Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-16
CHERUB HAS ROUGH
Time ON THE LAKES.
Continued from arst page.


the lock with us, as the lock is 1OC
feet wide and 800 feet long. There
was plenty of room for all of us. Our
| stay. in Lake Superior was but q short
one as the wind was blowing hard
from the northwest and there was
no harbor nearby SO we ran back 10
tho lock and locked down again into
the st. Marys river and lay up for the
night at a coal dock.
Aug. 2:-We left st. Marys ut II a
m. and made a rapid run to Detour
some sixty miles and lay up for the
night near q saw mill to wait for
morning and a run acros the upper
part of LakeHuron. AS we had to make
some sixty miles before we could get
any harbor after leaving Detour we
were anxious to have q calm day fer
it.
Just rs we had finished our supper
we heard tho whistle of the saw mill
blow mn alarm for fire and q lot of
people running toward tho mill. We
ran towards the milltto see the fire,
but it was soon put fout by q heavy
| stream of water from n fire hydrant
and steam pump that belonged to the
mill. 1t was n close call for the mill
MS the fire had q good start and moth
ing but sharp work saved 1t. Detoul
is a little village of about 500 people
and Inns hut very littlo business there
outside of the saw mill and it would
have been a heavy loss to tho village
il the mill had bcen destroyed
Aug. 3:-We were under way mt 8 :3t
o. III. with very little wind ard tho
lake like a mirror. VIZ were a wei
over the widest part of the lake wheI
| the wind came out from the soutl
and by IL a. IN. We were running init
q head sea e~ndeavoring, to get pas
| Thunder Bay Island so Az to make the
harbor of Alpena, Mich, as we were
compelled to turn about in the heavy
sea and run some ton miles after WI
passed the island. 1t was anythins
hut pleasant and after we had turned
and were running before tho wind, IL
our u for q harbor, the little Cherul
was tossed about like q chin on thu
top of the sea until we reached Alpens
and ran into the breakwator, glaC
enough to escape tho wind and waves
that had been chasing us for the LAT
ten miles of our run.
We found u spot to lay up near the
centre of town aud after dinner wen
ont to look up the city and found 4
mill town of some 10 600 people will
fine streets, public buildings ant
stores. The principle business is II
the lumber trade and vast piles of il
were on the docks awaiting shipmen Z,
l was told that in five year ut this
longest about all the lumber would be
cut zeal here and the town, like many
others of its class, would fall into de
cay.
Aug 4:-We lay all day at Aipena
as the wind was blowing strong from
the south and the sea vas too heavy
for comfort with our little boat.
Ana. 5:-We started from Aipsna al
lao a. m. There was a strong south
west wind blowing, but by keeping
close to the shore of tho lake we were
axle to run some fifty mile south to
Au Sable, where we were told we
oould find shelter. Arriving there Mt
8: 30 p. m. we found that a storm bad
washed the sand in front Of the break.
water SO that there was not water
enough over the bar for us TO get IN.
but by good luck found a fisherman
ont in his boat who showed rs the
way into a snug hafbor between two
old piers of an abandoned and burned
sawmill. where We were secur from
| nil winds and it was we'll for rs tina
We were in such snug quarters FOL
the wind came on to blow quite fresh
during the night, but NO lay quieti,
all night.