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Show ORE STEAMER 8INK8 ON LAKE SUPERIOR. Fears Are Felt In Duluth For the Safety Of Other Shlpi Duluth, Minn., April 29. That the steamer Benjamin Noble, her crew ot twenty or more men and officers and a large cargo of railroad iron were' swallowed up in the turbulent waters of storm swept Lake Superior last night was made certain today when the life Bavlng crew picked up wreckage wreck-age from the steamer off Minnesota Minneso-ta point, Duluth. All efforts to locate lo-cate tho hulk of the steamer have proved fruitless. Details of whero and when the vessel ves-sel founded probably will never be known. There Is a possibility that sho grounded on either the north or south shore and was broken up by tha waves but the general belief Is that she missed tho Duluth entrance and struck the point and foundered In deep water. The- Inst report of the vessel received re-ceived shows that sho passed up the Soo on April 25 at 7 a. m. laden with Iron for Duluth. Under good weather weath-er conditions sho should havo arrived two days ago. This afternoon the tug captains look lng for tho wreck, located the cabin ot the Noble on a sand reef near Mjn-ncsota Mjn-ncsota point. They assert that this makes It certain that the crew was lost. No bodies have come ashore. Anxiety is felt here for fiva ves sels headed for this port. All of them were overdue yesterday. These are the William H. Truesdalo, Willis King, F. T. Heffelflnger, Sheldon Parks and David Z. Norton. No word has been received of these vessels, although diligent search by wireless has been made throughout last night and this morning. |