The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-18


Twenty-three of the 81 persons who
have been missing since the tug, Re-
lance, wrecked on the rocks off the
Lizard islands last Wednesday, have
been saved, according to reports from
the tug Gray, which reached the wreck
today.
CHICAGO, Dec 1S- Battling foot
by foot through towering seas and
freezing spray, the men who go down
to the sea in ships are fighting am
epochal battle across the icy waters
| of Lake Superior to keep navigation
open far bepond its usual time and
bring down the lakes the last cargo
of the year.
Already the fight has claimed it's
toll of lives, and before the last ship
has been accounted for-or been given
up for lost-that toll may be greater
Nearly a dozen died a few days
ago when a Canadian steamer was
| dashed to pieces within a stones
| throw Of safety at the mouth of the
Pirtage Lake ship canal
Open Unusually Late
! Navigation on the upper lakes usuaI-
| ly closes December l. This year it,
was decided to keep the waterways,
open until Dec Is, because the coal
and rail strikes had cut down the coaK
shipped to the northwest and delayed
the eastern movement OF grain.
As result nine big freighters load
| ed with grain-S2S, 100000 worth of
| ships and cargo-are fighting their
way down Lake Superior toward that
/ graveyard of gallant vessels, White.
Fish Bay, trying to win through TO
Buffalo for winter storage.
| In Mud Lake, part of the St Mary,s
river, another big fleet is icebound,
waiting for the arrival of the nine
which left Fort Williams, Ont, three
days ago before trying, with the as
sistance of ice breaking tugs, to win
past Detour to the open waters of
Lake Huron
Keep TireIess Vigil
At Eagle Harbor, Grand Marsis,
White Fish Point, Detour. Alpena,
Mackinac Island and Manistique, naval
radio operators are keeping tireless
vigil, guiding the freighters through
the night with radio compass signals,
and waiting for the calls for help
/ which may come.
The story of the fate of the tug Re-
lance, owned by the Superior Paper
company of Sault Ste Marie, was told
yesterday when seven survivors
reached the 500.
/ Five days ago the tug, with a crew
of IA and % passengers, was dashed
to pieces on the rocks of Lonely Liz
ard Island, seventy-five miles north of
Point Aux Pins, the western entrance
to the st. Mary's river, and l. miles
from the mainland The captain and
q men took one boat and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hearten, cooks, and seven
others, took the other.
The captains boat has not been ae-
counted for, but the other, after drift
ing several hours in the storm, finally
was blown ashore on the Ontario
mainland, S5 miles north of Duluth
Rest in Indian Hut.
Mrs. Harten was so exhausted the
r party was forced to rest SO hours at an
, Indian hut before starting the 20-mile
tramp inland 70 the railroad. When
the railroad WIS reached Mr. and Mrs.
Harten were suffering so much from
the cold that they were left at a sta
ton for medical treatment while the
other seven survivors went on to Sault
Ste Marie
They hold out little hope for the
captain and his companies. If the
, party succeeded in reaching Lizard
Island they might find huts there, but
while game is plentiful, they had no
weapons.
/ The scene of the wreck of the Re
] lance is one of the most desolate spots
on the upper lakes. From Batche-
wana Bay to Michipicoten Harbor, a
| distance of more than so miles, there
are no settlements. The only inhabit-
! ants are woodsmen, ,trappers and In
: dians.
t The Lizard Islands are off the main
r steamer route and are seldom visited
except by woodsmen and fishermen, or
: in the summer, by an occasional inter
, island boat If the launch carrying
i the captain and his 26 companies fail
: ed to reach the islands, yet survived
. the gale and drifting ice, it may have
: been blown ashore on the mainland
t miles from human habitation. If such
was the case it is improbable that the
). seamen, weakened by long exposure in
the intense cold could have survived
long unless. like those who reached
Sault Ste Marie, they found some In
dian cabin in which TO recuperate.
CLEN ELAND, Dec. 1S.--1ne wreck
age tug, Favorite, left White Fish bay.
Lake Superior, early today for Lizard
island, to continue the search for 27
persons missing from the tug Reliance.
since last Wednesday, according To
s wireless advices received here today
) by H. E. Gilpin, president of the Great
: Lakes Towing company, owners of the
!, Favorite.
= :. The tug was forced to seek shelter
: in White Fish bay late yesterday.
BAY CITY, Mich, Dec. IS. = The
: fleet of nine steamships, grain laden.
bound for Lake Erie ports, which left
; Fit. William Friday night, passed
through st. Marie's river Sunday AMI
early today entered Lake Huron on
:, the way down. The ships under car.
., goes are worth $2S,000,000.
STE ST. MARIE, Mich, Dec 49,
= The tug Gray, searching for the 81 per
!. sons missing since the tug Reliance
/. crashed on the rocks off Lizard
: islands last Wednesday, reached the
Z scene of the wreck thi ,r@aing and
= found two overturned q n hattarel