Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-07
Steamer Easton on Rocks
in Lake Superior, but
Passengers Reported in
No Immediate Danger.
ROUSE SIMMONS IS
GIVEN UP FOR LOST
Chicago Boat Laden With
Christmas Trees Believed
Sunk; Coal Craft Went
Down During Storm.

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High winds and rough seas were
reported over all the great lakes
excepting Ontario today.
On Erie the storm was the worst
Of the season and a barge sank
at Putin Bay.
A thfrty.eight mile gale was
blowing at SauIte Ste. Marie,
Mich, and fleet Of ten boats took
shelter behind White Fish points.
Navigation was next to impos-
sibie.
The steamer Easton, which ran
onto the rocks In Lake Superior,
seemed In little danger, and her
passengers were absolutely safe.
Duluth, Mimi, Dec. 6.-"Weather Is
very bad; boats position is perilous." 4"
This was the wirsless message flashed
early today from the steamer Easton,
which was dashed on the rocks thirty
five miles off Port Arthur, Ont, yes
Y terday Forty persons are reported to
be aboard the boat.
A fierce northwest gale swept Lake
Superior last night. piling the waves
mountain high. There also was q
heavy fail 81 snow. -
The Easton Is In a peculiar position.
y Before she hit the reef she went over
ii midships and there she now rests
with her nose in deep water and her
stern in the air. Should she slide for
ward she will 70 into deep water
again.
Passengers Not Alarmed.
sThe passengers can leave the ship
4 for the tugs or lighters If they want
to. but Captain Hokanson says the pas
sengers are not all alarmed and are
remaining on board. There is cause for
uneasiness,' said Manager Hogstad, Of
the Booth lines here today.
"A wireless message received at $3.50
by the Associated Press from the
operator on board the steamer Easton
says:
"All aboard safe. The steam pipes
are not damaged and everybody warm.
We could walk ashore, but there Is
nothing there but rocks and snow"
All the way between Sault Ste.
4 Marie and the American head Of the
lakes are ships of various burden and
various cargoes making their way
through the rough seas. Most Of them
are coal laden. Vessel men here today
were apprehensive about these heavy
craft. In the fleet are some Of the best
known craft on the great lakes, includ-
ing the Sellwood Coulby, Minnikasta,
Imperial, Smith, Thompson, A. e.
Ames, Wilbert Smith Shenango, Wells,
Augustus Iroquois, Kewatum and
Canadian. - .H..r
Coal Vessel Sinks.
Sandusky, o., Dec. 6-The F. N.
Knapp, coal vessel battered by the
worst gale on Lake Erie in years, sank
today just as she was being towed into
the harbor here by the steamer Tour
list, which had gone out to rescue her.
Her crew escaped Just In time to the
steamer William A. Hazard, which
the raging wind then sent hard
aground. The Tourist is standing by
to render help il needed.
Think Steamer Lost.
Chicago, Dec. 6.-The steam barge
Arizona with cargo of lumber con-
signed from Midland, Ontario, to Chi
cago, was forty-eight hours overdue
today.
At the United States barge office it
was stated that such delays were not
unusual at this season and there was
no necessity for present apprehension.
1 The plan of sending out tugs to
search TO rthe schooner. Rouse Sim
mons as contemplated last night was
abandoned today, the concensus Of
opinion being that if members of the
crew survived the wreck they have
long since perished from exhaustion
and exposure.
Find Christmas Trees.
Seven hundred Christmas trees,
doubtless from the wreck of the Rouse
Simmons, floated ashore at Kewanee.
Two Rivers and Tturgeon, Wis, today.
They are being offered for sale by the
finders.
Find Body on Michigan Shore.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 6.-An un-
identified body believed to be that of
one of the crew of the schooner Rouse
Simmons was found on the beach near
Pentwater today Wreckage from a
boat believed to have been the Rouse
Simmons has also come ashore near
Pentwa..~..