Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-11-13
TEnnO''-LE Tales
OF LAKE PERILS
Crews Of |. {. Waldo and
TuTlet Chief Saved,
LAKE REGIONS WORST STORM

Many vessels Strandcd ana lcSt---
Cleveland. Ohio, Paralysed by Ter.
rifle Weather-No Delivery OF Food
Supplies--Snow Twenty one Inches
Deep-Ten Persons Known Dead.
milwaukee,, Wis. Nov. IL The
most terrible tales OF privation ever
told on the great lakes came from the
south shore OF Lake superior hut the
fWenty-ejEht members ot the crew ot
the l.. G. Wade, given up for lost,
were all saved, though half frozen,
starved and nearly dead of exposure,
The seventeen members Of the crew
OF the steamer Turret Chief, had an
equally terrible experiences, but here
again. all were saved, though seven
tN-tWo hours without food, and nearly
naked in the piercing sale, constant.
" drenched by the icy waters of Lake
superior,
The most terribly devasting storm
in the history of the lakes is told in
the dispatches from Saut Ste Marie,
Calumet, and Duluth. Briefly, here is
a summary of the storm damage ON
Lake superior and Lake Michigan
List of Distressed Ships
l. c. Waldo, total loss, ON Gull
Rock, Manitou Island. of kewceuaw
Point; Turret Chief, total loss. at
Eagle Iarhor, KeweenaW Point; two
/ unknown steamers ashore ON Isle
/ Royalo, roscuers standing by, unable
IN al al. ,,,,h a.,
learn identity; Passenger Steamer
! Eluronic, stranded ON White Fish
Point, released without injury; Barge
| Ialstead, stranded on Washington is
/ land, Lake MICHIGAN. crew of prob.
/ ably six reported frozen to death
c. A. Tomlinson of Duluth an.
nounces following reports Of losses
/ elsewhere: llawgood, stranded above
Port Huron, can he saved, SaNona,
/ aground at Port Huron. can be saved.
/ Hutchinson, aground AT lroQuois
/ Point, Lake Huron. filled with water:
/ llartncll ashore at lroquois Point
/ Lake Huron. fun of water; J NJ.
/ jerks, thought to be capsiaed ship
! off Port Huron, is ashore at Midland,
NeOfSla BAY, may De saved.
The condition of the men ON the
barge lIalstead can not now be
/ known, as the revenue cutter Tuscan
ora sent to the rescue from Milwnu.
! kee, did not reach the scene until
late in the afternoon, The suffering
of the crews of the Waldo and the
| Turret Chief was frightful. and il is
| almost miracle that any was saved
Famine Threatens Cleveland.
Cleveland, Nov l2.-Cut of from
| the world since Sunday Cleveland is
| still struggling with little success to
| recover from the effects of the most
disastrous blizzard in its history.
Ten are known to he dead. while
! scores are injured and dozens miss
! ing. Bodies have been left in the
streets, which are covered with TWEEN
ty-two inches Of snow, as 1t Is i'm.
| possible to hold funerals.
Wires and poles have fallen In an
impenetrable mass all over the city
half Of which has been left in dark.
| ness. Trains are moving only slight.
| ly. Few street car lines are open
| lnterurban lines are paralyzed
Electric light plants are shut down
and the gass pressure is failing.
Food is at a premium and famine
threatens the city unless streets can
be opened for deliveries, which are
impossible now There Is no milk
to be had at any price.
The property les will run into
millions. Water pressure has failed
and the danger of fire is imminent
One fire alone did 81 5000 in dam
age
Three hundred persons were inn
prisonod in four intorurban cars
southeast Of Cleveland toward char
don, without food or drink or heat
The snow there Is ei~l frc dccp
Scores Of transicnts are NARROWED in
the city. All the schools have been
closed
Fourteen Reported Lost.
Port Huron, Mich. Nov II Four
teen lives are reported 10 have been
lost when the steamer Northern
Queen went ashore on Kettle Point
near Port Huron Saturday seven
bodies have been washed ashore a,d
seven more are to be seen on lar