The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-13
IS DIE IN fierce
LAKE NORTHWESTERN
LUMBER STEAMER FOUNDERS
MILE AND A HALF orr MICH.
IcAN SHORE
RESCUE ATTEMPTS IN VAIN
Two Steamers Forced g Abandon
Stricken Vessel in Order 20 9ave
seives.-careo Of Ship Washes
Ashore, but Find no Bodies

Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. Nov. ga
Eighteen men comprising the crew OF
the steamer Myron are believed Il
have been added to the victims o1
Lake Superior's fury of the last two
weeks. Caught in a terrific north
wester, the Myron foundered q mile
and half off Whitefish Point Satur
day night and Sunday sank in fou,
fathoms of water.
Futile efforts were made by two
steamers to throw lines to the meu
clinging to the cabin. So wild was
the sea. however. that the men could
not hold the lines and for their own
safety the two steamers were com.
PEELED to leave the sene. Last night
coastguards patrOlled the shore OF
Whitefish bay for 4o miles hoping the
Myron's two lifeboats would be blown
ashore.
The United States sub chaser 43s
also was securing the bay last night
for possible survivors. The beach is
covered with lumber, the Inflated MY.
ron's cargo. but not a body had come
ashore late yesterday. The gale con.
tinued last night and there was little
hope that passing steamers could have
picked up the lifeboats. which, 1t is
believed. were swamped in the noun.
famous seas.
The barge Miztec. which the Myron
had in tow when she left Munising,
down-bound. was cut loose and was
picked up by an unknown steamer,
which towed it into shelter at White
fish Point. The barge's deckload of
lumber and rudder We're carried away.
but it is understood her crew Is safe.
First word Of the mishap to the
Myron came by wireless from the
steamer Farling. lying in shelter be-
hind Whitefish Point When the steam.
er Adriatic. Recovered. locked through
here yesterday, her captain reported
that he twice turned his ship around
trying to pick up the stricken YES.
sells crew. who were then in two life
boats. The men were unable to hold
the lines and the attempt at rescue had
to be abandoned.
The steamer Mcintosh later passed
through wreckage of the Myron close
enough to throw lines to several men
seen clinging to the cabin.
The men had life preservers on and
called for help. One man also had a
small flashlight. This attempt at res.
cue also failed. Whitefish bay today
is strewn with wreckage, according to
wireless dispatches.
Captain McRae of the Adriatic said
he saw the distress signal set by the
barge Miztec. which was later reported
taken in tow by another steamer. but
gave his attention to attempts OF
rescue to the Myron crew. At that time
the Myron was going to pieces, he
said, and about Is of the crew had
taken to iifehoats, the others clinging
to the wreckage.
During the Intellectual attempts to
get lines to the lifeboats and the men
on floating wreckage and the founder.
ing steamer, the Adriatic struck bot.
tom. Captain McRae declared. and he
" as lOIceu 10 feaNe the vicinity for
the safety of his own ship.
Unless the Myron is entirely broken
up. it is possible. marine men say, that
her hold cargo Of lumber will keep the
boat afl"at and that those men who
remained aboard may be saved.
The steamer Calumet. passing here
late yesterday, reported sighting a
waterlogged lifeboat south of White.
fish Point. AS far as could be ascer.
tanned the boat was unoccupied.
Tugs and lighters have been sent
from here to the assistance of the
steamer Baker. reported ashore at
Mackinac island at the head of Lake
Huron, and the steamer Argo. report.
ed on Watson's reef. near Decatur at
the mouth of st. Mary's river.
The Myron is the third vessel swal-
lowed up by storm-driven Lake Su-
perior in the last two weeks. The other
two were the Fl. f. Runnels and the
John Owen the latter with the loss
At her crew Of % men.