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Show fi SEARCH FOR STEAMER VICTIMS FAILS H in ai u ft MEMBERS OF . f CREWM1SSINB Sudden Sinking of Vessel Due lf to Heavy Cargo or Iron Ore Br jC T J SAl'LT STE MARIE, Mich . auk 81 si Coast guai da and la ke ateainei con- k M ducted a 1 utlli in h ton g JJ i vlvors of steamer Superloi i Ity . 1 vthlch went down ofl Whltefleh PolnJ t'wMl u,c WU!8 1 King, according to mea- jQf fu report! ! ;i Ml rwetlty-elffht mnnbsrs of the crew ' 73M and one woman were mlsslnp nn-1 the aiCSj tout urvlVOM brought here after be- SQU ng picked up from the wreckage had . ' jM t.ll but abandoned hope tor tlielr ics- JfC"H tut owing to the short time that H elapsed between the collision mi . In tl:v boll' i 3&yBHB wrecked the stern of the steel ore JSBbSbbbD carrier. , , ''5M The sun Ivors left for their homes ' I lcnlUl tsTOUY OF DISASTER- "'PkWW Peter Jncobson. a. survivor, who was .B ,, the wheel when ship r mined, declared the King bore down ill on them after the .xrl.i.nirc "f n.e usual signals The sea was calm and .'SM tj,o weather was rather hazy, but DC ' could easily distinguish lights pi the JB) Captain Herman Nelson of the iving, j ji however maintained a fog enveloped! ' the vessi I ! ; -HBJH Belief that a number of missing I were killed or severely wounded by F the explosion was expressed by Cap- ItM f in Edward Sawyers of the superior , ity. Thi majority of them wore In p'Bl btato rooms directly over the boiler. VP room, lie said, lie attributed ' EPtBv-- . leu sinking of his vessel to her heavy K cargo of lion ore. V S Hi BY H ATI II VM "I Rank deep Into the Icy water,"' he oald, and the shock brought mo back TB t.) my senses I thought I would never h -2H rivo minutes, up from the depths UD -3B a steamers hatch cover, upon which I climbed and hung until picked up 'Jc iwSB "I guess. God wanted me to live a . Ml I l longer." Ii . l.l- !. l oi wlin ,. that' i .hi... f, ..in i ..... -'-in |