Show THIRTY THIRTY LIVES LOST IN LAKE I One of the Worst Disasters In History of Lake Michigan Brings Sorrow to Many Homes Ludington One l Mich One of the worst marine disasters In the history of La Lake e Michigan l navigation occurred early Friday when car ferry Pere Marquette No 18 flagship of a fleet of six steel car ferries terries owned and operated by the Pere Marquette Railroad Railroad Rail RaU road company sank to the bottom of Lake Michigan twenty miles off ot Port Washington with a loss of thirty lives The dead include Captain Peter Kilty of Ludington S. S F P. of Chicago purser and wireless operator oper ator titer whose signals of distress brought assistance to the sinking steamer and two members of the car ferry No 17 who lost their lives in inan inan inan an effort to rescue rescue the crew of No 18 The boat was valued at and the cargo which Included twentynine twenty twenty- nine loaded cars at to The total lo low los will exceed half halt a D million dollars which is fully covered by insurance in Lloyds in England |