List of victims
Classification: Death
Surnames:
This is a list of victims of the 1913 Great Lakes storm. For the most up-to-date version, check one of the following links: http://wikisource.org/wiki/List_of_victims_of_the_1913_Great...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_victims_of_the_1913_Gre...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brian0918/List_of_victims_...For a more aesthetically pleasing list, see the links above. Daggers indicate that the death is confirmed from the source text. The numbers after each name are source numbers. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lake Superior: Leafield: Approximate location: Angus Island Lives lost: 18 Baker, Charles 4 Occupation: master Home: Collingwood, ON Northcott, Alfred 4 Occupation: first mate Home: Collingwood, ON Begley, Fred 4 Occupation: second mate Home: Collingwood, ON Kerr, Andy 4 Occupation: chief engineer Home: Collingwood, ON Bowie, Tom 4 Occupation: first assistant engineer Home: Collingwood, ON Brown, Charlie 4 Occupation: fireman Home: Collingwood, ON Simpson, Joseph 4 Occupation: wheelsman Home: Collingwood, ON Whitesides, Eddie 4 Occupation: wheelsman Home: Collingwood, ON Shefield, Paul 4 Occupation: steward Home: Collingwood, ON Shefield, Richard 4 Occupation: steward Home: Collingwood, ON Willomett, Mr. 5 Occupation: first cook Home: Collingwood, ON Willomett, Mrs. 5 Occupation: second cook Home: Collingwood, ON ---------------- William Nottingham: Approximate location: Apostle Islands Lives lost: 3 Karp, John 4 Occupation: watchman Home: Best, William 4 Occupation: oiler Home: Thornburn, J.F. 4 Occupation: deck hand Home: ------------------- Henry B. Smith: Approximate location: Marquette, Michigan Lives lost: 23 Owen, James L. 3,4,7 Occupation: master Home: in or near Geneva, OH Tait, John 6 Occupation: first mate Home: in or near Kingston, ON Rayburn, Charles E. 5,6 Occupation: chief engineer Home: Carey, George 6 Occupation: second engineer Home: Gallagher, John 6,7 Occupation: third engineer Home: in or near Escanaba, MI Freeman, Martin 6 Occupation: watchman Home: Judson, Rufus R. 6,7 Occupation: steward Home: in or near Toledo, OH Zink, Joseph 6,7 Occupation: boatswain Home: in or near Corunna, ON Shire, John 6 Occupation: deck hand Home: Haskin, Harry R. 6 Occupation: porter Home: Perry, Lawrence 4 Occupation: porter Home: Duluth, MN Loefen, Christ 6 Occupation: oiler Home: Olsen, John H. 6 Occupation: oiler Home: Becker, Otto 6 Occupation: fireman Home: Costandakis, Peter 6 Occupation: fireman Home: Nilsen, Charles J. 6 Occupation: fireman Home: Cattanach, Charles 3 Occupation: wheelsman Home: Sombra, ON Shipley, Edward E. 6,7 Occupation: wheelsman Home: in or near Deckerville, MI Shotwell, William 7 Occupation: unknown Home: in or near Angus, MI ----------------------------------------- Lake Michigan: Plymouth (Barge): Approximate location: Gull Island Lives lost: 7 Larsen, Axel †3,4 Occupation: master Home: Marinette, WI Keenan, Christopher †3 Occupation: deputy United States marshal Home: Port Huron, MI Duchaine, Clifford 4 Occupation: Home: Jessup, Clyde4 Occupation: Home: Johnson, Peter 4 Occupation: Home: Kossak, Henry 4 Occupation: Home: Sabota, James †3 Occupation: Home: Port Huron, MI ---------------------------------- Lake Huron: Argus: Approximate location: Point Aux Barques Lives lost: 28 Gutch, Paul †2,3 Occupation: master Home: 4194 Mapledale Ave, S.W., Cleveland, OH Young, Van B. (or Dan) †3,4,6 Occupation: mate Home: Marine City, MI