The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-18
tBv The Associated Press,

The Gray was Sent TO the a1d OF tne
crew and passengers of the Reliance
carly today.
(By The Associated Press.)
Chicago, Dec. 1S.--Battling foot by
| foot, thru towering seas and freezing
/ sprav the men who go down to the
sea in ships today were fighting an
| epochal battle across the icy wastes OF
| Lake Superior to keep navigation open
far beyond its usual time and bring
down the lakes the last cargo of the
Already the tight has claimed its
! toll of lives. Nearly a dozen died
few days ago. when Canadlan
stones throw of safety at the mouth
of the portage lake ship canal
Twenty-seven more were added to
| the probable death roll when sur
vivors of the tug Reliance. wrecked
| island reached Sault Ste Marie sat
urday night after almost 1ncredloIe
| hardships.
usually closes December 1. This year
it was decided to keep the water ways
open until December Is, because the
coal and rail strikes had cut down the
coal shipped to the northwest and de-
layed the movement of grain east
AS result nine big freighters,
loaded with grain-$28, 100000 worth
of ships and cargo-were hshung
their way down Lake Superior toward
that graveyard OIL gallant fOSSStST
White Fish bay, trying to win thru to
Buffalo for winter storage.
Big Fleet Is Ice-Bound.
In Mud Lake, part of the st. Mary S
river. another big fleet is ice-bound,
waiting for the arrival of the nine
which left Fort William, Ont, three
days ago, before trying, with the as
sistanee of ice breaking tugs, to win
past Detour to the open waters OF
Lake Huron.
The story of the fate of the tug Re-
lance. owned by the Superior FapeI eI
yesterday when seven SURVIVORS
reached the 500.
Five days ago the tug, with crew
of fourteen and twenty-five passen-
gers was dashed to pieces on the
rocks of Lonely Lizard Island, seventy
five miles north of Point AUX Pins the
western entrance to the ST mary
river and twelve miles from the main
land The captain and twenty-seven
men took one boat and Mr.. and MIS-
John Harten. cooks, and seven others
took the other.
. counted for, but the other, after drift
ling several hours in the storm, finaliy
was blown ashore on the ontario
mainland, eighty-five miles north OF
Sault Ste Marie -
PARTY was forced to rest thirtysix hours
at an Indian hut before starting t1e
twenty-mile tramp inland to the ran ran,
road When the railroad was reacneu
Mr. and Mrs Harten were suffering
! so much from the cold that they were
left at a station for medical treatment
while the other seven SURVIVORS wen
on to Sault Ste Marie.
Little Hope for Party.
They hold out little hope for the
, captain and his companions. If the
: party succeeded in reaching Llzaro
. island, they may find huts there pul
while game is plentiful, they nave rs
The scene of the wreck of the Re
, lance is one of the most desoiate
: spots on the upper lakes IRON
2 I;atchewana bay to M.chiplcoten mar
r bor distance of more than IlItA
, miles there are no settlements Inc
r only inhabitants are lonely WOODS
men, trappers and Indians
The Lizard islands are off the man
= steamer route and seldom visited ex
cept by woodsmen and fishermen or
in the summer, by an OCCASIONS
: inter-island boat. If the launch car
2 rving the captain and his 26 com
y panions failed to reach the islandi
vet survived the gale and drifting ice
I it may have been blown ashore OF
=. the mainland. miles from human nab
= improbable that the seamen. weak
s ened by long exposure, in the intens'
( cold, could have survived long: un
less like those who reached Sault ST
Marie, they found some Indian caDlI
in which to recuperate
No Sign of Missing Found
Sault ste Marie. Dec. 1s.-The tui
t Gray searching for the twenty-seVei
lpersons missing since the tug Reiianc'
l crashed on the rocks off Lonely L1zar'
! island last Wednesday, reached tn
r scene of the wreck this morning am
: found two overturned and battered lit
+ oats but no sign of the missing per
2 sons.
Tug Continues Search.
Cleveland Dec 1s.-The wreckinl
@ tug Fayorite left White Fish bay, LAX
i Superior, early today for Lizard Is
n land, to continue the search for 2
e persons, missing from the tug Relianc
S since last Wednesday, according L
r wireless advices received here, today
5 by H E. Gilpin. president of the com
r pany owning the Favorite. The tut
was forced to seek shelter in Whit
n Fish bay late yesterday
n Burglars Rob Store and Escape
d Steubenv:Ile, o., Dec 1S.-Tw