New-York tribune., 1911-03-17
EIGHT DIE IN LAKE WRECK
Bodies Chopped from Ice Ate"
Fishing Tug Sinks.
CAPTAINS G00DBy TO WIFE
Written on a Port Hole Cover
Virginia Vegetables and
Fruit Suffer.

Cleveland, March I6.--EeiGht and perhaps
eleven lives have been lost and hshinS tug
j. at the bottom OF Lake Erie AZ result
of the gale which swept tic lakes yester-
day and last night. The tug Silver Spray
of Erie. Penn. operated hy the Booth
Fisheries Company. Of Cleveland. went
down of this hsrbor carly to-day me
crew. consisting If seven men and boy.
took to the tugs lifcboat andto"ed Tor
the shore. hut were dashed on tho break
water and drowned.
Early to-day il was feared that four tugs
the Monarch. the Swan. the Lloyd May
and the Gerald R.-which put out of Ere
Penn. Yesterday. bound for the open
waters off Cleveland harbor. had been 'ost'
but later it was found that alb had reached
port safely. Zach had 4 cro" Of three
aboard
Along the lake front IT is reported that
in addition to its crew the silver Spray car
rcd three unknown passengers. who went
ont with the crew to Get experience. These
mcn are said to have gone aboard after the
boat loft tho Booth Fisheries Company
wharf The rumor has not been confirmed.
la=, message from the crew of the Sill
YER srray was found This afternoon, "hen
A port hole cover was picked up on the lake
shore AZ East ioih street written on Z"
With n lead pencil was the following:
"Goolhy. Iiattic; were going on the
hroaEva,or. JAMES p PTRDY."
II was CAPTAIN Pur6ys farewell to his
wife. vino lives a, Eric.
Tho arrival mere Of the LLOYD Met dis
closed the fact thet her rac'ain. Charles
Turdy. vas tho father of captain Jamo"
rurdv of the IN fated silver spray Tho
Lloyd MAY probably passed tho SILVER
Sprav ecmo time during tho nigh. h'lt her
crew saw nothing OF The doomed vessol.
Wher Mrs. Thomas Reed, of Erie. Penn,
c.fe Of oro OK ;ho victims of the wreck
of the Siive~ .srrav. sent him comic post
card hearing the inscription Ne wont
come hack again She li'ile realized how
prophetic the words were.
The card mailed yesterday, was waiting
for Reed ,yhcu hi frozen body wae brought
ashore TODAY.
The tug Castarct picked 40 0yo bodies
~ silver SPRAY victims INSIDE tn" break
wator t,de forenoon. ono uas that of 'ap-
tam Frrdy. Tho bodies al were lifn pre-
servers Thcy we're frozen in the ice and
had to hc chopped out.
Norfolk. "a. March Il. VIZ drop from
fstrnv Weather 10 degrees below freezing
lset night the esriv fruit cror IN this Part
81 Virginia IL believed To- have hoSn 50
verclv damaged. Tlum. gsa"h and pear
trees 0oro caught IL bloom ~ rith Young
fruit. rni~h i reported ~ have suffered
ee,oreIv. In ratfern North carolina he
potato crop is believed n have been So
,erely injured
Rccnorte- March IS Roports from this
section If Western New Work show drop
in temperatiire from Is degrees Yesterday
afternoon - degree, above zero ~ sun
rise fort, mile rind blew All night.
GsVeso =. Y. March is.-0"ners ~
70 a.h orc,ard- IN this section ~ tho -fafe
are appreheprivo that much dam'gH mas
been done the budding trcet hv The cold
wave last night otlie- fruit may nave
uunorod, too Tho mercury dropped from
.; degree above zero 10 zero IN less than
twcnly-ioUr hours.
Niddleto0n. =. !. March rs The t'n'
rcraiura here dropped - degree in twelve
hour lat rizht High winds pro allied
and much resultant damage a reported
from the surrounding country.