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Show IBj W. U. Telegraph.J THE LAKE MICHIGAN DI S A STICK. Chicago, 15. Two boat3 from the propeller "Lao La Belle," which foundered foun-dered in Lake Michigan, yesterday morning, landed at Racine last night, one containing twelve persons the other seven. This, with lour in the captain's cap-tain's boat, a very small skiff which reached Kenosha last night, makes twenty-three in ail known to bo saved. The clerk of "La Belle," who commanded com-manded one of the boats which arrived ar-rived at Racine, says there were in all fifty-two persons on board, twenty-one of whom, passengers, including two children and five or six men, refused to leave the sinking vessel, and when sua tteoi uown were seen struggling in the waves. The sea running too high to admit of assistance reaching thnm it is thought they drowned Two boats with twenty-three people arc still niiesioe, but it is thought that both are sale. One of them, with ten persons per-sons aboard, was Eeen by the clerk's boat yesterday evening, steering north, and he thinks they wore picked up by a passing schooner. The cause of the disaster wai shipping a heavy sea amidh:p, which put out the fires, stopped the engines, and allowed the vrssel to swing iu;o the trounh of the sen wh.Te she started sea us open. t""be kept afl jat about six hours, from midnight mid-night tunday till near fix o'clock yesterday yes-terday morning. Her cargo, which whs valuable, is a total loss, the greater part having been thrown overboard by the crew in the attempt to lighten her to keep her afloat. Chicago, 15. The two missing boats of the bunkcQ propeller "Lac La Belle," have reached shoro, and the crews and all are saved. Six lives are al; so f;ir known to bo lost. |
