Evening star., 1902-08-05
JUMP TO THEIR DEATH
Grew Panic-Stricken in COL
lision on Lake Erie.
CITY OF VENICE SUNK
AWAKENED AT MIDNIGHT BY
CRASH OF STEAMERS.
Three Were Drowned-Several Others
Badly Injured-Picked Up
by the Seguin.

CLEVELAND. Ohio August 5-As the
result of collision on Lake Erie between
| the steamer City of Venice. ore laden. and
| the steamer Seguin, steel lumber vessel
of Rondeau. Canada, at midnight, the for
mer vessel was sunk and three lives lost,
While several other persons We're more or
less seriously injured.
The drowned:
PETER SIMoNDS0N, fireman. Brooklyn
THOMAS FLANAGAN. deckhand. Buffalo.
GEORGE WEIR, watchman, residence
unknown.
Injured:
John Sullivan. Chicago; confusion OF
back: will probably die.
]. A. McDougal, Cheboygan. Mich: chief
engineer City of Venice; arm injured and
| body badly bruised.
Louis Hubecker. Cheboygan, Mich; head
and back badly bruised.
Cause of Collision Not Known.
The cause OF the collision is not known.
There was no fog whatever and the night
was fairly clear. The lights of the City Of
Venice were burning brightly. To this the
crew and passengers all testify saying they
could see the lights the Venice as she
was sinking The second mate OF the
SeEnin. w. A. Lavigne, who was on watch.
In regard to the way the accident hap
pened.
The less said about it the better" was
the only statement he would make.
The City OF Venice. laden with $500 tons
of ore. was bound TO Buffalo. while the
Segutn was going north to Perry Sound
from Ogdensburg. on board the Seguin
all were aS.eep save Second Mate IaVtgue
and the watchman who was with him in
the pilot house. The first mate of the
Venice Tom Sullivan. was on watch aboard
the boat that went down. How the colli-
sion happened cannot be ascertained. as
Sullivan is living in the hospital and La
yigne vii! not talk.
Crash Brought Boats to StandstilI
The first that was known that anything
had happened was a terr ble crash which
brought both boats almost to a standsttll.
The Scguin had struck the Venice fairly
amidships and plowed its way half through
the boat The crew and passengers aboard
both boats heard a tearing of timbers min
gled with calls for help from those already
on deck.
All those who were sleeping rushed out
on deck and there a frightful panic
for a time. The Venice, which had been
split almost in two, was sinking rapidly.
Capt. Broderick ran on deck in his sleeping
robes and Immediately called TO the men to
man the lifeboat. The members of the
crew who had not been hurt rushed to his
assistance and in five minutes they had the
boat in the water.
Threw Themselves Overheard
Several of the men. fearing that the ship
would sink before they had opportunity
to escape threw themselves overheard.
They were later picked up by the lifeboats
from the Seguiu. The City of Venice went
down in very deep water in less than fif-
teen minutes after the collision occurred.
After standing 10y for an hour, the Seguin
headed for Cleveland with the survivors,
arriving here early today.
The City of Venice was a wooden vessel,
301 feet long and ~ feet beam. She was
owned bv the McGraw Transportation Com
pany Of Bay City, Mich. and valued at
about S113oOo. She was commanded by
Can't Broderic
The Seguin is an iron vessel 207 feet long
and n feet beam. She is owned by ]. b.
Miller of Perry Sound and commanded by
Can't. J. b. Sims.