The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-13
nine BODIES
FOUND FROZEN
IN SMALL !! BOAT
Work Of the Lake Storm Still
Adds to the Death
EVERY AVAILABLE. CRAFT A|O|NG
N THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS
Vain Hope That Assistance May Reach
Them Before Death-The Companies
Are Bending Every Effort to Rescue
the Shipwrecked Sailors.


craft here was put out today to aid
IN the search for the possible sur
vtvors Of the Marquette and the Bes-
semer car ferry No. 2, which have
probably foundered in the middle of
Lake Erie. Nine of the crew of the
vessel were brought here last night,
frozen to death, in small ten man
yawl' by one of the state fisheries
boats, the Commodore Perry,
The first to leave today was the
Commodore Perry, which after forty-
eight hours vigilant search, succeed
ed in towing to port the boat con-
tanning the nine dead sailors. Capt.
Driscoll, commanding the Perry said:
Il expect to find other yawls with
members of the crew of the car ferry
in them. l hope against hope that
may reach the yawls in time to be of
real assistance"
The officials of the car ferry COM
pany have spared no effort to find
their missing ship and the ship
wrecked crew. 1t is reported that the
burial of the nine bodies recovered
yesterday will be paid for by the car
ferry company as the loss in some
instances falls heavily upon the
shoulders of the surviving members
of the sailors families. Some of the
men found frozen in the yawlt by the
Perry's crew had been long in the
service Of the car ferry company.
The nine dead bodies recovered
were shipped to Conneaut today, ac-
companied by more than a hundred
mourners.
AS the lookout on the Perry sight
ed tiny half sunken yawl at about
noon yesterday orders were given to
steam down upon the object Glasses
discovered the boat to be loaded with
nine men. When the. Perry !. came
abreast Of the. yawl, the occupants OF
the boat. which was marked "Besse-
mer and Marquette No. a." were
frozen stiff,
News of the finding of the bodies
quickly spread and thousands
swarmed the wharves. The bodies
we're taken to the morgue.
Conneaut; Ohio, where most of the
men live, was notified and hundred
residents of that city arrived within
two hours.
The cook Of the car ferry was the
only man to wear an overcoat. The
eight other men were dressed in
overalls and jumpers, indicating that
the departure from the car ferry had
been hurried. In the bow end of the
boat was found complete clothing for
one man and 1t is the belief that the
yawl originally contained ten men
and that one becoming crazed had
discarded his clothing and jumped
into the icy waters of Lake Erie.
Albert ]. Weis, of this city, treas
urer of the keystone Fish company
and the Bay State Iron works, was q
passenger on the ill-fated boat. His
body has not been found.
To representative of the Associ-
ated Press, Captain Driscoll, COM
manding the Commodore Perry, said
today: -.
There was a heavy sea running at
the time we sighted the yawl and we
had some difficulty in, reaching It.
AS we made her, out with our glasses
eight of the men were sitting up in
the boat, their life preservers strap
ped about their shoulders. The ninth
man lay at the bottom of the boat,
frozen to the slat flooring.
The faces of the men were bloated.
Their clothing was heavy with frozen
water. We did not attempt to take
the nine dead men on board as we
feared the tiny yawl would .capsize II
my men attempted to board It,"