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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. =========================================================================== SEVERAL LAKE VESSELS LOST; LIKELY OVER 100 SAILORS DROWNED MANY VICTIMS OF STORM, BUT HURON'S FATAL SECRETS FAR FROM BEING REVEALED --------------------------- DEADLY GALE ----------- Extent of Havoc on the Lakes Partially Hid- den by Fog ----------- LOST SHIPS ----------- And Scores of Bodies, Some of Them Lashed to a Life Raft. ---------- LATEST DISASTER ---------- Sinking of the Great Steam- er, the John A. McGean, With All on Board. ---------- THE LIST OF DEAD ---------- The Bodies Now at Various Towns Along the Canadian Shore ---------- By Associated Press That a total of at least ten vessels and 167 lives were lost in the great storm that swept the Great Lakes from Sunday until Tuesday, is indicated in the com- pilation today of reports received from various points on the lakes. In addition 21 other vessels were partially or wholly de- stroyed, their crew escaping. ---------- HUNDREDS OF VICTIMS Port Huron, Mich., Nov. 13- Re- ports of more missing vessels came in this forenoon but great fog banks had settled down over Lake Huron and the secret of the number and identity of lost ships and men in the recent gale on Lake Huron was far from being, revealed. LATEST REPORTED DISASTER The latest disaster reported was that the steamer John A. McGean, of the Hutchinson Steamship company of Cleveland had gone down. THE APPALLING LOSSES. Including the McGean, six ships may be on the bottom of Lake Huron and a hundred or more sailors are al- most certain to have been drowned. The BODIES OF TWO MEN who sailed on the McGean are said to have been picked up today below Sarnia in the St. Clair river. The steamer passed her upbound at 2:10 Sunday morning and nothing had been heard from her since then. One of the McGean bodies is said to have been identified as that of John Cody. VESSELS PROBABLY GONE DOWN. Up to this afternoon 27 bodies and wreckage of all descriptions had been tossed on the Canadian shore from Point Edward, opposite here, north to Goderich. Life belts, life boats and water soaked cargo bore evidence that the steamers Regina, Charles S. Price, Wexford and James Carruthers prob- ably were at the bottom of the lake. AN OVERTURNED DERELICT In the meantime the overturned derelict lay in the lake a few miles northeast of here still unidentified. A diver was ready this morning to make another effort to learn her name but he had to wait until the fog lift- ed. Although marine men in this lo- cality were still firm in their belief that the steamer is the Regina, the later's owners believed the contrary. They claimed their boat had a marked bow as the result of a collision. The bow of the partially submerged vessel was said to be undamaged. IDENTIFICATION OF DEAD Identification of but four of the bodies washed ashore had been made up to this morning. Reports were that ghouls, had been busy and that the frozen bodies had been robbed of all that might lead to identification. Pro- vincial detectives were today investi- gating these reports. LIST OF THE DEAD The list of recovered dead this fore- noon was as follows: Three from the steamer Regina, One unknown, Seven from steamer Price Two from steamer McGean Seven from steamer Carruthers Nine from steamer Wexford. This is a total of 29. All of these bodies are now at towns on the Canad- ian shore. ------------------- A FEW OF THE DEAD Three Washed Ashore, Picked Up and Identified. --------------- Cleveland, O., Nov. 13- The loss of the steamer John A. McGean, operated by the Hutchinson Steamship company here, was confirmed by officials of the company today. The ship sunk in Lake Huron. It is believed that Captain C. R. Nye, and all of the crew of 28 men were drowned. The company has re- ceived dispatches from Goderich, On- tario saying three bodies were washed ashore there. The company received a dispatch from Coroner A. G. Hunter at Goderich which stated that the bodies of three men, lashed to a life raft, had been picked up there and had been iden- tified. They were seamen Thomas Stone, John Owen and Thomas L. Smith, all of the company's payrolls. FEAR VESSEL IS LOST Fort William, Ont., Nov. 13- The steamer Norton which left Whitefish Saturday afternoon has not arrived here. Fear is expressed that she has been lost. The Norton, Captain Richard Call, is a steel freighter, 400 feet long and carried five thousand tons of coal for this port. --------------- Flood Now Not Likely Cleveland, O., Nov. 13- Rain which fell last night ceased for a time this morning and a thaw is progressing that is materially aiding the city in resuming its normal condition. The cessation of the rain has allayed fears of flood conditions. While there is a marked rise in the Cuyahoga riv- er, it is not believed the danger mark will be approached. The steamer John W. Gates, one of the largest vessels in the Pittsburg Steamship company's fleet, left here today on a relief expedition up the lakes to aid the score or more of ves- sels reported stranded. The Gates carried supplies of all kinds. ALARM AT PORT HURON, Port Huron, Mich., Nov. 13 - Alarm was expressed today when it became known that at least five other vessels on Lake Huron have not reported for several days. They are: Northern King of the Mutual Transportation company of Buffalo; Manola, of the Pittsburg Steamship company of Cleveland; I. M. Scott, of Cleveland, and The Argus and Hydrus, of the Pickands and Mather company, also of Cleveland. The Argus was yesterday reported lost but her fate has not yet become definitely learned. STEAMER REPORTED SAFE Duluth, Minn., Nov. 13 - At the of- fices of the Pittsburg Steamship com- pany here today it was stated that the steamer Manola was safe at Escanaba. ---------------------- Steamer Norton Docked Cleveland, O., Nov. 13 - The steam- er Norton, mentioned in the dispatch from Fort Williams, is probably the David Z. Norton, owned by W. C. Richardson, Cleveland. The owner to- day received a message from Duluth saying the Norton docked there yes- terday. =========================================================================== SOURCE: Youngstown Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio November 13, 1913