New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-05
SCORE DEAD IN STORM.
MANY VESSELS WRECKED.
Hurricane SsCeeps Lake Superior,
Doing 100000 Damage.

Ashland. Wis Sept. 4.-More than a score
lives We're lost and property valued at half
million dollars destroyed in furious storm
that swept over Lake Superior from Friday
night to Sunday night The gale was the most
destructive lake shipping that has been ex-
perienced in many years.
Besides the wreck of the steel steamer Sevona,
which broke in two Sand Island reef, seven
of the crew. including the captain. losing their
lives the barge Pretoria, of Bay City, Mich.
carrying crew of ten men. sank five sailors
drowning.
The schooner Olive Jeannette. which carried
a crew of seven men, is also thought to be lost.
The Olive Jeanette, It is believed, went to the
bottom about ten miles from Portage entry.
The bodies Of Captain Mcdonald, of the
wrecked steamer Sevora, and one of the sail
ors were washed ashore at Sand Island Beach
this afternoon.
The storm of the last three days at times
reached the proportions of a hurricane and the
stanchest new steel vessels were forced to run
for shelter. The steel steamer Stackhouse
arrived at the 500 on her first trip with her
hatch covers so badly sprung that water poured
continually into the hold. One of the crew was
washed overheard.
The whaleback steamer Samuel Mather also
lost one of its crew overheard The battering
gravest fear for the safety of many wooden
ships which have not yet reported.
The monetary loss of the Sevona is S170,000
while that of the Pretoria is S1500O0.
Miss Kate Spencer. Of Erie. Penn, passenger
the Sevona, speaking OF her experience, said:
It was early in the morning when Captain
Mcdonald told he was going to run for
shelter and that we should put all breakable
stuff in a secure place as when the boat turned
it would toss badly. Soon afterward he came
to our stateroom door and told us to dress and
go aft as the boat was leaking forward. rms
we did with the help of sailors at o'clock on
Friday morning. We were instructed to put on
life preservers and had them on when, at o:45
o'clock, the boat broke in two.
The first engineer got US into the yawl boat
but did, not launch it, and the captain cried
through the megaphone to hold out as long as
possible. With this we got out of the yaWl
boat and congregated in the dining room which
still intact. The big boat was pounding
badly. A piece of the deck broke away and
then portion of the dining room.
During this time the men forward could not
reach US. At II o'clock everything seemed to
gineer. we took to the yawl: We piled into the
boat leaving seven men behind. after heart
rending farewell
Hancock Mich. Sept. 4-Floating timbers
and other debris from some ship were sighted by
Captain Martin. of the steamer Junatia, which
arrived here to-day. The wreckage was passed
ten miles to the eastward of Portage Entry and
is believed to tell the tale of another ship and
crew claimed by the great gale sweeping
Lake Superior.
sault Ste Marie, Mich, Sept 4.-As q result
of the terrific storm which has prevailed over
Lake Superior for the last thirty-siX hours only
two steamers have arrived here in that time,
and there is great anxiety among vessel men
for the safety of the fifty more craft which are
on the lake
The steamer R L. Ireland arrived with her
forward deck lowered five inches by water she
had shipped Mate Smith washed over
board and drowned. All steamers sighted on the
lake were taking the north shore route