Show MANY VESSELS STRANDED SWEPT OVER THE LAKES eighteen crafts reported ashore A schooners ners crew of eight non men are drowned gale was terrific chicago sept 30 Yeater yesterdays days storm on OH the lakes was wan one of the most violent and destructive of recent years no less than eighteen vessels have hake been reported stranded at various points while reports continue to be received of others flying signals of distress at milwaukee the schooner connor Is long lone overdue over fiver due and grave fears are felt for her safety thirteen persons narrowly escaped drowning when the steam barge kershaw went on the reef at chociay beach breaking completely in III two five steamers are grounded near detroit and the barge R J penny we went nt to pieces on oil the rocks near sault ste marle marie several vessels lost deck cargoes and others were stripped of all da canvas rivas steering gear etc the steamer puritan Purl tan from chicago to st joseph mich alch was obliged to put back to port after making three att attempts emits to fund and at the latter port the passengers 3 became panic stricken and many of them sick thus far no loss of life has been reported I 1 BIO STEAMERS STRANDED 1 sault ste marle bitch sept 30 30 the captain of tile anchor line schuylkill arrived from duluth today reports passing two boats ashore at kepoo new naw boint he thought they were the matoil and masaba big steel steamers belonging to the minnesota company the batow and Mas masaba cleared from two harbors for cleveland yesterday point Is one lie of the most dangerous points on the lakes and tho the boats stranded lort are likely to prove total losses owing to the heavy northwest gale STORIES OF DISASTER t the he news tribune from sault ste marle bitch says the steamer which arrived this atter after noon reports that while laying to for shelter in copper harbor the city of parts parlo came tn in there and went ashore on flatrock FI atrock she Is bound up tight the steam barge barce birckhead towing ra chester 13 jones and lama elma lumber laden baraga to og oe de dens buiK lost her consorts olt off white elsh yesterday morning the jones Is 1 at anchor three miles mile west of whitefish point the elma to Is reported as aa foundering with all hands lost in Mun munising ising bay she carried it a crew of eight she sha to Is owned by warre of 0 tonawanda ft |