The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11
STEAMER TURsT CHIEF Is
WRECK NEAR COPPER HARDOR
Craft Is High and Dry on Beach
Crew Suffers Terribly
From Exposure

The tug j. w Heburd of Pequaming,
Captain Nelson, arrived i'm Houghtou
at 2:l5 o'clock this afternoon. having
on board capt. J. W. Duddleson and a
crew Of twenty-eight of the steamer
L. G Waldo. of Detroit. which was
wrecked on Gull Rock, Manitou Island.
Saturday morning.
The Waldo is broken in two and her
after cabin is a total wreck.
The captain and crew have been
without food for 90 hours, up to the
time they We're rescued by the Hebard,
this morning.
The Waldo went on Gull Rock about
o'clock Saturday morning, in a CO.
mile northwest gale. She struck in one
of the worst parts OF Lake Superior.
Almost immediately after she struck,
She broke in two and the waves stove
in the, after-house so badly that the
crew haa to make their way forward
without haXing time 10 provide them
selves with food or extra clothing.
They were tn comfortable quarters but
nearly styived when the Hebard ar
rived. he crew includes two women.
Captayn Tucker of the Eagle Harbor
stdtiougasked for assistance from the
Portage Lake canal crew. under Capt.
MCCORMACK Yesterday morning and the
crew responded. The Portage Lake
crew arrived az Portage Entry about
o'clock last evening and proceeded to
the scene at o'clock aboard the Heb
ard. Meanwhile the Eagle Harbor crew
eft for the scene.
rhe Hebard arrived on the east
shore of Kcweenaw point at O'Clock
this morning and remained i'm shelter
until daynreak. At o'clock. the tug
left for Gull Rock
Compasses Lost In Storm.
The Waldo was bound from Two
Harbors for Erie with cargo Of non
ore when the storm struck at ll45
F"iday night. The mountainous waves
I IRE off the forward housa the pilot
ilouse and practically all structures in
the forward part of the ship. The COM
passes were lost and connections with
I he electric lighting system were
l'roken. Captain Duddlesona only re-
'Sort then was a small Inaccurate COM
,oass which he was enabled To- follo-v
with the aid of lantern, held 10y a
lpember of the crew With this impro-
y'ised equipment the boat was headed
t,or the passage between Gull Rock and
iEeweenaw point, i'm south by south
'Nest gale The wind was accompan-
led by a binding snow storm and
twing TO the inaccuracy Of the com
BASS, the boat was swerved slightly out
NJ her course. After being tossed for
Eighteen hours. the steamer finally
struck the reef
! Time after time, the crew was iu
Imminent danger of being washed
overheard When the afterhouse broke
} hey were compelled to seek shelter iu
ne windless room, the only frame
structure which withstoOd tie lsspmv
II the waves.
I capt. DuddIeson Is loud i'm his praise
DIR Captains Mccormack and Tucker
yd the life saving crews, aud bun for
ter bravins the immense 7ea which
Ias sttIl running today his crew would
D Bye been In grave danger
| The Waldo was built I'm 1896 IN west
BAY city. Mich, for the Robcy Trans
IDortatiou company of Detroit, She is
"a steel carrier with a tonnage capacity
of 3,5l9 tons. Her length is 45tie feet,
ncam as and depth IS feet She has
a passenger capacity OF twenty
The waldo is valued at 100000.
Dispatches from Milwaukee, today
indicate the L, $ revenue cutter has
left that port on its way to Gull Rock
to relieve the crew OF the Waldo, but
owing to the fact the crew has been
taken of and the boat has practically
gone tn pieces. the revenue cutter can
not be Of any assistance
Crew OF Turret Chief Suffers.
Frost bitten, thiuly clad and with
out food since Friday night, Captain
and the crew of seventeen
of the steamer Turret Chief, which
foundered six miles off Copper Har-
Dor at { o'clock Saturday morning, ar
rived at Mandan this noon. awaiting
to be taken TO Calumet They will ar
rive over the Keweenaw Central at :
o'clock. bringing to an end one of the
most narrowing experiences on record
The steamer, wooden craft 265
feet in length. was bound for Fort
Continued on ond Pace 9Th Colupn