The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-10
BIG STEAMER SINKS; a LOST
PERE HIROCETTE CtR FERRT
FOg NDERS ~ ItkE NE mo ~.
Mat CARRIED - PrrssUs - Crev snd
Pas.~asevs. ~ whom 0aiy ~ we've
saved Cars nsittBa IN the sterm
suppssea 90 Naye Caus~d Disaster.

IrpiSoroS. Mirh sept . One ~ the
worst marine accidents IN the states
history occurred bstwssn and O'Clock
this morning when car ferry No. ~.
flagship ~ feet II Eve steel car ferriss
owned and operated nv the Pere Mar
quests Railroad. sank % tho bottom %
Lake Michigan twenty miles % Port
Washington
The loss ~ life 10 as vet unknown The
crew consisted % about forty men twenty
deck swabs and thers were few pas
senEer. Most ~ those aboard lived in
this city
e Z ~ wireless message reached
Ludington at S O'Clock this morning
which Said Car ferry No. ~ sinking:
help
The fash was repeated continuously
from 4. n ;ili nearly 4. W but was
unsigned ~ I'D O'Clock Superintendent
Mercereau 90 the car ferry line received
. wireless from car ferry No ~ saying
that No ~ had sunk az O'Clock.
The storm 81 last night wa@ not enough
% itself tn have overwhelmed such
steamer. II n thought. however. that
the hiR steel boat rolling In the seas
caused railway cars loaded with coal
standing on her decks 20 break away and
that they were hurried about till they
battered the ship 20 pieces 50 that the
incoming water engulfed her.
Capt. Peter Kitty was one Of the oldest
and moet skilled car ferry navigators on
the great lakes. a man who has brought
bis boat safely through hundreds OF
storms. For eight years No. - had
covered her run across Lake Michigan
both summer aud winter with never an
accident.
The cause Of the disaster 10 a subject
OF much speculation. While there was
strong northwest wind and a fairly
heavy sea the conditions were not
especially severe. No. ~ was the finest
and most costly car ferry ever built. and
only yesterday the craft was inspected by
Government officials at this port and found
10 h. in FIST class condition. This was
hsr first trip on her regular run after re-
turning from Chicago. where she was
under charter 20 the Chicago Navigation
Company and ran in the excursion bust
mess between Chicago and Wauksg1n
during July and August
The boat was valued az 500 900 and the
cargo at 10000 to NSO.Ooo. The loss IL
d IlliN CONeTru DN H-htanNc III isoyu = W
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Following we're the officers Of the lost
car ferry: Captain. Peter Kitty; ir-t mate.
Joseph Brezinsk; second mate. Walter
Brown; chief engineer. Ross i.eedham.
assistant engineers. Charles Rosencrnnz
and Paul Rehnier; purssr. Steve Sczpanek
steward. Frank J. Young
Seymour Cock rane 81 Chicago. manager
of the Chicago Navigation Company. was
passenger on board. He and Chief
Steward Young are reported saved,
Al SD O'Clock this afternoon wireless
was received from No. II saying that
thirty three Of the persons aboard were
saved and twenty-four lost. including a
! few passengers. Two of the crew Of
| Ferry No. II were drowned in an attemp,
to rescue members OF the crew Of No. ~.
i Ferry No Il under C ommAnd Of Capt.
Russell on her way 10 l.udington from
/ Milwaukee. by mere chance sighted the
sink ing steamer stood by and picked up
| the survivors
/ The ferry reached this port this eve
ming Capt Russell gives out very little
| Information He saws that they got no
wireless message from the No ~ and
that u was by mere chance they happened
To be m such close proximity