Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21

cial. THE wrecking steamer Manis-
tiQue is believed to be lost with her crew
of thirty-one men, the steamer ireland
is believed to have foundered off Sand
island. One man Of the Ireland's crew
lost his life.
Crosby Made Gallant Rescue.
The tug Crosby came into the harbor
| this morning after having spent several
hours on the raging waters of Lake SUI
perior rescuing thirty members of the
crew Of the Ireland.
Barely able to stagger along with the
| mass Of ice formed on her sides and
deck, and leaking badly, another attempt
was made to go out of the harbor IN
search of the Manstique which had
| been towing the Ireland toward Duluth
and was supposed to have become dis
abled III q collision with her tow, but
it was found impossible to make any
progress against the storm, and the tug
returned.
Panic on the Ireland.
When the Crosby came alongside of
the Ireland, several miles off Bayfield,
there was 2. panic among the crew OF the
steamer, and it was impossible to launch
| the boats. The men began swarmlnS
down the side of the steamer and one
of them. Andy Daniel of Marquette, 4
deck hand, fell in the water and sank
| instantly.
The gale made the little tug pound ter
ribly against the iron side of the steam
er and eventually she was stove in and
began to leak badly. w. y. thinner
man. wheelsman Of the Ireland, vas
! caught between the crafts on one o.
these dasbes, and his skull was frac-
tured. He is in a hospital here.
Among the people rescued from the
Ireland by Capt. Cornwall of the Crosby
was Mrs COnnors, wife Of the steward.
She was uninjured.
Was on Way to Duluth.
Early this morning the entire fleet of
tugs and steamers in the harbOr started
out in search Of the ManistiqUe and Ire
! land The Ireland was reported sunk at
s o'clock this morning.
The two steamers left Bayfield, at 4:3O
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Ire
land had been Oh the reef near here and
was in bad shape. She was to be taken
to Duluth for repairs. When the storm
became too much for the steamer and
her consort they tried to turn around
and run for shelter. The tow line be-
came tangled in the Manistique's wheel
and tug and steamer crashed together.
The line broke and the Manistique dis
appeared in the driving storm.
Freeze on Tugs Deck
On the way back on the Crosby there
was not room in the engine room for the
rescued men, and the little group hud-
died together behind the pilot house, suf-
fering terribly from the zero weather
and trying to find protection from the
biting arctic wind. When the survivors
reached Bayfield, they were nearly frozen
to death. They begged the captain of
the Crosby to go back after the Manis-
tique, but the Crosby could not live i'll
the sea in its damaged condition. The
tug Inman put out from Duluth at
a. m. to assist in the search for the dis
| abled wrecker.
The Crosby Starts Out Again.
Up to II o'clock today no trace of the
missing Manistique had been found. At
that hour the tug Crosby had been re-
paired and Capt. Minckey started out in
search of the Manistique and the Ire
land. The seas are so heavy that the
Crosby will not be able to go beyond
Sand island. Capt. NIinckey is taking
with him ON the Crosby all the crew of
the Ireland except the injured men, who
have been placed in the Marine hospital
here. He hopes that he can find the
ireland and put the crew back on board.
In case nothing is heardd from the Man
'istique steamers will be sent from Du-
'luth in search of the missing craft.
Capt Minskey of the Ireland says
that the steamer undoubtedly has sunk.
He said he would not have left her if
he had not been positive she was
doomed.
! Ireland Was New Boat.
The Ireland is comparatively new
vessel and is one of the Gllchrist fleet.
She stranded early in the week, and
several holes were soon pounded in her
bottom She was 416 feet long and had
a gross tonnage of 447O. She was
launched at Chicago in 1903.
When last seen the Manistique was
drifting out into the open lake before a
thirty-mile wind.
The Manistique measured 473 gross
tons, was 157 feet long, 81 feet wide
and had a depth of 10 feet. She rated A
212 in the insurance register. She was
built at Gibraltar Mich, in 1882 and
was owned by the Reed Wrecking COM
pany.
The Ireland's Insurance
i CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 15.-The miss
ing steamer ireland is insured for $240,-
900. If the vessel has gone down. the
loss will be the heaviest of the year on
the lakes.
kUiEO AT A DANCE