, 1865-12-26

Loss Of Life on tic Lakes in lSD5.
Tho following statement OF the tecea.c and loss
OF life among the sealafnC community n1ny be con.
sdered AZ near correct as under The circumstance
san se asvea A.. o,hsrs oubtlsss have oecnsd
bic disaster OF The feason was that OF the Pewablc
on Lake Huron. by which melancholy occurrence ii
IL generally inferred that net less than 100 were
lost. We arrive at this conclusion from the fact
that large n1mb we're on board and but tes were
saved. The total We and 10 be 10, an Increase over
1854 ofeG:
DECEASED MARINERS.
February G,h-Captain Augustus Walker, IN old
steamboat captan died at Buffalo at the age OF 65.
s6th-CnDtain William Dickson, an old lake plo
nser and late Of propeller Hunter, died ut Buffalo;
March 11th-captain Frauclsr. Billings, 10. many
years on the lakes, died at Buffalo, at S. years,
May 1sth-CAptaln Nelson Blend, OF Milwaukee,
diowned from schooner Whip, at ST. Joseph har.
Gth-Robe7t Miller, seaman; drowned f,ou,
schooner White squall in buffalo creek; resided in
1OtkHW. J. Talln,adge, mate Of the tug G. ".
be was formerly from Rochester, N. Y.
13tn-SIaith Jacobs. a lifelong sa1lor, wns drown.
cd from the schooner HomeEata Bound, OF Port
nqs dss5lss e ssqg Ssp gsp ss t s s. ss ss e ss III s
the tug Success In Chicago hatbor. "
Janss Walsh s1gtnssr q The same boat. died
Thomas Mccarthy, died ron ua1as; .ams cause.
Nay 25th1John hoe, seaman, droanea from
srhr Henry naGar, near Bar Point, during the time
June Nh-WiIliam Elliott, kilicd By e. explosion OF
Tie eteam drum On board ing Fanny White, at Bay
City.
ii 1Mh-1lezander 3leEweu, engineer Of tug Fau-
nte STAFFORD Killed b5 The explosion Of that boat in
aGth-charlee Mcconnell, drowned from sloop
near Chicago, by falling overheard while looking
july 6th-Willsam Walsels, colored deck hand,
died suddenly on board he Propeller iaaho ia thI
port, by the too free nse Of Ice Watcs.
sad-WE1. Russell. boatswain on bo1r1 the cutter
Commodore Perry. fen overheard IN Lake St. ClaiF,
while at one Of the guns. and Was drowned.
July .5th-lsaac Newton, seaman, lost overheard
from schooner Monarch Of !he Glen, in some m
be wss m EnclIehman; age q yehra.
August 9th-The loss OF life BY the sinking Of the
propeller Pcwnb1c has never been definitely asecr-
board, and tho list Of those saved, 100 ny be con.
sideIed safe estimate.
11th-Seaman, name unknown, belonging to the
schooner Joseph Cochnue, killed at East Saginaw
BY getting Jammed between one Of the Ferry steam
isih-Wiliord Mu1nfor1, employed on bo,rd the
fersy steamer Detroit, draw!led between Detroit
steamer Gem.
Thomas Glennon, fireman, drowned from prnpel-
a1th-Stsnley Burley, fell from a1oft aud was
Killed on b0atd schooner Star Of Hope, on Lake
Erie; he resided At Amherst Island, Lake Ontario.
Albert Lees, mate OF schooner Ardent, drowned
from that ,essel ut North Point, Lake Michigan;
he resided at SheboJea0. and was married
September 5lh-C: Fletcher, eeaman, was found
drowned at Crosse Point, Lake st. Cla1r; It was
not atcertained from what vessel he WIS lost.
Sailor, Scotchman BY birth, nanc unknown,
drowned from schr N T Goodell, hrc miles ortfrom
Buffalo.
1ath-Joseph Flcnwood, seauan On board the
brig Frontier City. Wns Killed In ChtcaRo ha1bor by
getting crushed betn cen that vessel and barque Sun
shine; he resided ut Cobourg. c. ".
Absam Anderson, Norwegian sailor on board
the schr Odin, while lowering the JAwlboat, fell
overheard and was drowned In Muskegon LAY.
Three Gycs were lost bJ the sinking Of the pro-
peller Buckeye in the st. Lawrence river, Mrs.
b'NciL Of Osweso, and Mrs. and Miss Aubrey, Of
Milwaukee.
d sah-James Dulyer, a sailor drowned from the
tug Star IN Saginaw Lay; be was from Canada.
Satlcr. ZANE unknown, Killed on board the schr
Sasco, on Lake Michigan, by the foresail getting
ab1tk and the foreboom G1y parting stinp, strfk-
Ing him on the head and Killing him insmn:lJ.
Lewie, q sailor, fell overheard and was drowned
IN Saginaw bay, from scow Maid OF the Mist, while
assistipg In reedug sails.
II. C. johnson. sailor On board the echr Mary D.
Hale terminated his existence by tuic3de In han
hnse eli In The cabin on Lake Huron; resided In Chi
ss,h-Capt.iu os schr Gariba]di and ihrce scamen
drowned by TIC W1eekng Of that vessel n Georgian
Bay.