The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-06
ICE MENAcEs NAVIGATION.
Revenue Cutter Skirts Vast Floe for
Over 100 Miles

An immense Held OF WindroWcd,
lhickly iammed ice. extending east
and west .or more than a hundred
miles. and OF ;ndetcrminate hut great
width is floating in the southeastern
part Of Lake Superior appearing 10
be drifting into The mouth Of White
fish bay and threatening navigation
for weeks To come The field is well
OF the south shore. a clear lane from
five 10 tWenty-fve miles i'm width al
lowing the passage OF boats along It's
entire length.
The existence IF the field was re-
ported hv Captain John &. Berry of
The cutter TuScarora of the revenue
service, The cutter encountered the
vast ice pack early SUNDAY morning
abreast of the BIG Two Hearted river
several miles east of Whtehsh point
rs the cutter rounded Point An Sable
the ice, oNerhuns by an immense fog
bank. WAS sighted in a northwcstcrly
direction hv the lookout. Unable Ia
pierce the field ANA unwilling 10 AT,
tempt IT, not knowing how expansive
10 might he Captain Berry skrtod
The flow for many miles. dclineating
rs southern side for what n. cstimal-
ga 20 be iu excess OF q hundred miles
The cutters course a. picked ont by
the captain on navigation chart IN
his cabin followed long irregular
line. showing the southern edge Of
he field 10 bee jagged and broken.
The line extends from beyond Pont
Nu sable to ton miles this side of
Nunisn- and followed in general
way the coastal lines though milcs
of shore
Vast Field OF Massed Ice.
Captain Berry is OF the belief that
with the execution of the narrow lane
directly "r the southern shore. the
entire southeastern cnd of Lake SUI
peIlor is q vast field of massed loo.
Conditions prevented his attempting
jo determine how far 70 the north the
Goo extended. as The fog was dense
and ca, ua his ucld Of vision This
mornmg ne intends Ia return 10 the
pack and saiI as far To the north as
he AN along the western edge and, IL
possible follow along its northern and
eastern cNtrcmiti,s He estimates
that the nclG is a. wide if rot wider.
han rS length giving the field pos
siLle extent of ten thousand square
miles.
Captain Berry has almost decided
that another field of similar extent -
ailoat somewhere il the quarter of Isle
Ruyalc. lie believes that it. too. Is
lriftina in southcastcrly direction,
but this is merely surmisc, based
pn intorfercnccs drlwn from the field
n"tveor here and the 500.
Captain PERRY is particularly any
iouS TO have the existence OF the field
made known To- vesselmen all over
he Great Lakes No reports of its
presence had been made until sun
day evening by the Tuscarora. and
captain Berry believes that vessclmcn
and shipping interests are entirely ig
Iorant of the danger. Wireless mcs-
sages were sent ont from the Tus.
rarora in the hopes of warning vessels
in me locality. hut only one reply was
received ON tho cutter. This was
from ~ unknown vesselX. which in
formed tho cutter it was caught ~
tho ice. which al that point was par
ticUlarly heavy. The aerogram added
that the vessel was bound for Duluth
and Captain Perry Judged it was
ah"ut eight miles To- the north of th'
revenue cutter Tho latter at this tim"
was some three miles from the south
ON edge of the field. and it's captain
Thought the stranger was held tight
at Z point five miles distant from open