The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-30

storm swept.
Superior, Wis, Nov. GA furious
wind and snow storm, starting Monday
night. Is battering this city Tuesday.
There Is no sign of abatement. A 60
mile gale, continuing for hours, has
dashed Lake Superior into fury and
grave fears are felt for lake going
craft and their crews. A damp snow
accompanies the gale and drifts from
four to six feet high. The street car
lines are stalled, all but the sturdiest
are confined within doors and business
Is at standstill. Railroad trains are
far behind their schedules and snow
plows have been sent out from division
points The blizzard Is said to be the
worst since 1872, although the tempera-
ture is only slightly below the freez-
ing point, A sharp drop, however, Is
predicted for Tuesday night.
The power house switch boards have
burned out. The telephone system has
ceased to operate, making 1t impossible
at present to secure news of the lake
districts from the tug and shipping Of
fees. A report from Two Harbors is to
the effect that steamer in distress
has been blowing signals since two
o'clock Tuesday morning. Owing to
the snow flurries on the lake 1t is i'm
possible to ascertain what craft 1t is.
The steel freighter Crescent City Of
the Pittsburg Steamship company feet
Is stranded on the north shore of Lake
Superior, total wreck. She was
driven on the rocks within the limits
Of the city Of Duluth at two o'clock
Monday morning. All the members
of the crew and captain are safe.
The Crescent City was coming up the
lake light. driven by 10 mite an hour
gale from the northeast. At Lakewood,
near the entrance to the Duluth SUI
perior Harbor, It was seen that the en-
gines were powerless to keep the
gale from driving heron the rocks
Anchors were thrown, but they were
Of no available use and the ship went
bow-on at a rocky point of the shore.
The wind quickly drove the stern
around so that the ship lay broadside
to shore and the stern was so close
that Capt. Frank Rice and his crew
threw ladder to the beach and walked
off IA safety, abandoning the ship to
her fate. She will be total loss.
In the immediate vicinity of Superior
and Duluth and for a distance of 25
miles up Lake Superior the disaster
to the Crescent City now appears to
have been the only such misfortune
suffered by shipping so far as at pres
ent known as result of Monday night
and Tuesdays gale. Lake seamen,
however, believe that there have
been many wrecks at other points,
claiming that no ship could come un-
harmed out of such a storm,
Detroit, Mich, Nov ga Journal
special from Alpena, Mich. says that
a 4S-mile-an-hour gale is sweeping
over the upper end of Lake Huron and
reports several accidents to shipping.
The barge Harvey Bissell, which was
led up to an outer dock has been broken
to pieces by the storm. The barge
Vinland, coal-laden, broke away from
her tow barge and is aground of Al
pena. The Thompson line steamer
City Of Holland, while trying to make
port at Rogers City early Tuesday
went on the rocks where she is pound
Ing and leaking badly. The crew Is in
no danger. The gale Is accompanied
by heavy snow.
Milwaukee, Nov. 28.-The steamer
Appomattox which went ashore north
II this city several weeks ago, was
broken into three pieces by Monday
nights storm on Lake Michigan. The
waves are reported by local marine
men to have been the highest in many
'ears. The lighthouse at the end of
he government breakwater was dis
nantled by the heavy seas and the
Keeper nearly lost his life being res
'ued only after two hours hard work
" the life saving crew.
A special from Port Washington.
Wis.,. says: "A big steamer is ashore
bout four miles on this port. A heavy
ga Is running and the vessel appears
o be "a danger" The life saving crew
rom Milwaukee and tug have gone
o assist the stranded vessel.