Lost Canadian boat is on rock

Sill another lake steamer, the Kamloops, was reported Tuesday as probably wrecked on the rocky cliffs of Isle Royal, Lake Superior. Not a word has been heard from the ship or its crew since Dec. 4, when the Kamloops passed through Sault Ste. Marie, upbound. It was last seen two days later almost on the rocks of Isle Royal.

The Kamloops is a Canada Steamship liner, captain by W. Brian. The ship passed through the Soo just behind the freighter Quedoc. Dec. 4. The Quedoc went to Duluth and returned to the Soo Tuesday. The captain heard that the Kamloops had not been reported, whereupon he told of seeing it and said that he believed it must have piled up under the cliffs of Isle Royal.

The Quedoc's captain said that the Kamloops followed the Quedoc until Dec. 6. The two ships were in a blinding snowstorm that day. The Quedoc lookout sighted high cliffs with trees on top, immediately ahead and the steamer was barely saved from running on the rocks. The Kamloops at that time was less than one quarter of a mile behind.

The Quedoc's whistle was sounded as warning, but when last sighted the Kamloops was still driving ahead.

Word has been sent to Port Arthur, Ont., the nearest port to Isle Royal, and it was expected that a tug would be sent from there to search the south shore of the island for the wreck of the Kamloops.