The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-01
WILD WINDS ON GREAT LAKES
Played Havoc With Shipping and Destroyed Much
Property --.lpproximaIed Hurricane on Lake
Superior Property Loss Will Reach Millions.
Storm Rapidly Approaching The East

racing at over 60 miles an hour. On
the most northern lake, the storm was
accompanied by snow, making nayiga-
ton more perilous than ever. The en-
tire Lake Superior country Is buried
under snow, and as wires of all are
down, II is difficult to obtain news
from the more remote points.
The government lighthouse and fog
signal building at the end of the Mil
waukee breakwater pier was. battei ed
by the high seas and the assistant
keeper, William Foster, rescued with.
difficulty by the life saving crew.
The steamer Appomattox, wrecked
off Lake Park several weeks ago,
went to pieces under the strain Of the
gale.
Caught in the teeth of the most
violent "southeaster" that has swept
Lake Michigan in recent years, and
with its seams opened and its hold
rapidly filling with water, the wooden
steamer d C. Whitney. Of the j. G..
Gilcnrist feet, stranded a quarter Of
a mile off shore, four miles south OF
Port Washington. The crew was TAX
en- off by tn" Milwaukee life savers.
Unless the sea begins to roll before It
is released, 1t is thought that the yes
sci can be saved. 1t is resting on a
bottom Of clay, with "a feet of water
in its hold. According to Capt. L. A..
Misken, the vessel can be fioated
with the assistance of steam wreck
ing pump, which has been ordered and
will be Placed on the freighter to-
morrow morning. 1t is not insured,
and 1t has a cargo of 1900 tons of
soft coal.
A barge the Whitney was towing
was derelict all day. 1t was picked
up by tug and taken into Port
Washington at 5 o'clock. The Whit
ney is wooden vessel of 1880 gross
tons, 229 feet long, with beam of 40
feet. She was built in 1882 at st. Clair,
Mich, is rated A11a in Lloyds, and is
valued at $4,000.
The steamer ]. II. Outwaite and the
schooner Mary Mitchell ran ashore
near Cheboygan, Mich. The steamer
caught lire and was totally destroyed.
1t was wooden vessel of 800 tons,
owned by w. c. Richardson of Cleve-
land. Both vessels carried ore for
Ohio ports. a-e
At Ashland, Wis, there is anxiety
for the steamer. .Angeline, which clear
ed with ore Monday, and which has
not been reported since. Vessels over
due there are the Venezuela, Fryer,
No
The steamer Jim Sheriff put back
into Alpena, Mich, after fierce bat
tie with the storm. One spar was
gone and the deckload of lumber was
| lost overheard. Two schooners, con-
sorts of the Sheriff, are believed to
have gone down.
The passenger steamer City of Hol-
land went ashore at Rogers CITY,
Mich. and it is feared will be a com
| plete wreck. Late tonight 1t was re-
| ported tnat the vessel was going tC
pieces. The passengers and crew were
rescued.
An unknown steamer is ashore al
Nine Mile Point, Lake Huron. She is
reported to be pounding heavily and
in danger of gong to pieces. Tugs
from Port Huron have gone to heI
rescue.
At Menominee, Mich, dock property
was damaged to the extent of $4,000
the upper peninsula of Michigan, 6
heavy blizzard prevailed Monday
night and all day Tuesday. Trains
were stalled and traffic was generally
demoralized. Wires are down In al
directions. At Ashland the heavy
snoy caused the schools to close--At
Superior all trains were delayed and
some were abandoned.