The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-03-22
Liner ATLANTA BURNS.
Vessel Consumed To Waters
Edge.
CREW MAKES HEROIC EFFORT
TO SAVE DOOMED SHIP.
One Life Lost. Seventy-Five Rescued
by Tug. Loss Amounts to
100000.

G oodrich line burned to the water edge
off Sheboygan Sunday afternoon. Seven
,y.fve people barely escaped death,
after heroic effort to save the vessel
The ship is total wreck and the loss
is estimated at 100000
One man, Michael Hickey, deck
hand, fell overheard and was drowned.
The fishing tug A. A. Tessler Of Port
Washington came to the rescue of the
crew while the men were battling with
the raging flames The scene Of the
rescue was thrilling one. Many of the
men are i'll as result of bad burns
sustained on the face and hands or in
consequence of their severe exertions and
suffering in the fierce heat and binding
smoke.
Fortunate it was that the call for as
sistance given by Captain McCauley of
the doomed ship was quickly responded
to by the Tessler in charge Of Captain
Smith But for this timely assistance
there would have been a frightful hol-
oca It, probably almost paralleling the
horror of the Lady Elgin disaster of by
gone days.
The burning wreck was towed to the
shore about three miles north of Port
Washington. The hull was still burning
two or three days ago.
Only two passengers were on board,
all of the others being employed on the
steamer The steamer Atlanta arrived
at Sheboygan Sunday morning from this
city and loaded cargo OF freight at
Sheboygan, which cargo included a
large shipment of pianos and leather.
The total cargo amounted to about five
carloads of freight. The ship cleared
for Chicago about 1880 u. N.
When about fifteen miles south of
SheboygaD, a fire was discovered in the
compound room near the boiler room by
the cabin watch and the watchman
between the decks. They hastened to
Captain McCauley to give the alarm.
The entire crew was Immediately put to
work, and no effort was spared to save
the boat, which was about eight miles
from shore at the time the fire started.
The fishing tug Tessler, which was out
at the fishing grounds about ten miles
north of Port Washington, was sighted
just in the nick of time when it had
become evident that the we'll. directed,
heroic efforts of the desperately fighting
crew could not quench the tiercely raging
flames. The Tessler, commanded by
Capt. Smith, FASTENED to the rescue,
and transferred the officers, crew and
the two passengers to the steamer
Georgia, which arrived at Sheboygan
Sunday evening.
The Atlanta was considered one of
the most substantial boats of the fleet of
the Goodrich company. The steamer
Indiana, which is in dry dock here at
this writing, will probably be pressed
into service Immediately.
The Atlanta was n wooden steamer Of
1, 1879 gross tons. 1t was built in Cleve
land in 1891, and it was valued at $4,000,
according to Inland Lloyds vessel regis
ter. Its bottom was calked in 1901, and
it was last in dry dock in 1904
Shortly after being built in Cleveland
the vessel was slightly rebuilt at Mani
towoc before it went into the service Of
the company.
The vessel was 325 feet long and the
hold IA 210 feet deep. 1t had only been
recently that the steamer had been on
the west shore run, most of the trips
being made from Milwaukee to
Muskegon.
The officers of the steamer are
Captain--Con McCauley of Manitowoc.
First mate-George Stems of Racine.
Second William Glenn of Chicago.
Engineer Joseph Peroutka OF Mani
towoc.
Second engineer-Charles Wells of Chi.
cago.
Purser-H. P. Bloodgood of Milwaukee.
Steward-C. Hedgeland of Racine