Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1887 — A LAKE HORROR. [ARTICLE]

A LAKE HORROR.

The Steamer Chaplain Burned—Thirty Lives Lost. , j , A dispatch from Charlevoix, Michigan, in regard to the burning of the steamer Chaplain on the 17th inst. states that, “There were fifty-seven persons, passengers and crew, on the Chaplain, and of these but twenty-seven are known to be saved. Captain Casey Bays that within ten minutes from the time the fire broke ont the boat was wrapped i|i flames. The : Captain gave immediate orders forloweri ing the life-boats, and headed for Fisherman’s Island. She grounded a mile from shore, however, and the passengers were forced into the water, many of them ip : their excitement jumping overboard. The books were lost. The clerk, Henry Brennan, died of exhaustion after being, picked up, an<! it is doubtful if a complete t list of the lost will ever bo secured. ' A full and Complete list of tho victims as far as positively known, is as follows: Ella Smith, Robert Wilkes, George Wrisi fey, of Charlevoix; M-Kehoe. of Chicago, Harry Brennan, one fireman, the second cook, Jack Hartley; Stewart Beans’ two children, J. R. Rogers, the United States Hospital Surgeon of Fort Mackinac and his son; Ed Wilkin3, cabin boy, of Madson, Wia.; Captain Lucas, of I’otoskey; Mr. C. H. Russell, of Jackson, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. A. Falk, of Harbor Springs; and four- Indian deck hands. The bodies of Mrs. Smith, Captain Lucas, Rogers, Russell,Brennan. Hartley, Wilkins, Wilks Wnsley and the fireman have been recovered. Captain Casey is much complimented for his coolness and bravery in the trying ordeal to which he was subjected. When the fire broke out he headed tha boat for Little Island, two miles distant, but she struck a reef and could go no further. All that is yet known of the origin of the fire is that it broke out near the boiler. A large amount of freight and four valuable horses were lost. The bodies 7 of the dead have been packed in ice here, and await the orders of friends.