Rowan, Robert †3,4 Occupation: second mate Home: Conneaut, OH Nelson, Tom †3 Occupation: boatswain mate Home: Buffalo, NY Asmussen, Max 3 Occupation: wheelsman Home: Green Bay, WI McDonald, John †3,4 Occupation: wheelsman Home: Sault Ste Marie, MI Anderson, Charles 3 Occupation: watchman Home: Providence, RI Johnson, James 3 Occupation: watchman Home: Toronto, ON Hogan, James 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Rochester, NY Domholsky, Wactaw (or Wactow Domhoski) 3,6 Occupation: deck hand Home: Buffalo, NY Coppo, Philip (or Phillip) 3,6 Occupation: deck hand Home: Paterson, NJ Lansberger, Peter 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Camden, NJ Brexa, Joseph 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Hyde Park, MA Zanger, George Jr. 3,6 Occupation: chief engineer Home: Sandusky, OH Stark, William P. 3,6 Occupation: first assistant engineer Home: Sandusky, OH Hayes, George †3,4 Occupation: handyman Home: Croswell, MI Aarum, Ralph J. (or Aaron) 3,6 Occupation: oiler Home: Buffalo, NY LaMere, William †3,4,6 Occupation: oiler Home: Port Huron, MI Radetoneka, Mike (or Raditoneka) 3,6 Occupation: fireman Home: Buffalo, NY Zarnick, Charles 3 Occupation: fireman Home: Butler, PA Runciman, Dan (or Runsoma) 3,6 Occupation: fireman Home: Detroit, MI Walker, Mr. William †3,4 Occupation: steward Home: 4419 Superior Ave, N.E., Cleveland, OH Walker, Mrs. Emily †3,4 Occupation: second cook Home: 1569 45th St, Cleveland, OH Gardner, Leo †3,4 Occupation: porter Home: Buffalo, NY ----------------------- James Carruthers: Approximate location: Goderich, Ontario Lives lost: 22 Wright, William H. †3,4,7 Occupation: master Home: Toronto, ON Lediard, William C. "Bill" †4 Occupation: first mate Home: O'Dell, Edward J. (or Dell) †4,7 Occupation: chief engineer Home: in or near Toronto, ON Buckley, William J. 4,7 Occupation: second engineer Home: Leith, ON Evans, J. †3 Occupation: Home: Detroit, MI Heary, Mary Agnes †4,7 Occupation: cook Home: in or near Wallaceburg, ON Speers, Elmer 7 Occupation: unknown Home: in or near Thornton, ON Egan, Cinderella 7 Occupation: unknown Home: in or near Grinsby, ON Waiter, Clara 7 Occupation: unknown Home: in or near Dixie, ON Corbett, M.H. 7 Occupation: unknown Home: in or near Toronto, ON ------------------- Hydrus: Approximate location: Goderich, Ontario Lives lost: 25 Lowe, John H. 3,7 Occupation: master Home: Cleveland, OH (or Los Angeles, CA?) Sommers, Albert 3,6,7 Occupation: first mate Home: Cleveland, OH (or family near Fowlerville, MI?) Newman, William R. 3,6 Occupation: second mate Home: Ashtabula, OH Hansen, Ed 3 Occupation: wheelsman Home: Brooklyn, NY Ericksen, Fred 3,6 Occupation: wheelsman (or fireman) Home: Brooklyn, NY Field, Herman 3 Occupation: watchman Home: Brooklyn, NY Feldman, H.J. 3 Occupation: watchman Home: Brooklyn, NY Chinoy, Walter 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Buffalo, NY Miller, W. 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Buffalo, NY Doyle, John 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Cleveland, OH Beres, Joseph (or Berer) 3,7 Occupation: deck hand Home: 24 Hamburg St, Buffalo, NY Kewley, John6 Occupation: deck hand Home: Olsson, Arvid (or Olseon) 3,6 Occupation: boatswain Home: 401 E. 31st St, New York City, NY Hatch, Calvin B. 3,6 Occupation: chief engineer Home: Detroit, MI Hartt, William H.P. (or H.B.) 3,6,7 Occupation: first assistant engineer Home: Cleveland, OH (or near Portsmouth, VA?) Van Wynsberger, John (or VanWynsberghe) 3,6,7 