People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1894 — THREE BOATS GO DOWN. [ARTICLE]

THREE BOATS GO DOWN.

The Drowning of Eleven Persons Out of Two of the Crews Results. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Sept. 28. The schooner Ironton collided with the steamer Ohio on Lake Huron, near Presque Isle, at 1:50 Wednesday mornimr. Both boats sank to the bottom in a half-hour. The crew oi the Ohio were all picked up by the schooner Moonlight, which w.lh the Ironton formed the tow or the steamer C. J. Kershaw, but five of the crew of seven of the Ironton were drowned when their boat sunk. The two men who were rescued were picked up by the steamer Charles Hebard, bound up the lakes, and landed here.