Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-20

Steamer H. B. Smith, Filled With
Ore, Is Missing.
FATALITY LIST Is GROWING
Toll of Gale on Lakes May Reach
Total OF 3oo-Many Bodies of
Sailors and Wreckage
Washed Ashore.

Marquette. Mich, Nov. 15.-Thirty
lives were lost and another great loss
was added to the list caused by the
recent lake storms, when the Henry
B. Smith, carrying 10000 tons of ore,
was lost of Keweenaw Point on Lake
Superior.
The HawgOod Transportation COM
pany of Cleveland, owners of the ship,
telegraphed Thursday for information
concerning the Smiths whereabouts.
stating that although five days over
due the ship has failed to reach the
500.
The Henry B. Smith, with Capt.
James Owen in command, loaded here
and waited two days for the storm to
abate. Believing that temporary lull
of wind marked the end Of tempest,
Captain Owen decided to run to the
500 before the gale. He stated that
it was up to him to make the locks
and he couldn't wait any longer He
had absolute confidence in his ship
which was one Of the largest plying
the lakes. He is said to have joked
over suggestions of disaster.
The Smith failed to reach any port
on Keweenaw shore, and marine men
say it is highly improbable that it is
somewhere on the Canadian coast.
Wreckage of a large vessel was found
late in the day. 1t is believed the
Smith sank off Standard Rock, about
thirty miles from Marquette The
Henry Z. Smith was of steel, 565 feet
long, 55-foot beam and 30-foot depth.
Port Huron, Mich, Nov. LEACH
hour adds to the total Of disasters
which occurred on Lake Huron during
last Sundays storm and the end is
not in sight. Bodies of sailors of five
and perhaps six vessels were found
on the shore Of the lake. Wreckage
from two other boats, still missing.
was cast up by the waves, and no
trace had been obtained of two YES
sells or threir crews, totaling more
than forty men.
Estimates of the number Of lives
lost in the storm, declared to have
been the worst known on the lakes,
range from $50 to 800.
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. It is practically GER
tain those vessels went down with all
on board. There are also number
of bodies unidentified.
Perhaps these were of sailors on
the ununidentifed freight ship which
lies bottom up in Lake Huron 13
miles north Of lere. Many still think
the vessel is the Regina; others cling
to the theory that it collided with the
Regina and the latter also sank |
Wreckage of the cleaners Argus and
Hydrus has been cast ashore.
Word was received from Captain
Ely of the tug Sarnia City that he
had sighted the wreck of an uniden-
titled steamer while his tug was pass
ing Port Austin. The wreck is be-
lieved to be a total loss. The wreck
may be one of the boats already re-
ported missing.
Greatest among the days TRACE !
dies was the confirmation of the loss
foot freight ship. Twenty-eight bodies |
of its crew have been washed ashore. !
All are in morgues. The Midland |
Queen is reported safe in Montreal
Cleveland, o., Nov. 13-This city |
hopes for a speedy cessation of the diff |
fculties that have beset it since the |
worst snowstorm in it's history struck |
the city Sunday night, when an aver
age of "a inches of snow fell. Fair and !
warmer weather was predicted Tues |
day
The total number of dead was in |
creased to five, when John Richmond. |
aged fifty-eight, was crushed to death !
when the roof OF his house collapsed |
beneath the weight of SLOW, and Viii
liam GOmbeFt died in a snOWdrift.