Margaret DELKER

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<p style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 25px; padding: 0px;">Western Reserve, 2,392 tons burden, commanded by Capt. Albert Meyer, bound from Cleveland to Two Harbors, foundered during a fierce gale on Lake Superior, about 60 miles above Whitefish Point, resulting in the drowning of six passengers and a crew of 25, Harry W. Stewart, wheelsman, of Algonac, being the sole survivor. The Western Reserve had sheltered behind Whitefish Point for a time, but finally, feeling confident of her ability to reach her destination in safety, the captain headed her into the lake, and all went well until about 9 P. M., when she was about 60 miles above the point, when the first warning of impending danger was a terrible crash,caused by the steamer breaking in two, the main mast going by the board, and weakening at other points well forward. She shipped water fast from the start, and the yawl boats were lowered. &nbsp;Capt. P. G. Minch, owner, with his family, and the officers and crew of the steamer to the number of seventeen, got into the wooden boat, the others taking to the metallic yawl. &nbsp;A few moments laterthe great steel hull sank in deep water, but before she had disappeared the metallic lifeboat capsized.</p>

<p style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 25px; padding: 0px;">The other boat went to the assistance of those strugglingin the water, but only succeeded in rescuing two of the unfortunates, Captain Meyer's son Carl, and the steward. &nbsp;The 19 survivors now in the yawl headed for Whitefish Point, 60 miles away. &nbsp;The wind was northeast when they started, but veered to the north, making considerable sea. &nbsp;The small boat weathered it, however, until 7 o'clock Wednesday morning when, about ten miles from Life-saving Station, No. 12, and about a mile from shore, it capsized, and all lost their lives except Mr. Stewart. &nbsp;The captain's son Carl bore up for a time, but, becoming exhausted, gave up thestruggle, and Mr. Stewart, who was a strong swimmer, reached the shore alone, ten miles from the life-saving station, where he lay unconscious for a time. He then walked and crawled to the station andreported the calamity. Captain Minch was accompanied on this disastrous voyage by his wife and two children, and his wife's sister, with her daughter. &nbsp;W. H. Seaman, the chief engineer, was a son-in-law of George Eddy, a former manager of the old Northern Trans-portation Line at Ogdensburg, N. Y. &nbsp;The bodies of Captain Minch and his sister-in-law were recovered.</p>

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