The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-06-12
STEAMERS N collision.
Whaleback Thomas Wilson Aimee
Cut in Two by the Boat
George G. Hadley.
nlas- MEN 60 Down With, VESSEL.
Disaster Occurs Near Duluth, Mimi.
-Wilson Sinks ImmediatelyAfter
Being Struck-Creyv Of the Hadley
DO Good Work in Rescuing UnfOr-
tunate Seamen.

Duluth, Mimi, June THE whale
back steamer Thomas Wilson, Capt.
Cameron, master, was cut almost IN
two by the steamer George G. Hadley,
Capt. Fitzgerald, master, a half mile
south of the Duluth canal Saturday
and nine men went down. They were
mostly men of the night crew who had
not time to get out of their hunks be-
fore the vessel went to the bottom.
The names of the men lost are:
List of the Drowned.
Aaron Trips, cook.
- Frank, second cook, Superior.
James McDougall, oiler West Superior.
James M Fraser, oiler, Manitouan Island.
Joseph McGraw, wheelsman, Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich
John Campbell, lookout, Greenleaf, Mich.
Ont.
Thomas Jones, deck hand.
William Roebuck, fireman, Port Hamp-
ton.
The Wilson was coming toward the
canal and the Hadley going out, both
loaded. Just before reaching the canal
and when about opposite the Wilson,
the Hadley was given orders by tug
to gotto SUPERIOR Immediately she
sheered off for the Superior entry and
crashed directly into the Wilson.
Wilson Sinks Immediately.
The Wilson went down so quickly
that it did not seem possible to save a
life. One moment the two boats were
blowing through the water 200 yards
apart, the next the crew Of the Wilson
could be seen throwing off their cloth
ing and jumping into the water. One
man on the Wilson. seemed to have
more presence of mind than all the
rest. He threw life preservers to them
that jumped in the cold water without
thinking and he certainly saved some
lives. The crew of the Hadley also
threw preservers to the mem strug-
Cling in the water. <,.t. $f3i.
Crew Jump for Their Lives.
Immediately after the collision the
Wilson pitched forward and went
down. AS she plunged, the crew that
was still undressing rushed to the
stern, jumping overheard as fast as
they could free themselves from their
clothing. The Wilson did not live a
minute after the collision. During the
short time she was on top of the water
she seemed to be supported entirely by
the Hadley's PROV, which was sticking
in through her plates.
The plunge of the Wilson released
the Hadley and the latter boat swung
back with tremendous jerk. AS the
whaleback went benath the water she
spouted like submarine explosion
from the compression of air in her. !.
Two men that jumped last were APP
parently close to the hull whenitwent
down. They were struggling there
just before the plunge and could not
be seen afterwards. They were prob
ably sucked down with the hull.
Good Work Of I.ife-savers.
The Hadley's steering apparatus
seemed to be paralyzed after the COL
lision. She swung round circle sew
eral times and seemed utterly help
less. However, her crew did good
work in throwing preservers to the
unfortunate seamen in the water. In
a few moments it was apparent that
the Hadley was going down and the
crew on it could be seen stripping
themselves and lowering boats.
Some of them got into the boats, but
when the Hadley sunk to within
foot of her deck, she seemed to cease
sinking for few moments and the
men clambered back on the boat. The
race of the life-saving crew and the
tugs for the wreck was thrilling.
The Hadley would not have made the
shore had it not been for the tugs,
and that probably means that so
many more lives were saved. The
life-saving crew did quick and relia-
BILE service picking up the men in the
water. The Hadley had hard run
for shore and did not win the race
by any too great margin, for mo-
ment after her bow went on the bot.
tom just south of the ship canal pier
her stern began to settle and final
ly went down with spouting of wa.
ter similar to that which marked the
sinking of the Wilson, though not 10
the extent that the water was thrown
up on the whaleback. AS the stern
settled down to the bottom the bow
lifted little and the water engulfed
the vessel from amidships to stern.
Fully half of the way in from the
scene of the accident to the point of
Bleaching the decks of the Hadley
were covered with water, and the
members of the crew that were COM
PEELED to stay by her took to the
upper works.
The Wilson went down in so feet
Of water and was loaded with ore and
belongs to the Pittsburg Steamship
line, the steel trust feet. The Had
ley carried coal.
Young Corbett Matched.
Denver, COL, June ARTICLES of
agreement were signed Friday night
for a ten-round fight on June ~, be-
tween Young Corbett and Abe Atte1
before the Coliseum Athletic club, the
men to weigh 1877 pounds at three