Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-25
SHIP SINKS IN LAKE HURON
Steamer Frank H. Goodyear Run
Down by the Frank H. Wood.
SEVENTEEN PERSONS DROWNED
Vessel Goes Down in Three Hundred
Feet of Water and Only Six Per-
sons Are saved, SO Far
ms Known.

PORT HURON. Men, May 2i.-Seven.
teen are supposed to be dead as a result of
collision Of two big steel freight steamers
on Lake Huron. rorth OF Point Aux
Barques, in a dense fog Monday morning
News of the collision reached here today. .
The steamer, Frank III. Goodyear Of
Cleveland, was sunk in forty-seven fathons
Of water The steamer, James b. Wood Of
Cleveland, which struck the Goodyear bow
on came into Port Huron harbor today
with a big hole in its how, carrying half
a dozen survivors from the Goodyear. The
latter carried crew of twenty-three men
and several passengers.
Captain +. r. Hemlnger OF Algonac,
Mich, who commanded the Goodyear: Chief
Engineer Gibson. Steward David Bassett.
one wheelsman and two passengers. Mrs
Thomas H. Bassett and her. daughter, of
Marine City Mich, were saved and brought
TO Port Huron on the steamer Wood
The only hope Of the survival of the 9TH
ers who were on board the Goodyear lies
in the possibility or their having been
rescued by the steamer Sir William Sic
mems, which was near the scene of the
wreck and is due at Detour and -Sault Ste
Mariei today s t.
The Goodyear was struck amidship on
the starboard side- while the how of the
WOOD was punctured - rf
In a moment it was seen that the Good
year was, doomed. as 1t began rapidly tc
fill with water. Everyone. on board was
supplied with life s-preserver and every
effort was made to man and launch tn,
/ small boats -. But. the! water poured into
tile hold SO fast that the heavy matches
were forced from their frames by tn,
i pressure from underneath and shot int
the air in every direction and the falling
matches added terror to the crew and pas
sengers.
i With his infant child in his arms, Stew
ard Bassett had almost reached safety fl
one of the life boats when one of tn,
tumbling matches struck the baby from
yhis arms. The little one fell into the lax
and was drowned, despite the frantic eff
forts of its father to rescue It,
Steamer Owned In Cleveland,
CLEVELAND, o., May z4.-According Il
the information received by the Gilchris
Transportation company here. owners o
the James b. Wood, the steamer which 4
reported sunk, was the Frank H. Good
year. owned by Captain John Mitchell
also of this city 1t carried a crew O
twentythree men in charge of Captain f
, | ~ thShlShbtl VI <AiSOidt, Mich.
Captain Mitchell received word from, Can
tain Hemenger by telephone this morning
He reported that two boats colided in IN,
: fog twenty-seven miles south of Thunde
Bay at o'clock last night, and that tn,
, Goodyear sank in forty-seven fathoms O
water.
, O. Captain Mitchell received no word as Z,
the fate of the crew.
, The Frank H. Goodrich was a moderl
steel steamer and was 436 feet long.
: Six henderson, the crew of the Good
year, including Captain Heminger, wer
: rescued by the steamer Wood and take
to PORT Huron, according to word receive
: at the Cilchrst offices" As the Goodyea
is said to. have had twenty three me
. aboard. the number thought TO have bee
drowned Is seventeen
That some of the crew of the Goodyea
were rescued by the steamer Sir Willar
Siemens was announced at the offices O
; the Gilchrlst company. The Siemens is up
bound. and. until 1t reaches the 500, som
thne today. 1t will not be known how man
were saved by that vessel The crew O
the Goodyear was shipped at Chicago.