The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-08-18
Terrible Disaster near Detroit.
Detroit, Aug II.

Detroit Aug ii.
A collision between the steamers Pewa
bic and Meteor occurred at half past eight
Wednesday evening, SIX miles from shore
HE pewabic was struck on her port bow,
just aft the piio, house, and sank in three
or four minutes. Tie boats were running
q. fall speed ard struck with such terrible
force as to crush in the entire bow Of the
Pswabo
At the time Of the scciden. il wss
scarcely da,k, and tie boats saw ssch
! other six miles spark When approach
ing, they exchanged signals, and the
Pewabo bore off 10 pass, bu, the Meteor.
! for some cause, as yet unexplained, turned
IN the same direction, and s,ruok the
Pswabic. A number were killed by the
crashing timber. a few Of the passengers
Jumped on board the Meteor befuro the
Pewab;e sunk. Life boats were immedi-
| atey lowered from tie Meteor aud picked
up those who were not carried down with
| The wreck. One hundred and seventy five
TO two hundred passengers were on board
the Pewabic
The names Of IS passengers and % Of
the crew saved, sre given.
The known loss Of life cannot he correct
= ascertsincd
The Meteor rem aimed near the scene OF
disaster until morning, in the hope Of
picking up any person that might be still
llc asing on pieces Of the wreck, but none
were found.
The propeller Mohawk, passing down,
the survivors were transferred to her from
the Meteor, and bro6ghs TO this city.
The Meteor was bur slightly Injured and
continued her trip TO Lake Superior.
TIE following namsd passengers are
know TO be lost.
Miss +. Hosner, TougLton; Miss
Frank Ryder, Houghton Mis-. Tyler,
Tlffin, of Ohio; Calvin NJ. Wright. Of
Detroit; Mrs. Commodore Wells, Ann
Arbor, and the wife and four children Of
Edward Ievsn, Canada East, wife and son
and daughter Of II. Mitchell, Lake supe-
rior; Lewis James, Rockville, Miss Har-
nab Kelley, Illinois; VIM. Otwel,
Cleveland; Miss Julia Ralsey, Tifiu,
Ohio; Mrs. Hall and two children, Gopher
Harbor; Vim. U'Neill, Cleveland; Thos.
| Blackwell, Op!onagon Jno. Tracy, Cleve-
l.nd
Of the crew the following persons were
| lost:
First engineer, ?. G. Jackson,and wife,
Detroit, cook, S Bowles Detroit, greasar,
- Cholev, Cleveland deck hands-BaI,a.
Canada, Michael Sullivan, Michael Gra-
ham, Marquette, Chas. Labownort, Csna>
de, Michael Doyle, Massachusetts, James
Connolly, Eagle Harbor, II! A Brano,
Canada West, w. McClenn, Canada, John
Jamison, Canada, Henry knight, Tlinois
Theodore g. Lys.ar, Detroit, William L.
Hall, Copper Hslbor, Doctor Michael G.
Lewis, Cleveland, Chas. Harris, Yves,
Hebron, \. y, John Brennan, Cleveland,
James Rose, 60, Thomas Blair, do. Auirew
Flowers, DO, Michael Sullivan. DO, Thomas
Fitzgerald, PhiIsdelphic William Reed,
Cleveland, Charles Hunt, Toronto; VIM
Heating, Ohio, John Bryant, On.onagin,
n. G. Parks, wife and two children, Hans
cock, Capt. VIM. Cousin, Naughton, II.
Russell, Memphis, Tennessee, J. NJ Rum
sey, Seueoa Falls, N, Y, Mrs. G. NJ
Wright, Detroit, DR.. s. H. Douglas,
daughter and two eous, Ann Arbor. J. W.
Henry, and wife, Delaware, J. Wosinsu.
wife and daughter, Troy, Ohio.
Crew saved-Capt. George Mckay,
Cleveland, first mate, George Cleveland,
Cleveland, second mate, Frank Dugo, do.
lookout, Jno. Mckay, Cleveland clerk,
Charles Mack, Detroit, second engineer,
Wm, Kennedy. Cleveland, steward, John
| Lynch, Detroit, porter, John Mooney,
Cleveland, second porter. John Miller,
Cleveland, deck sweep, John Kelley,
Cleveland, wheel,man, Edward Mooney,
| Cleveland.