Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Ludington Daily News Friday, November 15, 1940 pp 1 & 8 HULK OF ANNA C. MINCH IS LOCATED CLYDE CROSS FINDS SHIP NEAR BEACH Canadian Steamer is Submerged in 40 Feet of Water a Mile and a Half South of Pentwater Hulk of the grain freighter ANNA C. MINCH, which foundered off Pentwater with a crew of 24 in Monday night's storm, was lo- cated today, submerged in 40 feet of water about a mile and a half south of Pentwater. With only the tips of the mast showing, the discovery was made this morning by Clyde Cross, same stalwart Pentwater fisherman who fearlessly engineered the rescue of 17 seamen from the grounded freighter NOVADOC south of Pentwater Wednesday. Cross told The News this noon that he went out in his now famous little fishtug, the THREE BROTHERS, again this morning "to scout around and see what we could see." He said he started out about 8 o'clock and went northwest a ways, then south. He was returning, he explained, when he sighted what he at first believed to be a seagull. "It looked to us like a seagull sitting on the water," he said. "But we weren't sure. As we got closer, we saw it was not a gull.. Tip of Mast "Coming up to the object, we found that it was the tip of the mast of a ship, flying a small pennant." The pennant was identified as that of the Sarnia Steamships, Ltd., Sarnia, Ont., owner of the MINCH. Cross said he had a "good hunch" also as where the hulk of the WILLIAM B. DAVOCK, which also foundered in Monday night's gale, will be found. He said a further search was planned this afternoon and, if not successful then, again Saturday. Hulls of the MINCH and the DAVOCK, it is believed, will yield most of the remaining 41 bodies of seamen of the MINCH and DAVOCK, 22 from the DAVOCK, 19 from the MINCH. At Ludington, representatives of the Interlakes Steamship Co., Cleveland, O., operator of the DAVOCK, and Captain Scott Misener, Sarnia, Ont., president and general manager of Sarnia Steamships, Ltd., this morning boarded the 30-foot tug, MARY L., skippered by Alex Lindquist, East Melendy street, to make a tour of the waters where it is believed the DAVOCK may have foundered. They left the dock of the Charles Peterson fish market early this morning, returning about 1 p.m. They reported no evidence of the position of the DAVOCK, excepting that traces of oil were found at one point. Captain Misener left at once for Pent- water. Judge Position Judging from the position of the MINCH, a mile and a half south of Pentwater, plus the fact that bodies from the MINCH and DAVOCK drifted to shore about the same time, several miles apart, it is believed likely that the DAVOCK foundered much closer to shore than originally supposed. Bodies from the DAVOCK were found 10 to 15 miles farther north than those of the MINCH. Thus it is believed likely that the DAVOCK, if any evidence of it remains, may be lo- cated possibly only a few miles southwest of Ludington, possibly about off King's canyon in Buttersville. Efforts to recover bodies still aboard the MINCH, and aboard the DAVOCK if its hull is found, are expected to begin as soon as divers and other salvage equipment can be moved to the region. Salvaging of the MINCH itself, and of DAVOCK if it is found, will of course depend on later investigation regarding condition of the hull, or hulls. ===========================================================================