The Detroit times., 1911-05-05

engineer Of the Fisher.
LOUIS suoDEN, Buffalo, steward
Of the Fisher.
MRS. LOUIS sUeoEN, Buffalo, AZ.
sistant to the steward.
Three lives were lost In the irst
serious accident OF the season. In
local waters, about midnight, Thurs
day, when the big steel freighter.
Stephen Clement rammed and sank
the steamer E. l.. Fisher In the chan
mel, opposite Wyandotte.
The dead are: w. w. Auhi. of
Cleveland, chief engineer of the Fish
er; Louis Sugden, Buffalo. steward ~
the same boat. and Mrs. Sugden. who.
was his assistant. II Is thought that
the Sugdens were drowned In their
quarters before they could get out.
as the boat sank almost Immediately
after the collision. Capt. J. w. West
colt. the local marine reporter, viii
send a diver to the sunken vessel.
Friday afternoon, II he can secure the
services OF one, In an attempt to re-
cover the bodies.
Engineer Auhl was seen on deck
just before the boat sank and appear
cd to be injured. AS the boat turned
over he rolled OF the deck into the
water and that was the last seen OF
him.
Eight of the crew OF IA, including
Capt. George l.. Cottrell, OF Cleveland,
saved their lives by jumping from the
forward deck OF the Fisher TO the deck
OF the Clement as the two boats clune
together for few seconds. Three
others, who were aft, were unable to
reach the forward deck before the
boats parted and jumped into the
water. They were picked up by mem
bers OF the Clements crew.
The crew of the Fisher was COM
posed OF union men, but none OF them
had appeared In the headquarters or
the Lake Seamen's union up 10 1
of the crew of the Clement, which IL
lake carriers association boat, and.
therefore, carries non-union men. said
that the shipwrecked crew had left
the Clement, which Is lying on Or
leans-st., shortly after IL o'clock, but
no traces of them could be found.
Two OF the Fishers men are from
Detroit. They are Charles Jagenow,
mate. who lives with his mother at
No. sos Bewiek-ave., and William
Burrill, watchman.
Capt -Gottreii, Of the Fish
er, nor Capt: Townsend of the
Clement, would discuss the cause OF
the accident. which probably will not
be definitely known until after the
steamboat inspectors finish their In
vestigations.
The Clement was bound down, with
ore, while the Fisher was up-bound
with cargo OF coal and a deck-load
of steel rails. Capt Cottrell says
that the first warning OF danger came
when the lookout saw the Clement
bearing down out OF the darkness
and headed straight for the Fisher.
The latter was struck on the port
side Just aft of the forward cabin.
The men up forward had just time to
Jump to the Clement when the dam
aged boat went to the bottom like
shot She lies in 80 feet Of water
on the east bank of the channel,
short distance below the Mamajuda
light. All boats are notified to keep
to the west of the wreck.
Both boats are owned In Cleveland.
is $50 feet long, So feet beam, of 5,821
tons capacity and her owner is John
She emerged from the col
lision without any serious damage,
the only evidences that she had been
in a mix-up being few scratche1
about her bow. After the accident>
Capt. Townsend steamed back to
Detroit and anchored Just on the D.
troit Shipbuilding Co.'S plant, %
await orders from the owner.
The Fisher Is a smaller boat, her
being only 1000 tons, and
was new last season. She Is canal
size boat and is owned by the Argo
Co, of Cleveland.
Engineer Auhl, of the Fisher, II
survived by his widow and one son,
in Lakewood. o.
Capt. Cottrell talked freely of the
wreck. aside from the cause.
When we saw the Clement bear
ing down on us, we realized that
collision was inevitable" he said.
I'VE had just about time TO ring the
bell, which brought the
men scurrying from their hunks, be-
for the crash came. There were eight
Of us up forward and We lost no time
In jumping aboard the Clement. Just
as the last OF the eight jumped the
boats broke apart and the Fisher
went down like lump of lead The
Clement lowered her small boats as
quickly as possible and in this way
managed to save the men who jump
I'd from our ship. The boats crnised
around for some time In the dark
trying to locate the other three, but
hnally had to give up the search. II
nay be that Mr.. and Mrs Sugden
vent down with the boat"
Charles Jagenaw mate OF tho
Fisher, telephoned TO his mother,
Mrs. Caroline Jagenaw, Friday noon,
hat he was uninjured and would be
,ome shortly. Mrs Jagenaw, who n
IN elderly woman, was much alarm
d at the fret news OF the wreck,
mi was not treasured till she heard
rom her son.