The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-11-20
THE DAILY DISPATCH
Thursday Morntns, November IN. ssra

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wreck ef the Steamer superier.,I...s ~
rsnxty.hve Lives--SuHerinss or the sur.
1netelegraph has noticed the loss of the stean /.
or Superior. on Lake Superior, of Pictured Roch.
on the 3oth ult The mate Of the vessel fnrn.ba.
tue Detroit Free Press with the following ,ccorr,
OF ,ne wreck and the suiferings Of the survivors.
..nsI Nc ssesmes superior ieft the. Ssut ST. Mary,
SaL ociock on the morning of the o9tb A.
october, wind from the southwark weather f.vor'
zoe so,e fassed White Fish Point 1t IL A M A. e
O'CLOCK, +. NJ wind cansed round & W. and hIs,.
.assn, .ns IA AZ r of Grand Marais snsw squalls
Captain Jones we would have 10 nm hsci 'o,e 9,.
soe tne reply, I'VE win wait and see how Il u !,
o O., o'clock Wind still blowing heavy from the .
W, w.. AZ 10 o'clock the wind hauled around w
leland light bearing about w s,s =, sho1',
niteen m'les u was the intention of the captsir
70 run under the lee Of Grand Island.
AZ ils o'clock, we carried away our rudder. 40.
ne.vy ana making fast She then fell of into Ii.
trough OF the sea. We then shipped our ,iIIer ana
tried our afterwhsel, but found it would not worh
at IL o'clock her smoke pipes blew away. The
deck load, consisting of four, merchandise. "a
head fcattle aud hogs, Ahifsed to lseward We,hep
commenced throwing over the deck load with
considerable difficulty, got part of the cattle nd
hogs overheard through the gangway, and by cut
ting away the bulwarks. Wind and sea increasing
At ia began to make water fast Rugged the
pumps, but could not free her. Water gaining
fast Engines kept at work until, 1t ! o'clock tht
water put ont the ares. Sea boarding her; cleared
away the anchors-hove the lead but found no
oundpgs-snowiog-kep the lead . going until
we got seven fathoms Of water. Made the land
under our lee, close aboard
We then let go the small anchor; could not ge,
the large Anchnr off her howa Tha oil nEor
would not bold her. when she Immediately struck
forward; her stern swung round and the next
carried her brosdside on the rocks. After she
struck, left the promenade deck, and went on to
the upper deck. Stood there q few minutes aft OF
the pilot house; then wen. down again on the pro
mepade deck, where saw Capt Jones for the last
time. Then went through tie cabin. Saw NJ
passengers In the cabin. Went up on the hurri
cane deck again, aft of the wheels; there found q
number of the passengers and crew. then went
down on the main deck and stood in the gangway
on the lee side; saw the large boat In the water
With number of persons in 1t The cabin at this
time was cracking and pieces hyiugin every direc
ton. thea jumpedtoverboard andmade for the boat
and got into it. Tne st engineer had hold OF th.
gunwale of the boat, hauled him In, and also the
watchman. Told the people In the boat to get on,
their oars and pull into the lake, which they did
sea struck her and slew her bows in shore. The
next sea upset her.
found that my feet touched the rocks After
good deal Of exertIon among ths floating timbers
portions of the cabin, freight, &c succeeded in
getting foothold on the rocks.
The place that myself aud others gained was
formed by rocks that had fallen from overhead
forming sort Of barrier, behind which succeed
ed in getting Found some five or six already
ashore. Within about fifteen minutes, the remain.
der of the survivors cam ashore, making eighteen
In ALL 1t was very dark. The place where We
react cd was not more than 2Tfeet in length by
feet in width, at the foot of perpendicular rocks
of the height of $50 to 200 feet the seas sweeping
at the base of the rocks on either side Of us, and
the water dashing up the height of 90 feet
With q good deal of e1ertion managed to
keep from freezing. At daylight we found that
the boat was completely broken up, with the ex
ception Of tie wheels which were held together
by the shafts and connections They were distant
from the rocks about one hundred feet About
ore.third of the wheels were out of the water, ON
which we saw eight persons, viz: Henry Wright,
steward; Jefferson Warner, saloon-keeper; Henry
Barnes, second mate; VIM. Robinson, second
clerk; John Bl inghurst passenger (of Ontona
gan;) Geo. Davis, deck hard, and TWO uea, sup
posed to be tiremen (names not known.) The seas
breaking over them, one after another they drop
ped off and by Q o'clock they were all washed
away We found the body of Capt. Jones, and
also the bodies of Mrs Bennett and one daughter,
after daylight; theirs being the only bodies washed
ashore.
All attempts to make fi.e failed: one look sa
tis6ed US that an attempt to escape was frultless
We found the large boat thrown ashore. stove in
We remained there from the morning of the 30;h
till the evening of the 3lst when we succeeded iD
repairing the boat, subsisting, in the meantime,
on raw cabbage and raisins, with now and then q
biscuit
We took a portion of the saved in the boat, and
landed them on 4 sand beach, about mile and
half to the westward, then returned and got the
remainder, and started for Grand Island
The party landed on the beach started through
the woods for MT Powells house, on the main
land opposite the island-distance about twelve
miles
With almost incredible suffering, the party
reached Grand Island, the residence of Mr.. VIII
liams. The snow was nearly two feet deep, the
bougbs of the trees were filled with frozen snow,
so that they were obliged to keep their hands up
before them constantly, to ward off the frozen
masses constantly striking their faces Their fin
gers and feet were benumbed and frozen, SO that
1t was almost miracle that they were enabled to
reach q shelter at all
Their journey could not be made in a direct
iine SO that the distance was much Increased, and
they could make only the slowest progress, faint
wi hunger, and chilled with wet and cold with
cut any neans Of kindling fire.
They found the propeller b L, Webb On the
Whiskey Bay While lying st the Bay, the mate
and party Of the hands were sent back to the
Saut III boat for some gocds; we understand, on
their return they were compelled to go upon the
beach with their boat, several miles below the
Bay.
While attempting to reach her on foot night
overlook them. river was crossed, which was
nearly waist deep. "A fire was built on the oppo
site bank, and the party camped out for the night
The mate took off portion of his clothing to dry
il, and went to sleep before the fire. In the morn.
ing he was found dead. frozen stiff! His name
was George Leslie. The balance of the party
reached the propeller In safety.
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"a CITY OF THE DEAD."-Sincs the opening of
Greenwood Cemetery, on Long Island, N Y, in
September, 1870, the interments have amounted
TO AZ 223 ,---
CoTToE FACTORY IN NLoUIsIASA.-TheD De Soto
La, Columbian states that the planters OF tha.
parish in Lousiana have subscribed $50, ,OO0 70 the
stock Of . proposed cotton factory there.
STEALING AT FIRE -Gooes 70 the amount Of