The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1905-10-27

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 23.-Now thai
the terrible storm has past and reports
OF all losses have been made, the
frightful number of twenty-five vessels
and twenty-five lives stand out as the
awful result.
From one end of the chain Of great
lakes TO the other the shores are
strewn with wreckage. Almost with
out exception the wrecked vessels
were without insurance other than
fire Underwriters think that $780,
| Geo will cover the entire amount OF
| damage done to lake shipping from
the great storm.
Battered and torn from her terrific
| battle with the waves on Lake Erie,
the Western States arrived at her
dock at o'clock yesterday afternoon.
1he vessel came back from Buffalo
essentially sound but with her cabin,
fol edeck and outerworks badly
smashed, giving graphic evidence of
the fury of the storm.
| Waves Beat over Her,
Failing in her efforts to make Buff
fslo harbor Friday night, the vessel
stood off Long Point all during the
fierce storm, and the accounts given
Ly the passengers and crew who were
aboard her are thrilling. For hours
| the waves beat over the vessel, and
| though many of the men aboard her
were sailors with years of experience,
they freely admit they were thorough
| ~ frightened, so much so that life pre-
servers were even made ready for i'm
mediate use.
Ashtabula, o., Oct. 23-The steam
or Zillah, with the barges Ogarita and
| Rcddington, cleared from this port
Sunday morning for the upper lakes,
but storm indications caused them to
| return.
Three Huge Spouts.
| Three huge water spouts passed
down the lake not over five miles out
Sunday morning. Their action and
the seething water at their bases could
Re plainly seen from shore, and the
phenomena was watched with great
interest by many.
Cleveland, Oct. ga telegram has
been received here by the captain OF
| the Corrigan fleet, that the steamer
Progress, which had been missing four
DAVIS and was feared to have been sent
to the bottom by the storm during the
past several days, had arrived at the
SEQ. The Progress carried a crew OF
| fifteen besides the captain.
The body of Fox, one of the wheels
men OF the steamer Sheldon, which
was lost off Lorain Friday was picked
up by fish tug ten miles west OF Lo-
| rain Sunday. II had been caught in
tho fishnet. There was life preserver
on the body. Fox and another wheels
rnan jumped overheard when the
storm was at its height.
No More In Danger.
No marine disasters were reported
to the lifesaving station at Cleveland
during Sunday, and it is believed that
there are no more boats in danger.
Ludington, Mich, Oct, 23.--After
clinging to the rigging OF their vessel
for over twenty hours without food.
and with the ice-cold spray dashing
over them, four Of the crew of the
schooner J. V. Jones we're rescued and
brought here by the car ferry steamer
Pere Marquette No. IS. Two OF the
| crew succumbed to exposure before
help arrived.
The Jones had loaded hardwood
lumber in Traverse Bay and was half
way across the lake on the way to Mil
waukee when struck by the terrible
northeast gale.
Elk Rapids, Mich, Oct. 23.-The
schooner Three Sisters of Marinette.
| Wis. is wrecked two miles below this
village. The schooner rolled over on
It's side and now lies near the shore
In shallow water and few rods out.
No lives were lost, but the crew was
exhausted from hard work when the
sea went down and they were enabled
to swim ashore.
Standish, Mich, Oct. 23.-Wreck-
see from several boats that were lost
in the recent gales along Lake Huron
and Saginaw bay is coming ashore
north of here along the bay shore at
Au Sable, Tawas, Alpena and other
points.
Port Huron, Mich, oct. 23.-Fears
for the safety of the steamer J. G.
Ford were dispelled by the announce
ment last night that the boat would
arrive here today with pulpwood for
The Michigan Sulphite Fibre Co The
Ford was long time overdue on ac-
ccrat of the storm. A rumor was cur
4 rent th9s che had foundercd.
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