Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-06
Three Meet Death BY Drowning, While
Several Others Are Injured.
ONE STEAMER At sOTToa or LAKE ERIE
City Of Venice GOES Down, but Passengers
Are Rescued BY seguin.
sTRANeI WORDS OF TAE sIcONO MATL
Says the Less said About the Acct
aent the Setter ana Then
Refuses 20 Make q
Statement.


CLEVELAND. Aug. b.--As a result Of a
collision on Lake Erie between the steamer
City Of Venice, ore-iaden. and the steamer
eeguin, a steel lumber vessel, on Rondesu.
Canada, last midnight, the former vessel
was sunk and three lives lost. while several
other persons were more or less seriously
injured.
The drowaed;
PETER sIMoNDsoN. fireman. Brooklyn,
n. Y.
THOMAS FLANAGAN. deck hand. Buffalo.
GEORGE WEIR. watchman. residence
unknown.
Injured:
John sullivan. Chicago. confusion Of back.
will probably die.
J. A. McDougaII, Cheboygan, Mich. chief
Angineer City OF Venice. arm injured and
body badly bruised.
Louis Hubscker. cheboygan. Mich. head
and back badly bruised.
cause is Not Known.
~The cause Of tho collision is not known.
There was no fog whatever and the night
was fairly clear. The lights OF City OF
Venice we're burning brightly. To this the
crew and passengers all testify. saying they
could zee the lights on Venice as 1t was
sinking. The second mate Of seguin. w. A.
Lavigne who was on watch, refuses abso-
1utely to give any information IN regard to
the way the accident happened. The less
said about II the better" was the onIy
statement he would make.
II was shortly after midnight when the
accident happened. City OF Venice, laden
with $500 tons Of ore. was bound to Buffalo,
while soeuin was going north to Perry
sound from the south. On board seguin
ali were aslbep save the second mate. W. A
s.vaena ana sha uafnhaaan who was With
him n the pilot ho,iae
1be ,rnt r,ase ~ veftga 4 sullivan. was On
watch aboard tss kaat thas went down.
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cersa,n.d. a. eulIivan a wing IN the hos.
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thas was ,nown that anvthinr had han
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has afruclx Venice fasrlv ainidrhins ana
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VINO - ,yIns y ? critical conal'ion At the
Marine hospital rallied slightly this after-
noon ana mAue s'Aeemsn' Fesaroins the
ooansson.
- ~es ~ sne h'sn. H..en' ne said.
VS. selns..'ns sl1ss mlan,sns when
eiill some distance away hut blew the