The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-12
REMAINS Of SIX FOUND
ALONG CANADIAN SIDE
of LAKE HURON
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Whitefsh Point and in bad shape
The L. c. Waldo is a total loss or
Gull Rock. Manitou island, and the
Turret Chief is a total loss six mile.
east of Copper Harbor.
Captain Paddington of the Turre,
Chief, which is owned by the Canadian
Lake and Ocean Transportation com.
pany. and is in the service of the
Merchants Mutual line of Toronto
last night told a graphic story Of the
wreck of his ship. He reached here
last night with his crew. coming by
railroad from Mandan. =
Bottom on.
Captain Paddington a the bottom
is scraped from the boat, that She Il
probably a total loss. Unless some
thing can be done to take her of this
tall, the winters ice will crush her
like an egg shell. The loss is
The Turret Chief was 10 miles
northwest by west of Whitef1sh Point
when struck by the storm Friday aft
ernoon. Being light. she drifted rap
idly before the heavy wind, and al
though the captain and crew believed
her well, up the center of the lake,
n eca unn1snageahle before the
gale and struck ksveenaw Point at
great waves lifting iher far up on the
rocks. where sher partially. careened
when the sea wents.dOwn. She Is en-.
tirely out Of the water.
CrewsSufYer.
The members Of the crew, seven.
teen In number, managed to leave the
boat Saturday afternoon after terri
BILE experiences in the surf. and camp
ed all night and Sunday in a hut
they erected of j! driftwood on the
shore. They wandered through the
woods half frozen and exhausted and
nnally,' directed BY trappers, reached
Mandan. having vbeen without food
or shelter for mahy hours.
night. They all show evidences Of
their exposure in pinched faces and
emanciated frames. Trappers fed
them and furnished clothing for those
who escaped without their clothes.
None saved their effects. and Captain
Paddington had to wire to Toronto
for transportation home. Second
Mate BWman and n man had been
left at the boat temporarily. The
plight of the Turret Chief vas not
known until her crew reached Man.
dan. This boat was built in 1896. and
was n Of a group Of four steel boats
OF the same peculiar pattern: the sis
ter ships are the Cape. the Court and
Crown. She was "253. feet long,
"A foot beam and originally intended
for Baltic trade..s -, fff;*
At a late hour yesterday afternoon
the Lake shippers Clearance associa-
ton had the following information
about lost and stranded boats.
Boats a Total Loss.
L. G. Waldo. wrecked on Gull Rock,
Manitou island. This boat was own
by Roby transportation
Detroit. Mich. a 1000; ton steel boat.
built in 1896. CAPTAIN, John Dud-
The jerks.
II has been definitely ascertained
that the steamer floating bottom up
the J. NJ. jerks. She was owned
nv the Acme Transit company Of
Cleveland. II sailed from Duluth,
loaded with grain. for Midland. She
u steel freiRhter. built in: 1902,
would carry about" 25O,00 bushels of
wheat. She was Commanded by Cap
tain w. A. Ashley. Nothing is as vet
known Of the fate Of her crew.
Wexford Crew.
A dispatch from Toronto states that
v bodies of drowned men We're
washe ashore five miles south Of st.
Joseph and near to Goderich. All had
life belts on. four were marked "Wex-
ford" and n London" The. Wex-
ford was loaded at Fort William No
vember 6, and sailed for Goderich.
She was owned by the Western
Steamship company. Ltd. Toronto,
and was commanded by Captain Bas-
sett. Che was an old boat, having
been built in 1883, one Of the early
steel bulk freighters. She was $50