HARRIE SHEPARD
The Goodrich steamer Alpena has undoubtedly gone down with all on board, between
seventy and eighty people-People hoped to the last that she had sought shelter at
some place removed from telegraph lines, but that hope is now abandoned. She left
Grand Haven for Chicago on Friday night at 9. At noon on Saturday she was seen off
Kenosha by a steam-barge heading against the wind. The impression is that being
unable to make headway against the storm that she attempted to turn around so as
to run before the wind and that some accident occurred to the machinery. The last
thing positively known of the Alpena is that she was seen off Kenosha.
A reporter of the Chicago Times reports having seen a steamer about eight miles
out making for the Milwaukee harbor from the north-east. She instantly swung around
and pointed for the north-east, after which she disappeared from view in a twinkling.
A mail carrier from Clay Banks on the east shore, reported having seen the deck of
the steamer Alpena near Stoney Creek. This was just about where the wind would have
driven the wreck if the steamer went to pieces off Kenosha. A man picked up a pail
and step ladder at Holland on the east shore marked "Alpena." These facts although
not well authenticated, taken in connection with the failure to hear from the steamer,
made the impression irresistible that she was lost with all on board. Yesterday a
telegram was received at this city stating that the body of one of the passengers,
a Mrs. Bradley, was found on the beach.
A later telegram states that there were 75 passengers on board which with a crew of
26 would make the loss of life 101.
The clerk of the steamer was Arthur Haynes, a young man from this city. Willie Shepard,
another Manitowoc boy was steward. Harry Shepard, his brother, was drowned last year
off the same steamer.
Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, October 21, 1880
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The Alpena
There is no longer any doubt that the Alpena went down with every person on
board. Not one escaped to tell how the disaster occurred and the precise time
and circumstance will be forever shrouded in impenetrable mystery.
Seven bodies in all have been found. Some have had life preservers on and some
had none. The absence of life preservers go to prove that the final break must
have been sudden. A piece of paper was found pinned to some of the wreckage
which floated ashore on which was written; "Oh, this is terrible. The boat is
fast going to pieces. I am on board the Alpena a passenger from Grand Haven to
Chicago." It was signed George Connell.
A watch was found on one of the bodies which stopped at 10:50. As the Alpena
was seen later than 10:50 of the forenoon of Saturday, the disaster must have
occurred at 10:50 p.m. It has been charged that the timber in the Alpena was
rotten and that it was unable to withstand a severe storm. This is indignantly
denied by the Goodrich Transportation Company. The east shore near Holland is
strewed with wreckage from the Alpena, and patrols are on the beach looking for
bodies. The friends of those on board are there in large numbers. Some of Willie
Shepard's clothes floated ashore. They were marked with his name.
Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, October 28, 1880
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[Henry A. Schappert, Jr./bur. 07-17-1879/cause drowning/burial register has
buried young Mr. Shappert, he was drowned, $2.50]
*********
(Note: These may be the two Shepard children who lost their lives on the Alpena/
no father was named in the 1870 census, they lived in the Rand household)
1870 Manitowoc ward 4 census: Adelia Shepord age 31; Harry Shepord age 11; Willie
Shepord age 7
1880 Manitowoc ward 1 census: John Schapert age 45; wife Fridrike age 26;
Augusta age 18; William age 17; Pauline age 12, Maria age 11; Ernestine age 6;
Julia age 4; Ida age 2
The Goodrich steamer Alpena has undoubtedly gone down with all on board, between
seventy and eighty people-People hoped to the last that she had sought shelter at
some place removed from telegraph lines, but that hope is now abandoned. She left
Grand Haven for Chicago on Friday night at 9. At noon on Saturday she was seen off
Kenosha by a steam-barge heading against the wind. The impression is that being
unable to make headway against the storm that she attempted to turn around so as
to run before the wind and that some accident occurred to the machinery. The last
thing positively known of the Alpena is that she was seen off Kenosha.
A reporter of the Chicago Times reports having seen a steamer about eight miles
out making for the Milwaukee harbor from the north-east. She instantly swung around
and pointed for the north-east, after which she disappeared from view in a twinkling.
A mail carrier from Clay Banks on the east shore, reported having seen the deck of
the steamer Alpena near Stoney Creek. This was just about where the wind would have
driven the wreck if the steamer went to pieces off Kenosha. A man picked up a pail
and step ladder at Holland on the east shore marked "Alpena." These facts although
not well authenticated, taken in connection with the failure to hear from the steamer,
made the impression irresistible that she was lost with all on board. Yesterday a
telegram was received at this city stating that the body of one of the passengers,
a Mrs. Bradley, was found on the beach.
