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. =========================================================================== EVERY HOUR ADDS TO TOLL OF DISASTERS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED ON LAKE HURON ---------------------- Greatest Number of Catastrophies in History of That Section of Country--Thirty Lives Lost in One Wreck Alone--Many Bodies Found--Wreckage Strewn Along Shores ---------- MARQUETTE, Mich., Nov. 13. - Thirty lives are reported to have been lost in the wreck of the steamer Henry B. Smith of Cleveland in Lake Superior, near this city. One body has been washed ashore and the ship's name was obtained from wreckage picked up on the beach. The Smith is owned by the Hawgood-Avery Transit Line. ----------- PORT HURON, Mich., Nov. 13. - Each hour today added to the toll of disasters which occurred on Lake Huron during last Sunday's storm and tonight the end was not in sight. Bodies of sailors of five and perhaps six vessels were found on the shore of the lake; wreck- age from two other boats still missing was cast up by the sea, and no trace had been secured of two vessels or their crews totaling more than forty men. Never in the history of Michigan's maritime existence has Lake Huron been the scene of such a succession of catastrophes. Conservative estimates of the loss of life fix the total at 150 at least. The damage to vessels and cargo will be several millions of dollars. Lying in various morgues along the Canadian shore are bodies of sailors from the steamers James Carruthers, Regina, John A. McGean, Wexford and Charles S. Price. It is practically certain those vessels went down with all on board. There are also a number of unidentified bodies. Perhaps these were sailors on the unidentified freighter which lies bottom side up in Lake Huron, 13 miles north of here. Many still think it is the Regina -- others believe it is another vessel which collided with the Regina and the latter sank. Wreckage of the steamers Argus and Hydrus has been cast ashore. Neither of these boats has been heard from since the storm swept the lakes. The freighter Isaac M. Scott also is miss- ing. Marine men said today that there was a possibility of this boat being safe. None of its wreckage has been found; no bodies of its sailors have been washed ashore. This afternoon word was received from Captain Ely of the tug Sarnia City that he had sighted the wreck of an unidentified steamer while his tug was passing Port Austin. She is be- lieved to be a total loss. She may be one of the boats already reported miss- ing. Fog and heavy sea today prevented marine men from making a fourth at- tempt to learn the name of the over- turned freighter, which, tossing help- lessly in a rough lake, has become a serious menace to navigation. A tug with a diver aboard will go out to her tomorrow morning if the weather permits. Greatest among today's tragedies was the confirmation of the loss of the steamer John A. McGean, a 432 foot freighter. Twenty-eight bodies of her crew have been washed ashore. All are in morgues. Several have not been positively identified. =========================================================================== SOURCE: Schenectady Gazette November 14, 1913