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432 About 8 o'clock at night the steward's wife was swept into the engine room by a particularly heavy sea, which struck the after quarters.» Though the THE MARINE REVIEW steamer was in good trim and her engine kept wide open, it was impos- sible to keep her headed into the sea and she gradually went off into: the trough. From that time on she wal-_ lowed heavily, with the seas breaking continuously over her, demolishing the crew's quarters aft and pouring tons of water into the engine room. Pumps and siphons were kept going to free her, and when the captain saw the Port Austin. light close aboard, he threw out the port anchor to bring her head to wind, but she continued 'to drift until she was slammed up found floating upside down near the foot of Lake Huron was the Canadian steamer Wexford, owned by the West- ern. Steamship Co., Toronto, Ont. This steamer was built by Wm. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England, in 1883, and was of Canadian canal size. Doubts were expressed as to the cor- rectness of. her identity and certain evidence tended to prove that she was. the steamer Charles S. Price, of the Hanna fleet. Divers later corroborated this evidence. The Price, which was built in 1910, was loaded with coal and was in seaworthy condition. She and the Isaac M. Scott, also loaded with coal, mately the same time that the H. M. Hanna Jr. did. While the barometer passed Port Huron at approxi- foundered with her crew of. six. December, 1913 Charles S. Price and Isaac M. Scott had totally disappeared on Lake Huron and that the H. B. Smith had found- ered on Lake Superior somewhere be- tween Marquette and the Sault. In addition, the Leafield had struck the rocks on Angus Island, Lake Superior, and had» foundered in. deep - water. The L. C. Waldo had run ashore on Manitou Island, Lake Superior, be- 'coming a total constructive loss. The Turret Chief had been driven ashore on Copper Harbor, Lake Superior, and - the Matoa had gone ashore on Pointe Aux Barques, Lake Huron, both: be- coming total losses. Lightship 82 had been torn from her moorings near Point. Abine, Lake Erie, and: had The A VERY GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPH OF THE STEAMER CHARLES S. PRICE TURNED TURTLE _on the reef, where she was pounded so badly that. she broke in two. All her hatches, were torn from her and her 'rivets sheared off: the top sides as if: 'they, . chad | jbeen cut with chisel and hammer. othe crew remained * aboard the. 'ship. vall day Monday, but. ' the séa moderating" on Tuesday morn-- a > ing, they were, enabled, to lower the port < life boat.' and.* "reach - 'the | 'shore. The balance, of, the .créw were. taken off by. thea life, Sayers. Everybody aboard spoke, jn: 'the highest. praise of about in"the galley in water waist- deep, trying to prepare meals for members of the crew. The Hanna was. abandoned as a total constructive loss. It was at first thought that the ship - that was low, and high. northwest winds were scheduled, there was nothing to indicate either in the sea or the wind at that time that the, passage. could. not be,made with reasonable safety. The first intimations -of, further dis-. aster usually came in. the form. of life boats or life rafts, washing ashore. Vessel owners would hug the delusion they , had merely been swept overboard in the seas until the bodies 'of members. of the crew also came "ashore and then hope would be defin- Mrs., Blagk, the _cook, who, floundered . itely abandoned. From these dire tid- ings 'it finally became certain that the Schuck), steamers James Carruthers, John A. McGean, Argus age cly: the. Li; Woodruff), Hydrus (formerly the R. the Wexford, Regina, barge Plymouth had gone down near Gull Island, Lake Superior, with her crew of seven. No such. Widespread disaster ever struck the lakes before. The most appalling thing, however, was the fearful loss of life. Twelve vessels chad foundered, taking down every member of the crew, amounting to 241 souls. Adding to: that the three 'who lost their lives in endeavoring to, reach shore from. the _ Stranded steamer Nottingham, : the total death toll is 244. Every effort was made by: the Lake Carriers' Association to recover the bodies. ah complete land patrol of the shores of Lake» Huron and Lake Superior was organized, while revenue cutters scoured the lakes, and as soon