The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-12

DrrRorr, Aug. l,

UEfkOIT, aug. IL.
A collision between the Powabie and Me-
teoe Occurred at hsIf past eight Wednesday
morning, six miles from shore. The P0~abfe
was struck in her port bow just after her pilot
house, and sunk in three or four minutes.
Thebcats wsEs Euening at. IN sps6d and
struck with such terrible force Is to crush in
q the aecident il was scarcely dAsk, and both
boaas saw each other six miles opposite when
approaching. They exchanged signals and
the Powabic bore of 10 pass, bat the Meteor,
for some as yet Unexplained reason, turned
in the same direction and struck the Powabie.
A number were killed BY crashing timbers.
lev passengers jumped on board the Ne
teor before the Powabie sunk. The life-bosfs
were Immediately lowered from the Meteor
and picked up those who were not taken
down with the wreck.
There were one hundred and seventy -five
or two hundred persons on board the Powa-
bie Seventy FIVE passengers and twenty
three Of the crew are known To be saved.
The loss of life cannot be CORRECTLY ascer-
tanned yet, but will be very near one hun
dred.
4 The Meteror remained near the scene OF
the disaster till next morning, with the hope
Of picking up any persons that might be still
floating on on pieces Of the wreck, but none
were found.
The propeller Mohawk was passing down
and the survivors were transferred to her from
the Meteor and brought to thik city The
Meteor was but slightly injured and continued
her trip to Lake Superior.
! The following are the names of passengers
known to be lost:
Miss f. Hosmer Houghton, Miss Frank
Ryder Houghsou, Miss Tyler, Tif6n, O.; Cal
vim N. Wright, Detroit; Mrs. Wells. Ann
Arbo; wife and four children of Edward
Levan, Canada East; wife, son and daughter
of Henry Mitchell, Lake Superior; Lewis
James, Rockville; Miss Hannah Kelly, nli-
nois Mm. OtreiI, Cleveland; Miss Julia
Ramsey, Tim, o.; Nm Hall and two chill
dren. Copper HArbor; Thos Blackwell, Ma
than TMcy, Cleveland.
OF the crew the following are among the
lost:
FIRST Engineer &. G. jackson and wife.
Detroit LIST cook Samuel Bowles, Detroit !:
Henry Choler, Dick Hind, James Riley.
chambermaid Mary, third porter B. G. Jones,
Cleveland; bartender Daniel Case, Mar
quette.
The following are among The saved:
Mills, Eisin. O.; A. S. Frost, c. w.: Mr..
Han0, C. W.; Mr.. Levan and three children.
c. f.; Henry Mitchell, Lake Superior s.
Androker, Port Hudson: f. Peck. Newark.
O.; A. ". Tilden, Cumberland, O.; Mr.
Watson, wife and child, Bridgewater Mr.. L.
l.. Mcknight and wife, Detroit; Mrs. c.
Gardner. Detroit: Ada Brush. Detroit Miss
Kate Jones. Edmund James, Miss Mary NJ.
Foote. New York
No further particulars have been received
from the scene of the late catastrophe on
Lake Huron Captain Mickey, of the Powa
bic. has gone with a small steamer to cruise
about the spot where the Powabie sunk Ii
Is proposed, also. to send . diver to the
wreck.
The books and papers of ihe III llhted
steamer were lost Il 10. therefore. impossi-
bic. TO give oamplete list Of paseengers who
we're On beard. but the list already telegraph
ID comprises ell that were saved.
The Powabie was bnilt last year. valued al
$l0O, 200, aud insured from $50, 900.