The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-12-09
From the Buffalo Courier.

.3Shore on the CMadian side
Sch. Florida, of Buffalo. a total wreck.
loaded with flour and pork
Schr. Mississippi, from Grand River.
win QUO bbls. flour, for Kingston, Cana
da; all safe except about 20 bbls.
Schrs. NJ. kingman and Ohio-will
probably be got off.
Schr lndiana--probably total wreck
Schrs. st. Patrick and Detroit. both
from the lower lake; these, with the E.
Jenny and +. Mills, make nine vessels in
all, ashore on the Canada side.
.4shOre on The .2nlerican side.
The loss on the American side is still
more extensive. The schooner Jefferson
went ashore about three miles above the
Buffalo lighthouse, and is total wreck,
attended with melancholy loss of life
one entire family, husband, wife and five
children, together with a young woman,
and one OF the men belonging to the ves-
sci, having persisted. Captain Dougall
from whom we have the painful recital,
says that about two hours after his vessel
beached, the mpanlon-way was washed
off, and the children and young woman
drowned in the cabin and iorecaslle. A
portion Of the crew had got ashore, in
quest Of help, and were endeavoring to
rescue the family. The mate wrapped
his oyercoat around the woman, and tried
to keep her warm by walking her to and
fro on the beach, bnt she soon became
exhausted and incapable of motion, and
was placed in the boat which had washed
up, where she died in a short time. Her
husband was deIiuous on reaching shore,
and attempted to escape into the swamp
near by, but persisted within short dis
lance. One Of the hands belonging to
the vessel, named James Bruce, got into
the swamp and was likewise lost. The
family were from either Hartford or New
Haven, CT, named Wood, the children
aged from 8 years downwards. The
Jefferson was owned by J. w. Ransom,
of Chicago, and was bound for that port,
with a cargo Of 500 brls. salt, 40 tons of
iron, and some merchandise, which will
be mostly losi-shipped by J. Murray d.
Co., of this city. The crew succeeded
about midnight in getting on board the
brig Olive Richmond, beached below
them in greatly exhausted state.
When our reporter reached the vessel
this afternoon, the figure of the young
woman above mentioned was discovered
standing in an upright position, in the fore
castle companon-way, frozen stark and
stiff, with hands. partly raised in an i'm
pIoring posture, and her eyes fixed with
a cold stony gaze upon the shore.
The brig Olive Richmond, new ves-
sci. went ashore about a mile below the
Jefferson. She was bound up in ballast,
and will be got off without damage.
The sch. Walter Joy went ashore
near the Olive Richmond, with a deck
load of -four, which will be partly lost,
but the vessel will be got of with trlillng
injury.
In addition to the Jefferson, ". Joy
and Richmond, we learn from gentle
man just arrived, that he saw three schoo-
ners and brig ashore between Sturgeon
Point and Cauaraugus Greek, names not
ascertained.
The sch. Brandywine dragged her an
chors out of Dunkirk harbor, lost her
masts. and has not since been heard OF;
all hands supposed to be lost. 1t is
quite probable from the description that
the Brandywine is one Of the sch"oners
mentioned in the preceding paragraph
The sch. Merchant, ashore al FalrPor',
lost two men.
The sch. Ben. franklin, all to pieces at
Grand River. She had on board 90 tons
of railroad iron, 2G5 bbls. salt, and the
furniture of Isaac Smith. Esq, who was
about removing from this place--the lat
ter insured.
The steamboat Chicago lost her smoke
pipe of Erie, and was driven down near
Sturgeon Point, where she lies wreck f;
crew and passengers saved.
The schs. Alegan and Western ra-
der. ashore at Grand River.
The sch. Emily is reported to nave
capsized of Long Point and gone down.
She had on full load of wheat.
The sch. Bucknor, which came IN yes
to-day lost her cook and the Jena also
arrived yesterday-had a man washed
overheard and lost.
Captain Rogers, of the Philadelphia ar
rived this morning, saw steamboat roll