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The survivors of the Mataafa incident were R. F. Humble (Captain), Harry Larson (deckhand), Louis Yakes (deckhand), Leon "Lee" Yates (deckhand), Charles Byrne (fireman), Edward Coulter (fireman), Wallace "Wally" Brown (First Mate), Herbert Emigh (Second Mate), Thomas McCloud, James Hatch (Wheelsman), Axel Carlson, Fred Saunders (porter), Grantley West (Watchman), Earnest Dietz (Watchman) and George McClure (Wheelsman).

The fatalities included Henry Wright (Chief Cook), Thomas Woodgore (fireman), Claude Farringer (First Assistant), WIlliam Most (Chief Engineer), W. GIlchrist (Oiler), Carl Carlson (Oiler), Walter Bush (Second Cook), James Suttle, and James Early.

This information came from the Soo Evening News (11/29/05), Great Lakes News (April, 1947), and the 1905 Red Book.

According to the book So Terrible A Storm by Curt Brown there was Leon Yake and Lewis Yates both deckhands from Lexington, Michigan who survived the Mataafa

I was looking for an accurate list of survivors on the Mataafa. Was there a Yate and a Yake? Any info appreciated, thank you.