The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-06
Vessel Cut in Two and
Sunk in Erie.
Three Drowned and Several In.
jured-Cause Is Unknown.

NLEN ElAAND, o., aug. 5.-AS a re-
suit Of collision on Lake Erie
between the steamer City of Ven
ice, ore laden. and the steamer Sequin,
steel lumber vessel, off Rondeau,
Canada, at midnight. the former vessel
was sunk and three lives lost, while
several other persons were more or less
seriously injured.
The drowned:
Peter Simondson, fireman, Brooklyn
N. Y
Thomas Flanagan, deck hand, Buffalo.
George Weir. Waterman. residence
unknown.
Injured:
back. will probably die.
J. A McDougal, Cheboysan, Mich,
chief engineer of City of Venice. arm
and bddy bruised.
Louis Houbeeker. Cheboygan, Mich.
arms and back badly bruised.
The cause of the collision is not.
known. The night was fairly clear and
the lights of the City of Venice were
burning brightly.
To this the crew and passengers all
testified saying they could see the
| light on the Venice as she was sinking.
| The second mate of the Seguine. W.
/ Lavigne, who was on watch, refuses
absolutely to give any information in
/ regard TO the cause of the accident.
| THE less said about il the better
was all he would say. The accident
! happened shortly after midnight. The
| City of Venice, laden with $500 tons of
| ore. was bound to Buffalo. while the
Seguin was going north to Parry sound
/ from Ogdensburg. On board the Seguin
| all were asleep save the second mate,
| ". A LavigHe, and a Waterman who
was with him in the pilot house
Cause Cannot Be Learned.
| The first mate of the Venice. Sulli-
van, was on watch aboard the boat
/ that went down. How the collision hap
pened cannot be ascertained, as Sulli-
van is lying in the hospital and La
vigne will not talk
The first that was known that any
think had happened was when ter
rible crash brought both boats almost
| 10 standStill. The Seguin had struck
| the Venice fairly amidships and plowed
its way half through the boat. The
! crew and passengers aboard both boats
heard tearing of timbeTs. mingled
| with calls for help among those on
/ deck.
All those who were sleeping rushed
out on deck and there was a frightful
| panic for time. The Venice which
I had been split in two. was sinking rap
! idly.
/ Captain Broderick of the boat ran on
/ deck in his sleeping robes and imnedi-
| ately called to the men to man the life
boats The members of the crew who
had not been hurt rushed to his assist
| ance. and in five minutes they had the
boats in the water. Several men. fear
ing that the ship would sink before
they had an opportunity TO escape
threw themselves overheard They
were picked up by the life boats from
the Seguin.
| The City of Venice went down in
very deep water in less than fifteen
minutes after the collision occurred
After standing by for half an hour
the Seguin headed for Cleveland with
the survivors. arriving here early to-
day. The City of Venice was A wood
en- vessel. 301 feet long and forty-two
Graw Transportation company of Bay
City, Mich. and valued at about s175.-
600. She was commanded by Captain
1 Broderick.
Dying Mans Statement.
The Seguin is an iron vessel. 207 feet
long and thirty-four feet beam She is
owned by ]. r. Miller of Parry Sound,
and commanded by Captain ]. b Sims
First Mate Sullivan of the City of
Venice. who is lying in critical con-
dition at the Marine hospital, rallied
slightly this afternoon and made a
statement regarding the collision.
Il was on the night watch" he said.
1T was something after midnight when
first saw another boat ahead. IT
was still some distance away, but l
blew the whistle to signal the boat She
did not answer.
Il thought that il was strange, but
/ as she was some distance away I made
no attempt 10 get out of the way. All
our lights were burning and there was
no fog. so l don't see how they could
have helped seeing US.
when the boat was considerably
closer, / whistled again, but still there
was no answer. was then frightened
! and signaled still another time.
No attention was paid TO our sig
mails, and the boat was bearing directly
down upon us
Il then attempted to get out of the
way, and veered the ship diagonally in
her course, hoping to escape with a
slight rub the collision that I began 70
realize was iRevitab bile.
she was even nearer than I sup
posed, however, and going at a fast
rate. Suddenly there was g sickening
crash. and I was thrown from my feet
and the pilot house was crushed and
piled on top Of me. felt a terrible
pain IN any back and chest. and then
] was swept overheard with the pilot
house
Sullivan was picked ND after being
in the water a short time Including
the crew and passengers. there We're
about ESQ persons on the City of Ven