Press enter after choosing selection

Lake Vessels Sunk

Lake Vessels Sunk image
Parent Issue
Day
3
Month
October
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

The steamer Kershaw and consorts Moonlight and Kent were driven ashore near Marquette. The Kershaw Btruck a reef and soon broke in two amidships, the forward portion going to pieces. 'J'Jie two schuoners went high on a sand beaoli and are apparentlv not mach damaged. The 13 members of the Kershaw'g crew were rcseued by the life sayjng crew after a thrilling experience in which the surf boat was eapsized and four life savers nearly lost their livcs. The crews of the schooners walked ashore. Considering the violence of the gale it was a most fortúnate escape for all. The Kershaw was commanded by Capt. Pringle, and owned by Wm. S. Mack, of Cleveland. The ins'uranee is :J5,OOO. The wooden steamer llobert L. Fryer was sunk near the dyke in Hay lake channel by acoüision with the steamer Corsica. The Fryer was cut clean to the foremast and her bow is nearly all gone. She lies with her decks below water. The crew was taken off safely. The Fryer is owned by Mitcheir& Co., and valued at Sy.",OOO. She was bound to üuluth wtth coal. The Corsica was badly damaged and returned to the "Soo" after the collision. The steamer E. C. Pope arrivcd at the "Soo"' having on board the crew of the schooner C. A. King, of Detroit, which had been pickedupoff Point Au Barques, Lake Quron, after their boat had foitndered. The crew consisted of Capt. James Glenn, four men and a woman. The King was bound from Toledo to Bay City with coal, when she encountered the northwest.er. This was Capt. Glenn's first trip in the King. He had recently purchased her, and lost everything, as he had no insurance. '.! Theschooner Elma isreportedashaving been driven upon the Picture rocks on Lake Superior in a terrifie gale and all on board, ninein nuraber, ineluding Capt. John Thurston's wife and child, were drowned. The Elma was one of tliree schooners in tow of tlie steamer Birkhead. Of the others the C. H. Jone anchored ort' Whitefish Point. but it is feared she vill bc pounded to pieees. The crew was taken off by life savers. The third of the tow, the Commodore, found shelter at Grand island and the steamer Birkhead made the "Soo" in safety. The steamer Nellie Torrent arrived at the "Soo" from Shelldrake, having released herself, but her barge Carncy pounded herself to pieces losing a cargo of lumber. Ihe barge Lillie .May went to pieces at East Whitefish Point. The tug Parker had to abandon a raftof half a million feet of logs and run to shelter near Deer Park. The steamer City of Paris ran into Copper harbor for shelter and was driven hard on the rocks. The barge Lady Franklin drifted ashore at Hammond's bay, Lake Huron. and became a total loss. She was owned by Abram Smith, of Algonac. Two of the crew of the schooner John Raber were drowned in Lake Michigan when the vessel grounded near Whiting, Ind. Wm. Spields, light kefrper at Squaw island, reports a deoomposcd body being washed ashore there in the gale and it is supposed to be one of the crew of the lost Chicora. The furniture from some vessel washed ashore near ' South Haven by the storm, indicating a wreek. The excursión steamer Puritan with 45 passengers left Chicago in the gale and came near sharing the fate of the Chicora. The Puritan reached St. Joseph after an awful voyage, but was unablc to enter the harbor and after being tossed a bout like a cockle shell for some time it was seen that the only thing to do was to return to Chicago. Ko one expected to ever reach shore, but after a terrible struggle port was reached and all were glad to plant foot on solid land after their 10 hours' fearful experience.

Article

Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Register