Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1898 — SHIPS MEET DISASTER. [ARTICLE]

SHIPS MEET DISASTER.

Rist of Losses Received in Chicago from Lake Points, The following lake disasters were reported in Chjfago in one day recently: Schooner Senator, coal laden for Harbor Springs, stranded in the thick smoke on Skillagalce reef, Lake Michigan; schooners J. H. Mead and Mediator, Duluth to Chicago with lumber, went ashore on Keweenaw point, Lake Superior, near Portage Lake canal, total losses; steamer Colorado, Duluth to Port Huron, 1,500 tons flour, stranded on a reef at Eagle harbor, Keweenaw peninsula, total loss; steamer Keystone went ashore on Big Summer Island, Lake Michigan, and later caught fire and was destroyed, with 1.000 tons of coal; schooner Keepsake, with a cargo of coal for Marine City, foundered in Lake Erie; schooner Southwest, without cargo, sunk on Huron Island, Lake Superior.