The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-10-17
MYSTERY IN DISASTER.

There is much mystery in the disaster
W luI ~ PrgSS sue was So ot tE VIM ,M
If las, ni,hf Htns Lor,I, str"nG eno,,Dh
"a Love r9Tsed ~, arci,fant to Pho bn9f
M Lalinf 10 tbnt ~, t'r,,rS.s Lona me-
diuabind thrnn5b an nv, ,Is,,t r. bnr ma
rhiucrv md rGat The h5If drifted helm
less ON 10 rocks off The S0ost and fouu-
dered.
The Lcoch 10 bainc ratrolpd hv reSi-
dents and the Iife-saTin, crew with the
hone that something morr may be learned
Of fbr disaster or if any are still alive
they may be. rescued There is little
hope, however.
As there are changes on each trip of
lake steamer the names of the victims
cannot be learned as the payroll of the
Cypress was on the boat. The men who
are known to have been Oh the vessel
are:
CAPT. +. r. HIrYCK Of Sheridan. \. Y
FIRST NATE JOIIN SMITH. Cleveland
SECOND MATE c. j. PITT
ENGlNLER j. }. NoOkCROSS, roma
"1aHuE4ii T. ~ \, Dr-~no>, ,,,, ate,
oooh' n Do->n'N "''
1t is believed that the Cypress was IN
sured abroad through New York
agencies. 1t IS believed that the total
G579 G Oh the me los, uoI WIN
carried insurance to the limit.
vECcrI NEuy ONE
E0oN ~ NH" oNH
The Cypress was bound Tor Buffalo
with iron ore. She left superior at
o'clock thursday morning
The lost steamer was punt az Loralh,
o., by the American ShlpOulldlhg com
pany ana was launched AuguSt L. ne
new boat was chrlstened ny MISS fiaZel
Arnold OF Marine CITY; Inc dimensions
OF the steamer were 4io leel ionS OVER
all o. ieet pealh ana % ieSt ueep.
On september ~ the cypress telt
Lorraine on her maiden trip gong TO
Duluth Tor IRON ore uhder me cofhinanu
OF capt. Huyck. Inc cypress WAS tae
NTH OF elght steer steamers Whlch the
American Shipbulldlng company mas
been constructing Tor the Lacka"anha
oleainsntp COMPANY don hv r hiS 't ths Amapi
can Shipbuilding company secured the
Sbpowncrs Drydock company in Chi
cago. Most of the bondhoders of the
latter company took stock in the steam
ship company for their holdings. While
the steamship company worked in close
connection with the Lackawanna Steel
company, which had just completed
big plant near Bullalo, us STOCK IS very
widely held around the lakes.
WESTERN RESERVE DISASTER
IHe cypress Went uo"h u0t lar from
Nhere Tue Sie1i Sl'uunl,t N'N1t!n ~
serve loundrFeu III 1917: AS Win ll,c
W eSterh RESERVE lueIe II oHIE SIhsiS
survivor, iHe coincidence Is maze, sun
stronger when 1t was remembered by
marine men ioua! tH'i tHe So'e SURVIVOR
OF thG t rS'gr rSe' The w" Wostn ,r0 R fae
serve was the first steel steamer to
founder ON the Great Lakes and the dis
aster resulted in general strengthening
of steel ships from that time on. Since
tho Western Reserve went 10 the bot
tom IF lake Superior. however, there
Lave heen number of steel Sims lost
an that lake in nearly every case the
entire crews being lost, Among the i'll
rated steamers have been the Hammock
hnrn Hudson and Ira II. owen.
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pittshurp Steamship company reports
that she had passed the Cypress
] LATE Yesterday. 4 red streak was dis
tinguishable in the water behind her,
indicating that her plates had been
snruno and that the iron with which the
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