Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-01
VERY WIDE EXTENT
Covered by the Disastrous
Wind.
ECHOES OF LAKE STORM
CANADIAN STEAMER COMPLETE
WRECK-THREE LOST FROM SCow.
Many Cities Affected Loss of Life
in Wrecks Of Various
Vessels.
ECHOES OF LAKE STORM

| DULUTH MIMI December IA message
| received here from Port Arthur, Ont. says
| the Canadian steamer Monkshaven of the
| Algoma Central Line Is ashore at Pie Is
land, near Port Arthur. The crew were
| saved, but the vessel is a total loss.
The II. B. Nye got into Two Harbors
| last night badly battered Her cargo OF
fax. valued at $4,000, is damaged about
| 30 per cent.
! Three men lost their lives in the wreck of
| the scow George Herbert at Two Islands.
They are Ole Miller, George Olson and Ole
| Nelson, all of Duluth. When the scow
went on the rocks William Hicks and
| Charles Johnson saved themselves by jump
| ing to shore. The latter three lacked the
! courage, as the scow broke said their last
goodbye and disappeared. Hicks and Johf-
| sen were saved by fishermen
Belated Vessels Arrived.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, December IA tele-
gram received at the offices of the Pitts
burg Steamship Company here today from
Two Harbors, Mich states that the steam
er Watt with the barge TEonas in tow, has
arrived safely at that port These vessels
had not been heard from since the big
storm of Tuesday. Up to the present time
the vessels belonging to the Pittsburg
Steamship Company have been reported
ashore as a result of the recent gale. The
officials of the company express the belief
that all these vessels VIII be saved with
the possible exception of the steamer Ma
taafa, wrecked near Duluth. and the steel
steamer Lafayette, ashore near Encamp-
ment Island. Reports received here today
from upper lake ports show that the
weather has moderated greatly. and that
the sea has gone down. Ihe condition, no
doubt will materially assast IN the saving
of the stranded vessels.
Steel Steamer Total Wreck.
NORTHPORT, Mich, December 1.-The
steel steamer Vega is total wreck on Fox
Island at the foot of Lake Michigan The
crew of nineteen men was taken off by In
dian fishermen and was brought here late
last night.
The vessel was bound down from Esca-
naba with q load of ore and encountered
the storm while crossing Lake Michigan.
She ran on Fox Island during heavy
snowstorm and shortly afterward broke IN
half The boat is owned by the Gichrist
Transportation Company, was built In 1888,
and was valued at $loo,0o0.
A Large Steamer Ashore.
CHICAGO. December 1.-The large steam
er Western owned by NJ. ]. Cummings of
Oswego, \. Y, is now lying on the sandy
shore of Lake Superior, sixteen miles east
of Ontanagon. Mich. The vessel does not
appear to be greatly damaged. and the
chances are that II can be fioated before
winter sets in. The toat was run ashore
during snowstorm last Tuesday.
A Crews Spectacular Escape.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, Decneber IA special
to the Dispatch from Two Harbors, Mimi,
giving details of the wreck of the steamer
LAFAYETTE Tuesday morning the main
land eff Encampment Island, seven miles
east of here, says:
1.-The forward crew made spectacular
escape. The only rope available was the
lead line which was cut into equal pieces
for each member. Ore at q time each tieo
his piece to one of the stanchions of the
fence The action of the waves swayed
the bow back and forth against the ledge
and as it struck the rocks the man on the
line would drop on this treacherouS foot nS
and scramble up the bank. Captain Wright
was the last to leave. He was encumoered
with water-soal1ed fur coat, and 1ell on
the rock and had to creep to safety. lie
was badly bruised. Captain BalIour eS-
capped from the Llfayette's consort, Ma
Mia by ladder and his mate climbed
over hanging tree. They got a line from
the Iafayette's after crew This line was
attached to a tree and the shore was
reached by this means. The embankment
was very high at this point. and thckly
covered with ice. Some of the men worked
their way hand over hand up this rope.
1t was here the fireman Patrick Wade OF
Buffalo, was drowned. He lost his ho:d
and fell into the lake Efforts to save
him were unavaing. An arrangement was
made by which Others were hauled over the
line.
The Manila was not injured to great
extent, and after daylight both crews
found shelter aboard her.
Barge Picked Up by Steamer.
|. BAYFIELD,, Wis, December 1.-The
barge Constitution, which broke away from
the steamer Victory during the great storm
early in the week was picked up by the
steamer Moore and brought into this port