Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15
WRECKED ON THE LAKE
Fear That Ship With Thirty-0ne
Has Gone Down.
ONE OF THE BOATS is SUNK
Nothing Heard From the Other Craft
Left in Great Storm.
HEROIC TALES OF RESCUE WORK
In Freezing Weather the Men Escape,
but Only After a Desperate
Battle for Life.
ONE OF THE BOATS is SUNK
HEROIC TALES OF RESCUE WORK

BAYFIELD,, WIS, December 15.-The
steamship Manistique, with a cyew of
thirty-one men, has probably gone to the
bottom of Lake Superior, and another ves-
sell the Ireland, is also a wreck and is
expected to founder The tug Crosby, leak
ing badly, reached here early this morning
with all but one of the crew of the Ireland
after one of the most heroic rescue, in the
history of the lakes.
One man was drowned when the Crosby
took the crew of the disabled Ireland
aboard, and two others were seriously in
jured in panic that ensued when the
Crosby came alongside the apparently sink
ing craft.
At 4:3O O'Clock yesterday afternoon, in a
thirty-mile gale, the Ireland, in tow of the
Manistique, left Bayfield, for Duluth. At
about midnight, nearly frozen and wrapped
ir bandages. the crew of the Ireland, with
one missing, returned the Crosby which
was barely able to hobble into port as the
rerut of a collision with the Ireland There
seems to be little doubt that the Manis-
tique has sunk. as otherwise it would have
Ireland when, that craft sgna,cd it was
sinking.
The Crosby Arrives.
At go o'clock this morning the tug
Crosby arrived at Bayfield,. The tug B.
Blouan. one of the fastest in Duluth, left
this city at am to aid the Manstique if
1t is still afloat The names of the crew of
the Manistique are not ascertainabIe. The
man drowned on the Ireland was Andy DAN
iel of Marquette, a deck hand The in
jured w. A. Zimmerman, wheelsman
head split open, will probably die; Shirley
Shipman, deck hand, leg broken and ribs
smashed.
thrilling story told by the mate of
the Ireland when he came back with his
shipmates. He said they were almost
frozen in the bitter cold of the arctic-like
gale.
They Were dreuched with spray as they
tried vainly to find shelter behind the deck
house of the tug.
The Mates Story.
ASHLAND, Wis, December 1.-THE first
mate of the Ireland. who was brought here
with the others of the crew saved by the
tug Crosby. tod today of the sens itional
rescue of himself and his fellows W. lie the
i
stood at ten degrees below zero. he said:
The Manistique was towing is 81 the
tug Crosby was following. SUDDEN, the
tow line broke and caught in our wheel and
the waves broke rudder. We then fell
into the trough of the sea. The sea washed
everything loose overheard including the
air compressor which was all that kept us
afioat. We blew the distress signals, but
the Manistique disappeared in the darkness
and we never knew what happened to her
and never saw her again. The tug Crosby
came to our rescue, drawing alongside
Waterman Andy Dillon jumped but disap-
peared in the water. In spite of the high
wind and heavy seas the Crosby circled
around US and came back again.
Bucked the Seas.
Two more seamen, Wheelsman thinner
man and Oiler Shoreman, jumped Zim-
norman struck on the deck cutting his
head open He was knocked snnseless
When Shoreman struck the deck of the
Crosby ne broke leg and an arm. The
Crosby was thrown against the Ireland
and was badly injured, but stood by us I'M
til the entire crew, with the exec otion of
Andy Dillon, was saved. Then we bucked
the heavy seas. and after terrible strug-
gle in the small tug succeeded in getting
into shelter of the island. Every mans
clothing was frozen on him. All were ex-
posed to the storm and intense cold for
five hours"
The Ireland was a comparatively new YES
sci. She was one of the Glchrist fleet The
vessel stranded early in the week and sew
eral holes were soon pounded in the bottom
She was on the way to Duluth for repairs
The Ireland was 416 feet long and had a
gross tonnage of 4,iI0. She was launched
at Chicago in 1905.
No Trace of Missing Vessel
MILWAUKEE, Wis, December Is An
Evening Wiscon special from Bayfield,
says:
up to noon today no trace of the missing
vessel Manistique and her crew of thirty
one men had been found. Two tugs have
been scouting the lake since early today,
but have not vet returned.