Show THIRTY LIVES LOST IN LAKE one of the worst disasters in history of lake michigan brings sorrow to many M any homes ludington mich one of the worst marine disasters in the history of lake michigan navigation occurred early alday l when car ferry pere marquette no 18 flagship of a fleet of six steel car ferries owned and operated by the pere marquette railroad company sank to the bottom of lake michigan twenty miles off port washington with a loss of thirty lives the dead include captain peter kilty of ludington S P F Se of chicago purser and wireless operator whose signals of distress brought assistance to tho the sinking steamer and two rr members embers of the car ferry no 17 who lost their lives in an effort to rescue the crew of no 18 the boat was valued at and the cargo which included twenty nine loaded cars at to the total lo 10 loaa will exceed half a million dollars which Is fully covered by insurance in lloyds in england |