, 1860-10-01
UI4AETB RI ON LAKE KRIEs-SEF~
ERAL VEHAEL1 LOST.
firm tha London Fro P.ea&, Stpt. ISL

fEFon the Lond1n FRO F9e18, sept. u.
Du1iuR the latter portion Of last week, and up
bY severe storms. 30 much 10 thss all vessels
which were out were conaoel!ed to run for shel.
ter TO the nearest port. Some were fortunate
enough to reach plaees Of safety, aad for tho
last lew days quita little aeet OF vcasels have
found refuge in Port Stanley, where they re-
NAMED weather bound. Others were hut 80
fortunate. Among ,hese she brig Ocsan. Of
Chatham, unable TO reach port, became water.
logged W shout fifteen miles from Fort Stanley.
The consequences Was that her dsck blew up and
hoated, whale the remainder OF the vessel went
to pieces To that portion Of tho wreck the
crew betook themselves, whers they remained
until Sunday, without any food. 4 determined
effort IVES then made bJ tmo Of them to reach
tho shore- To ttec: .shik thay sat themselves
astride OF t1o pi4nks and after passing through
very severe trial: q storm raging tue whole
time, they reached PORT Bar~ell cn Monday.
Others OF the crew, still clinging to thu deck,
rere able t. get 10 Ahore about The same time
at soma distance above Port burwel1+
Another vessel, name not known, bound for
Cleveland, struck on Monday morning, one 1i!e
OF Pert Bruce piers. Her crew, consisting Of
three men ard The captain, took to the mast
head. 10 which they clung for tiya hours, when
the captain and cuok were washed oG by the
heavy seas, aud per'shed. Tne remaining two
Were saved through the exertious nf Mr. q. G.
forkner, Of Port Bruce, who, uided By two meo,
ventured out ia lerky boat to thei assistan.e.
Ih's was By no means an easy task, aud several
attempts Nere mada before SUCCESS crowned
their noble exertianR,, which were continued
from time to time at the imninent risk Of their
Own lives Upon reaqhiDg The crew they were
fourd n be in The LAST stage Of exhaustion, as
they had beea compelled to sustain the surg
ing OF heaTy sea during nearly nix hours. Too
much praise cannot be awarded to Mr. Forkuer
aud hsa two comrades, who're names, we are
eoffJ to say. have n0t;reached US, and It is 10
BE- hoped that theta signal services in the cause
Of humanity may not be allowed 10 pass by
without suitable recognition.
Auoag other losses we hear of are the ]. G..
scott, which vent ashore 1t PORT l:us~ell dur
lng the storm, but fortuL aey no lives we're lost.
1h= Champion, OF Oakvite, kavicg On board u
cHgo ofpeas, and bound firm poit Stanley to
Kingston, was ou: on Friday night, AID cetanr
n=arty swsmpsd o.. Long Point The s..s
broke heavily and continuously ever her, clear
lnK her decks Of cvesy thing but the masts, aud
tearing I'D the bulWaskH. Alter eucuuntenng
the gale during nine hours she was enabled to
reoch Grand Rlyer in s4'ety. We are afraid,
from the particulars that hare reached us thus
far, that the damage done 10 The lake shipping
has been OF Eo ordinary kind, IS the stucm was
both heavy aud contiuIors
Z. S.-Siuce writing the abova We learn that
the schooner Antelope, from Merpstt, laden
with oass and peas. sauk about hulf nile from
Fort Stanley harbor, having -pzuug 4 LEAK when
the captain sud one Of the hanas were aEfoEtu-
uateIy drowned