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DROWNING ACCIDENT
[Welland Telegraph June 26, 1903]
Buffalo,N.Y., June 23- Coming fromDuluth, laden with flour and freight, last night the Chemung crashed into the tug O.W. Cheney at a point about seven miles up the lake, The tug sank immediately, carrying with her, Capt. John Wheland, Steward Andrew Shafer, and Fireman Edward Dugan. Engineer Byres and Fireman McManus, who were on watch, sprang to the life raft and on that they floated until picked up. The accident happened about 3 o’clock this morning. The Chemung was steaming at full speed towards Buffalo. Off Point Abino she was hailed by the tug O.W. Cheney. For some unexplained reason the latter ran directly across the bows of the big freight steamer and in an instant had been crushed by the impact. The night was dark and rainy.
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