Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1910 — THIRTY-FIVE DROWN WHEN VESSEL SINKS [ARTICLE]

THIRTY-FIVE DROWN WHEN VESSEL SINKS

Pere Marquette No. 18 Lost In Lake Michigan Thirty-five of the crew’ of Pere Marquette ear ferry No. 18 were lost and only three saved when the boat sank in midlake about thirty miles off Sheboygan. Wis. The vessel was making its first trip as a car ferry after having been used all summer at Chicago as an excursion boat.

Its last trip of the season as a passenger craft was made on Labor Day, when It carried 3.000 pleasure-seekers to Waukegan and return. The Pere Marquette No. 18 was valued at ha!? a million dollars.

All the crew hailed from Ludington. Among these who lost their lives were Peter.Kilty, captain; Joseph BresinSki, first mare; Walter Brown, second mate: R. Needham, engineer; Rozenr-rarz, assistant enginer.

The following is a list off the dead; Peter Kilty, captain; W. H. Brown, second mate: K. B. Leadharh. chief engineer: Paul Benner, second assistant engineer; unknown oiler; M. L. Bertrand passenger; unknown fireman; nnkrown lookout: Mrs. Marion Turner, eafcin maid; Peter Pierer, watchman; Ole Bakken, wheelman; Joseph Marlow, scrub boy; Jacobson. seaman; Charles Jensen, oiler; Joe Peterson, watchman: Jacob Jacobson. scrub boy. of steamer No. 17, all of Lndinghoß. . Joseph Breezinski, mate, of Manitowoc; S. F. Sczenapek purser and operator. Worcester. Mass.: Cbalmer Rasenkrans. first assistant engineer, XortKport, Mich.; E. J. Lack, steward, Westfield, N. Y.; W. H. Cummins, Chicago: John Schraufugal. cook. Milwaukee: Michael Haythaler, fireman, and Samuel Rouchie. fireman. Fprestville. Mich : Samuel Parker, fireman. Marine City. Mich.; two stowaways, Tom Kelly and brother, Detroit; Frank Warner, porter, Chicago. The ferry was bound from Ludington to Milwaukee with a full cargo of thirty-two cars, consisting of eleven cars off coal and twenty-one of miscel- ■ htneocs freight. •' The boat left the Michigan port at 11:40 at night after a thorough inspection before entering the freight carrying traffic across the lake The first word of the ferry being in distress was received in a wireless message from the captain"asking for assistance from car ferry No. 17, and for the dispatch off tugs.