The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-13
EVER BEFORE HAS SUCH
! A STORM SWEPT LAKES

The steamer John W. Gates left
here this morning bound for Lake
Huron and will search that body Of
water ready to give aid should 1t ar
rive in time to help any stranded or
shipwrecked vessels.
Wrecking vessels from other ports
have also been sent to aid life saw
ers and tugs in, pulling damaged
boats from reefs.
The biggest mystery of the storm
the positive Identification Of the hull
floating bottom up on Lake Huron,
eight miles northest Of Port Huron,
Mich, will probably be solved today
when divers will again attempt to
reach her name plate. No doubt re-
NAMED today that the Charles s.
Price, 5000 ton coal freighter of the
Hanna fleet foundered in Lake Hur-
On with crew of twenty-efght. Fif-
teen bodies believed to have been
members Of the crew have been
washed ashore.
The substance OF stories told by
the crews of all vessels which surviv-
! ed, the storm and limped IN various
ports today was the same-the most
terrific storm they ever encountered
On the great lakes.
Was Biggest on the Lake.
r. TORONTO, Nov. 13.-With the mute
| evidence Of disaster cast ashore by
the waters Of Lake Huron in the form
Of broken spars, life buoys and matches
| bearing the name Of the James Car
| ruthers. and having received no word
from the vessel since Sunday the off,
cials Of the st. Lawrence and Chicago
Navigation Co., owners, abandoned all
hope that the large Canadian freighter
| on the great lakes has weathered the
i terrible gale and believe that the
| ship has gone down with its whole
crew OF twenty-five men.
In the opinion OF officers Of the COM
pany, the Carruthers was either ram
med amidships CT its back was broken
on submerged reef during the gale
| The vessel and cargo were worth al
most 100000
/ Lootlng the Wreckase.
/ THEDFORD, Ont, Nov. 1s.-Re-
Iorts OF looting Of the wreckage OF
vessels swept ashore near Port Frank
in the terrific storm of the past few
Gays we're brought here today Steam.
/ boat officials turned over to the at.
torney genSsal, names of men found
I, carrying away valuables from the
dead strewn shore.
4 Bodies of three men washed ashore
were robbed, it was stated. One for
eigner's body is said to have been
4 robbed Of belt containing $500. The
ghouls found the three bodies near Q
life boat Of the wrecked Regina.
The looters have made it mors
difficult for the authorities to identity
, the dead, as life belts have been tax
en- away and the names on life boats
are missing.
Twenty-one Bodies.
PORT HURON, Mich, Nov 1S.-
"a The name of the steamer John A. Nc
Gean Of Fairport, Ohio, was toda.
. added to the already long list of yes
i sells which went down in the storm
that swept the great lakes for fou
r days. Twenty one bodies of the Nc
/ IGean's crew were picked up today
) nineteen on the Canadian shore nea
) Goderich, Ont, and two just north o
!, this place 1t is regarded as certain
!. that the vessel sank with all on board
t The Mclean passed this port a
I o:10 o'clock Sunday morning and ha'
4 mot been reported since.
r The boat had accommodations TO
t twelve passengers and it is feare'
i. others besides the crew perished. Th
t heavy fog which prevailed over LAX
$ Huron made it impossible to identif
the upturned vessel off this port thi
s morning. Wreckers planned to go t
9 the scene at noon and If possible
divers will be sent beneath the water
i to learn the ships name.
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