| Show MANY VESSELS STRANDED TERRIBLE STORM SWEPT OVER THE LAKES Eighteen Crafts Reported Ashore A Schooners Crew of Eight Men are Drowned Gale Was Terrific Chicago Sept Yesterdays storm on the lakes was one of the most vie I lent and destructive of recent SSKrs No less than eighteen vessels have been reported stranded at various points Jcn while reports continue to be received of others Hying signals of distress At Milwaukee the schooner Connor Is long overdue and grave fears are felt for her safety Thirteen persons fel rowly escaped drowning when the steam barge Kershaw went on the reef at Choclay beach breaking com pletely In two Five steamers are grounded near De srounded troit and the barge R J Penny went to pieces VI lie rocks near HnnH Sic Marie Several vessels lost deck cargoes and others were stripped of all canvas steering gear etc The stttam er Puritan from Chicago to St Jo seph Mich was obliged to put back to port after making three attempts to land at the latter port The pas sengers became panicstricken and many of them sick Thus far no loss of life has been reported BIG STEAMERS STRANDED Sault Ste Marie Mich Sept 30The captain of the Anchor line Schuylklll arrived from Duluth Schuylltl passing two boats tola at Kewoo reports flaW point He thought they were the Matoa and Alosaba big steel steamers belonging to the Minnesota company The Matoa and Masaba cleared from two harbors for Cleve land yesterday Kewoonaw point Is one of the most dangerous points on the lakes and the boats stranded are likely to prove total losses owing to the heavy northwest gale STORIES OF DISASTER Duluth Minn Sept OA special to the News Trllnnn frn On i o 5 u Juu Otu Marie Mich says The steamer Schuck which arrived this after noonreporls that while laying to for shelter In Copper Harbor the City of Paris came In there and went ashore on Flatrock She Is bound up tight The steam barge Blrckhead towing the schooners Chester B Jones and Elma lumber laden Baraga to Og densburg lost her consorts off Whlte fish yesterday morning The Jones Is at anchor three miles west of While fish point The Elma Is reported as foundering with all hands lost In Munlslng bay She carried a crow of eight She Is owned by Warre of Ton owne awanda From Whisky to Forgery Chicago Sept SO Frank McCurdy atone at-one time a prosperous commission man nt the Union stock yards Is locked up on chanfca of forgery Love of whisky Is said to be the cause McCurdy has onfessed and Implicates C M Coleman Cole-man a bookkeeper who has been out ot employment for some time Coleman Is also locked up |
