Evening star., 1907-10-13
BRAND-NEW VESSEL
FOUNDERS IN LAKE
An Appalling Disaster Off
Deer Park.
SUPERIOR CLAIMS rs MEN
Only One Person Saved From the
Cypress.
SUPERIOR CLAIMS rs MEN
THINK HER PLATES SPRUNG
Captain of Another Vessel Saw the
Ore Steamer Just Before
She Disappeared.

SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich. October
12.-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 wrecked
last night In Lake Superior. off Deer Park.
which is about thirty miles from Grand
Marais. and all Of the crew of twenty
two. excepting the second mate, were lost.
He was washed ashore near Deer Park.
lashed to life raft and barely alive. He
is in a critical condition and thus far has
been able to tell only that the steamer
was the Cypress and that he Is the sole
survivor He is being given careful med
ical attention in the hope that his life
can be saved. He has suffered terribly
from cold and exposure. in addition to the
battering of the waves. Two bodies ave
also washed ashore at Deer Park
Was New Boat.
The Cypress was new boat, 440 feet
long. with a capacity of 400 tons. She
had made but one trip to the head of the
lakes and was bound down on her second
trip. 1t is believed here that the ma
chinery of the Cypress must nave met
with an accident. the northwest storm
last night was not severe enough to wreck
such a strong ship. No details will be re-
celved here until the second mate revives
sufficiently from his terrible experience to
talk. A careful patrol of the beach is be-
ing made by the lfe-saving crew in the
search for bodies.
News of the steamer Cypress disaster
on Lake Superior was telegraphed to the
life-saving service here today In the fol
lowing official report from the Deer Park
station:
Steamer Cypress, ore laden foundared
10 llth instant, eighteen miles north OF
station Deer Park: twenty-five drowned
second mate reached shore on life raft
one-half mile east of station; two bodies
found. first mate and watchman.''
Partial Death List.
The last pay roll of the steamer Cypress
was aboard the boat and probably was
lost. This alone can give the names of
the me mbers OF the crew, according to
the officials of the Lackawanna Trans
portatIon Company. The September pay
roll gives very little information, as
there are usually many changes on lake
vessels between trips, especially among
the fremen and deckhands
The captain OF the boat was f. B.
HUyck of Sheridan, N. Y
First mate, John Smith, Cleveland.
Second mate, c. j. Pitt.
Engineer, ]. ]. Norcross. Tonawanda,
y. Y.
Cooks. w. NJ. Dundon and wife.
Ihe Sc 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 Superior
Wis, at O'Clock Thursday morning
The officials of the Lackawanna Trans
portation Company have received no de-
tails of the wreck other than told in the
press dispatches
Was Sighted Yesterday.
Further details of the appalling disaster
on Lake Superior last night in which all
but one member of the crew of the steam
er Cypress lost their lives seem to indi-
cate that the laundering of the brand
new ship was due to a sudden leak
| through which the waters rushed with
such volume as to overcome all efforts
! to keep the vessel a1oat. The steamer
| George Stephenson of the Pittsburg
Steamship Company while locking
| through here this morning reported that
she had passed the Cypress late yester-
day A red streak was distinguishable
in the water behind her indicating that
her plates had been sprung and that iron
with which the ship was loaded was dis
coloring the water.
Capt. Harbott.e OF the steamer Stephen
son says his vessel passed within $50 feet
| of the Cypress SO close that he was able
to see that the matches of the latter ship
were not covered with the customary
covering to keep out the water. A heavy
sea was running, and the decks of the
/ Cypress were continually awash with the
| big combers that broke over her rails.
Crew of twenty-five Men.
The water poured into the hold through
the matches so rapidly that the pumps
were unable to keep the vessel aaoat
Later last night the lights of the vessel
when near Deer Park were visible to the
crew of the Stephenson and then sudden
ly disappeared. When told of the disas-
ter to the Cypress by the lock men here
the captain of the Stephenson was con-
vinced that the lights were those of the
Cypress just before she took her final
plunge.
The records here show the Cypress to
have been manned by a crew of twenty
five men under the command of Capt.
L. q. Huyck.
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