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Show DETROITERS ARE M NOT DROWNED I Dl Detroit, July 25. After being tossed . f about Lake St Clair in an open launch fll for nineteen hours, tho seven De- J troltcrs believed to havo been drowned during Saturday night's gale, managed by heroic efforts to IH reach Chatham, Ont, on Monday ll evening I lM All suffered considerably from the i jH exposure, but It is Understood thpy H will all recover. The party was com H posed of William, August and Joseph a ! La Badlo and Andrew MUbreck. Otto 2 H Llnderbcrg, Joseph Hagstroni and thu M lattcr's 9-vcar-old Bon. x H Late- Sunday afternoon thoy left ft M Chatham In a launch for the return M H trip to Detroit, ILardly had theiv Si IH reached the lake when the storm 8H M broke. Tho launch made good pro- jl gress, however, until far from shore, B H when the motor ceased to work. 3j H All night the six men fought tho W H slorm as best ihoy could, and when j m 'H daylight camo it began to abate. With Hi jH makeshift oar3 they fought their jj M way back toward Chatham, which they B BH finally reached in safety. pf H |