The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-01
STORMS TOLL OF
DEATH INCREASES
Reports Come from Lake Superior
Ports Of Wrecks and
Privation.

Privation.
Duluth, Mimi, Dec. IA message re-
says the Canadian steamer Monkshaven
Pie island. near Port Arthur. The crew
all saved, but vessel q total loss.
The II. B. Nye got into Two Harbors
last night in badly battered condition.
She left hsrs M sad fought f out na hs
drawing twenty-six feet Of water for
ward. where she was only drawing sew
flaw, valued at So $40, 900, and IS half f
Three ! men lost their lives in the
Two Islands. They are:
OLE MILLER.
GEORGE OLSEN.
OLE NELSON, all of Duluth.
When the scow went on the rocks
William Hicks and Charles johnson
ate chances Of jumping to shore. They
made it safely, but the other three
lacked couraged and as the scow broke
shouted their last goodbye and dlsap-.
peared. The two men were picked up
by fishermen and cared for.
Vandals Loot Wreck.
It seems almost incredible that van
dals should exist who would loot a
| wrecked ship from which crew had
| but just escaped with their lives, but
! this has been done to the wreck Of the
steamer Crescent City.
| Even the turkeys that had been put
in the ships refrigerator before the ac-
| cident for use on. Thanksgiving were
| stolen. The ship is ashore and broken
in two near Lakewood pumping station
| and the crew has quarters at the sta
ton, where the men are awaiting or
ders. H.. : md
It was discovered that everything of
value on the boat that could be taken
ey , perhaps RS two or three me9 had been
taken. The ships marine glasses, ba-
rometers, hfepreservers, megaphones
| and many other articles, including cloth
| ing belonging to the crew, were taken.
The theft of the turkeys, which were
to have been cooked for the crew yes
terday, was particularly mean and ag-
gravating to the officials Of the Pitts
w. Coulby is here and it is understood
that he has authorized a substantial ex-
penditure to apprehend the thieves and
make an example of them. a.. sr@
4 Two Boats on the Rocks.
II Dashed on the rocks forty miles north
of Two Harbors, the steel steamer
George Spencer, and her consortr the
Amboy of the Tonawanda Steel com.
a fishing village, was the scene of the
disaster, and because of the bravery
Of fishermen the lives of the crew were
saved: The vessels were. upbound fol
Duluth. loaded with, coal. They left
hundred miles from Two Harbors whe1
the storm struck them at dark Monday
night. At l O'Clock Tuesday morning
they ran on the rocks, and for thirteel
hours the situation Of the crew on tn,
battered hulks was desperate. .~.s
MGt al. rag Of us F %eud haX9 es
the George Spencer, but for tn,
bravery and. ability of the fishermen
at Thomasville,2 aided by some Of tn,
lumbermen from nearby loggin!
camR n, +,o aau b.o,,o = aa,;uo
extreme, as the wreck was rapidly 20
ing to pieces and we were more thai
two hundred yards from the shore. TIL
suffering of the crew during the nigh
had been terrible. r.. - [.= q
Saved by Fishermen.
"We at once fastened rope to q
! plank, hoping. that it would drift
ashore. In the fury Of the storm W
could dimly see some figures on tn
beach, watching: Some Of the fisher
men, understanding what we would nat
their bodies and .waded breast deep !
the surf to find the plank or line, Will
their comrades held the rope and Dire,
them back when they lost their fee
in the waves.
/ "Finally they found the line an
carried it ashore. A block and tack
was secured and fastened to tree. I'll
we had double line to- shore. We fas
ened seat to the lower line, and 9
8 this the fifteen men on the Spencer wei
carried safely to land.
"The same thing was done by Ca;
tain Watson and the seven men Of tt
. Amboy were likewise saved
Extols Rescuers. 49,
Captain Fred Watson of Bufa]
bravery of the fishermen and their i
Il telligence could not be too highly a
plauded.
"Our boat was a total wreck, !"
said, "and we were in great dang
of being washed overheard at any m
Z ment. The surf was running high al
the coast there is rough, and had '
r. struck 200 yards on either side, not
ing could have saved us from bell
dashed to pieces almost instantly.
: "The fishermen rushed into the su
almost to their necks to secure the lii
we Aoated in, and had it not been f
them we would have. been utterly hel
less After tremendous difficulty a.
repeated failures they found the Iii
and fastened it on shore.
stThru the binding surf we work
cur way along and not a man we. was lo'
Thomasville, and were brought to D
luth by Captain Shea of the t
Crosby"
Fifteen hundred tons Of coal on t
Amboy was lost. The Spencer's car
can be ightered out, but there is lit
hope Of saving the boat.
The Western Star Stranded.
The large steel steamer Western st;
owned by M. j. Cummings of Oswee