The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-25
IS LOST IN CRASH or SHIPS
TWO BIG FREIGHTERS COLLIDE
~ roc ON LAKE HURON.


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Wan nSaas- WomAR aRd mAby Lest.
PoRT HUHoN. Mich, May o. Rammed
amidships by another steamer early
Monday morning. the steel frsishtsr
Frank n. Goodyear literally fell in tuo
and sank In lake Huron. Down with
the wreck went a number Of men and one
woman. besides a boy baby. The exact
number Of lost il a. yet undetermined.
Il h believed. however. that eighteen
lives were lost
The steamer that struck the Goodyear
NAs the James p. Wood The Wood
stood by. her bulkhsads keeping ont
the secs that otherwise would have poured
through the great hole in her bow
As,ern Of her, moving up A. fast AZ she
could. came the steamer William Sismens.
another big Fpighter hound for the 500
II was the proximity 81 this last craft
which has given rise 10 the slender hope
that s1ne of the men who went down
with the after section Of the wreck may
have come tO the surface and been picked
mp unknown TO the people On the Wood
II il very slender hope. however. for
the Wood stood by for several hours
and saw nothing Of such resoues Mean
time the Woods yawl had secured the
So where the Goodyear went down.
In the yawl when Il came alongside
the Wood were i've half dead survivors.
ons Of them a woman.
When the two vessels met 10 the heavy
fog which OverhuRg the lake at about .
O'Clock. % miles north Of Point AuK
BarqDes. thu force Of the collision was
20 great that the Goodyear parted in
the centre and ~ank almost immediately.
before the msmbers Of tbs crew had a
chance for their lives.
Probably the most pathetic incident
was the death Of little johnnie BAssett
Of Algonac. ClinGinE TO the arms % his
mother the thres-year-Old boy was sud
denly knocked from her hands by a piece
VI debris. The little fellow fell into the
water before his mother cOpld ssizs him,
but be must have been dad before he
reached the water. Tor there was an ugly
wound ON the sids of his head In an
effort 10 save him the mother too jumped
into the water. but soon disappeared from
sight and was not seen again by any u
the survivors In the meantime the hus-
band and father was pulled from a yawl
boat aboard the Wood. but owing TO his
weakened and exhausted condition the
captain Of the Wood refused 20 allow him
10 attempt a resCis Of his wife and baby.
Ne would have jumped into the water
bat for,the men who restrained him.
When = census was takeR q the Coed
yesrb crew Il Was fyund-ShAt only i've
u the t~enty three persons Who had
shipped on the boat In Chicago few
weeks ago could he accounted for
The Goodyear was almost cut In two by
the sharp steel bow u the Wood The
latter huct. which now hes mOorcd ~
the Grand Trunk dock IN this City had
two hOl~s each about three feet wide
stove Ia either how
when the bOats met the Goodyear
WIS bound down with C iuli of-Eo u orr
aud the WuUd wE- carrying Uu..l and 49,
upDOund. having pGsssd this port last
sunday
The sunksn steamer was owned and
oprratrd by the Mitchell Transit tom
W.ny u Cleveland She vas built II
steel aud had e capacity u I'm tons
tine Mood bslonE- 70 the GiiChrist feet.
Is II sts-l build with a oEpacity II Q. M
tons
-Of course cannot talk much. sad
Capt Hsmsngsr There will be- an IN
quirv aud all these things will bec0me
known do not care ~ any anything
about who 10 a. blame There was "A
heavy FOG snd of course Ne w-rr ga duty
nll the time
Theirs was q good crew aboard aud the
boat was in fine condition Even IN the
hour Of collision discipline was good Il
was about breakfast time The crsw
did an they. could Ia save themselves and
everybody elas. but the poor boys simply
didn't have a chance. ~ Il was no time AZ
all betWsen the collision and the sinking
u the boat
SAULT sTE MABIK. Mich II the friends
and families q the missing men 81 tho lost
steamer Goodyear are resting their hopes
m the steamer Sismsns they undoubtedly |
are doomed 10 disappointment. That vss-
~. which 10 was hoped picked up soms of
The missing ones from the wreck passed |
DstoQr this morning and made no report
n HAVING anV Of thaaa man on hoard !