Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1901 — TWELVE OF CREW DROWNED. [ARTICLE]

TWELVE OF CREW DROWNED.

ItMmtr Balt mor. Onw to tb* Bottom 1b Lake Huron. In a storm that lashed the waters of the upper lakes the steamer Baltimore was sent to the bottom of Lake Huron, near Au Sable, Mich., Friday morning, and of her crew of fourteen only two escaped. to a heavy raft the two men were adrift on the lake under heavy seas all day Friday, and one of them was crazy when rescued. The storm was the worst of the season thus far, the strong northeasterly wind making navigation very dangerous near eastern shores. A large number of vessels were damaged and several were wrecked, including the schooner A. Bradley, waterlogged

in Lake Michigan near Port Washington, and the excursion steamer Empire State, which was beached near Brockville, Ont., just in time to save its sinking with 600 passengers. The following lost their lives with the wreck of the Baltimore: Capt. M. H. Place, master of the steamer, Cleveland; Mrs. M. H. Place, wife of captain; stewardess; Michael Breatlen, first mate; John Delders, second steward; Edward Owen, wheelsman; C. W. Sears, wheelsman; George W. Scott, watchman; Herbert Winning, watchman; P. Marcoux, chief engineer, Chicago; William Barker, fireman; P. Krueger, fireman; August Anderson, deck hand. The members of the Baltimore crew who were saved after having been adrift all day are: Thomas Murphy, second engineer, Milwaukee; George McGinnis, deck hand; insane.