Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-06-23
vessels of Cleveland aud the loss Of seven

The bark Arabian, owned in Port Bur.
we'll, on Saturday, took on cargo Of
block stone, and Saturday evening sailed
for Port Darlington, Canada West. She
was commanded by Capt Bentley Haskins
and had o crew of Eve men and one woman
The bark made good hesdway towards the
Weland Canal, when the storm struck her
and at seven O'Clock Sunday evening she
changed her course and made for Ceve
lard About midnight she attempted tc
make the port OF Cleveland, but missed
aud was driven with great force on the
beach Just below the eastern end Of the
depot.
She commenced filling. The PERSONS on
board were as follows:
Captain Bentley Hoskins, Port Burwell
lst Mate. Wilson McDermot, Port Bur
well; Cd Mate, John Vance, Tonawanda
Seamen, David Haskins and Isaac Titus,
Port Burwell; and young man, name
unknown; and the cook, wife of the frs,
mate. or oil this number, the only person
saved was John Vance, the second mate,
Mr.. Vance does not know exactly how the
crew was lost, but thinks that the most OF
them were washed overheard. The last he
saw of the Captain he was taking off his
clothes, as he thought, preparatory to
making sn attempt to reach the shore.
AT o'clock the cook, Mrs McDermot,
was seen from the shore, lssbed to the rig
ging, but shortly after that time the masts
went overheard and the vessel broke en-
tirely up, and the poor woman won't with
the general crash.
Mr.. Vance, the only person saved staid
on board till three O'Clock when he thought
| he would make on attempt to reach he
shore. He took off his cloths and started
The waves were dsshing against the break :
water with tremendous force, but he was
luckily raised on the top Of a wave and
landed inside the spiles. Although badly
bruised be was not dangerously injured
and will be all right again in day or two.
While the above disaster was taking
place, the Canadian schooner Alice Grover
hailipg from Oakville, was in the same pre-.
dicament few rods down the lake, or the
Cleveland Woolen Mills. The Alice Gro.
yer took on cargo OF 355 tons OF conl,
and cleared for Toronto. on Saturday night.
She was in command of Capt. d. Gray,
and had crew OF six, including a fenple
cook About half pass eleven O'CLOCK sho
struck, and soon broke and went 10 pieces.
Fortunately oil on board were saved ex.
cept the cook. The men were eonsidera.
bly, bruised.
The beach fos two miles, says the Herald
Of Monday evening, iSstrewa with pieces
Of wreck.
The bark Georg. Sherman, owned by
X. Sherman, of Cleveland, and scow
Herzyuia. are both beached off Collamer,
eight miles east of that port.
The propeller Fremont, is said 10 have
gone ashore just the other side of Fairport,
and that tho schooner Darien is also ashore
10 the vicinity Of Euclid Creek.
The schooner Josephine capszed about
ten miles below Fairport on Monday
The crew consisted Of Eve persous all o
whom were drowned except one, James AL
len, who swan ashore.
Two other schooners went ashore about
one mile west of the old dock and both
were badly damaged. 1t is thought that
:he crews escaped.
A propeller, name unknown, with car
90 of oats, colided and sunk OF Port Hu
ron.
Captain Richardson, of the brig Genera
Worth, reports passing an unknown vesse
bottom upwards, off Asbtabula.
The bark Sunnyside and the schooner
r. J. Gibbs lost most of her canvas.
The schooner j. NJ. Lee dragged hel
anchor and went ashore Monday nigh
near Buffalo harbor, going 10 pieces
The brig S. @. Walbridge is ashore six
teen miles from Cleveland.
The schooner Jennie P King was capsiz
ed off Long Point Cut, Lake Erie. AL
hands lost.
The propeller Cuyahoga is sunk of Por
Sarnia. No lives lost.
The Sarah G. Walbridgo is ashore neal
Euclid creek.
The schooner Rosina went ashore at
Madison dock early Monday morning.
She was loaded with corn from Chicago,
and bound for OSwego. After going on
the beach Captain j. V. Tuttle and Mate
John G. Biddlc, who had ther wives on
board, determined TO send them ashore in
the small boat. They were therefore
placed in a boat in company with two
sailors and started for the shore, but had
not proceeded far before the boat was
swamped aud both the ladies were drowned
The two bodies came ashore off thi.
place on Tuesday, considerably bruised and
scratched, and were taken charge of by
somo of our cilizeas at the harbor.
The following card is published in this con
necton:
CARD.--We wish in this public manner to ex
press our deep gratitude (being entire stran
gers) to the people OF Asbiabua Harbor, fo
their sympathy and kindness shown us in tb
hour of deep aflction. in the loss OF our deal
ones, who were drowned in the late gale of
Madison dock, and may God, whose ways arr
inscrutable, but who doeth all things well. re
ward them for Il kind attention shown Us
The bodies were removed to the House OF Tbos
Mosher The kindness Of himself and iamil.
we shall long remember.
J.V. FUTILE. Captain,
| J. G. BIDDLE, Mate,
OF Schooner SARDINIA,