off Oswego, NY Steamer Sinks In Lake Ontario, Nov 1921

NINE LIVES LOST AS STEAMER SINKS.

CAPTAIN'S WIFE AND CHILDREN AMONG VICTIMS OF DISASTER ON LAKE ONTARIO.

Oswego, N. Y., Nov. 26. -- Nine persons lost their lives when the lake steamer City of New York sank in Lake Ontario off Stony Point in a storm late yesterday.
Five bodies -- one woman and four men -- were picked up by the steamer Isabella H. this morning and brought here. They were found in a yawl belonging to the City of New York. Near by another boat bearing the steamer's name was drifting, but it was empty. This boat undoubtedly was the one in which Captain HARRY RANDALL, master of the steamer, his two boys and a member of the crew sought safety when the steamer went down. It is believed they were washed from the boat.
The dead are:
Captain HARRY RANDALL, Seeleys Bay, Ont.; MRS. HARRY RANDALL, his wife; two children of Captain and MRS. RANDALL; ESLEY WARREN, mate; HARRY DOREY, deckhand; and EARL DOREY, engineer, Seeleys Bay, Ont.; and JOSEPH G. GALLAGHER, fireman, Kingston, Ont.; and FRANK GALLAGHER, deckhand, Kingston, Ont.
The bodies of the victims brought here were badly bruised, probably as a result of being buffeted about on the storm-tossed waters of the lake.
The City of New York left here about 2 A. M. Thursday, bound for Trenton, Ontario, with a load of phosphate. Trenton is about 100 miles from here by water, and the steamer would have put in there Thursday night under ordinary conditions. A heavy storm, however, descended upon the lake and continued until late yesterday.
The City of New York was built in 1863 and had been rebuilt three times since. She was 136 feet long, with a beam of 27 1/2 feet. She registered 360 tons gross.

The New York Times New York 1921-11-27

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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!