South Haven, MI (off shore) Steamer CHICORA Sinks In Lake Michigan, Jan 1895

ALL THOUGHT TO BE LOST.

NO MORE HOPE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE LAKE STEAMER CHICORA.

TWENTY-NINE PERSONS DROWNED.

FULL LIST OF THE MISSING, WHO HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY FOUND A GRAVE IN THE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

Benton Harbor, Mich., Jan. 23. -- All hope for the safety of the Graham & Morton screw steamer Chicora has been abandoned here by the finding of wreckage from the vessel off South Haven. The fate of twenty-nine men, who are known to have been aboard when the steamer left Milwaukee for this port Monday morning, is almost as hopeless. Veteran mariners number every man with the dead.
The list of the officers and crew and passengers, so far as known, is as follows:
BALLINGER, "DOC," manufacturer, St. Joseph, passenger.
CLARK, JAMES R., clerk, St. Joseph.
DAVIS, JESSE, porter, Benton Harbor.
DOWNEY, GRANT A., oiler, Detroit.
HODGES, JOHN, watchman, Baltimore.
LYNCH, NATE, cook, St. Joseph.
MALONE, JAMES, pantry man, Chicago.
MARKS, JOSEPH, wheelman, Benton Harbor.
McCLURE, ROBERT, chief engineer, Detroit.
MORGAN, WILLIAM, head waiter, Benton Harbor.
PEARL, JOSEPH, druggist, St. Joseph, passenger.
ROBERTSON, THOMAS, watchman, Baltimore.
SIMONS, C. D., first mate, Benton Harbor, Mich.
STINES, BENJAMIN, second mate, (Captain's son,) St. Joseph.
STINES, EDWARD, captain, St. Joseph, Mich.
WIRTZ, ALFRED, second engineer, Detroit.
In addition to the foregoing there were on board the vessel two firemen, one coal passer, eight deckhands, and two gentlemen from St. Joseph, who were, along with BALLINGER and PEARL, guests of the Captain.
The ill-fated vessel was caught while crossing the lake and fell an easy prey to the seventy-mile-an-hour hurricane which swept the icy waters of Lake Michigan throughout Monday and continued with little moderation for another twenty-four hours. The fears of all concerned were confirmed when the following dispatch was received from South Haven:
Capt. DONAHUE, the lighthouse keeper, noticed this morning, through the hazy weather, portions of what seemed to be wreckage floating abreast and on each side of the harbor here, a couple of miles outside and close to open water. Capt. MATTHEWS of the life-saving station led a party of volunteers on a dangerous trip over the moving ice until they came into a lot of fresh wreckage. Some of it was wedged between the ice, but the greater portion was seen underneath the ice. The parts which were brought here were easily recognized by vessel men as belonging to the Chicora. A perilous gale is still blowing, the weather is thick, and the darkness combines to prevent another search for further proof of the disaster.
The following telegram was received here by the steamship company this evening from South Haven:

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