, 1859-09-22
31rrsa Grihtt1te,
The Great &snte Northwnrd-

The Great Gale Northwurd.
Thr schooner Starlight which reached tl;e
port Yesterday from Saginaw reports number
vessels ashore between hc.c and the Manitou
Islands wllnse names could not Le asccrtaincd.
The Starlight was exposed to the full force Of the
gale oil tle Nanitous, mud her crew sny that it
bew atornado IN that quarter. 4 considerable
lrbcr of vessels made the huEbor Of Mauitou
ttvre the blast reached lis height. We obtain
the following items from the Milwaukee papers
G! Tucstay evening and Wednesday morning:
fFsuu the Stus.nA. .,a1
Samc Of our oldest mariners assured US that
III: E4uinoctial guile, Which NC kaye Just passed,
the ,nost violent that has beeu experienced
On Lake Michigan for great many yeara, II
WAS tAl enough Monday Afternoon. but cout1n
uc1 ncrrnsislg iu Violence up to one o clock vet-
s-rday morning. when it had become a perfect
husrscane, tile wares on the Luke rolling almost
mountain high. and dnshing orer the BEACH and
tm breal~aiers, nj the entrance Of the harbor.
with terrible fury. E7ery vessel, however. lhst
sou:hs shelter il our harbos, got in safely, and
~e should thiuk no fewc. tGan 20 craft alto
-c.heE, CANA in during tie gale. ~ soon rs it
commenced blowing they steered from erery
direction for Milwaukec, our harbor being The
aust accessible on the Luke.
r. <ALA ANA[A fE39cl3 l{Qta NAlEHNQ and
IBIS ;'ur' had got us fur as the :tanitous When
We gale came up, aud they fonnd it necessary
1orul back. All the vessels out on this lake rot
:nsu port safely, with the exception of the brir
ir.r:utc and the schooner st. Albans. The
;':1Aer came to anchor in the Bay during The
night, and dragging her anchors dri(tcd on shore
lt,Ie ncrt.l of 1he Siruislt Cut, She was
seaud from Chicago to Dntlalo with flour aud
t,'.a. Her cntirc cargo il lost, the flour which,
"As On deck, having been washed overheard.
:u4 the curn wet. Indeed it is doubtful whetb-
e tic vessel will bc saved. Her hold was full
Il water, and The sen. which continued heavy
all day Yesterday. was making clear sweep
orr her 1ecks. ind shaking l,vr violently
'Aere were nine tutn on bonsd, and Instant
aneous p-cp.-a ion WIS made tn the shore 10
.rscIc lne1u from their unpleasant situation.
4 boat Was obtained from the steamer CITY Of
Cleveland, md E.unned and pushed out into
tue water; four Of Ihe crew were taken oil, hut
III returning The small boat swamped, aud the
men saved themselves only By swimming and
wa'n.. Alter some delay, one oi Francis
Metallic Life Boats wos oh,ained, and the re-
mA'niag ire men taken OF. They were in q
s":sy cdndition, completely wet to the skin aud
''ailtcd-but Restoration as offered promptly.
sud III SHORT time tley we're doing Tcls. The
fS>olutc lies on her side, the waves being COM
l"e!ely oseF her. As we write. howereE, the
',;ence Of tie etoE1n has abated, and there is
prospect Of getting her OF without much
1lnlage. She is owned at Black River, Ohio,
aot} commanded By Capt. Frank Church.
Abuut ten O'Clock the schooner ST. Albans
came in, leaking little. having shifted her car.
g, Shc h4d u iund Of wacat, and was also
.auai down from Chicago. 1t was impossible
!" ascertain the amount of damage to her cargo;
bat We should judge that it WIS only very ri:
ting.
1Fron tic Frcc Demo ut, eth.1
Great destruction hns been made among the
Irish sl,anties situated along the beach. We
could count some fifteen or twenty. that seemed
10 have bren turned *topsy furry" By the rush
io. waters, while others were just ready to bid
sdeu to terra trina, and take up their line o!
march Tor Kingdom come" Men were seer
waaing whist deep in the wafer, endeayoring Il
saTc their little household traps from destruo
ton.
The brcaswatcr bui!t along the beach, be,
tuern Michigan md Eric streets. is damaged
considerably, the plank facing bciug torn of 70,
some distance The piles are yet standing, bu
rrcry bit Of lumber secured ty nails seems tt
t.:se been torn away. 1t was rumored about
thai several Of the residents along the beach lai
hecn drowned; but VIC hcur OF one death only
4 man by tic natle Of John Agcn, who, whiit
enacayoring TO rescue some article frum tb'
waves, WIS himself oycrrowercd and drowned
Auolher Ind his lcg broken hy a timber. vi
hr!icse this completes the list Of causaltics Of
shure.