Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-11-12
THE GALE OF SATURDAY.

Cleveland Beacon Observation-Disclosures J.
IL Drake sunk---Wrcc< Of the Schooner
Indastry--CIeveIaDd HsrbOr Beleaquer-
ed.
Tho gale Of Friday night and Saturday
was enc of the hardest ever known on
Lake Erie. We shall doubtless hear of many
disasters to shipping, and Cleveland will con
tribute her share. s...l --
During Friday night the schooner Indus
try, owned by Capt, Charles Hearnes Of this
city, put out with one hundred tons of coal,
but was compelled to put back for shelter
In entering she struck on the West pier
The Captain let go her anchor, hoping to
hold her, but she swung round and was lift
ed by the heavy sea upon the piles where she
has laid ever since. During all day Saturday
she pounded heavily, and the sea washed
over her at every wave. She will undoubt-
edly go to pieces. She is partially insured
in the Etna.
Several vessels put cut during Friday
night and Saturday but were obliged to re-
turn which they did with difficulty.
On Saturday evening, the propeller Gov.
Cushman, when entering the harbor, ran in
to the Industry, knocking &. big hole in the
side Of the schooner. The Cushman then
ran on to the piles, knocking hole in her
side and doing some damage to her
stern. She got off and went up the river to
her dock. She will be shortly repaired. N
The sch. Rapid, of Buffalo, in coming in
Saturday, ran into the Industry and got foul
of her rigging. Two of her men jumped on
board the Industry to clear her away, when
she sheered of, leaving them on the Indus
try. They we're in a dangerous position, the
sea breaking over the schooner every minute.
The tug Bemis ran alongside, and with some
difficulty got them of. The Rapid was not
materially injured. fs
About II o'clock Saturday night the sch.
J. H. Drake from Buffalo, light, attempted
to enter the harbor. Missing it, she struck
upon the west pier, brOached to, swung
round and sunk directly across the channel.
After striking on the West pier, her jib
boom caught in the iron Beacon light. The
heavy sea tossed her up and down and the
boom battered the Beacon so severely that it
shortly came crashing down and was dash
ed into thousand pieces. A more complete
wreck cannot be imagined than the Beacon
presented yesterday.
The Beacon has long been considered un-
safe. In the annual report for 1859 Of Lieut..
Col. ]. D. Graham, of the Typographical En-
gineers, to the Secretary of War, that officer
says of Cleveland:
''Since my report of 1858, the dilapidation
of the piers has increased much, and the
1 longer the necessary repairs are delayed,
| the more costly they must ultimately be-
/ The extremity of the east pier is the base
upon which the iron beacon light rests. This
/ beacon is in danger of falling from the con
dition of this base. The whole pie, however,
requires immediate repairs in order to pre-
serve the harbOr."
The Beacon was built in 1851 to supply
the place of the old one which was burned.
It was wholly of iron, three stories high,with
a brilliant Fresnel light, flashing once in two
minutes. All that now remains is a mass Of
broken fragments, the destruction having
been complete.
The ]. H. Drake was built about six years
ago by Quayle & Martin for the Winslows.
She is now owned by the Northern Trans
portation Company, and insured in the Com
mercial Mutual or the Northwestern Co.
She sank few rods inside the entrance &c
the harbo1, directly across the channel, lay
ing a complete embargo on the port. The
tugs Cleveland, Peter Smith and Bemis were
all at work at her yesterday forenoon, en-
deavoring to pull the bow up stream, but
without effect. She lost her topmast in thu
gale.
Two tugs,a propeller, and the steamer Nay
Queen, were at work at her all the afternoon
endeavoring to swing her round, but up tC
last evening, without effect.
The Detroit stmr. May Queen arrived off tn
harbOr early yesterday morning, but coul'
not enter, and the sea was too rOngh to admi
of her landing at the Railroad wharf. sh
steamed up the lake, and returning, ef'ecte'
a landing at that dock about noon.
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