The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-09-07

| but the brave men stuck to their
oars aud finally reached land and
sent two men on to Bayfield, with
tear for tug to go to the scene OF
the wreck. The other boat perhaps
had the most Thrilling time, and it
is said by some of the women aboard
that had it not beenl for the second
en- gineer who stood with paddle in
the stern of the boat, which he used
/ for RAIDER, that the shore could
never have been reached. The
engineer rallied his men time aud
again when they seemed ready to
| Law down from exhaustion. One OF
the men had broken wrist in land
landing the life boats, bat not with
standing this he was compelled to
keep at the oars, and finally after a
time which seemed to the crew N
eternity, Sand Island was reached.
Most Of the survivors were taken to
BAYFIELD,, Others on to Ashland. All
| the men wore their hands in bano :
ages as a result of the horribly try
ing work they had done at the oars.
The Pretoria was. a barge Of the
VENEZUELA, and was started out OF
Superior Friday night. When thlr-
ty miles off Outer Island the towing
gear broke at both ends. the wire
cable dropping into the water. 1t
was wooden boat, ans was loaded
with iron ore. The Venezuela ran
foa shelter, while the Pretoria drift
ed. until within two miles of Outer
| Island, when an attempt was made
to anchor the boat. The heavy sea
rolling over it finally opened its
seams and at 4 80 in the afternoon it
sunk to the bottom. The ten mem
bers of the crew on board succeeded
in launching a boat and started for
shore, but their life boat capsized,
and although half of the crew, sue
ceeded 10 clinging to their boat I'M
til it drifted to the island, the other
| FIVE men were lost in the roaring
waters of Lake Superior. Captain
Smart and four seamen were given
shelter at the Outer Island light
| house. and finally were taken to one
of the ports on the bay Monday
afternoon by the Venezuela. Cap
tain Smart says:
ssWhen the Pretoria had ar
rived within mile and a half of
Outer Island, [ saw it was in
bad shape, but thought it might
possibly stand it if threw out
tho anchor, and [ knew it would
go to pieces if it went ashore,
! When it began to sink, we were
forced to take to the small boat,
and started for shore in the
heavy sea. At last a gigantic
wave struck US, and we were
thrown overheard. some of the
crew being thrown ten feet in
the air. At one time or another,
everyone of the ten men were
clinging tie the overturned boat,
but they dropped off one by one,
and only five of US reached the
shore, and were sheltered at the
lighthouse"
The Steamer IoscO of Cieye-
land, which had the unfortunate
scho oner Olive Jeannett in tow
during the destructive storm last
Saturday will also be added to
the gradually growing list of
ships which foundered on Lake
Superior during the great gale.
The Iosco was commanded by
Captain Nelson Gonyaw, and
carried a crew of 19 men.
/ It is certain that the Olive
Jeanette is lost. Thelight house
tender on Lake Superior saw the
big schooner go down four miles
north Of the light about 4 o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
! No steamer was in sight at that
time and as five days have now
elapsed since the Olive Jeanet tie
foundred, the owners of the Iosco
have given up hope that the
steamer lived through the ire
mendous storm.
The top Of an unknown boat is
said to have been found IN the
wreckage off Sand Island.
| Baker & Roy. who were put,
ting in cedar at Manitou island
are said to have lost all their
poles, infiicting very heavy loss
upon them.
William Olson's dock and boat