67 Lost on Lakes

Sault Ste. Marie Mich. Dec. 2-- As the result of the two days' storm on the great lakes twenty nine lives were lost Sunday and yesterday, fourteen when the steamer Charles Hebard went to pieces on Point Mainse*, in Lake Superior eight when the barge Celtic went down in Lake Huron and seven when the schooner Aloha drifted off from the Hebard and her consorts and foundered in Lake Superior. One of those on the Hebard was a woman.

The steamer Charles Hebard was wrecked at Point Mainse early yesterday. She broke up and disappeared completely, and it is believed that her crew of fourteen men are all lost. The schooner Aloha which the Hebard had in tow, is still missing on Lake Superior. The Warmington and Francomb, which formed the other boats of the steamer's tow, are anchored at Point Mainse.

The news of the disaster was brought by the steamer Ossifrage, which reached here yesterday from Michipicoten. On approaching Point Mainse the Hebard was sighted ashore there. Not long afterward, in plain sight of the Ossifrage, the wrecked steamer broke up and disappeared. It is believed that the Francomb will be able to ride out the gale.

Mrs. McArthur, wife of Capt. McArthur, of the Francomb, came down on the Ossifrage, but she can give not additional particulars.

A list of the crew of the Hebard, according to the last trip sheet is as follows:
George C. Ryan captain Detroit.
William Schumaker, first engineer, Detroit.
Joseph Roy second engineer, Detroit.
T.F. Correll, first Mate Detroit
A. Jackson second mate, Detroit
Charles Barton, wheelsman Mt. Clemens
C. Eastman wheelsman
John Koortas, watcham Detroit
William Egan fireman
Ed Hughes; fireman
George Turpin deckhand
Matthew Hudson, deckhand
Mrs. Barnes, cook, Buffalo

The crew of the Aloha on her last trip was as follows
Peter Johnson, master Tonawanda
Benjamin Berry mate
Mrs. Olson cook,
O. Anderson, seaman
S.G. Miller seaman,
R.A. Bell, seaman

The steamer Hebard was owned by Holland & Graves of Buffalo. |She was built in 1888 and registered 763 tons. The Aloha was owned by the same firm. She was built in 1888 and registered 521 tons.

Counting the eighteen lost on the Macy last week, and the crew of the Bannockburn, numbering twenty, who are thought to have perished, the loss of life for the week will be sixty-seven.

Tugs sent to rescue

Capt. John V. Tuttle, representing the underwriters, reached here today and at once left for the wreck of the Charles Hebard aboard the wrecking tug Favorite. The tugs sent out yesterday to bring in the schooners Francomb and Warmington, consorts of the wrecked steamer had not returned up to noon today.

The tug Castle owned by Capt. R.P. Thompson, has also been sent to the scene of the Hebard disaster. Nothing has been heard of the steamer's crew thus far.

Lose all hope for Bannockburn

The death toll of the last week has probably been augmented by the loss of the entire crew of the |Bannockburn, diligent search for which has been unavailing. The wreckage which was encountered by the steamer Rockefeller in the middle of Lake Superior seems to have been that of the missing steamer. The wreck of the Thomas J. Macy last week with the loss of its crew of eighteen, swells the list to sixty-seven.

The Bannockburn sailed from Fort William with 25.000 bushels of wheat Nov. 20. She was due to reach Sault Ste. Marie the following Saturday or Nov. 22. the following Monday mysterious rumors began to circulate in New York and on London Lloyds that the Bannockburn had been lost. Then came reports that the missing boat had been sighted on the shore and there was intense relief. These reports were speedily contradicted and wrecking expeditions were sent out.

Next came news that the wreckage had been sighted by ships on the course which the Bannockburn would have taken. The underwriters sent out tugs from her with no success.

The Bannockburn was insured for $121,000 by companies represented in the Curdy(?) syndicate while the cargo is insured with the Peck syndicate.

The crew of the lost boat known are:
George R. Wood, captain Port Dalhousie Ont.
Alexander Graham first mate Port Dalhousie
William Chockly second mate Kingston, Ont.
Arthur H. Gallaghan wheelsman Kingston Ont.
E. Bodway wheelsman, Kinsgton Ont.
George Gillespie watchman Kingston On.
George Booth first engineer Kingston On
Charles Selby, Jr. Second engineer, Kingston. Ont
Cecil Linton, Oiler Kingston Ont.
The rest of twenty men were recruited at the shipping offices along the Welland Canal.

[ed: *Mamainse Point]