Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-12-07
DOZENSDEAD
And 20 Ships Wrecked
in the Great Storm.
LOSS is $1,OOO,OOO
Nine of the Mataafd'S Grew PeriShed
when that Steamer Ran Ashore
in Duluth Harbor.

the wrecks those of the steamers Ma
taafa, Crescent City, Edenborn and
Lafayette seem to be total. In addi-
tion the Elwood sank in Duluth har-
Dor, the barge Manila, in tow of the
Lafayette, was beached near Two
Harbors, the steamers w B. England
and Bransford were stranded, while
the barges Madeira and Constitution
are missing.
The stranding of the Bransford on
Isle ROyale was not serious, the ship
escaping with a puncture in the for
ward compartment and reaching Du-
luth. The Madeira was in tow of the
EdenbOrn. The Constitution was in
tow of the steamer Victory. The Con
stitution is owned by Pickands, Math-
er & Co. The Bransford is Hawgood
boat. The w. B. England is an En-
gland Transit Co. boat. All the other
boats named belong to the PittsDuTr
Steamship Co.
A fireman of the Lafayette was
drowned and the second assistant en-
gineer of the Edenborn was lost. while
nine members Of the crew of the Ma
taafa were frozen to death or drowned.
President Coulby, Of the Pittsburg
Steamship Co, arrived here last night
in special train with wrecking appa-
ratus and an effort will be made to
save some of the stranded boats. The
storm has subsided. The loss to ship
ping will probably exceed $1,000
Duluth. Mimi. Nov. 29.-In one of
the most terrific gales in the history
of Wisconsin on the Great Lakes, even
surprising in fury the terrible storm
of last September, in which so many
men lost their lives in the vicinity of
the Apostle Islands, three big lake
steamers were yesterday driven
ashore within sight of the lighthouse
at the entrance to the local harbor.
The wrecks are the Crescent City and
the Mataafa, of the Pittsburg Steam
ship Co., and the r. w. England,
owned by the England Transportation
Co., of Cleveland.
Detroit, Mich, Dec. IA Detroit
News special from Alpena Mich,
says: The tugs Owen and Ralph, with
so men, left last night to attempt the
release of the wooden steamer Ferd
Schlessinger, ashore on the rocks at
False PresQue Isle Point. The boat
went on in a northwest gale and heavy
snow storm yesterday. The crew is
safe. Tugs have been unable to reach
the steamer Holland, high aground at
Rogers City. Late reports say two
large holes have been stove in her side
and she will probably be a total loss
unless released in a few hours.
Duluth, Dec. dashed on the
rocks 40 miles north of Two Harbors.
the steel steamer George Spencer and
her cOnsOrt, the Amboy, of the Tona-
wanda Steel Co. line, are wrecks at
ThOmasville. The lives of the crews
were saved. The vessels were bound
for Duluth with coal. The steel barge
Madeira, that was in town of the Ed
enbOrn, went ashore four miles below
Edenborn and dashed herself to pieces
on the rocks. All Of her crew were
saved, with the exception of the mate.
Milwaukee, Dec. 2.-The steamer
Harlem arrived here Friday with II
men of the crew of the steamer
Charles Parnell which was burned op-
posite Squaw Island, Lake Michigan,
on Thanksgiving day. The men suf-
fered frightfully from the cold during
the hours they spent in small boats
waiting for rescuing vessel to sight
them.
North Port, Mich. Dec. 2.-The steel
steamer Vega, Capt. A. NJ. Williams, is
a total wreck on the east shore of Fox
Island. at the foot of Lake Michigan.
Marquette, Mich. Dec. 2.-The steel
steamer Western Star, bound for Fort
William to load grain, went ashore
Thursday two miles east of Fourteen
Mile Point, near Ontonagon, after all
bearings had been lost in struggle
for hours in terrific sea. The crew
is reported safe.
Duluth. Mimi, Dec. "A message
received here from Port Arthur Ont.
says the Canadian steamer Monks
Haven is ashore at Pie Island, near
Port Arthur. The crew were saved,
but the vessel is total loss.
The steamer Ira II. Owen is prob
ably among the lost vessels with its
crew of 10 men. The steamer Sir
William Siemens arrived Friday at
Ashland and reported seeing wreckage
from the Owen.
Detroit, Dec. 2.-The Journal says
149 lives have been sacrificed. over 20
ships wrecked and loss of yearly 81
100000 has been sustained in the three
big storms on the Great Lakes this
season. That this is the most disas-
trous season in the history of shipping
on the lakes is beyond doubt.
Root Gives Advice to Islanders.
Washington. Nov 29.-Secretary
Root has addressed letter TO Charles
Raynard, president 5f the American
Society of the Isle Of Pines. stating
that the Isle of Pia"s belongs to Cuba
and strongly advising the Americans
there TO submit themselves to Cuban
law.
A Jail Delivery.
Superior, Wis, Nov. 29,-During the
storm Monday nirut four urisoupra