The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-09-14
STEAMER SINKS
The Worst Disaster in the Eistory of
Lake Michigan Happeas.
MANY PEOPLE PERISH

| MANY pEUpLE pEMSH
Ferry Boat Goes 10 Eotto,n Wlc'
Half Way Across l-akc:-Heroi
| Efforts ef Crew to Prevent Cata>
trnp,.- rnavailinS.-inde>ctibabl
Scenes Of Horror.
Twen;y-nine lives were lost nea
Ludingron. Mich. Friday when Per,
| Marquette car FERRY No. is. bonut
from. I.ud!ag,on 70 Milwaukee. wen
10 the bottom Of Lake Michigan
half way across the lake. The deat
include Capt. Peter Colty OF Lud
ington. 5. +. Sezepanek. o; Chicago
purse. and wireless operator. who's
signals Of distress brought assistance
20 the sinking steamer. and t~t
members OF the crew OF car terr,
No. l.. who los: their lives In az
efors 20 rescue the crew OF No. )
shrouded in mystery. +. f Pevin
cabin watch. said the boat was re-;
low ~ the stern when the frSt alarEI
was given. He said they pushed %
railroad cars into the lake 10 east
the vessel. ou. without avail. Sey
nour Coch.ane. Of Chicago. another
Survivor. said be was reading mag
azine in hts berth when cabin boy
raped a, the door about 4-3o a N
and shouted that the bow was sink
ing.
Cochrane foated on cabin dooI
until picked up BY No. i. The
purser had given him $4,000 which
was due Cocarane's employers after
they had delivered the boat TO the
Pe-e Marquette company. the hiV-
ing leased be. ali summer. But Cocn-
rance could no, load himself down
with the coin and tied the money
to the stairs rail as the boat went
down.
Many OF the life boats were stove
in by wreckage. turbl;ng in every
direction on the tossing sea. the oc-
cupan,s of the small boats be!ns
thrown in the water and many
drowned.
The sum total OF the catastrophe
is ,ol! in the ta;a! figures. % lives
los, and the financial loss amounts
20 100000.
The story Of ;he loss OF car ferry
No. iS constitutes the most tragic
and tarllins chapter yet written IN
the history OF Lake Michigan ma
zine. Leaving Ludins,on Thursday
nigh, at li.:n with a fair nu; stiff
wind and 70 cars loaded on deck.
the ferry made good wea;her :or frc
hours on its course 20 Milwaukee.
Al As word was sent 20 Capt.
Pete! Co!ty that his boat was rapidly,
making water and thar the pumps
we're unable 10 keep even with ;he
inflow. VII full confidence in The
stability and SeaworihinesS OF his
Graf, the veteran car ferry navigator
headed his ship with all speed 10
Sheboygan on III. Wisconsin side.
The pumps We're worked 10 their
tuiles; capacity and al: eSped:enis
known 20 skilled and resource!u!
mariner resortcd 10.
Bu; despite every effort The ter
r;hle fact dawued upon the captain
and on all on board that the oo2t
was gradually but surely sinking.
An effort was made 20 run q mum
Der OF railroad cars overheard AND
thus tighten the load and gain :e"
precious minutes With gcea, diff
Guilty nine were dropped OF the stern
O! No. IS. bu, this gave the vessel
Only slirht and temporary relief.
The ship was doomed. Vet. NOT
witbstandins this important fact and
il the hope o! saving both crew and
c.at,. "a. captain crowded his snip
10 the utmost limit hoping 10 reach
,hoal water. The effort was futile.
At 30 Eriday mornin: tine came
when the boats bouyancy vas no
longer sunicien; 10 sustain IL SUD
denly withou, warning and before
the horrified gaze OF so men on
board ferry No. u. which had just
arrived on the scene in response 20
a distress signal. the big black bow
OF the ship rose high in the air. the
stern settled swiftly toward the ho;-
tom and with a roar and crash like
an explosion the ship Sho, downward
and was los; 70 view.
The ho--:aed onlookers on NUM-
Der "a stood for momen: speech
less and petr:fed There among the
surslng waves were fellow be!nSs
struggling for their lives. Agoniz-
in. cries for help were heard above
the sea. All was confusion. ind"S.
serbia Die. terror and chaos. In i
;w!nklins 20 lives were Snuned oh'
and sixty strong men were precip!'
tated into 4 death trap as crnei As
x was hopeless
Then y .an the rescue. Lover
in. one he- life boats. contain
inr four sailors tho crow OF Number
/: hccan a work which marks man.
OF them as heroes No sooner haI
the thy boa, touched the angry way
es than il was hurled with t:rriHt
force asains; the side OF the S;ce
steamer and crushed 70 a sttc re!cS:
mass.
Two Of .he sailors We're rescued
hv those or board while the othc'
TWO. Jos Jefferson and +. jacob
son. scruhacr Immediately s;.l-
and G.oeasd After this :acidca; 4,
i, said that the men were loa;h K
ente: 'he small boats. but Others O