Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
q FEARED DEAD
AS2 BOATS CRASH
IN LAKE MICHIGAN
Freighter Goes Down, While
Others Fight Is Regarded
as Hopeless.
FOG CAUSES WRECK
OFF PORT WASHINGTON
Three Survivors Are Picked Up by
Ore Carrier-Remainder Are
Unaccounted For.

BY the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, october 31.-Collidine
in Lake Michigan 20 miles off Port
Washington, Wis, in dense fog, the
freight steamer Senator sank almost
Immediately and the Marquette, an
ore-carrier, badly damaged, was wag-
ing what was regarded as hopeless
fight to make Port Washington. The
Senator carried a crew of % and all
but three taken aboard the Marquette
were unaccounted for. The Marquette
carried 80 men.
A few minutes after the collision,
both ships began sending S o S.. After
about 10 minutes the Senator wireless
ceased to sputter, and the Marquette
said she had sunk.
The Marquette stood by and picked
up three survivors. An hour later Capt.
w. S. Ainsbery radioed he would at
tempt to beach his vessel at Port Wash
ington. At 1906 pm. the Marquette
sent S o S signals and requested boats
in the vicinity to come and stand by.
Capt Ainsbery messaged he did not
think the Marquette would remain
af1oat long enough to reach Port WASH
ington.
Third Disaster Within Week.
The collision of the Senator with the
Marquette marked the third ship dis
aster on Lake Michigan within the last
week with total loss of 80 lives.
Last Monday the steamer Wisconsin
sank in a severe storm off Kenosha,
Wis, with loss of 16 lives. The Wis
conSin carried three passengers, all OF
whom were saved, and a crew OF 81
Many of them were injured.
A few days previous the car ferry
Milwaukee sank in another storm with
a crew of 48, all of whom were lost.
Shortly after o'clock, Chicago time,
the Radio Marine Corporation of Amer
lea station received message from the
ship Lighthouse, saying it
could not locate the Marquette because
Of the dense fog.
Capt. w. S. Ainsbery is in charge Of
the Marquette, which, with a tonnage
of 1900 has carried crew OF 81 men.
The Senator was in charge of Capt. G.
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tons. She was owned by the Nicholson
Universal Steamship Company OF De-
troit.
The first s o S was picked up by the
Wright Steamship Co. of Sheboygan.
1t was sent by the Marquette at l0:45
am. Five minutes later Sheboygan
coast guardsmen left for the wreck.
Coast guardsmen, under Capt. VIII
liam Kincaide and four tugs left Mil
waukee harbor also.
-Four fishing tugs from Port Washing
ton also put out to join the rescue
fleet. In view of the dense fog, one of
the worst that has enveloped the lake
in years, it was thought the various
boats would have difficulty in locating
the Marquette.
An S o S message picked up by the
Radio Corporation at 1926 pm. Chi
cago time, from the Marquette, asked
that Car Ferry No. 18 please stand by.
The message said the Marquette was
headed due west to Port Washington
shore, but did not expect to reach 1t.
Three members of the crew of the
Senator were picked up by the Mar
qllette, wireless message said. They
we're Leonard Boss, William Filbeck and
Ralph Ellis, the radio operator. The
Senator sank so quickly, the message
said, that there was no time to launch
lifeboats.
The Senator carried a crew Of 81.
Three were taken aboard the Marquette,
leaving "a unaccounted for. It was be-
lieved they were lost.