Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-15
lake STEAMER Sinks;
TWENTY ONE perish.
BIG STEEL SHIP CYPRESS, 44o
FEET LONG, GOES DOWN
IN GALE.
SECOND MATE ALONE
LIVES TO TELL TALE
He Floats to Shore Lashed to Timber
Captain and Rest of Crew Are
Drowned-Theory Is That Machin-
ary Became UnmanagsabIe.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Oct. IA
The steel steamer Cypress, owned by
the Lackawanna Transportation COM
pany and on her second trip down the
lakes with a cargo of ore, was wreck
ed Friday night in Lake Superior of
Deer Park, which is about 80 miles
from Grand Marais, and all of the
crew of % excepting the second mate,
were lost He was washed ashore near
Deer Park dashed to life raft and
barely alive. Two bodies also were
washed ashore, those of the first mate
and a Waterman.
Survivor Can Hardly Talk.
The survivor is in critical condi-
tion and thus far has been able to tell
only that the steamer was the Cypress
and that he is the only one of the
crew left alive. He is being given care.
full medical attention in the hope that
his life can be saved. He has suffered
terribly from cold and exposure in adj
dition to the battering of the waves.
The Cypress was new boat, 440
feet long, with a capacity of 7,400 tons.
She had made only one trip to the
head of the lakes and was bound down
on her second trip. 1t is believed here
that the machinery of the Cypress
must have met with an accident, as
the northwest storm last night was
not severe enough to wreck such "a
strong ship.
Patrol Beach for Bodies.
No details will be received here un-
til-the second mate revives sufficiently
from his terrible experience to talk.
A careful patrol Of the beach is being
made by the life-saving crew in the
search for bodies.
Get News at Washington.
Washington, D. G., Oct. 14.-News
OF the steamer Cypress disaster on
Lake Superior was telegraphed to the
life-saving service here Saturday in
the following official report from the
Deer Park station:
Steamer Cypress, ore-laden, foun
dered T:45 p. M, 18th instant, Is miles
north of station (Deer Park %
drowned; second mate reached shore
+ on life raft, one-half mile east of sta
ton; two bodies found, first mate and
Waterman
First Mate and Waterman Dead.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Oct IA
A bulletin from the Dear Park station
says that the Cypress foundered Fri.
day evening at 7:45 o'clock 1877 miles
north Of the station and that the two
dead bodies washed ashore were those
of the first mate and Waterman
Probable Members of Crew.
. Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 14.-The last
payroll Of the steamer Cypress was
aboard the boat and probably was lost
This alone can give the names Of the
members of the crew according to the
officials of the Lackawanna Transpor
tation company. The September pay
roll gives very little information, as
there are usually many changes on
lake vessels between trips, especially
among the firemen and deckhands.
The captain of the boat was F. B.
Huyck Of Sheridan, N. Y.
First mate, John Smith, Cleveland
Second mate, C. ]. Pitt.
Engineer, j. ]. Norcross of iona.
wanda, N. Y.
Cooks, w. M. Dundon and wife.
These are the names of all who are
known to have been aboard the boat.
The Cypress was loaded with iron
ore bound for Buffalo. She left Su.
perior, Wis. at o'clock Thursday
morning.
The officials Of the Lackawanna
Transportation company have re.
ceived no, details Of the wreck other
than told in the press dispatches.
Mate Rows 81 Miles for Aid.
San Francisco, CAL, Oct. 14.-Ac.
cording to advices received in this
city, the Oceanic Steampship com.
pany's steamer Mariposa, which is
three days overdue from Tahiti, is off
the coast. 81 miles from Monterey,
without fuel. First Mate w. D. Wat.
son, who rowed the entire distance to
Monterey, reported the steamers pre-.
dicament.
The steamer Sporter is reported as
having left Monterey to tow the Mari.
posa to San Francisco.
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