Occupation: handy man Home: Hoboken, NY (or Ashtabula, OH?) Christy, Kernol †3 Occupation: oiler Home: Marine City, MI Burns, William J. 3,6 Occupation: oiler Home: Marine City, MI Christy, Dickson Leslie †3 Occupation: fireman Home: Marine City, MI Reese, L. Walter 3,6,7 Occupation: fireman Home: Buffalo, NY Johansen, Reinhart (or Johnson) 3,6 Occupation: fireman Home: Chicago, IL Crabb, Charles G. 3,7 Occupation: steward Home: 86 Niagara St, Buffalo, NY (or near Bristol, Germany?) Somerville, R.A. (or Sonervill) 3,7 Occupation: second cook Home: Detroit, MI Williams, Oren (or Orin) 3,7 Occupation: porter Home: 3303 Erie St, Toledo, ON (or near Two Rivers, MI?) Goldman, E. 7 Occupation: unknown Home: in or near Chicago, IL Muir, Thomas 7 Occupation: unknown Home: in or near Chicago, IL Tjild, Herman 7 Occupation: unknown Home: in or near New York, NY Mattison, W. 7 Occupation: unknown Home: in or near Minneapolis, MN ------------------------ John A. McGean: Approximate location: Sturgeon Point, Michigan Lives lost: 28 Ney, Chauncey R. (or Nye/May) 3,4,7 Occupation: master; age 43 Home: 1257 E. 67 St., Cleveland, OH Hill, E.A. (or F.A.) 3,7 Occupation: first mate; age 48 Home: Vermilion, OH Ekbert, Arthur H. (or Egbert) 3,6,7 Occupation: second mate; age 29 Home: 568 6th Ave., Milwaukee, WI Smith, Calvin S. 5,6,7 Occupation: chief engineer; age 43 Home: Lorain, OH Carlson, Ole 3,7 Occupation: second engineer; age 24 Home: Lorain, OH Jacobson, George 6,7 Occupation: deck hand; age 33 Home: Warren, MI Olsen, John (or Owen) †3,4,6,7 Occupation: watchman; age 23 Home: Surles, James 3,7 Occupation: watchman; age 46 Home: 1838 (or 1833) W. Main St., Cleveland, OH Kelley, E. 7 Occupation: fireman; age 26 Home: Alexandria, VA McAllister, William (or McAlister) 6,7 Occupation: fireman; age 29 Home: Buffalo, NY Olsen, Eldrup 3,6,7 Occupation: fireman; age 28 Home: Chicago, IL Marlowe, Frank A. (or Marlow) 3,6,7 Occupation: steward; age 36 Home: Ashtabula, OH Callahan, Patrick 6 Occupation: deck hand Home: Conway, F. 7 Occupation: deck hand Home: Sandusky, OH Dahl, O. 7 Occupation: deck hand; age 22 Home: Brooklyn, NY Handley, E. 7 Occupation: deck hand; age 24 Home: Scranton, PA Holmes, J. 7 Occupation: deck hand Home: Cleveland, OH Nowak, John 6,7 Occupation: deck hand Home: Bernardsville, NY McGuire, J. 3,7 Occupation: porter Home: Sandusky, OH Perrigo, E. 7 Occupation: oiler; age 27 Home: Lorain, OH Smith, Daniel 6,7 Occupation: oiler; age 18 Home: Lorain, OH Smith, George L. †3,4,7 Occupation: wheelsman; age age 22 Home: Sarnia, ON Stone, Thomas †3,4,7 Occupation: wheelsman; age 26 Home: Sarnia, ON Betts, Dellmur M. (or Bells) 3,6,7 Occupation: second cook; age 36 Home: Girard, PA ----------------------- Charles S. Price: Approximate location: Port Huron, Michigan Lives lost: 28 Black, William A. 3,6 Occupation: master Home: Hartman, Charles A. Jr. 3,6 Occupation: first mate Home: St. Clair, MI Mackley, Howard M. 3 Occupation: second mate Home: St. Clair, MI Groundwater, John †3 Occupation: chief engineer Home: Cleveland, OH Reynolds, Bert L. 3 Occupation: first assistant engineer Home: Cleveland, OH Brakeman, H.S. 3,6 Occupation: second assistant engineer Home: Jones, Herbert †3 Occupation: steward Home: Superior, WI Jones, Mrs. Herbert 3 Occupation: steward Home: Superior, WI Broski, Steve 6 Occupation: fireman Home: Falkenberg, Christ (or Faulkner, Chris) †3,6 Occupation: fireman Home: New York, NY Horn, Harry 6 Occupation: fireman Home: Puttmann, Fred 6 Occupation: fireman