Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-08-19


wheleas those employed by allopalbs no!
unfr' 'quently entail the most serious, and
IN many Instances fatal consequences -
The directors further purpose TO summon u
meeting of the shareholders To lay before
them the facts they have collected, aud
the decision 10 "hich they have arrived.
namely, to opeu u special section for per.
sous ,rea'ed by the bom@ patbic system.
at u lower rate of premium than that char
ged ON . her lives "-London Observer.
The Loss Of the Pewabic-Associatc Press
.l Account. .tI I'D lf+ ~.
...4.t. arg9- a DErRoIT, August IL.
The collision between the Pcwabic and
| Meteo~, occu ed at half past s O'Clock
| We'd ,e,day evening six miles from shore.
The Pewsbic was struck on her port bow +,
Just after the y 10; house, and sunk in three
or four minu es. Tae boats wee running
a. fu!l speed aud struck with terrible force
bic. Al the time Of the accident il was
scarcely daIk, aud the boats saw each other
six miles apart. ~ .........s ..t --
When approaching they exchanged
signals aud the PewIhc bore of TO pas.
but the Mrtto 10, c,.1.o, as yet. mex
! ni''nel .eascn. turned in the sam, dlrec.
| zion, aud struck the Pewabic. A number
were killed by the crashing timbers. A
few Isssergers jumped on LosI d The
Meteor fore The pewabic snrk Life boats
were immediately lowered from the Meteor
and picked up those whu were not carried
down With The wreck.
Ont OF one hundred and seventy five to
two hundred passengers on board The Pc
wabic The names OF seventy five passengers
aud twenty three Of The crew saved, are
known. The loss oi life cannot be correctly
sscerl siued as yet, but will be near Que
bundled
The M.'eor was bu' slightly injured, and
coatinu.d her trip TO Like Superior.
The Me cor rem lined near the scene OF
the disaster III morning, in hope of picking
up any persons that NIGH, be still floating
| on pieces Of the wreck, but none were
! found.
The propeller Mohawk passed down
vi b the sirvIvors, transferred to her form
the Meteor, and brought hem TO this city
Mrs. WIN j. WELLS Of Ann Arbor, Mich,
| sis,er-in-law Of II E Parsons of this place. was
among the lost. Alsc, among the number was
a brother OF j. F WEIour, OF Je erson, who,
the Sentiact says, was on an excursion with his
family. He Is reported as trying to save his
family, oil being 10 the water, and was caught
around the neck by drowning woman who
clung 80 tight as to prevent his sw inning. and
drawing him down with her, while his wife and
children were saved. r.. g.. ..rr -.. ID. tvr
On the morning of the 18th. the Meteor tool
fire in the forward hold. while in the St. Mary
Canal, and was saved only by scuttling. Sh'
sunk 10 IL feet Of water. daEaging cargo anC
boat but by the use Of pumps has been raised
No loss of life followed this accident. Th,
Pewabic and the Meteor both belonged, ",
understand, to the same line, and the &C
cidents are not less noticeable for this fact, thai
for the singular and uaacco uniable manner o
the collision. ." Hn
The loss 10 property by the dreadful aceideD
OF Lake Huron is very great. The cargo o
the Pewabie was a very valuable one. Th,
Detroit Tribune says:
"Tbe estimated value Of the copper Is abou
$4,000 We have no particulars rs to ih,
insurance OF the cargo, bat, Hs 10 customary
IL 10 no doabt fully insared. sa.l 10
"The Lake Superior Express Company ha'
4 about S55, 900 10 cash in their safe, which the
will make an effort to recover. A diver 10 i
be sent 10 the wreck for the purpose"
We reproduce, from among the incident
connected with the loss Of the Pewabic, tn
following from the Detroit .Adpsrtiser: s.,
Several noble. aud heroic incidents oc
cured worthy of mention. The most me
memorials OF which was perform I'd by Mis-
Ada Brush "a daughter Of Mr.. e. A
Bu.h Of this city This lady, by be
cool aud determined efforts. not only saves
her own life by expert swimming. but tha
Of MIS- G. NJ Wright. whose husband wa
drowned with . lady clinging TO his neck
Miss Brush saw Mrs. Wright slrpgglDl
10 the water some distance from her. anl
, With great presence Of misd she swan Il
her rescue. pushed . floating spar up Il
her. spd thus saved her from the terribl,
fate OF her belo we'd husband. The maui
fest stion OF such fortitude on the part O
this lady will be ever rsmemb bered by hos,
who we're wituessess OF this terrible ca
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