The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-27
LIVES Lost
IN ANGRY WATERS
OF LAKE MICHIGAN
Three Boats Believed Sunk
Last Of Windjammers
Goes to Bottom

Chicago, Sept. 27.-(AP)-Lake
Michigan went mad yesterday. rag
ing and pounding upon its eastern
shores, gulping down two boats,
possibly three, and taking an unde-
termined lumber Of lives.
The stone-cargoed barge Salvor
sank off Muskegon, Mich, with
costguard boats standing by pre-
vented from rescue by the angry
waters.
The two-master, Our Son. last OF
the canvas-powered pulp boats. sank
20 miles off, Ludington, Mich.
The steel-hulled motor carrier
North Shore, Milwaukee bound from
Benton harbor, Mich, with a cargo
Of grapes, was many hours overdue
early today. She may have put into
some ether port. Coast guardsmen,
however, fear she may have gone
down. Five men and a woman were
aboard.
Eight men are believed to have
lost their lives in the sinking OF the
Salvor, Two bodies were washed
ashore late yesterday. Three men.
dashed to the derrick which protrud.
ed above water after the barge had
gone down, could hardly have sur.
vived the smashing waves. three
others are missing. -.
Coast guardsmen hoped with
abatement of the gale today to re-
move the men from the derrick. An
off shore wind and high rolling seas
prevented rescuers reaching the der
rick during the night.
A search of the shores was begun
today for the three missing men
There was some hope they may have
reached shore alive and been unable
because Of injuries, to reach shelter
Six persons, including two women,
who were aboard the Salvor. made
the shore alive and are in hospitals,
The women are Mrs. Ida Olstead
and Alice LaPlant, sisters, OF Sault
Ste. Marie. Mich.
Find Child's Body
One of the bodies washed ashore
was that of Lornie Olstead. nine
year-old O Of Mrs. Ida Olstead.
The other body had not been identi-
fled early today.
Capt. Winnroske, n OF those who
escaped, said an undertow added
greatly to the danger Of those who
fought their way the quarter Of q
mile to shore. He said he was in
the water an hour and . half, the
undertow hampering his shoreward
efforts.
The Salvor was in tow of the tug
Fitzgerald when the cables snapped.
leaving her at the mercy of the wat
ers. The tug steamed to Muskegon
for aid. The barge meanwhile was
driven toward shore and finally went
down just as a life boat was being
launched. Coast guardsmen, unable
to get close to the barge. pulled the
survivors from the surf.
The passing of the sailing ship
Our Son was one of the sentimental
tragedies of the lakes, although heI
crew was rescued without q single
loss Of life. The two-master had
weathered countless storms since
1875. and her Captain, Fred Nelson,
hal followed the lure of smacking
canvas for IS years.
The steamer William Nelson stood
by and took off the crew Of seven as
the Our Son slowly settled into the
water. Before she was abandoned
her canvas was cut. To have left
her with sails hopefully spread is
not the tradition Of the inland seas.
Storm damage was not confined to
the lakes. City and country suf-
fered from the high winds, with
broken windows, interrupted COM
munication service. and crop losses.
Unreasonable cold was felt in the
middlewest, coming only q few hours
after the same territory had COM
planned of temperatures high in the
eighties. Snow and killing frost
were ren0rtnd in Wisrnnxin-