Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-06-10
STEAMERS IN Collision.
Whaleback Thomas Wilson Almost
Cut in Two by the Boat
George G. Hadley.
NINE MEN GO DOWN WITH VESSEL
Disaster Occurs Near Duluth, MINI.
Wilson Sinks Immediately After
Being Struck-CreH of the Hadley
Do Good Work In Nescuing Unf01.
tunnte scamen,

Being Struck-Crew of the Hadley
tunnte scamen.
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, 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 NJ 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.
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 go to 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 men stYug-
Cling in the water.
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
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.
4 Tho Y,1,,nra of Aba yu;1.on
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 ap-
parently close to the hull when Invent
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-Save1s.
The Hadley's steering apparatus
seemed TO be parafyzed after the col
lfsion. She swung round circle sew
era1 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. Tho
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
ltfe-saving crew did quick and relia-
BILE service picking up the men in the
water. The Hadley had u 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
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 fleet The Had
ley carried coal.
Submitted to Arbitration.
The Hague, June 1.-THE interna-
tional court Of arbitration has been
notified of the conclusion of an agree
ment between the United States and
Mexico to submit to the court the dis
pute regarding the payment of dam
ages in connection with certain church
property in California. If this conven-
ton is ratified it will be the first case
to come before the court.