New-York tribune., 1922-12-02
III Die in Lake
Superior When
Leap Meant Life
Canadian Steamer Maple
hurst Founders i'm Storm
at Keweenaw Waterway,
Near Houghion, Mich.
Rescue Boat Stands By
9 Men Saved by Jump to
Coast Guard Craft. Which
Came Alongside 10 Times

HOUGHTON, Mich, Dee. i.--Elevcn
men, members Of the crew OF the Ca
madam steamer Mapiehurst. lost their
lives early this morning when the
vessel foundered near the upper or
canal entrance 20 tho keweenAw
Waterway IN Lake Superior. Nine
others were saved by Captain Charles
A. Tucker and the members Of the
crew Of The Coast Gusrd station az
the canal.
Not a life would have been lost,
Captain Tucker declared, II the men
on tho doomed steamer had acted
promptly and jumped into the Coast
Guard power boat when no told them
TO as ho brought Il alongside the
Maplehurst. Ten times Captain Tucker
brought his frail craft alongside the
Maplehurit and every man aboard had
: chance 10 rot of. ne said- Ten out
OF the twenty on botsd jumped. First
Mate Henry J. Smith missed the life
boat and went 10 his death Ia the
lake. The nine others who Jumped
we're saved, while the eleven Who re-
NAMED on the Msplehurst perished.
The dead arc;
Captain George Nelson Aensrd,
twenty-nino years old, In command Of
the Maplehurst, Kingston, Ontario;
Chgor Er,,f,ocr A,,hror. NM, Vfr,r
ton; First Mate Henry J. Smith,
Kingston; Second Mate G. Lalonde,
Veryfeld, Ont; WheelsmAn Jack
Wood. Hamilton, Ont; Wheslsman
Hiram (last name unknoWn), Kings
ton; Oiler CASTOR Malette. Cascade
Point, Ont; Fireman Mac" NncKas-
tie, Sidney, Ont; Second Cook Hughes,
Montreal; Deckhand c. p. Pelon. 81.
Zotique, and Deekhand A. Pelon, s.
zotique.
Those Who Survived
The survivors arc Jean Duya', Of s..
Zotique: VIII Sauve, Of 81. Zotique;
Frank Roderique, or Coteau du Laci
Fred Marshall, OF Aontreal; x. .nar-
shall, Of Montreal: Henry Burch, Of
Cabong; II. Duval, Of ST. Zotiquei
nenry Murray, OF Kingston, Ont, and
Thomas c. Brown, OF Montreal.
The Maplehurtt. owned by the Cana
dian steamship Company, Of Provi-
denee, Quebec, was bound from Lorain,
Ohio, TO Fort William with a cargo OF
coal. Tho vessel encountered storm
Thursday and Captain henhrd headed
his ship down the shore, Intending 70
enter the canal, but the storm In
creased 20 rapidly that he feared 70
enter. The velocity OF tha wind was
more than sixty miles an hour.
About I o'clock IN the morning the
pilot houso on the vessel Drgsn y
break up from the hard pounding and
Captain Menard lighted hareg.
Seeing these signals Captain Tucker
ordered tho lifeooats manned. The
Maplehurst Was two miles on shore
and etill under her own power when
Captain Tucker and his men reached
her, but was weakening from the con-
tinued pounding.
Captain Left Men Free
CAPTAIN Meuard, the survivors said,
told his men 10 Jump II they wanted
70. but said he was going 70 stay By
the ship. Tho tenth time Captain
Tucker passed the Maplehurst the
lights on the steamer went out, and
when he turned he could not locate the
vessel In tho darkness. Tucker made
for shelter, bis own craft being In
danger Of being dashed 70 pieces b. the
heavy sea.
The Maplehurst evidently foundered
a few minutes later. She Is now lying
about 1000 feet from shore. One body,
that Of First Mate Smith, was washed
ashore.
DETROIT, Dee. The storm sweep
ing Lake Superior to-day and the Sc
we're weather approaching the lower
lake region will find more than l50
vessels north Of Detroit, eighty-eight
steamers having passed here upbound
since Monday. =.
Reports reaching here tonight indi-
Gated a lerge number OF vessels we're
In sheltered harbors awaiting more
favorable weather. Only one vessel
had been reported IN difficulties south
of the st. Mary's Canal, the steamer
G. b. Leonard, whieh grounded In Mud
axe during the day while battling the
gale. she was coal laden. A wreeker
and tugs have gone to her aid from
Sault Ste. Marie.
Continued heavy coal movement has
kent the UNUSUAL large number OF
vessels IN service during the late ship
ping season.