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Show IE LOSE LIVES I IN MATAAFA WRECK I Crew Compelled to Remain Overnight on Crippled Steamer. j. RESCUE OF SURVIVORS 1 IS FILLED WITH PERIL Sailors on Lafayette and Ma- j nila. Stranded. Escape ou Tree Branches. DULUT1I. Minn , Nov "5 -The net re-suits re-suits of the great storm on Lake. Superior as far as known are the total wrecks of tho steamers Mataafa, Crescent City. Edenborn and the Lafayette; the staking or the Kllwood In Duluth harbor, the stranding of the barge Manila and the steamer W. B. England, the stranding of the Braiisford at Isle Royal, and two barges missing, the Madeira ami Con- Biansford Reaches Duluth. The Biansford escaped with a puncture. In her forward compartment and sue- eeded in reaching Duluth a tireman off the Lafayette was drowned and the second assistant engineer of the Edenborn was lost. Their names are unobtaln- Lrrffl able President Coukby of the Pittsburg Steamship ompany arrived at midnight ou a special train with much wr.cklusr apparatus and an effort will be made, to save some of the stranded boats, among them the Manila. Crews of Two Saved. The stei 1 steamer Lafayette and the steel barge Manila at.- on the rocks on the mainland Just north of Encampment Island, nine miles from Two Harbor. The et. tlr cTSWS of both bouts, with the ei ceptlou of a fireman whose name la un-km un-km w n. were saved Th Lafayette broke in two as soon as she struck the rocks, but the two vessels were so close together that the men on the steam, r we re able to Jump from the stern to the Manila. In making this jump to the Manila, one of the Bremen on tho Lafuyetie slipped and fell Into the wat. r and disnppeiirad, Trees Hang Over Deck. The escape from the Manila by buih the crew.H ds an i-jny matter. The ves-Bel ves-Bel was so close to shore that th branches of several trees hung down over the deck. The sailors taking hold uf the brunches pulled themselves up and ln this way reached the land. The Lafayette is practically a total wreck. Th Mablla is ln good condition and may be saved. A complete list of those who perlsbeii on the wracked stfsmer Mataafa which foundered the canSI entrance yes- terday afternoon follows. wii.i.i.vM most. Cleveland, chief engineer. CLAUDE FAftlNORR, I'leveland. first as-sistant as-sistant eaglaeer. H JAMES EARLY, HufTalo. second assistant CARL CARLSOX, hieago. oiler. WILLIAM GILCHRIST. YVIarton. Ont . oiler THOMAS WOODOATK rasldSsee unknown. shlppeI at Connoaut. fireman. TIlnMAS M'CLOUO. deekhnnd fgfJH .1 M. WRIQHT, Cleveland, steward WALTER BUSH, Ainherstburg. ont. second cook. First Sign of Life A light shining through the porthole of the MatSafS w-us the only vldence of life until shortly after the day broke, thn form of a man was seen at the door of the Captain's cabho and a cheer of en-courugement en-courugement broke from those on the shore. Find Sea Too Heavy. , The Iife-Bavlng crew was on the scepe early and. assisted hy the wntehere, two surf boats were brought to the heach. Eor a time It seemed as if tlie violence of the sea was subsiding, but at .s o'clock it whs heaving with renewed fury, and J tho launching of the boat was postponed A megaphone was secured and In re- H sponso to the repeated calls of the life-savers life-savers a man appeared mi the deck with J a megaphone and shouted: "All alive forward; can you get us ashore?" Shovo Into Breakers Spurred to renewed efforts by this ap-peal, ap-peal, under Capt. McLennon. the life-savers life-savers manned the boat and a hundred willing hands shoved her Into the break ers The waves were roiling Aercely clear over the wreck, while clouds of blinding spray flew mast high at time.-. completely obscuring the vessel. Rescued HoJf Dead. Tossed like a chip, but rluallv triumph-ant. triumph-ant. the lifeboat reached the fide of th wreok and a rope was thrown to th H eager hands on deck It was made fggl and the work of lowering the half frozen men began. In silence, the watchrs or pjfH shoro saw the first man twist himself SbOUt the frozen rope and glide down to the lifeboat, which every moment threat- pjJJJpjJ t., He v is caught and pjpjB dragged from the spouting water as II washed over the decks aide In torrents PH Into the boat, drenched and half dead, but fJJH BSsH No Confusion on Boaid. There was no confusion or useless burr- J on board. Each man as hts mine wa fJJI colled stepped from the poor shelter of tho battered cabin, crawled forward tO pjJPJfl the rail and committed lilms. If to th PJPJPJPJ rope, which swaved fiercely by the for e BBBS of the blast and threatened tO dash out tPJPJ his life against the side of tlie vessel PJPJH Return Trip Perilous. Five times was this perilous maneuver repeated. The captain gave the signal PPPJ nnd the return trip WSJ begun A dogsn PPPJ time the boat seemed about to turiv PPPJ over or crash against the rocks, but wlih PPPJ a Bnai lurch sin came almost iiroadsid PPPJJ on the beach and tin crowd lushed for- PPPJ ward to seize the Lines and drag her to PJPJH Three of the survivors were carried to aBBSJ the ambulance, while the other two. half ssh walking and half carried bv th. crowd. PPPJ reached a cab and were driven to a hotel pjpjH |
