The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-14

were found in precisely the same position
on the shore, some of them even clasped
in each others arms This practically
substantiates the belief that the over
turned vessel on Lake Huron Is either
the Regina or the Price 1t also is
thought that the vessels colided with
such force that one of them either IS
piled on top of the other, or that one has
sunk completely.
That the accident occurred with terrible
suddenness is established in Smith ;
Identification Of the Prices steward, Her
bert Jones, of Superior, Wis.
There he was,' said Smith, lying with
his apron on, just as IL he were about to
prepare Il meal OF had just prepared it.
Evidently the poor fellow did not even
have time to look after his wife, who
also was on board
Port Huron, Mich, November l3.-Each
hour today added to the toll of disasters
which occurred on Lake Huron during
last Sundays storm and tonight the end
was not in sight. Bodies of sailors of FIVE
and perhaps six vessels have been found
on the shore OF the lake; wreckage from
two other boats still missing was cast up
by the sea and no trace had been founu
of two vessels or their crews totalnn9
more than ~ men.
Never in Mlchigan's maritime history
has Lake Huron been the scene OF such a
succession of disasters.
Conservative estimates of the loss uf
life Tx the total at $50 at least The dam
age to vessels and cargoes will be several
millions of dollars.
Lying in various morgues along the
Canadian shore are bodies of sailors from
the steamers James Carruthers, Regina
John A. Mclean, Wexford and Charles
s. Price. 1t Is practically certain those
vessels went down with all on board.
There are also number of unidentified
bodies. Perhaps these We're of sailors
on the unidentified freighter which lies
bottom side UP Lake Huron, 13 miles
north of here. Many still think she is the
Regina; others still cling to the theory
that she collided with the Regina and the
latter sank
Wreckage of the steamers Argus and
Hydrus has been cast ashore. Neither of
these boats has been heard from since the
storm swept the lakes. The freighters
Isaac NJ. Scott and Midland Queen are
also missing. Marine men said today that
there was a possibility of one or both of
these boats being safe. No wreckage
from them has been found; no bodies Of
their sailors have been washed ashore.
This afternoon Captain Ely of the tug
Sarnia City reported that he had sighted
the wreck of an unidentified steamer
near Port Austin. She is believed to be a
total loss. She may be one of the boats
already reported missing,
Fog and d heavy sea today prevented
marine men from making a fourth at
tempt to learn the name of the over
| turned freighter, Which, tossing heiplessiy
in u rough lake, mas become serious
menace to navigation. A tug with a
diver aboard will go out to her tomorrow
morning If the weather permits. .
Greatest among todays tragedies was
the conhrmation of the loss of the
steamer John A. Mclean, a 432 foot
freigher Twenty-eight bodies of her crew
have been washed ashore. All are in
morgues. Several have not been posi-
lively identified. The steamer Crawford,
badly damaged in the storm on Lake Su-
perior passed down today on her way to
Toledo for repairs. Marine men here -esti-
mated her damage at $4,000.