New Britain herald., 1929-10-29
Many Men Missing

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 Kenosha. Wis, Oct. 2S lP)--Thc veteran lake steamer Wisconsin sank off the kenosha shore in storm today with her captain and from 7 to r men missing. They were be- lieved to have gone down with the ship. Three score persons were taken off the ship by life guards.
 Two of three passengers were saved. C. H. Sjostrand Of Eckelson, N. D., the third passenger, was miss ing and survivors believed him to be the man who made q flying leap from the foundering ship to a life boat, missed and went down.
 Part of Crew Is Saved
 The others rescued by coast guard crews from Racine and Kenosha were members Of the crew.
 Eight life rafts and one of the six lifeboats were still on board when the stern of the ship was seen to sink. the boat rolled heavily on it's side and settled beneath the waves.
 Those known 10 have been left on the Wisconsin when the last boat load of survivors was brought ashore were: Captain Dougal Morrison. Chi cago: Chief Engineer Judas Busch- mann, Manitowoc, Wis; Chief Mate Edward Halverson, Chicago; Purser Harvey Lyons. Milwaukee; Stewart Ton Lange, Chicago; Quartermastcr Bill Strand, Chicago; man named Burt.
 Boat Tries Again
 The two power boats of the Ke- nosha and Racine coast guards push ed out again into the 30 foot waves in the fragile hope that the last remnant of the crew might have es- capped on the rafts before the Wis consin sank.
 There was 5 feet of water in the vessel at , a. m. when the last of the rescued left the steamer They had left their ship mates huddlcd on the deck. clinging 10 life rafts. shivering and soaked by the huge waves whipped up by the second violent storm in week. The Wis consin had been the only vessel to ride out the gale Of a week ago
 Twelve men. including Captain Dougal H. Morrison Of Chicar,0, re- mained aboard the Wisconsis after coast suardsmen from Kenosha took off the others an hour before day light, A coast guard boat. after landing it's load Of survivors here at 6:30 a. III. set back again into the pounding seas 10 take off the others.
 There was 10 feet of water in the the Wisconsin's ftrehold, the crew said, and the boat was slowly going down.
 Survivors Unconscious
 Several survivors were unconscious when the rescue boats landed them here. Fred Trueber, the lookout, suffered q broken arm. It was smashed between the coast guard boat and the side Of the Wisconsin. Others were soaked to the skin, chilled and weakened
 The two passengers rescued were Sanders Grant Of Sycamore, III, and Frank Cabbowskl. Chicago
 Elmer Ross of Muskegon. Mich, an oiler, said the crew acted with coolness and obedience throughout the exciting hours preceding the sending Of the $ c $. The only confusion developed, Ross said, when three life boats were launch cd, the crews having difficulty in handling them in the high seas.
 The men in the lifcboats were picked up by the coast guard craft and the lneboats turned adrift
 Lake Michigan was kicking high rollers from the cast as the Wiscon- sin put out from Chicago al 7:45 D. Tn. yesterday. Other lake craft for the most part huggcd the harbors. The only steamers beside the Wis consin 10 venture out were the Goodrich steamer Illinois. Milwau- kee to Chicago; the Goodrich steam CT Alabama. bound from Chicago to Grand Haven. Mich. and the Hill Lines steamer Naukcgan, bound from kenosha to Milwaukee The Waukesan sent out an o S. when 1t vas nearing Milwaukee, but made harbor safely.
 Begins Taking Water
 The Wisconsin began taking wa ter few hours out. At a. m.. to- day her wireless reported the going very rough but that the steamer was moving slowly north.
 Half an hour later the Wisconsin 5irelcssed that water was forcing ,oal in the bilge pumps. but the teamer was making progress. The teamer Illinois at that time had imped into the harbor at Racine with a broken rudder chain. She