The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-23
in THE PATH
OF THE STORM
Seventeen Lives and Twelve
Ships Lost
ON THE GREAT LAKES
The Wreck of the Tasmania and Her
Dead--siberia's Crew Saved - List
of Dead May Increase When
Later Reports Arrive.

Cleveland, Oct. The steamer Bull
garia arrived here Saturday afternoon
bringing news of the loss OF the barge
Tasmania off Pelee island, in Lake Erie,
during Fridays storm. The Tasmania
sank at 5 a. m. Friday, with her crew
of eight mon.
The dead
William Ranford Of COPYRIGHT, Ont,
captain.
George WhitsiIl, first mate.
| Austin Mayhem, engineer.
| I. r. Slough, cook.
Mike" BOYLE.
August Ulbrick.
John Trapp.
| Harry Laypash.
| The Tasmania together with the barge
Ashland, also carrying a crew of eight
men, We're in tow of the Bulgaria. The
| Bulgaria and the Ashland rode the storm
off Pelee island all day Friday and Fri
day night, and early yesterday started
for Cleveland, arriving there at . p. m.
The boats were ON their wa to Cleveland
from Escanaba, ore laden. The Bulgaria
! led. Behind her was the Ashland, and
next the Tasmania
The storm came up so suddenly as to
find the crews unprepared The dark
ness Of night hung over the lake. The
wind rose with fearful snddenness, howl
ing and sweeping around the boats. The
lake became mountainous. The boats
! were tossed about at the will of the
storm. It looked for time as ii all
would be lost. The Ashland was lost
to view Of the Bulgaria. Those on board
the Ashland could dimly see the Tas-
mania. One moment she rose toward it
on great waves, another moment she
Preceded in the trough OF the sea. On
board the Ashland they were keeping
from being washed into the sea only by
Eelinging to objects ON deck 1t was
seen that the line to the Tasmania must
be cut. One Of the crew made his way to
the stern. With knife he reached down
and severed the line. The end Of it
dropped away out of sight That was
the last the crew Of the Ashland saw
OF the other boat. 1t seemed that She
sank at once.
From the best information obtainablc
1T Cleveland lives and nearly a score
Of ships were lost on the great lakes
as the result of the terrific gale which
ragged for SO hours ending at daybreaS
Saturday morning These are the mimi
mum figures and viii, in all probability,
be increased by later reports. A tele-
gram Saturday from Sanduskv says that
the barge Commerce, with crew Of
seven aboard, is slowly sinking inside
of Cedar point The vessel can hardly
be saved, but the crew is in little danger
The steamer Sarah +, Sheldon, which
went ashore near Lorain Friday, has been
almost completely broken up. The
steamer Wisconsin, which ran on to a
submerged breakwater at Lorain Thurs
day night, has been pulled into Lorain
river and placed on a dry dock.
The steamer Siberia OF Cleveland
formdered on the Canadian shore Of Lake
Erie Saturday afternoon, says dis
patch from Buffalo, N. y. Capt Ben
ham and the entire crew were rescued
and taken to Buffalo Saturday night on
board the steamer g. H. Wade. The ST.
beria buffeted by the terrific gale which
ragged Friday, sprang leak early Sat
uday night, while Capt. Benham was
trying to get in the lee of Long point.
The thrush Of waters through the seams
an her side and the tons Of water shipped
as the steamer stuck her nose into the
huge combers finally put out the fires
beneath the boilers, and Capt. Benham
and the crew were forced TO take to the
life boats when the vessels decks were