Gilpin observer., 1902-12-04
LOST IN LAKE GALE
LAKE SUPERIOR STORM COSTS
VESSELS AND CREWS.
Former Is Dashed to Pieces on the
4 Rocky Shore of Lake Superior.
I Schooner Aloha Believed to Have
Gone Down With Crew.

Schooner Aloha Believed to Have
Gone Down With Crew.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Dec. I'm
the terrible west gale on Lake Supe-
rior Saturday night the steamer
Charles Hebard was driven on the
rocky shore at Point Mamainse azd
was soon dashed to pieces by the seas.
Her crew, consisting of thirteen men
and woman cook, have not been
heard from and it is feared all have
perished. The schooner Aloha, one of
the consorts which the Hebard had in
tow, broke away from the steamer in
Lake Superior and has not been heard
from since. When last sighted the
Aloha was laboring hard in the trough
Of the sea. The schooners Warming
ton and Francombe, the other vessels
Of the tow, ran before the gale after
breaking away from the Hebard and
succeeded in reaching an anchorage at
Copper Mine Point, The tugs General
and Philadelphia were dispatched
from this port to bring the two schoon-
ers here and to search for some trace
Of the Aloha.
The four boats had loaded lumber at
West Superior and were bound for
Lake Erie ports, when in the middle
Of Lake Superior Saturday night they
were struck by the gale and soon after
the Aloha, the rear vessel of the tow,
parted her tow line and went adrift.
When last seen she was rolling in the
trough. with none of her canvas set.
The remaining two consorts either
broke away or were set adrift soon
afterward. Before daylight Sunday
morning the Francombe reached Cop
per Mine Point, at the east end of the
the Hebard was seen on the shore,
with only the smoke stack and the
pilot house out of the water, but by
o'clock everything had disappeared
and the ship and cargo were being
strewn along the beach by the break
ers.
AS the shore at that point is very
rugged and rocky 1t is feared that II
the crew had attempted to leave the
schooner when she struck their boat
must have been dashed to pieces. The
HI 81 AcWS Vi Lie uiodStcI was DiOu6At
here yesterday morning by the steam
er Ossifrage. which arrived from Mich
icopoten.
A list of the members Of the crew OF
the Hebard is as follows: George G.
Ryan. captain; William Schumacher.
first engineer; Joseph Roy. second en-
gineer; T. F. Correll, first mate; A.
jackson, second mate; Charles and c.
Eastman. wheelmen; John Koortas
and Neil Fay. watchmen; William
Eagan and Ed Hughes. flremen:
George Turpin and Mattew Hudson,
aeckhands; Mrs. Barnes, cook, Buff
falo.
l. The crew Of the Aloha on her last
trip was as follows: Peter johnson,
master; Benjamin Berry. mate; Mrs.
Olsen, cook; c. Anderson, William
Much, s. G. Miller and r. A. Bell, sea,
men.
eannoekburn Given Up for Lost.
There is no longer hope for the safe
ty Of the steamer Bannockburn and
her crew of twenty men. The death
knell to the hopes Of the owner and
the relatives of the crew was sounded
today, when word was received from
the captain of the Boynton, stating
that he had traversed the entire shore
where the missing steamer was be-
lieved to have stranded and that no
trace of the boat was discovered. 1t
now seems certain that the wreckage
found by the Rockefeller in the mid
die of Lake Superior marked the
watery graves of the steamer and her
crew. AS the waters of Lake Supe-
rior reach their greatest depth at that
point. it Is probable that none of the
bodies will ever be recovered.
Schooner Celtic Misslnc,