Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-29
TRIED TO GET LINE TO IT.
Thousands of People Watched,
BreathIesS, Firing of Line
To the Vessel.
Huge Bon Fires Built on Shore tn
Cheer the Salors--Undoubted
ly Saved Another ship.

Duluth MINI, Nov. 29.--Nine dead.
including the entire engineering crew
OF the boat, IS the terrible result Of the
wreck Of the steamer Mataafa at the
mouth OF the Duluth ship canal yester-
day afternoon, From the time OF the
arrival Of the ufesaving crew at )
o'clock, desperate efforts We're made 10
get a line to the boat, but without
avail In the presence OF thousands Of
people who watched the scene breath
lessly the line was fred over the ship
from the cannon three times. once II
caught. and those ON the forward end
OF the boat where IL landed began to
haul 20 in, bu. the rocks on the bottom
cut Il IN TWO. Al midnight the officials
OF the company owning the boat ad-
yised the crew TO give up until day
light. saying that the men Of the for
ward part were safe enough until morn
ing, md on the stern end not sign OF
life had been detected since shortly at
ter dark.
When the storm died out somewhat
this morning the life saving crew was
able TO hit the boat and the work OF
bringing the crew ashore was begun at
once. In the forward end of the boat
all were safe, but in the stern none were
saved all having succumbed to the
cold and drowned In the first boat
load seven men were brought to shore
and later eight more.
Those saved are:
Capt, r. \. Humble.
Wallace Brown. first mate
Herbert Emigh, second mate,
James Hatch, wheelsman,
Geo Mcclure, Hheesman.
Alex. Carlson. fireman.
Charles Byrne. fireman.
Ernest Dletz Waterman.
Lee Yates, seaman.
Fred Saunders, porter.
Grantley West, Waterman.
Edward Golfer, fireman.
Harry Larson, seaman.
Louis Wakes, seaman.
Seaman, name unknown
From these Il was learned that not a
sign had been heard BY those forward
from the rear end since early in the
evening md the death Of all there was
certain. They gave their names as
follows:
William Most, chief engineer, CIcve-
land.
Claude Farrnger second engineer.
Cleveland.
James Early, Buffalo,
William Gilchrist oiler. Winton, Ont.
Carl Carlson, oiler, Chicago
Henry Wright, steward, Cleveland
Walter Bush, second Cook, Amherst
burg
Fireman and deck hand who shipped
at Conneaught Names unknown.
BONFIRES TO CHEER SAILORS.
Duluth. Nov 90. Huge bonnres
built on the shore to cheer the sailors on
the steamer Mataafa afforded a beacon
to which the big packet freghter
George Gould from Buffalo and Erie
was able to safely pass the piers last
night.
ITO the people who built the fire on
shore | am deeply grateful" said Capt
Cottrel OF the steamer Gould. Had
IL not been for the fire which threw
o brilliant light on the pier am sat
isiied We should have shared the fate OF
the Mataafa for the sea was running
terribly high
when we left the 500 we had no in
timation Of the coming storm and did
not notice anything in particular until
we reached Keowenawa at midnight.
The gale, accompanied by heavy
snow, struck us from the northwest.
We tossed little until We reached outer
island, one Of the Apostle group. Here
we ran into terrific sea, the worst
have ever seen The wind veered to
IN north and almost died away at
p. m. yesterday. ! picked up the north
shore about 80 miles north Of Duluth
and closely followed the shore until we
enter the piers where a terrible sea was
running. We came through without mis-
hap.
II have been following the sea for
26 years, but It is the worst storm with
in my experience.
1--WE saw two boats going down the
lake this afternoon as we we're coming
up. but they were too far away to
Identity them
we were followed about four miles
by a steamer but we could not learn
who she was"