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Show EIGHTEEN PERISH IN Ml Steamer Myron Founders Off Whitefish Point; Crew Is Lost. SAUL.T STE. MARIE, Mich., Xov. 23. Eighteen persons, comprising the crew of the steamer Myron, are believed tonight to have been added to the victims of Lake Superior's fury of tha past two weeks. Caught in a terrific northwester, the Myron foundered a mile and half off Whitefish point last night, and early today to-day sank In four fathoms of water. Futile efforts were made by two steamers steam-ers to throw lines to the men clinging to the cabin. So wild was the sea, however, that the men could not hold the lines, and for their own safety the two steamers were compelled to leave the scene. Tonight To-night coast guards are patrolling the shores of Whitefish bay for forty-five miles, hoping the Myron's two lifeboats will be blown ashore. The United Slates subchaser 4ZS also was scouring the bay tonight for possible survivors. The beach is covered with lumber, the Myron's cargo, but not a body had come ashore up to late today. The gale continued tonight and there was little lit-tle hope that passing steamers couid have picked up the lifeboats, which. It is believed, be-lieved, were swamped in the mountainous seas. The steamer Calumet, passing hero late lodav, reported sighting a waterlogged lifeboat south of Whitefish point. As far as could be ascertained, the boat was unoccupied. un-occupied. Captain McKae of the Adriatic said hc saw the distress signals set by the barge Mlztec which was later reported taken In tow' bv another steamer, but gave his L Mention to attempt the rescue of the M- ron's crew. At that lime the. Myron wa going to Pieces, he said, anil about fifeen of the crew had taken to lifeboats, he others clinging to wreckage. During the ineffectual attempts at rescue res-cue the Adriatic struck bottom Captain utta declared, and he was forced to 1,-ave the viftnlty for the safety of his the Myron is entirely broken At is posibfe. marine men here say, Eit her cargo of lumber will help keep '! e boat afloat and that those men who ,-mained aboard may he saved. Steamers -belter at Whitefish are assisting the oast guard in efforts to locate the drift-.(earner drift-.(earner and members of tne crew. The barge Miztec. which the Myron had In tow when she left Munislng down bound was cut loose and was picked up i v unknown steamer, which towed It SJ " "ler tit Whiteflsh point. The I-",'".,.'" jtogttoad of lumber and rudder ( Continued on Page 2, Column EIGHTEEN PERISH J LAKE STORM (Coutinued From Page One.) were carried away but it is understood her crew is safe. First word of the disaster came by wireless from the steamer Fnrling lying in shelter behind Whiiefish Point. When the steamer Adriatic, ice-covered, locked through here today, her captain reported that he .twice turned his ship around trying try-ing to pick up the stricken vessel's crew, who Xvere then in two lifeboats. The men were unable to hold the lines, however, how-ever, and the attempt at rescue had to be abandoned. Tbe steamer Mcintosh later passed through the wreckage of the Myron close enough to throw lines to several men seen clinging to the cabin. The men had life preservers on and were calling for help. One man also had a small flashlight- This attempt at rescue also failed and the men, unable to grasp the lines, had to be left to their fate. Whitefish Bay tonight is strewn with wreckage, according accord-ing to wireless dispatches. The Myron is the thlid ship swallowed up bv storm-driven 1-aHe Superior in the last two weeks. The others were the H. E. Runnells and the John Owen, the Matter with the loss of her crew of twenty-two twenty-two men. The steamer Myron, of wooden construction, con-struction, was built in Grand Haven, Mich., .in 1SSS. She was 1S; feet long and 676 gross tonnage. O. W. Blodgett of Bay City is the owner. |