Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-11-15
256 IS ESTIMATED
Loss OF LIFE IN
GREAT STORM
Five Million Dollars Worth of.
Property Destroyed No Fur
ther Deaths Were Reported.
Yesterday

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Port Huron, Mich, Nov. il=NO
further reports Of loss OF life i'm the
great storm which swept the Great
Lakes early this week were received
here today one more boat was re-.
ported wrecked. The steamer Major
went ASHORE last night of Whltensa
point in Lake Superior and was aban-
doned 10y her crew after a futile effort
had been made 10 weather The second
storm OF the week The crew was
picked up by a passing steamer
The loss of life among sailors due
TO the storm is estimated tonight at
Approximately 256, and the property
loss is figured az more than $4,000. 600.
The property loss includes the score
or more Of vessels driven on the rocks
or shore and partially or totally de-
siroyed ono hundred and ninety
five lives were lost on Lake Huron.
II the approximate figures are correct.
As lives were lost on Lake Superior.
seven on Lake Michigan and six on
Lake Erie.
The steamers the destruction OF
which cntailed life losses were. John
a. Mclean. Charles S. Price. James s.
Carruthers Regina Wexford, Argus.
Hydrus Scott Leafield. william Not
tingham, Henry r. smith, Plymouth
and Lightship 40. 50.
one of the straugest features of the
disaster was the mystery surrounding
the identity Of the overturned vessel
in Lake Huron, O. few miles northeast
Of here
No further details had been received
up 10 tonight concerning another vcs-
lsel which was today reported lying
,hottomside up several miles north IN
Lake Huron.
The reports of her red bottom would
indicate that she may be the Car
ruthers.
Captain A. c. May, master of the
H. b. Hawgood, which was released
from Woes5ach last night. saw the
Regina. Charles s. Price and Isaac
NJ Scott as they sailed into the
storm sunday afternoon. He sighted
the boats while his own was wall
lowing in the heavy seas Tine Price
was met just north Of Sand Beach, at
noon Sunday
"she was making bad weather"
said Captain May 'Thc wind was
blowing so hard that turned the
Hawgood and was heading for the
river The Regina was passed fife
teen miles south Of sand Beach. She
was milking bod weather, also, and
was buryng herself in the seas. The
Scott was met five or six miles north
.of Pert Huron light. with the seas
breaking over her l thought her
captain was foolish to leave tho river
/ would have given my head to have
been in shelter
"The wind and sea kept increas-
ing and the snow got thicker I
should judge the wind was blowing
about seyenty-five miles an hour
from the northeast After awhile the
snow got SO thick we could not see
the smoEestacks. If we had kept on
We would have struck the beach. We
dropped the anchors Although !
couldn't see I knew within a mile
or two Of whore we were.
"Three times ! crawled over the
top. There was no other way. If
you got where the wind would strike
you fair, if you were not blown over
beard your brains would have been
smashed ont on stanchion. My
worry was that some Of the crew
would be washed overheard The
seus went over the pilot house
"Tho anchors did not hold and
then we went on the beach. we
went on hard That was about 10
O'Clock Sunday night