Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1912 — BOTTLE WITH LAST MESSAGE [ARTICLE]

BOTTLE WITH LAST MESSAGE

From Schooner Rouse Simmons Is Found On the Beach Near Sheboygan, Wis. Chicago, December 13.—A bottle containing the last message from the schooner Rouse Simmons, which, with her crew of 17, foundered in T ake Michigan a fortnight ago, was picked up to-day on the beach near Sheboygan, Wis. The message was written on a rlieet torn from a log book and was signed by Captain Herman Sohueneinann. It read: “Everybody go>d-by. I guess we are all through. The sea washed over the deck load Thursday. During the night the small boat was washed overboard. Leaking badly. Engwald and Stede fell overboard Thursday. God help us.” The Rouse Simmons calrried a cargo of Christmas trees, many of which have been washed ashore.