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TELESCOPE Page 67 ~ - ' S The ST. CLAIR poe been one of five eee in tow Me one eee ae LOWELL. She had to cut the barges loose to save herself in the storm, and safely made port. Shown here in Clark's Dry Dock at Detroit, the LOWELL Iasted until 1893 when she burned. Dowling Collection made 30miles, just half the distance to the shelter of the river. But to continue on was impossible. There is a limit to human endurance and we had reached that point. After twelve hours of continually fighting the storm we knew that we had approached the end. We couldn't gomuch further. At Port Sanilac there was very little shelter from the seas; just a dock about five hundred feet in length where the steamers landed, built partly of log cribs and partly of piling. The captain decided to round the dock and attempt a landing on the south, or leeward side, and take advantage of what little shelter there was. The residents of Port Sanilac had been informed during the night of the rescue operation and knew the lifeboat was headed down the lake and would sooner or later arrive at this point. Scores of people were on the dock to witness what happened, and as many were prepared to be of assistance if needed. It was lucky for me that there were, or I would not be here to tell this tale. We headed for the light. The dock and all the people came plainly into view. We were pushed forward by the madly rushing breakers which became more wicked as we approached shore. Captain Plough ordered the oil tank opened and if it helped any I cannot say. Our lifeboat was about thirty feet long, and time after time those breakers would start astern and coil clear over the boat and never wet the crew. I looked up and it was just like a falls. I expected to see the lifeboat go end-overrend, but we came through all this. However, just as we were rounding the dock the boat was struck by a tremendous breaker and she rolled down on her beam ends. I did not realize what had happened until I found myself in the water under the boat. I put my hands up against something and pushed myself down. I bobbed up quickly and found myself some distance from the boat. I could