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Sunday Marks Anniversary Of Loss Of Lake SchoonerByED. LONG jaV marks the twelfth anrtl-A.n! recalls th« loss of the Belle, which foundrycor.i*ana „n U1«p Michigan October jjfWl taking with her the lives •. ,L' entire crew of ten men.'• “ ^hooner ordinarily carriedfseo:four or five men. The * Va number enrolled In the crew 'f.v*time of the disaster was due 'A.P fnot that the crew did the 11unloading at both ends f .1-0 louicYn'e Belle was taken over CariViii ^ p- Pierson and ’Lrs'di I*118 port ln Fctrhacy. ,;Laa(i was successfully operat-7 out of Sheboygan for twenty-*J vvam At the time of the the schooner hailedi'efan rdf itr- Bruton Harbor, Mich., and•.controlled find operated by the hw«‘ of I’«t\id. which took over fw owner-h»p from Captain Peter-'L and i-theis of this port InHA v If1!pno schooner left High Island, vrprio' with a cargo of wood,^ Viis not seen or heard from J'3,n .mil! November 1, when she ! four, I m midlake floating bot-u !iis;li Island comprises one ;[)(.' Bi (\i'i group of islands lr» mu lb astern end of Lake where for many years of David controlled },ge of wooded land*:eJi/n^art,lH(s of wooded land and f.jiit«il«,d a saw mill.‘lie | Ik lie was a neat little t rP.ar.'l-.iiter and gracefully •irrfid i'1 Sheboygan’s gallant fleet 5* wiling i raft, which at one time . TSbeied kventy*five. Captain who was in command of Y p.cm Belle during the entire •Yntv-iive years, although well j'or.p’in years, is strtl hale and inrti an(l ever-ready to relatethe many interesting and thrilling romances of the famous old schooner.The Rosa Belle was the last vessel to leave Sheboygan, although she remained in command of Captain Peterson for otic year after the transfer to Benton Harbor had been made. In the meantime he grew quite accustomed to the odd and peculiar habits of ‘.he colony of the House of David.One of their characteristics which appeared strange to Captain Peterson was that they refrained from eating anything with life, such as meats, fowl, fish, etc., and depended chiefly on vegetables for their sustenance.A mysterious fact concerning the schooner when found was that the stern and Hfe-boat were both missing. The entire crew had also disappeared. The real facts regarding the manner in which the schooner and crew met their fate will never be known as not a soul was left to tell the tale.Captain Rhrhardt Geise was ln command at the time, and he and his crew of nine men were never heard from again, A number of life presrrvei s bearing the name Rosa Belle were picked up from the beach near St. Joseph. Mich., Nov. 19, but not a trace of any of the crew was ever found.The Rosa Belle was built In Milwaukee In 1853 and had she survived would have cclebtated her eightieth birthday anniversary this year,The wreck was finally towed to her last resting place and landed on the beach nt Racine, where the angry crests of the breakers ahead vainly seek to arouse the slumbers of the once proud and famous schooner Rosa Belle.
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Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Oct 28, 1933
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