A later telegram states that there were 75 passengers on board which with a crew of
26 would make the loss of life 101.
The clerk of the steamer was Arthur Haynes, a young man from this city. Willie Shepard,
another Manitowoc boy was steward. Harry Shepard, his brother, was drowned last year
off the same steamer.
Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, October 21, 1880
********
The Alpena
There is no longer any doubt that the Alpena went down with every person on
board. Not one escaped to tell how the disaster occurred and the precise time
and circumstance will be forever shrouded in impenetrable mystery.
Seven bodies in all have been found. Some have had life preservers on and some
had none. The absence of life preservers go to prove that the final break must
have been sudden. A piece of paper was found pinned to some of the wreckage
which floated ashore on which was written; "Oh, this is terrible. The boat is
fast going to pieces. I am on board the Alpena a passenger from Grand Haven to
Chicago." It was signed George Connell.
A watch was found on one of the bodies which stopped at 10:50. As the Alpena
was seen later than 10:50 of the forenoon of Saturday, the disaster must have
occurred at 10:50 p.m. It has been charged that the timber in the Alpena was
rotten and that it was unable to withstand a severe storm. This is indignantly
denied by the Goodrich Transportation Company. The east shore near Holland is
strewed with wreckage from the Alpena, and patrols are on the beach looking for
bodies. The friends of those on board are there in large numbers. Some of Willie
Shepard's clothes floated ashore. They were marked with his name.
Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, October 28, 1880
*********
[Henry A. Schappert, Jr./bur. 07-17-1879/cause drowning/burial register has
buried young Mr. Shappert, he was drowned, $2.50]
*********
(Note: These may be the two Shepard children who lost their lives on the Alpena/
no father was named in the 1870 census, they lived in the Rand household)
1870 Manitowoc ward 4 census: Adelia Shepord age 31; Harry Shepord age 11; Willie
Shepord age 7
1880 Manitowoc ward 1 census: John Schapert age 45; wife Fridrike age 26;
Augusta age 18; William age 17; Pauline age 12, Maria age 11; Ernestine age 6;
Julia age 4; Ida age 2
HARRIE SHEPARD
The Goodrich steamer Alpena has undoubtedly gone down with all on board, between
seventy and eighty people-People hoped to the last that she had sought shelter at
some place removed from telegraph lines, but that hope is now abandoned. She left
Grand Haven for Chicago on Friday night at 9. At noon on Saturday she was seen off
Kenosha by a steam-barge heading against the wind. The impression is that being
unable to make headway against the storm that she attempted to turn around so as
to run before the wind and that some accident occurred to the machinery. The last
thing positively known of the Alpena is that she was seen off Kenosha.
A reporter of the Chicago Times reports having seen a steamer about eight miles
out making for the Milwaukee harbor from the north-east. She instantly swung around
and pointed for the north-east, after which she disappeared from view in a twinkling.
A mail carrier from Clay Banks on the east shore, reported having seen the deck of
the steamer Alpena near Stoney Creek. This was just about where the wind would have
driven the wreck if the steamer went to pieces off Kenosha. A man picked up a pail
and step ladder at Holland on the east shore marked "Alpena." These facts although
not well authenticated, taken in connection with the failure to hear from the steamer,
made the impression irresistible that she was lost with all on board. Yesterday a
telegram was received at this city stating that the body of one of the passengers,
a Mrs. Bradley, was found on the beach.
A later telegram states that there were 75 passengers on board which with a crew of
26 would make the loss of life 101.
The clerk of the steamer was Arthur Haynes, a young man from this city. Willie Shepard,
another Manitowoc boy was steward. Harry Shepard, his brother, was drowned last year
off the same steamer.
Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, October 21, 1880
********
The Alpena
There is no longer any doubt that the Alpena went down with every person on
board. Not one escaped to tell how the disaster occurred and the precise time
and circumstance will be forever shrouded in impenetrable mystery.
Seven bodies in all have been found. Some have had life preservers on and some
had none. The absence of life preservers go to prove that the final break must
have been sudden. A piece of paper was found pinned to some of the wreckage
which floated ashore on which was written; "Oh, this is terrible. The boat is
fast going to pieces. I am on board the Alpena a passenger from Grand Haven to
Chicago." It was signed George Connell.
