New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-06-11
Whaleback Thomas Wilson Almost
Cut ii Two BY the Boat
George G. Hadley.
NINE MEN 50 Down NTH VESSEL,
Disaster Occurs Near Duluth, Mimi.
WiIson sinks Immediately Afte1
Being struclk-Crew % the HadIey
no Good Work In Reasoning Unfor-
tunate Seamen.

two by the steamer George u. HaQley,,
Capt. Fitzgerald, master. q. 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 bunM 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 McDougal1. oiler, West Superior.
James M. Fraser, oiler, Manitouan Island.
Joseph McGraw, wheelsman, Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich.
John Campbell, lookout, Greenleaf, Mich
John Carey, deck hand, ST. GATHERINGS,
Ont.
Thomas Jones, deck hand.
William Roebuck, fireman, Port Hamp-
ton. 'E
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 a tug
to go to Superior. Immediately she
4sheered 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
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 men strug-
Cling in the water. 90
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
whaleba went benath the water she
spouted like submarine explosion
from the compression Of airi in her.
Two men that jumped last were APP
parently close to the hull whenit went
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 Life-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 a
foot Of hersdeck, she seemed to cease
sinking for a few moments and the
men clambered back on the boat. Tho
race Of the ife-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
lslife-saying crew did quick and relia-
BILE service picking up the men in the
water. The Hadley had a hard run
for shore and did not win the race
by any too great q 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
II went down with a spouting Of wa,
ter similar to that which marked the
sinking of the Wilson, though not 10
the extent that the water was thrown
Eup on the whaleback. AS the stern
Isettled down to the bottom the bow
lifted q little and the water engulfed
the esse1 from amidships to stern
Fully half of the way in from the
Iscene Of the accident to the point d
Bleaching the decks OF the HadleJ
v'ere covered with water, and the
nembers Of the crew that were com
Dpelled to stay By her took to the
upper works.
The Wilson went down in 80 feet
ISof water and was loaded with ore and
belongs TO the Pittsburg Steamship
lime. the steel trust fleet. The Had.
ley carried coal.
Young Corbeft Matched.
Denver, Col, June Articles 81
Ilagreement were signed Friday night
1 for q ten-round fight on June ~. he.