New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-27
WRECK OF THE STEAMBOAT REINDEER
SHOCKING LOSS OF LIFE.

From The CAe19o P,ess Of Ge 24th
Monday last may be set down Is one Of the nos.
fatal DAYS in the year-fs.al to life and property both
on land and water In the morning upward Of twenty
lives were lost by dreadful confsgrstion, and before
night upward Of twenty more lives lay cold in the en-
brace of death on the shores Of Lske Michigan. 1t
was hard day on the lakes. 1t blew most terrific
gale, with heavy, binding spoy storm. we near o.
Il along Leke Michigan, up Lake Superior, and caa
trace il by its work Of disaster along the shores OF the
lower lake,. TWAS only yesterday, however tna. we
realized to the full extent the severity Of the gale.
About neon Of yesterday the propeller Msars arrived
in port from Big Point Sauble bringing Intelligence OF
the wreck of the Canadian steamer Reindeer, aoo1t
eeh miles north of the Point She also brought over
Cbas. Rowe, the mate of the schooner Al Eldsr[aso
loswbo con Eunica.ed to Us some OF the Parcuiaf,'
On Tuesday lss two men arrived az Point Ssuole al,
nost naked and their feet badly frozen, who informed
the people Of the neighborhood that they were fire
zen board of the Reindeer and that they were the
fole survivors Of the eltire creE-she HAVING oeen
wrecked the previous evening. They stated that al
day Monday noe. terrific gale blew from D. W.,
suddenly shifting 70 all points Of the compass with
Tremendous running. The steamer kept up pretty
x. all the foenooa but in The afternoon she shipped
a heavy sea, whki eIinguished the fires, and the
Captain had no left bat to set the be I'm up
and make for the beach. For several hours In the
evening the hurricane and snow storm increased In
fr,y ard il was utterly impossible to see or do any
thirg Those on boUd co1d only await with anx-
ety the fate which hey knew awaited them. At
lerpth somew here about midnight the struck
and aln,oet instantly the sea broke over Ter, and
vsshe the whole crew into the lake, where twenty
one OF them Eeurd wstery grnver. The two Een Who
Sscaped were 6remen and they state that they are
utterly unable 20 relate how aud in what manner they
vere saved The first they knew after she struck was
when they iornd themselves On the rocky beach.
Next day the steamer neatly al broken to pieces,
ard Der timbers end cargo we're strewn along the
shore FOR miles.
The ReipC eer was sde-whes, steamer, known here
nv sailors as Polly Eog." She was owned by
Ho)conl 4 Henderson Of Montreal, and sailed from
Ills port an the 10th ps with - 60 bushels OF whe.
II baues OF talow and ssne tour, for 81. Joseph,
where he was to take on f11r, and then start
for Kingston She bad screw oftwecty-one and t~o
nsssepsers. yhe name Of the captsin was Geo. Pat
tsysop. a Scotcbnan, who belonged 70 kingston he
was much respected BY ali who knew hin. The pane
of the steward was james Henery, and that OF the
purser Charles Bradford but these are al the nsmes
which can lie obtained Of the agent CT the steamer at
this rort. She was eight ten years old. snd was
valued st from fifteen to twenty n 2usaod dollars
The cargo owned by Renaud Frere o. Non
treal. Both vessel and cargo were insured.
The schooner Aiwilds which left this port on the
lib or Desn's Mills near Twin Rivers, sprung alsak
during gale on Monday lsst, and as she xss fsa.
6llire with wsfer the captain set sai Tor the shlre,
vbirh she struck 81 Biz p1iat Ssa6le o, Tuesi4y
10: Mtg. Sic Immediately broke hs' back end Ven,