A watch was found on one of the bodies which stopped at 10:50. As the Alpena
was seen later than 10:50 of the forenoon of Saturday, the disaster must have
occurred at 10:50 p.m. It has been charged that the timber in the Alpena was
rotten and that it was unable to withstand a severe storm. This is indignantly
denied by the Goodrich Transportation Company. The east shore near Holland is
strewed with wreckage from the Alpena, and patrols are on the beach looking for
bodies. The friends of those on board are there in large numbers. Some of Willie
Shepard's clothes floated ashore. They were marked with his name.
Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, October 28, 1880
*********
[Henry A. Schappert, Jr./bur. 07-17-1879/cause drowning/burial register has
buried young Mr. Shappert, he was drowned, $2.50]
*********
(Note: These may be the two Shepard children who lost their lives on the Alpena/
no father was named in the 1870 census, they lived in the Rand household)
1870 Manitowoc ward 4 census: Adelia Shepord age 31; Harry Shepord age 11; Willie
Shepord age 7
1880 Manitowoc ward 1 census: John Schapert age 45; wife Fridrike age 26;
Augusta age 18; William age 17; Pauline age 12, Maria age 11; Ernestine age 6;
Julia age 4; Ida age 2
The Goodrich steamer Alpena has undoubtedly gone down with all on board, between
seventy and eighty people-People hoped to the last that she had sought shelter at
some place removed from telegraph lines, but that hope is now abandoned. She left
Grand Haven for Chicago on Friday night at 9. At noon on Saturday she was seen off
Kenosha by a steam-barge heading against the wind. The impression is that being
unable to make headway against the storm that she attempted to turn around so as
to run before the wind and that some accident occurred to the machinery. The last
thing positively known of the Alpena is that she was seen off Kenosha.
A reporter of the Chicago Times reports having seen a steamer about eight miles
out making for the Milwaukee harbor from the north-east. She instantly swung around
and pointed for the north-east, after which she disappeared from view in a twinkling.
A mail carrier from Clay Banks on the east shore, reported having seen the deck of
the steamer Alpena near Stoney Creek. This was just about where the wind would have
driven the wreck if the steamer went to pieces off Kenosha. A man picked up a pail
and step ladder at Holland on the east shore marked "Alpena." These facts although
not well authenticated, taken in connection with the failure to hear from the steamer,
made the impression irresistible that she was lost with all on board. Yesterday a
telegram was received at this city stating that the body of one of the passengers,
a Mrs. Bradley, was found on the beach.
A later telegram states that there were 75 passengers on board which with a crew of
26 would make the loss of life 101.
The clerk of the steamer was Arthur Haynes, a young man from this city. Willie Shepard,
another Manitowoc boy was steward. Harry Shepard, his brother, was drowned last year
off the same steamer.
Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, October 21, 1880
********
The Alpena
There is no longer any doubt that the Alpena went down with every person on
board. Not one escaped to tell how the disaster occurred and the precise time
and circumstance will be forever shrouded in impenetrable mystery.
Seven bodies in all have been found. Some have had life preservers on and some
had none. The absence of life preservers go to prove that the final break must
have been sudden. A piece of paper was found pinned to some of the wreckage
which floated ashore on which was written; "Oh, this is terrible. The boat is
fast going to pieces. I am on board the Alpena a passenger from Grand Haven to
Chicago." It was signed George Connell.
A watch was found on one of the bodies which stopped at 10:50. As the Alpena
was seen later than 10:50 of the forenoon of Saturday, the disaster must have
occurred at 10:50 p.m. It has been charged that the timber in the Alpena was
rotten and that it was unable to withstand a severe storm. This is indignantly
denied by the Goodrich Transportation Company. The east shore near Holland is
strewed with wreckage from the Alpena, and patrols are on the beach looking for
bodies. The friends of those on board are there in large numbers. Some of Willie
Shepard's clothes floated ashore. They were marked with his name.
Manitowoc Pilot Thursday, October 28, 1880
*********
[Henry A. Schappert, Jr./bur. 07-17-1879/cause drowning/burial register has
buried young Mr. Shappert, he was drowned, $2.50]
*********
(Note: These may be the two Shepard children who lost their lives on the Alpena/
no father was named in the 1870 census, they lived in the Rand household)
1870 Manitowoc ward 4 census: Adelia Shepord age 31; Harry Shepord age 11; Willie
Shepord age 7
1880 Manitowoc ward 1 census: John Schapert age 45; wife Fridrike age 26;
Augusta age 18; William age 17; Pauline age 12, Maria age 11; Ernestine age 6;
Julia age 4; Ida age 2
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