The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-29
STEAMER WRECKED.
Thousands on Shore Lock IN Pow r.
less to Help Crew.

less to Hep crew.
MANY OF Whom Freeze in the
Wreck b. fore the Storm Abar-
ed and Help Reach Them.
A dispatch from Duluth says TWEEN.
y .six men are belle we'd to have FRI zsp
to death aboard the Upited Stats
Steel Corporations ore steamer Mat
safa. which broke In half in the sight
of thousands In the harbor THURSDAY
the heizht Of the worst storm that
has swept the western end IT Lake
Superior in twenty five years.
The Mataafa, which left her barge
behind half a mile out OF the haroor
attempted to run the canal locFs
Size was caught in the waves and
dashed against the pier heads. 10
attic mpting to 20 about to get oacK
into the lake, the great sea lifted hef
bodily, poised the ship like q toy ano
then dashed it with crushing force
upon the lock OF concrete mas
onary. "
thousands looked on from the decks
helpless and the men on deck IN their
distress appealed for aid thrcuSh
mcgaphones. Their voices were
drowned in the roar Of the sea, but
although those on shore understood
they could not help. Not even q tug
could be sent to aid the unfortunate
men.
The ship finally broke in half and
the ore was washed out by the argry
sea. For hours the men chung to the
wreck until after dark. Then all
signs of life vanished. IL Is believed
ali have frt zen to death.
The steamer Eiwood OF the Steel
CORPORATION feet, collided with the
North pier and stove a hole below LEI
water line. Size was to wed to shallow
water where she settled. 1t Is ropcr-
It'd the S,e,l Corporation steamer
Nariposa Is ashore north Of Two Har.
bors. The steamer E. O. Pope turn
ID back and made the harbor, coming
through the ship canal under full mead
of steam.
The protec lon piers at Superior
were swept away for the second time
this season. The main strest OF Du
luth are filled with wrekage OF the
storm. Two S:esl Corporation boats
are wrecked and another Is sunk In
the harbor. The steamer Z. W.
ENGLAND Of the England Transports
ton Company Is ashore on Minnesota
Point,
The steamer Crescent City Of the
Steel Corporation went ashore IN tho
binding SNOW driven by q IS mile
an be ur gale. She Is in TAI shape
and the sea is pounding her to
pieces on the rocks. The crew OF
twenty-five men escaped on life RATS
In the Ice OF the stranded ship. The
Crescent City Is valued at . quarter OF
amillion dollars.
A dispatch from Milwaukee says
the Government lighthouse at the
end Of the Milwaukee breakwater
pier was battered by the high seas
and the assistant light house keeper,
william Foster, was rescued with
difficulty by the life savers.
In all my experience on the lakes
fifteen years-I never saw the like
before. About s o'clock the sea DO
a breaking over the house. About
ESQ I saw q particular large wave
coming. Involuntary I grabbed
the stanchion. That act saved my
life. The wave broke In tho entire
east wall earring away with 1t all the
windows and doors. I was carried
along, and it was only the beam l
clung to that stayed my progress and
thus SAVED me from being swept
away. ,
The big steamer Appnmattox, coal
laden which vent ashore several
weeks ago, was battered to pieces.
The steamer D. G. Whitnep, coal
laden, ran ashore during the gale
at Port Washington. The life savers
rescued the crew.
LAST NEWS.
The steamer Matafa which went
ashore at Superior, Wis, and whose
crew was forced to remain on board,
went to pieces Wednesday morning
and nine of crew were Owned.
Life.savers made desperate but futile
efforts to get . line to the boat Tues
day night, In the presence Of thous.
ands Of spectators q lire was fired
over the ship from tho cannon three
times. Once it vas caught and these
on the forward end of the boat, where
it landed, began to haul In but the
rocks on tho bottom Of the canal cut
the rope in two. When the storm
died cut somewhat this morning the
life. saving crew were able to begin the
work of bringing the crew ashore.
In the forward end Of the boat
all were safe but in the stern it was
found that all had sHccumbed to
cold and were drowned. Fifteen
were rescued.
Suit Against Gle
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