The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-25
Steel Steamers Crash in
Heavy Fog Near
Port Huron.
NO HOPE is HELD
OUT FOR MISSING
Only Five Persons Aboard the
Frank H. Goodyear Saved.
Babe Lost in Fathers Arms.
Woman and Child Struck
by Tumbling Hatch
way.

Port Huron Mich, May 24.-1n
collision between two big steel freight
steamers on Lake Huron. north OF
Point aux Barques, in a dense fog
Monday morning. eighteen men are be-
lieved TO have been drowned. The
Frank II. Goodyear. of Cleveland. was
sunk in forty-seven fathonis of water.
The steamer James B wood OF Cleve-
land which sunk the Goodyear oo"-on,
limped into Port Huron Harbor to-day
| with big hole in her bows CARRYING
| half a dozen survivors from the Good.
year The latter carried crew OF
twenty-ttlree men and several pas
senzers. Captain F. r. Heminger. OF
Algonac. Mich, who commanded the
| GOODYEAR: Chief Engineer Gibson.
| Steward David Bassett, one wheelrnan
and two passengers. Mrs. Thomas II.
Basse,t and her daughter, OF Marine
| city. Mich. were saved and brought
to Port Huron on the steamer Wood
Families and friends of the missing
eighteen members of the crew to- Mt
| practically gave up all hope OF any OF
| the missing party having been res
/ cued The steamer Sir William Sic
mems. which was said TO have picked
| UP some of the missing crew. passed
Detour to-day, and made no report OF
| having any of the survivors aboard.
Would Have Reported.
That the siemens would have re-
! ported otherwise is regarded as GER
! tain. She has not yet reached Sault
| Ste. Marie, and, it is thought, may
! nave been DELAYED in Sailors. Encamp-
| ment Channel by the blockade there.
\ Four of the rescued members OF the
/ crew have gone to the Goodyear s
headquarters In Cleveland. and Mrs.
| Emma Rasset,, the only survivor, is
/ still in Port Huron
/, The collision occurred about S
! o'clock Monday morning In a heavy
/ fog which overhung the lakes. and
| when the two steamers came together
4 the crew of the Goodyear. which is
/ reported 20 have struck arnidships had
! time to seize only life preservers and
/, a few could jump overheard before
the boat began to fill with water.
| The cook had just sounded the sec
| ond call for breakfast on the Goodyear
when the crash came. and many were
! In the messroor. All rushed on deck
] and then the boat began to sink. Some
| Jumped into the water and managed
/ to get out of reach OF the boat, which
was fas. filling.
/ Went Down Suddenly.
| Suddenly the Goodyear parted in the
l centre, and. with a sound which could
be heard dHabove the whistling of the
| Wood sank out of sight, carrying ali
but FIVE down with her.
| The bow of the Wood was badly
| stove in, but she rested on her bulk
| head. and although some water flowed
| into her tho hold was kept open
through the efforts OF the pumps.
1 Following the accident. Capt. Glib.
/ son. of the Wood, ordered the small
| boats lowered and gave the crew IN
| structions to make every possible eff
| fort to save any of the sailors of the
! sinking steamer. Within short time
the yawI boat was brough. alongside
! the Wood, 2nd five. people. Capt. Hem
engHr Steward Frank Bassett, Mrs
1 Emma Bassett. Franl, Mollick and
George Grant. we're taken aboard. al
in an exhausted condition, caused by
their eSertions to save themselves and
1 the length of time they were In the
water.
Babe Washed from His Arms.
4 With his infant child in his arms,
! Steward Bassett had almost reached
safety in one Of the lifeboats. when
one of the tumblins matches snatched
the baby from his arms. The little one
fell into the lake and was drowned
despite the frantic efforts of it's father
to recover It. When the Goodyear set
tied beneath the surface of the water
1t was evident that she wss probably
1 broken in two. the action of the water
having completed the destruction be.
i gun by the blow received in the col
/ lision.
For more than seven hours the Wood
4 remained at anchor near the scene OF
/ the collision, the captain hoping that
he would be able to save more of the
4 crew of the Goodyear. There was little
sea at the time. and the fog Is held
/ Ilargely responsible for the accident.
Il An Awful Sight.
II was standing on deck when
heard the alarm whistle" said one OF
Il the crew of the Wood. "A moment
later the two boats crashed together.
4 ran forward and surveyed the extent
4 of the damage to our boat, and then
turned my attention toward the Good
Iycar and could see that she was
sinking Cast,
standing amidship on the Goodyear
was the entire crew. huddled close
! together and saw first one and then
I another jump overheard. Suddenly the
. Goodyear made a lurch to one side and
!. went down, leaving a big hole In the
\ water, and the suction carried many
,down with it,
Next l saw woman come to the
!, top with child in her arms. Ther
one, of the matches bobhed up ant
struck her as 1t descended, I wal
: forced to turn my head from the sick
ening sight.
The fog cleared, and all I could SET
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