Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-10-26
STORM PLAYS
HAVOC ON LAKES
Much Damage Is Done to
Shipping and Lives
Are Lost
STORM COVERS A, WIDE AREA
Was the Most Terrific Experienced
IN Years Several Years Are Bat
tered to Pieces Along Shores and
Many Crews Are Lost.

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 20.-The lower
lakes were swept last night by the
heaviest storm Of the season. Nav
tgation across the lime-kilns crossing
at the south Of the Detroit river Is
entirely suspended today for all but
light-draft craft the 40-mile north
west wind last night having lowered
lthe stage of the water at the crossing
to 16 feet 10 inches, the lowest in
many years. The wind reached 40
miles an hour here last night, and
today Is blowing 80 miles an hour and
slowly increasing in velocity.
Lake Huron is being dashed by a
42-mile gale of Alpana, while reports
from Lake Erie today are that the
wind is blowing 80 miles an hour.
Grand Haven reports to the weather
bureau here that 60-mile wind pre-
vailed last night on Lake Michigan.
Chicago, Oct. 21.-The storm which
on Thursday night and yesterday
swept over northern Lake Michigan,
Lake Huron, and Lake Erie was one
of the most severe in recent years.
AS far as returns are obtainable, ten
vessels have been completely wreck
ed and twelve to fifteen others more
or less severely damaged Twelve
lives are known to have been lost,
and as the gale ON southern Lake
Huron and Lake Erie is still blowing
fiercely, it is found that other losses,
-
ported within the next twenty-four
hours
The boats wrecked are as follows:
Tug Frank Perry, sunk off Boot is
land, in the Cheneaux group.
Steamer Joseph s. Fay, run ashore
near Rogers City, Mich. and broken
to pieces by waves. The mate,
Joseph Size, was drowned. The boat
was owned by M. r. Bradley of Cleve-
land.
Barge d. P. Rhodes, in tow OF
steamer ]. S. Fay, driven ashore near
Sheboygan, Mich.
ed in Pressure Is,e harbor. Boat bad
ly damaged, but crew was saved.
Schooner Minnedosa foundered
two and one-half miles off Harbor
Beach In Lake Huron early today;
carried down entire crew of eight
men.
Schooner Mautenee, ashore eigh.
teen miles west of Erie, Pa.
Schooner supposed to be either the
Tasmania or Ashland of the Corrigan
feet, sunk two and one-half miles
southwest of the southeast shoal
lightship on Lake Erie, carried crew
Of eight men, OF whom nothing is
known.
Steamer Sarah e. Sheldon beached
and wrecked near Lorain, o.
Schooner Kingfisber beaten to
pieces OF Cleveland.
Tug Walter Metcalf sunk near
breakwater light, Cleveland.
The Minnedosa, on which, so far as
known tonight, the greatest loss of
life occurred, was coming down from
Fort William, Canada, bound for
some Lake Ontario port with cargo
of wheat. She was in tow of the
steamer Westmount, which was also
towing the barge Metrose. The tow
lines broke during the storm and the
Melrose and Westmount were separ-
ated from the Minnedosa. They man.
aged to make harbor at Harbor
Beach late in the afternoon and re-
ported that they had seen the Min
uedosa go do0s. She was in COM
mand of Captain Phillips, who had
his wife abroad. The names Of the
other members of the crew are not
known. The boat was owned by the
Montreal Transportation company of
Montreal, Canada
Cleveland, o., Oct 22-From the
best information obtainable seventeen
lives and nearly score of ships were
lost on the great lakes as result of
the terrific gale which ragged for thir-
ty-six hours, ending at daybreak yes
terday morning. These are the mini
mum figures, and in all probability
will be increased by later reports.
The big steel barge Malta, with a
crew Of eight, and owned by the Pitts
burg Steamship Company, is missing.
She was in tow Of the steamer Will
liam L. Lynn and broke away dusng
the storm yesterday morning in mid
lake.
The steamer Bulgaria came into
port yesterday afternoon bringing
news of the loss of the barge Tas-
mania off Pelee island, in Lake Erie,
during Fridays storm. The Tas-
mania sank at a. m. Friday with her
entire crew of eight men.
Buffalo. N. ", Oct 22-The steam
err Siberia of Cleveland foundered on
the Canadian shore of Lake Erie yes
terday afternoon. Captain Benham
and the entire crew were rescued and
brought to Buffalo tonight by the
steamer j. H. Wade