Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-09-07
Great Inland Sea Lashed in FuN and
Ships Go Down
Thrilling Tales Of Daring and Death Told
by Survivors
Property Loss Estimated at Fully Half
Million Dollars

Duluth Sept 5-Eghteen twenty lives property
half million dollars lost the swept
Superior Friday night The the destructive
lake shipping experienced years Besides the wreck of
Sand Island reef of the losing
lives ships lost with their entire the
schooner Pretoria of Bay City, Mich the largest sailing ship fresh
water carrying eight lost off Outer island of the
Apostle group miles from Duluth Five of her lost
Ashland night The Pretoria broke
loose from that towing her during the The other
missing vessel the schooner Olive Jeanette which carried
is believed down miles from Portage
entry of wrecage sighted by the steamer Jiata
that point and although the ships identity has been completely
established there little doubt that it the Olive Jeanette
This schooner Of the L. r. Do when the latter
vessel lost with her entire Lake Michigan few years
ago proportions
shelter
The steamer Stackhouse
arrived at the her trip with her hatch covers badly
sprung that poured continually the hold of
washed overheard The whabac steamer Samuel Mather also
lost of her The terrific baeng the steel steamers
the the safety Of wooden
ships reported and the record of death and destruction
reach much greater proportions than the present estimates
Thrilling Story of Disaster.
Svona of the most thrilling in the history of lake disasters
The that Raspberry light missed and when
Island light sighted late The attempt made
put the sevona about but the fierce storm swept the vessel the
reefs hole in the boat and half hour later the
vessel broke in two
When the shock came the captain finding chance for all to reach
called for stay ship half
volunteered while the and
call for help for those who the wreck Captain
Mcdonald himself decided aboard and selected four others
of the with him. Engineer Phillip with others
ordered into of the ships boats take the ashore.
third boat battered pieces by the storm but small boat took
party of four The boat with the tried to make Sand Island
but past Nothing could keep craft
afoat When the boats left the Seyona those left aboard hddd
in the wheehouse waiting for the that
The trip of the feboa Of terror All night the fought
with the elements effort to reach shore only five miles
but the wind carried the parallel beach,
daylight before the boat washed high the
into the deep by the surf During the night while the
trying reach Shore alternately despang and hopeful the
prayed for their lives the joining and other times
they would help the Sailors bang the small craft of the spray which
aboard constantly
Little Sand bay Here they found homesteade who led them to
miles in the They exhausted they could
hardly walk the farmhouse but pressed by the knowledge
that the captain and others board the wreck needed help
Then while the of the party cared for at the farm the
engineer and of the farmers with for bayfield,
Only person who has Travelled that almost todden country
appreciate difficulties Of the trip of the way
sary through the woods 1t took until late in the after
noon to reach Bayfield,, 20 miles the peninsula
Upon reaching Bayfield, the fishing tug Harrow the
with party Of Is headed by Engineer Phillip
The trip took hours the teeth of the Northwestern When the
tug pars and the of the
left There Of the captain his party
found of the four the small boat they thought
have been lost
Wreck Of the sevsna. and Miss Kate
Duluth linn. Sept SIS Spencer, Erie
wrecked Sand island reef 3Fetn Renner Racine
Net Nelson Otto Schmidt Nick RI
den and George slade, Buffalo
eaftera mig 0
n boat and a trip of H. Won Week Erie
Charles scouler Northeast Pa
Paul sockea and Edgar Rider
Wisconsin. received cleveland
placed drowned Miss Spencer speaking q her
said y think
Donald First 0
unknown
andtv sailor Mcdonald told .