Home: DeMunnik, William 6 Occupation: wheelsman Home: Fennell, Sidney G. 6 Occupation: wheelsman Home: MacIntosh, Arz (or Arzl) †3,6 Occupation: wheelsman Home: St. Clair, MI McInnis, Wilson †3 Occupation: wheelsman Home: Owen Sound, ON Blake, Charles 6 Occupation: deck hand Home: Falk, Joseph 6 Occupation: deck hand Home: Hertzog, Phil B. 6 Occupation: deck hand Home: St. Jacques, Charles 6 Occupation: deck hand Home: Smith, Frank 6 Occupation: deck hand Home: Patton, Ernest J. 3,6 Occupation: second cook Home: Escanaba ?, Henry 3 Occupation: oiler Home:Baltimore, MD Redecker, Herman 3,6 Occupation: oiler Home:Baltimore, MD ?, Fred 3 Occupation: oiler Home:Baltimore, MD Sellers, Kerline M. (or Kerlin) 3,6 Occupation: oiler Home:Baltimore, MD Morey, Ives W. 3 Occupation: oiler Home:Detroit, MI ------------------- Regina: Approximate location: Harbor Beach, Michigan Lives lost: 20 McConkey, Edward H. 3 Occupation: master Home: Barrie, ON Adams, Wesley 3 Occupation: mate Home: Hawkstone, ON Dasome, Bert 3 Occupation: second mate Home: Penetang, ON McSorley, C.J. 3 Occupation: chief engineer Home: Kingston, ON Lenihan, M.F. (or Lenchan, W.F.) 3,7 Occupation: second engineer Home: Toronto, ON Gornley, Peter 3 Occupation: steward Home: Glasgow, Scotland Young, A. 3 Occupation: assistant steward Home: Edinburgh, Scotland Clark, Alfred J. (or Clarke) 3,7 Occupation: assistant steward Home: Thorold, ON Stalker, R. 3 Occupation: wheelsman Home: Penetang, ON Burch, George 3 Occupation: wheelsman Home: Smith's Falls, ON Shea, John 3 Occupation: wheelsman Home: Sidney, Nova Scotia McInnes, Walter †3 Occupation: wheelsman Home: Owen Sound, ON Doyle, Leo 3 Occupation: watchman Home: Collingwood, ON Lawson, David M. †3 Occupation: oiler Home: New Brunswick Oleson, Gustav †3 Occupation: fireman Home: Toronto, ON Woodburn, Barney 3 Occupation: fireman Home: Toronto, ON Wiltshire, E.J. 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Chippenham, ON Roberts, R.H. 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Prymouth Lucas, W. 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Smith's Creek, ON Andrews, H. 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Portsmouth Marney, A. 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Manchester, England Gratton, P. 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Montreal Lebreton, L. †3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Montreal Sheets, A. 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: ----------------------- Isaac M. Scott: Approximate location: Sturgeon Point, Michigan Lives lost: 28 McArthur, A. 3 Occupation: master Home: Ashtabula, OH Karch, Engelhart 3,6 Occupation: first mate Home: Cleveland, OH Wood, A. 3 Occupation: second mate Home: Harbor Beach, MI Rosenberg, K. 3 Occupation: wheelsman Home: Riga, Russia Thompson, Michael 3,6 Occupation: wheelsman Home: Bay City, MI Klatt, John 3,6 Occupation: watchman Home: Milwaukee, WI Vosh, A. 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Lorain, ON Thayer, Richard 3,6 Occupation: watchman Home: Linesville, PA Jacobson, O. 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Allandale, MN Doan, William 3,6 Occupation: deck hand Home: Detroit, MI Berg, H. 