Lake Disasters

The late storm which swept Lake Michigan was the most disastrous of recent years. Eight vessels were driven ashore within the city limits of Chicago. Out of their crews ten men are known to be drowned, and in every instance boat and cargo are utterly lost. One schooner, the Myrtle, was wrroked just outside tne government pier within a half mile of Michigan boulevard, and six men of her crew went dovvnto death in plain view of the hundreds of people who lined the boulevard walks. or watched the awful storm from the windowa of the big hotels which overlook the harbor. The vessels were the schooners Lincoln Dalí; of Manistee. seaman. Anton Ounderson drowned; Myrtle, every man of the crew lost, six in all. names unknown: Jack Thompson, from (luiden bay, Mich., crew rescued by lifesaving crew; Evening Star, oí Milwaukee, crew rescued: Mercury, of Grand Haven, the vessel was grinding to pieces when three men jumped onto some floating lumber and reachcd shore, a line wase then made fast and the remaining three crawled ashore; J. Loomis McLaren, of Chicago, crew saved excepting the mate who was killed by the breaking of a tow-post; Rainbow, of Milwaukee, the crew was rescued in the most heroic manner, the life-saving apparatus was aboard a flat-car on the Illinois Central railroad, which runs close to the water's edge, two Unes had been fired at the driftIng vessel, but both feil short, then the tug Spencer managed to get alongside for a moment and four men were taken off. the three otherscut loose on a small raft they had made, and Wm. i Havill, a young electrical engineer, placed a line about his waist and svvam to the raft and called to one man to jump. Capt. Pew did so, Havill grabbed hiin and both were pulled ashore; then E. J. Willis, a coloree! man, performed the same feat, and Havill again went out and brought the last poor fellow off; the rescuers and rescued were then taken to a hospital, all being thoroughly exhausted; C. G. Mixer, of Chicago, crew rescued: unknown schooner, crew saved. Thomas Kelso, a fi.sherman, was washed off the g-overnment pier and drowned. At Milwaukee. The schooners M. J. Cummings and C. C. liarnes tried to enter the harbor early in the day and failed to make the piers and were soon drifting toward the beach on Jones island. An cesstul eítort was made by the ufe-saving crew to rescue all of the crew of the Cummings, but they were nearly drovvned in the attempt, the life-boat being overturned. the crew escaping1 almost miraculously. The crew of the Barnes escaped, and the resael can be released, as she is light and on sandy bottom. The life-saving crew managed to reach shore safely by clinging to the boat, which wao washed high and dry. Six thousand people were anxiousl y watching when the tug Knight Templar, towing a scow hearing the lifesavers, left the pier to make a second attempt to rescue the crew. One hu ndred feet of line separated the tug from the scow, and back of the scow was towed the empty surf boat. With bow to the waves, the Knight Templar permitted the scow to drop down toward the wreek. liefore the surf boat was in position threemen were seen to fall one at a time from the mizzenDüftst, and when the boat had swung alougside two men leaped into it, but a man and a woman would not try it and were aftcrwards lost. Slowly the long line that held the surf boat was paid out. and the two rescued men were permitted to drift toward the shore. Along the beach at the foot of Jones island a crowd ran to meet the rescued men; willinjf hands were Btretched out to reach them, and they were dragged from the boat to a place of safety. The dead are: John M'Cnllough,' captain. Marine City; Timothy Bosour, mate. Buffalo, N. V; Thomas Tuscott, sailor, Marine City; unknown sailor, Marine Cityj Sailor named --Jim," Marine City: cook (woman), unknown, Kulíalo, N. Y.