Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-06-19
Names of the UnfOrtunateS.
RUM0RED LOSS OF THE BARK
DAVID MORRIS.

port aud MoTse's Point. OF the report we
could learn no truth. Two or three othel
vessels are reported ashore in that direction
names unknown.
On Saturday evening the schooner Alice
Grover, of OakvilIe. C. W. Captain D. Gray
with 1926 tons of coal aboard, consigned tC
the Toronto Rolling Mills, shipped by
Morris Il Price of this city, cleared for
Toronto. The furious wind from the north
east, on Sunday, prevented her making
Roadway and when off Grand river she
put back for this port with all her canvass
blown away.
The gale is described by the rescued as
the most terrific ever witnessed on Lake
Erie. When of the Cleveland Wooden
Mills the vessel was driven upon the spiles
and wrecked within a few rods Of shore.
The cook, Sarah - place of residence
unknown, was drowned. The remainder of
the officers and crew were washed or swan
TO shore, more or less bruised. Their names
are Captain D.. Gray, Toronto, c.. W LIST
mate - Mckay crew, John Mcclellan,
Dick ~CunningwOrth, Bill Jones and John
Powers, all of Toronto. The latter was
most severely bruised, having also lost a
finger of his left hand. He vas conveyed
to the Marine Hospital and cared for.
But a still more frightful disaster it is our
painful duty to ehronicle.-The bark Ara
bian, mot the brig Arabia, owned in this
city, as rumored,J owned by parties in Port
nuruan n W ,1so o1aorol G-on, FAsa 11r4
Saturday evening, with seven men and Off
GERS on board, but alas only one is left to
tell the sad story. The Arabian was laden
with blackstone from the quarry Of Mr..
John WorthingtOn, and cleared for Port
Darlington, c. W., at six @. clock on Satur-
day evening. After making considerable
Roadway the storm of Sunday set in and
drove her back. AT seven O'Clock in the
evening she made for this port, much dam
aged by the gale, and quite uumanageable.
About half past eleven she beat upon some
obstruction on tho bottom near the foot of
Bank street and sunk at about fifteen or
twenty rods from the shore. All on board
save one, were swallowed up by the hungry
waters. The names of the lost ones are
Captain Beutly Haskins, Port Burwell, C.
W.; LIST Mate, Wilson McDermont, David
Haskins, brother tn the Capt aud Isaac Ii
tus, Port Burwell a young man taken on
at this port last week, name unknown and
Mrs. McDermo5 wife of the first mate.
John Vance, of Tonawanda, N. Y, the only
survivor swan or was washed ashore and
was picked up about three o'clock Mondfy
morning, benUnbed and nearly naked. He
was conveyed to Mr.. John O'Neil's Ship
~Chandlery on River street, aud kindly |
cared for.
None of the bodies of the unfortunate
crew nave been recovered up TO the pres
ent. Mr.. Vance states that the Captain,
Mate and the Mates wife had left the YES
sci before himself, probably with the hope
of gaining shore. When Vance last saw
the Captain be was stripping oil his clothes.
with three others chung to the YES
sci till she went TO pieces, which must have
been about one O'Clock this morning. Then
he was thrown into the water, lost sight of
his comrades and swan to the spiles TO
which he chung till benumbed and washed
ashore. H. is considerably bruised and
after being warmed and cared for at Mr..
ONeils was taken to the Marine Hospital.
At four o'clock Monday morning was wit
messed a most hesrt-rending sight: Mrs. Nc
Dermot was seen dashed to the rigging of
the lost vessel, which was barely visible
and ever and anon covered by the surges,
calling piteously for help, without the least
possibility of assistance being rendered.
She had probably been dashed to the
doomed vessel by her lost husband before
he wenttO the bottom, with a desperate hope
that she, at least, might be saved. Later
in the morning she could not be seen, hay-
ing been wrenched from her hoping place
by the furious and trescherous waters.
From early in the morning the beach
presented aseene of intense anxiety, curl
osity and activity. Ali along the shore
re lOOk-Outs for the bodies of the lost, in
t~ermiugled with "wreckers' who were col
floating spars, boards, and whatever
else was dashed ashore. Two or three
trunks and a couple of beds were washed
up. The Arabian's yawl was borne down
IN the direction of the Rolling Mills and
over the spiles against the railroad
The lake was still exceedingly rough last
evening, though the storm is abating. We
shah not be surprised to hear of many
era otherdirections.
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