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Worcester, MA Barrett, F.J. (or Barrtt, P.J.) 3,7 Occupation: deck hand Home: Scranton, PA Friend, G. 3 Occupation: deck hand Home: Philadelphia, PA Woodruff, W.P. 3,5,6 Occupation: chief engineer Home: Ashtabula, OH Potter, Harry 3,6 Occupation: second engineer Home: Harbor Creek, PA Dwelle, Norman 3,6,7 Occupation: third engineer Home: Kelly's Island, OH (or Kelley's) Abram, Albert (or Abraham) 3,6,7 Occupation: boatswain Home: Detroit, MI Barry, Joseph 3,6 Occupation: oiler Home: Ashtabula, OH Heiberger, Victor 3,6 Occupation: oiler Home: Sandusky, OH Bogner, Louis 3,6 Occupation: fireman Home: Cleveland, OH Baker, Alex J. 3,6 Occupation: fireman Home: Fair Haven, MI Burns, C. (or Burn) 3,7 Occupation: fireman Home: New York, NY Tonn, F. 3 Occupation: fireman Home: Hoboken, NY Zibell, Oscar (or Ziebell) 3,6,7 Occupation: fireman Home: Green Bay, WI Boonnisch, T.H. (or P.H.) 3,7 Occupation: fireman Home: Buffalo, NY Palmer, George W. 3,6 Occupation: steward Home: Detroit, MI Thiery, Albert 3,6 Occupation: second cook Home: Brooklyn, NY Miller, T. (or James) 3,7 Occupation: porter Home: Cleveland, OH -------------------- Wexford: Approximate location: Port Franks, Ontario Lives lost: 20 Cameron, Bruce 4 Occupation: master Home: Brooks, Archibald †4 Occupation: second mate Home: Scott, James †4 Occupation: chief engineer Home: Lougheed, Richard †4 Occupation: assistant engineer Home: Dodson, Allan †4 Occupation: watchman Home: Gordon, Orrin 4 Occupation: Home: Glenn, James †4 Occupation: Home: Scotland Wilmont, George 4 Occupation: cook Home: McDonald, Murdoch †4 Occupation: passenger Home: Goderich, ON McDonald, Donald †4 Occupation: passenger; Murdoch's cousin Home: Goderich, ON -------------------------------------------------------- Lake Erie: Lightship 82: Approximate location: Buffalo, New York Lives lost: 6 Williams, Hugh M. 3 Occupation: master Home: Manistee, MI Leahy, Andrew 4 Occupation: mate Home: Elyria, OH Leahy, Cornelius 4 Occupation: assistant engineer Home: Elyria, OH Butler, Charles 4 Occupation: engineer Home: Buffalo, NY Mackey, Peter 4 Occupation: cook Home: Buffalo, NY Jensen, William4 Occupation: Home: Muskegon, MI ------------------------------------------------------------------ Others: This list includes any victims not involved with a maritime vessel during the storm. Bourgeois, Carl †1 Occupation: unknown, 17 yrs old Home: Cleveland, OH Cause of death: electrocuted by downed wire Cornwell, Birdsey E. 7 Occupation: unknown, 30 yrs old Home: mother Effie E. Cornwell lived at 56 E. Grand Ave, [Detroit?] Cause of death: unknown from source. Was duck-hunting in Saginaw Bay; was believed to have drowned. Relatives: Archie B. Tyrrell (uncle), Hiram L. Cornwell (brother) Lambert, William †1 Occupation: Confederate veteran Home: hut behind Eagle Ave, Cleveland, OH Cause of death: succumb to weather, frozen Unknown †1 Occupation: train conductor Home: Cause of death: hit by oncoming train while checking the safety of a track ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources: 1. Brown, David G. (2002). White Hurricane. International Marine / McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-138037-X. 2. http://www.saveontarioshipwrecks.on.ca/News/NL%20winter03.pd... . Newsletter, Winter 2003, Save Ontario Shipwrecks, Inc.. Accessed on February 9, 2005. 3. The Port Huron Times-Herald 4. Hemming, Robert J. (1992). Ships Gone Missing: The Great Lakes Storm of 1913. Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc. ISBN 0-8092-3909-4. 5. http://www.hhpl.on.ca/GreatLakes/ Maritime History of the Great Lakes. Accessed on February 10, 2005. 6. Annual Report of the Lake Carriers' Association. 1913. 7. Detroit Free Press
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