The Lamar register., 1907-10-16
Lake HORROR
CLAIMS CREW
TWENTY-FIVE MEN GO DOWN IN
RAGING STORM ON TREAcH-
ERous LAKE SUPERIOR.
BUT ONE LIVES TELL
STEAMER CYPRUS is TossEI
ABOUT UPON THE WAVES,
THEN DASHED TO PIECES.

Sault ste. Marie. Mioh.-Bound From
the head OF tho lakes on the sccon,
trip she has made since being
launched Mt lorain. Ohio. on Angus
nth last, the fine steel frelghtcr Cy
prus, Ito feet long, owned by the Lack
awanna Transportation Company
ioundcrcd October isth in Lake Supc
rior on Deer Park, taking down with
her twenty-five members OF the crew
Second Mate {, ]. Pitt. washed ashore
dashed 10 life raft. is the only person
left alive OF the ships people. and his
condition is SO critical since he was
found on the beach he has only beer
able To gasp out the name OF the
sunkcn ship aud the fact that twenty
two lives were lost,
Pitt is suffering from the dreadful
exposure in the icy waters OF Lake Su
porior, In addition 10 the huGetirs he
received from the breakers, untn he
has recovered sufficiently TO talk the
story OF the wreck and the exact cause
OF the stout steel ship laundering viii
not be definitely known.
Deer Park is about thirty miles south
VI Grand Marais on the shore Of LAKE
superior Several bodies nom the
wreck have washed ashore and two ART
known TO be those OF the FIRST mat,
and watchman.
Ssult Ste. Marie Mich.-Reccvcrin
Consciousness after hours ~ coastan,
nursing. the second mate Of the Cy
prus gave graphic account Of the
last moments ot the crew on board the
Inflated vessel,
The mate said that the Cyprus Was
making fairly s,Sd weather in the
storm. when suddenly the cargo shifted
giving thc craft u heavy list. This Was
about y M. when the vessel WAS %
Deer Park. in the regular course OF
vessels bound ur and down.
Water began pouring in the matches,
and y panic cnsaed. maay y. the crew
putting On life preservcrs- cSp;sir
Ruyiok. however, felt enatdcnt that he
c,ruld reach shelter behind Whttensh
FONT. and the hoSts were not lowered
Both engine and pumps we've working
and the crew felt sum the vessel would
ROT sin6 without warning
hut suddenly the hts srcishtcr v,ilssi
oyVr On her side and almost instantly
plunged 10 the ssottcra When the YES
sci rN,lsc,s over. the srs; and sc>>oud
mates, wateemAn and whsSelrian
we've esoSe ~ life rSfJ. which they
cut i,SNsc and cast 90 in time - escape
the Whirlpool caused by the Cyprus
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their frSN suppav, while the waves
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in the ansry surf the raft Was upset,
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