The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-10
coo. OPERATIONS
HERO 0FD|sAsTE6
IN LAKE; e DEAD

THE LOST.
PETER kILTY, eaptal., Lu1lng1ous
JOSEPH HREzINskI. mate, uaneeo-
"a. IL. BROWN. .eee.s ,.sss. Ls1a-u-
:. u. sExEPANEk. pur.es, q oeln~
81, Wcrcest~r, Mnss.
u: n NEEDHAN. chisf enginssss le1-
cHxi.MER ROsENCRANs, assaseont
engineer, NcsthEsrs, Mteh-
fACL nENNEnE, seesna sssastant
UNKNOWN, oiler. Norwegian.
a. ). MACK. steward. wsstesIl, n. "
Webster and Halst~d-sts., Chacogo. N
JOHN sCHRAuFUAGly cock. Nh
\. L. BERTRAND, pas.e.ser, L.x.
MICHAEL HAYTHALER. Ar<.a..
ForestyiIle, Mich.
sAMIEi. BoUcHIE. arena.. Rive
w. PARKER. areman. Marine City.
lNkNOWN, nreman.
WIS. MARION TURNER, cabin nasAs
PETER HIRE. watchman, Ludlsgts..
uNkNOMN, lookout.
JOSEPH MARROW, .crubssr, Lsa-
TWO sTOwAwAys, TOM KELLEY
and BROTHER, Detroit.
FRANZ WARMER. porter. Chicago.
JACOBSON, seansan, residence an-
CHARLES JENSEN. eiIer, LuSingto.-
ELI COiDEAN. Saginaw Con passes-
ger list; but NOT believed 90 be aeOara.1
JOE PETERSON, Waterman steouner
JAcoB JACOBSON. .crusher ss.ansr
No. IL, Ludiugton.
LUDINGTON. Mich, Sept. 10.-The
wireless played an important role In
the terrible disaster on Lake Michi-
ry No IS sank, carrying down with
her twenty-seven persons. Car ferry
No. Is is sinking; Help" Is the mes
sage flashed from point about TWEEN
ty miles off Sheboygan, Wis.
! At that moment the Inflated car
! ferry, the flagship of the feet of Ave
steel car ferries owned by the Pere
Marquette. was in deep distress 80
miles off the Wisconsin shore. Steph-
en- Sczepanek. the wireless operator.
who stuck to his key and flashed the
c. Q. ID. messages for assistance, went
down with his ship just as car ferry
No. IL hove in sight. Capt. Peter
Kitty stood on the bridge to the last
and was also a martyr to duty.
The RESCUED.
James Thomas, coal passer, Lud-
ington; David Dondono, scrubber,
Ludington; Norman Wall. head wait
er. Sanford Pa; Andrew Madison,
deckhand, Ludington; Tony r. Dicker,
deckhand. Grand Rapids; Simeon
Burke, wheelsman; James Koob,
water tender. Port Huron: Joseph
Standing Bear (Indian). 703 Van Bur-
en-sE, Chicago: Ray Virgins, fireman,
Farwell. Mich: Michael Petroskey,
deckhand, Kicker Sweden; Alvin
Rose. fireman, Marine City; Grover
Cooper, fire porter. Beardstown, Ill;
Vanner Charleston. fireman. II Main
ST., Buffalo; Charles Nelson, second
cook. Ludington; James Fay, first
cook, Ludington; Fred Potvin, cabin
watch, Ludington; Walter Kennedy,
scrubber, Ludington: Ray Beckford.
second porter, Alpena; George Tru-
dell, pantryman, Ludington; George
Harwood. scrubber, Ludington; Art
Porter, cabin watch. % North In
diana-st., Chicago; Henry Jensen.
fireman, 1927 Racine-st., Racine, Wis;
z. G.. Larson, deckhand. Custer,
| Mich; Herman Memrow, coal passer,
Manistee Mike Bucholts, coal pas
passer. 1873 Rust-st., Chicago: August
Page. deckhand, IT'S High-st., Chicago:
Roy Drinkwater, zoos Green terrace,
Chicago James Riley, coal passer.
Harrisburg, Pa; Stanley Chubb, first
porter. Ludington: Frank J. Young.
chief steward. Ludington; Roy Ander-
son, deckhand, Waukegan; Seymour
r. Cochrane. 933 Sheridan road, Chi
cago.
Car ferry No. Is carried 60 persons,
the majority OF whom were members
OF the crew. Two of the crew OF No.
| IL gave their lives in heroic efforts
to save victims from the rapidly sink
| ing boat.
Those on board No. Is were startled
at dawn yesterday morning by the dis
covery that the boat was sinking. A
strong gale was blowing, bur the boat
was expected TO weather any storm.
There is a suspicion that the craft was
! carelessly prepared for her trip across
the lake She left here at midnight
Thursday for Milwaukee. carrying "a
loaded cars and 400 tons or coal in
the bunkers.
When il was realized that the angry
waves would swallow up car ferry
No. lS there was a wild scramble for
! life preservers. The ship sank 80
suddenly in 400 feet Of water. though.
that the victims were carried down
to death. deprived OF an adequate OPP
/ portunity to escape. Thirty-three
persons were sustained by life pre-
servers and pieces OF wreckage when
ferry No II began the task OF rescue.
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TO GIVE McVICAR RECEPTION.