The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-10-26
q ARE DEAD; ~ SHIPS LOST.
Storms Record of Death and Destruc-
ton Gains in Horror.


ton Gains in Horror.
Chicago, Oct. Palate returns from
the storm which swept the Great
Lakes for t~hirty-six hours, subsiding
Sunday morning, increase the known
death list to twenty-one. and the num-
Der of vessels either lost or damaged
to forty-two. Several small craft are
missing and 1t Is feared that the death
list will be increased.
Lost With Eight Men.
Cleveland. Oct. %. - The steamer
Bulgaria came into port yesterday af-
ternoon bringing news of the loss of
the barge Tasmania off Pelee island, in
Lake Erie, during Fridays storm.
The Tasmania sank at 5 o'clock Friday
morning with her entire crew Of eight
men.
The storm came up 30 suddenly as
to find the crews u~nprepared. The
darkness of night hung over the lake.
The wind rose with fearful sudden
ness, bowling and sweeping around the
boats. The lake became mountainous.
The boats were tossed about at the
will of the storm. 1t looked for a
time as If all would be lost.
It was seen that the line to the barge
Ashland must be cut. One Of the crew
| severed the line. The end of it dropped
| out Of sight. That was the last the
| crew Of the Ashland saw of the other
| boat, 1t seemed that she sank at once.
Crew Is Saved.
Buffalo, Oct. "a. The steamer ST.
| IBERIA of Cleveland f%oundered on the
| Canadian shore of Lake Erie. Capt
| Benham and the entire crew were
| rescued and brought to Buffalo by the
steamer J. H. Wade. The Siberia buff
feted by the terrific gale, sprang a
leak. The thrush of water through the
seams of her side and tons OF water
shipped as the steamer stuck her nose
into the huge combers. finally put out
the fires beneath the boilers, and Capt.
| Benham and crew were forced to take
to the lifeboats when the vessels decks
were awash. The steamer j. H. Wade
sighted the Siberia about noon and
stood by until the rescue was effected.
Woman in Crew.
Marquette, Mich, Oct. "a. - The
| schooner Alta lies a battered hulk on
| the rocks of Grand island. near Nun
| sing. The crew of seven men and one
woman were rescued in ar exhausted
| condition. The schooner Olga, dis
masted and rudderless, is at anchor of
! the Pictured Rocks. east of Munising.
The crew is safe. Both boats parted
from the steamer Myers during the
~reat gale THURSDAY night. 1t was be
lieved they had foundered.
Four survivors of the schooner j. Y,
Jones. wrecked in Lake Michigan,
were picked up and taken to Luding'
ton by the car ferry steamer Pere
| Marquette Nov. IS. Two of the crew.
William Thomas and Ever Olsen,
were drowned.
Nine Heroes in Watery Grave.
Huron, Mich, Oct. 24.-Nine heroes
went down with the schooner Mine
! dosa. The hurricane sent mountain
GUS wave to batter to pieces the wood
CT boat wherein eight men and one
woman were imprisoned. The vessel
creaked and groaned and timbers
! snapped. The bulwarks went over
| The wind Kissed through the rigging
and SEN it piece by piece into the
lake. Great seams were opening and
water poured into the schooner's hold
Ahead tumbled the steamer West
mount, stanch and able. Behind
pitched the Melrose. a Trailer vessel
than the Minnedosa was faring worse
The Minnedosa was going to the bot
tom. Every one of the nine human
beings aboard her knew it. Why should
they take others with them? Perhaps
if cut loose the Melrose could save her
| self.
Capt. Jack Phillips voice rose in
| command over the bowling storm
| One of the crew held a sharp AK. II
fell and the blow set the Melrose free
A few moments later the Minnedosa
with its nine heroes and a cargo of rs.
600 bushels of wheat lurched to the
bottom off Harbor Beach, Lake Huron
The melrose was picked up some
hours later and towed into port.