the smoke and gale their masters Lost their bearings and went ashore, thinking they were head ed for the harbor
 As though the gale which blew Sat urday night were not enough, great clouds of smoke from the forest fires north of here obscured every buoy and l light from view. The lake was lashed into giant waves by the wind The Wawatam and consort were the first to go ashore, and it is thought that both will be almost total losses, as they
 are so high on the beach that it is i'm possible to reach them with wrecking outfits. Their crews remained aboard The life saving crew from here took their apparatus to the scene when the wrecks were reported, and they were soon needed for the crews.of the other vessels which went ashore in more | dangerous places and were in danger of breaking up. Trip after trip was made to the va rious craft until all the sailors were l safe ashore The Amaranth broke in 1 two in the night and the tug Sarnia is going to pieces. The barge Paige is also in bad shape. The Canadian steamer Rosemont and barges Winni- peg and Selkirk had narrow escapes.
 The sea is still heavy and it is impos- sible to estimate what the loss will be.
 Washington, Sept 9.-Dispatches re
 ceived by the life saving service yes terday indicate that serious storm ragged Saturday and Saturday night in
 Lake Huron. These dispatches report several disasters to lake craft and
 show that, all told, fifty-six seamen
 were rescued at different life savrng stations on the lake. The first of the dispatches came from Huron, and says that SaIufQay nlSnL the ScHOOnof
 Pauly, with crew of twelve; the schooner Amaranth, with a crew of
 seven; the schooner Paige, with a crew
 of ten, and the schooner Sarnia, with crew of eight, stranded about three
 miles south of Port Huron life saving
 station, and that the steamer Quito also Strnded, but released herself,
 and that no lives were lost.
 A message from Harbor Beach,
 Mich, reports the stranding of inc
 schooner John Wesley, south bound from Port Huron to Alpena, with a crew of eight, one and a half miles south of Harbor Beach life saving sta- ton, at D. m. Saturday. All on board were saved by the life saving crew.
 The same dispatch reports the rescue of crew of five persons from the schooner Vienna of Beamansville, Can ada, which was stranded at o'clock yesterday morning mile from Harbor Beach life saving station.
 The force at Point Aux Barques, ] Mich, reports the stranding of the
 schooner Andrew Jackson, from Al
 pena, for Port Huron, two and a half
 miles east of Point Aux Barques, at 8
 D.. m. Saturday. The crew of seven
 were saved by the life saving crew.