Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2012, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== STORM'S TOLL OF DEATH INCREASING ------- Latest Reports Place Loss of Life over One Hundred ------- SHORES STEWN WITH WRECKS ------- The Wreck Stewn Shores of Great Lakes Indicate Fate of Vessels Lake Huron Scene of Greatest Ca- tastrophe - Uncertain Reports Still Coming In. Detoit, Nov. 13. - Reports stil un- certain are coming. The wreck stewn shores of the Great Lakes indicates the fate of vessels reported in trou- ble as follows: Lake Huron Steamer James Carruthers, newest of Canada's freighters, with crew of 30, thought lost; overturned freighter near Port Huron, declared by marine experts to be the Regina, eight bodies found; report of seven bodies found from steamer Charles S. Price, steam- er Howard M. Hanna on rocks off Point Aux Marques (sic), Lake Huron, crew all saved; steamer Matoa, on rocks off Point Aux Barques, Lake Huron, crew supposed safe; steamer Northern Queen, stranded off Port Frank, Ont., crew safe; steamer Acadiau, Canadian vessel, stranded in Thunder Bay, crew reported safe; steamer J. M. Jenks, stranded outside Midland, crew safe; lumber carrier, adrift on Lake Huron, identity unknown; Wexford, Canadian vessel, missing on Lake Huron, three bodies coming ashore wearing life pre- servers bearing her name; steamer Rehina (sic), Canadian, probably lost on Lake Huron, with all her crew, bodies of ten supposed to be from her found on Canadian shore, near Therford; steamer Rhode Emily, ashore near Harbor of Refuge, Harbor Beach, crew safe; barge Dorcas Pendall, ashore in Harbor of Refuge, crew safe except one man lost entering harbor; steam- er Edward Buckley, ashore near Har- bor Beach, crew safe. Lake Superior Steam barge Butters, probably lost with 22 men on south shore of Lake Superior; steamer Leafield, Canadian ship, ashore on Angus Island, Lake Superior Monday, is reported to have disappeared with crew; steamer L. C. Waldo, probably total loss on Gull Rock, Lake Superior, crew all saved steamer J. L. Hutchinson, with bottom badly damaged, sunk near Iroquois point, Lake Superior, crew safe; steamer F. G. Hartwell, sunk near Iro- quois point, Lake Superior, crew safe; steamer Turret Chief, on rocks six miles east of Copper Harbor, crew safe; steamer William Nottingham, stranded on reef between Parisian and Sand islands, three of crew lost; barge Halstead, ashore off Green Bay, Wis., crew rescued; barge Plymouth, with crew of seven men, probably lost on Lake Michigan, 16 miles east of Escanaba; grain steamer Thistle, ashore near Calumet. Lake Erie Steamer G. J. Grammer, stranded outside Lorain, crew safe; Point Abi- no lightship No. 82, lost on Lake Erie, with crew of six men. =========================================================================== Source: Oswego Daily Times, Oswego, N.Y. Thursday Evening, November 13, 1913