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Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The Chicago Tribune Saturday, November 12, 1898 [extracts of marine news] MAY BE TANGLED IN RIGGING Bodies of the Crew of the Wrecked Schooner S. Thal Are Not Yet Recovered. The bodies of Captain August L. Schuenemann, 170 La Salle avenue; E. Turner Davis, mate, and the four seamen of the schooner S. Thal are believed to be buried under the tangle of cables, ropes, masts, and rigging lying on the Glencoe beach. In his twenty-five years experience as a lake sailor Captain Schuenemann had been obliged many times to tie himself and crew to the rigging, and had said often to his family and friends that such a course gave the storm-beset sailor the best chance for his life. If he carried the theory into practice Wednesday night the bodies are either under the beached portion of the wreck or out 300 yards in the lake, where spars could be seen tossing, indicating that a portion of the rigging is there underneath the sur- face. Dynamite will be used to day to free the wreckage from the sand, which already has buried a portion of it several feet deep. H. O. Dickinson, who lived with Captain Schuenemann, and was part owner of the Thal's cargo, superintended the search made yesterday for the bodies. Captain Schuenemann purchased the boat for $650 six weeks ago in Milwaukee. He did not try to place any insurance on the boat or the cargo, valued at $2,500. He put out from Manitowoc Tuesday night, when the storm was rising. He sent a postal card from Manitowoc to his wife, saying that he was on the last stretch homeward. Mrs. Schuenemann did not worry, trusting to her husband's skill, and the blow of his death came with terrible force. Captain Schuene- mann was 46 years old and had sailed Lake Michigan since a boy. He left two children, Elma, 13 years old, and Arthur, aged 7. E. Turner Davis and his wife lived with Captain Schuenemann. Until recently Davis was the manager for the Erie restaurant. His first voyage was his last. He was 26 years old, and had no children. "Old John," for several years an employe of the Captain, drowned with him. The three other men of the crew were shipped from Sturgeon Bay. The schooner Sophia J. Luff did not reach harbor in a water logged condition, as reported. The boat weathered the storm safely, though it lost a deckload of lumber. VESSEL MOVEMENTS: Lorain, O. - Arrived - Carrington Port Arthur, Ont. - Arrived - Carnegie Fairport, O. - Cleared - Coal - Iroquiois - Milwaukee Huron, O. - Cleared - Coal - Emma Hutchinson - Gladstone Port Colborne, Ont. - Down - Rosemount - Up - Cuba Gladstone, Mich., - Cleared - Lumber - Sheriffs, Mowatt Menominee, Mich., - Arrived - Tempest, Brainard. Departed - Wyoming, Buffalo. Escanaba, Mich., - Arrived - Tokie. Cleared - Lyon, Chicago; Volunteer, Lake Erie ports. Manitowoc, Wis., - Departed - Olympia, Buffalo; Lyon, Escanaba. Also windbound fleet. Two Harbors, Minn., - Cleared - Colby, Two Hundred One, Lake Erie; Victory, Malta, Chicago. Marquette, Mich., - Cleared - La Salle, Fay, Cuba, Cleveland; Tecumseh, Marengo, Ca**, Deseronto. Ashtabula, O. - Arrived - Kirby. Cleared - Coal - Andaste, Wright, Duluth; Light - Martha, Duluth. Cleveland, O. - Arrived - Black Rock, Choctaw, Wallace, Italia, Colonel, Spokane. Cleared - Coal - Schuck, Milwaukee. Alpena, Mich., - Sheltered - Jewett, Morley, Magnet, Sachem, Swallow, Manitou. Eight others are too far out to get their names. Ashland, Wis., - Cleared - Ore: Tyrone, Lake Erie. Arrived - Oscoda, Cormorant, Norris, Ketchum, Owen. Cleared - Lumber: Marvin, Chicago. Toledo, O. - Arrived - Oliver Mitchell, Ne**bo, Hansford, Tempest No. 2, Hundred Ten, Hundred Eighteen. Cleared - Coal - Gratwick, Duluth. Light - Arthur, Detroit. South Chicago - Arrived - Merrimac, Massachusetts, Manhatten, Peck, Huron, Armour, Tom Adams, Maryland, Columbia, Coralia, Slauson. Cleared - Mariposa, Malda, Mar****, Escanaba; Kelton, Ludington. Mackinaw City, Mich., - Up - George Gould, 7:10 last night; unknown steamer and consort, 12:00 a.m. Down - C. R. Lockwood, 7:10 a.m.; Stafford and two consorts, 4:30 p.m.; Benton and two consorts, 4:00. Wind south, light, clear, and freezing. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., - Up - Crescent City, 2:30 a.m.; Rosedale, 4:20 p.m.; Athabasco, 8:30. Down - Thomson and whalebacks, Cor****, 12:20 a.m.; Pope, Vega, 1:30; Mohawk, 2:20; McWilliams, Tampa, 3:40; Codorus, Castell*, 6:20; Milwaukee, 8:20; Vulcan, 2 p.m. Buffalo, N.Y. - Arrived - Moore, Juniata, Plymouth, Waldo, Hesper, Holden. Cleared - Coal - Sibley, Whitney, Majestic, Lansing, Chicago; Fitzgerald, Flower, Milwaukee. Light - Whitaker, George N. Orr, Chicago; Arizona, Green Bay; J. F. Eddy, Manitowoc; Berlin, Milwaukee. Duluth-Superior - Arrived - J**let, Iron King and consort, Superior City, Appomattox, Chickamauga, Mahoning, Grover. Departed - Bessemer, Holley, Linn, Wa*t, Buffalo, grain; Krupp, Cort, Neilson and consorts, Lake Erie, ore; Colgate, Sevona, Two Harbors, light. Sturgeon Bay, Wis. - Down - Milton, 11 a.m; Thomas Davidson, 1 p.m.; Schroeder, 2; Chipman, 7; Seymour, 5. Up - Emily Maxwell, Otis, 9 last night; Soper, 11; Pewaukee, 1 a.m.; George Boyce, Wood, Nau, 4:30; Mills, York State, Winnie Wing, ****, 6; Emerald, Michelson, 10; Isabella Boyce, 7 p.m. Port Huron, Mich., - All the wind-bound fleet got away this afternoon. They passed up as follows: Veronica, Amboy, 11:30; Hall and barges, 1 p.m.; Shrigley and consort, 1:20; R**d, Kelley, Wetmore, Brunette, 2:30; Hurlbut, Pickands, Clint, Roberts, 3:40; Pawnee and consorts, 4:*0. Detroit, Mich., - Up - Cranage, 11 last night; Gratwick (steel), 1 a.m.; King and barges, 1:40; India, 2:30; Ni***, 3:10; Alaska, 3:20; Y***, 4; Forbes, McLachlan, 7; Tuscarora, 7:30; S. Mitchell, John Duncan, 8:20; Ira Owen, 8:40; Manistique and barges, *:30; Marina, Martha, 10:10; Wright, 10:20; Donaldson and barges, 11:20; Folsum and barges, 12:30 p.m.; Penobscot, Yakima, Jenks, 1; Stone, 1:30; Fedora, 1:40; Andrews, 2:40; Lily and barges, 4:20; Ramapo, Tioga, Minneapolis, 6:10; Plankinton, 6:20: Down - Lackawanna, 8:20 a.m.; Lumberman and barges, Troy, 9:10; Northern Queen, 9:20; Monguagon, 10; Chili, 11:40; Corsica, noon; Pasadena, Adriatic, 12:30 p.m.; Oglebay, 3:10; Cambria, 4:20; George Farwell, 5:**; Harvey Brown, Wade, 7; Jewett, 8:40. Port of Chicago: Arrived - Lumber: Fulton, W. *. Ogden, R. Kanleys, A. Weston, Jeanette, Manistique; *. Brown, Ada Medora, Detour; I. N. Foster, *. W. Stephenson, M. F. Butters, Menominee; G. Sturges, Cora A., Cheboygan; G. A. Marsh, Dark River; H. A. Richmond, Elk Rapids; E. A. Shores, Duluth; Gettysburg, Grand Marais; John Otis, Menominee; R. Campbell, Ford River, Merchandise; New York, Buffalo; J. Fisk, Jr., Duluth; F. H. Prince, W. J. Averell, Ogdensburg; M. H. Boyce, Fairport. Coal: P. J. Ralph, Harold, Oswego; Britannic, Buffalo; O. T. Flint, Erie. Light: City of Venice, America, South Chicago. Cleared - Merchandise: Clayton, Erie. Grain: *. R. Rhodes, Midland; Charles A. Eddy, City of Venice, Merida, Buffalo. Light: H. Taber, Ford River; *. B. Per***, Empire; J. M. Glidden, Marquette; Clara A., Masonville. ===========================================================================