, 1866-04-29


nearly .ttytr o!the railroad laborrrs on board
Of The " n5sor, tud It Il probaoac ttsAs folly
hall OF ahss nnInt%r Wrsr lost. AL crowded
around tL4 stc11, Of The vcAtele -AtdH only
having ssltpotoessInn cnough tc t1t Over
teos, lurcs, etc. The guot swfutnnra .-~ro
toon In the ss:rr struggling for sheir l'Ees,
and the4e ~i,o ~cre u,tor nnste rnou-h MT
to le saso to sus.In themselves FrIa sarsck-
inr witllyg for assistance. FlFby, Thu mate,
With manly he1o1Am, legged thu frightened
wre;ckes to 10 cool, aua stood on the side q
tho boat throwing ore1 l!le.pIeser1crs until
h.s erat wzA burned ffum Lii back. and hfs
arm Gedty searched, when he. altnoht TIM last
ono 10 lrarr tho bt,at, finally lhsew EintclI
u md Without aid saved hinl-elf by kwia1-
uiug to The Gem. Tho drp hAylug burned
her ca,les, the Windsor doated down tho
ar an, carY.tng with her the botins Of sey-
tral who pcst3hcd In lho datnea-, .,,..-
--t-- THE LOSE or LINE.
Tho great lo.A Of lIc occurred among the
|, errw Of the terry steamer Windsor, ard the
men employed FL land!ng freight. Many Of
thee .werc buncd 10 death on board tha
boat; aud 9shc.n ,werr drowned Tho follow
ARC supposed 70 b lost:
,cJfua 1homrsur, t+eond took; Junra strpaen-
sup- art6 hand; Honkrt fIeepkn, ps1er: Gc+sSr
/; Fireman. atefHsn; lsardeu Pa'kes: postts; Reh.
s1BiS KoSe1f," teotrra} doek ksud; k,ca2rd
Fiupssek, eabsn o"I; Little cooks, aeef
h1nn. -
J, rhr ab4sc al belonged 10 Tho crew OF Tho
Windsor. Several df the1a Eere kno~n to
have been saiEcp wlen the Gre br'ke oat-
Altogether there 11rv abnut 81 men, inclnd-
Ing the crew, who ~eEe on aud tn tue vicinity
Of The boat when tho eondayvatIon eon,-
la.pcet. Le4s thai ten of ihaai have yet
lccn found '.,r.
the gang of workmen employed By TIC Orcst
western Railway Company 10 handle freight.
They ware mostly straogtlr. having recently
bcet! brought here from London aud other
iowns slooe tic linz u tho road:
Sc.l HeIdtrtoD, Ate1arct,tY olczr, wcl MeNa.
nas h<a,. T1ut cnsts. james Hsaekln. h.eaael
Cornell, Durc1r NrI.ea. CeEneiIu- teller, H. lien.
de1tun, samutl HlfEs. 1fme. Ft.hes, rasttct
A&1ppney. Lswls Lynn, 1hotpts Wilson.
nkAKTRrSptx0 IyciDkSTs.
Therr' wtre snany hcartrenllnG iucldnats
connected With The luA1 of tile, s:npecially
among tLe un:ortunate sufferers. vho were
forced IN hoard the itl-tsaoxl Esrxsnes.
One Of Tie nrtme MAJ asleep In the held
ot the vessel, md was aroused tEoin Ills alata-
btss By the nuise overhead aui The cracking
Of tie fro. HeAttcmpsed to effect AL escape,
but The smoke was 20 ah1ck he enuld not
rrarh The lndder leadiDg 70 tho hstchuay llio
wa* distinctly heard to cry for help, and his
las, words we1o, :" u Gud, can no ont save
NE! I" Another poor ftllhw ~ss observed 70
mske his w1J out Of tis touln, but be fell
through thr bI1ulaT deck, and Wa ns~es
more seen.
A majority OF tls uasn ieaped overheard.
and many were dtuwntd- sytTA odats from
tl.a rrFenuc cutter Johp Sherman, were
ss aser .n' tsa & Il tns 6S.. p = H. ss s s
steamer Otn. snd scverss others were sent
OUT, eut several " the1 were Loo small 10 b'
Of any service. Cola Graham, pAtchuao
emIsoye en- The Windsor. ~ p!eSed " une
g g. tan % oMe'MAo sl. n@s soo ne 'ae sASeo,
nc u"Ms ua1reu Aoout tae neAo' several
tn III nsAss uto"uea rnosG sassH uAes eannoI a.
}e. 10 H7sei'Alae"' ~sfe l"eAeo ny ~ smali
uoeM. a. n.,, -,
ohr oi tne oo'ieis Q! .no Ninaso, xas
!. trr.raS ana " process o. os1ng 'epal.e1. sa1
u ~as currently sepoIitd lhst "oskraan
W. ens.ssd on TIE .aasas nd psr;ahei there.
sake: Capt Clinton sared two men. whom
~ p1eksI up IL ~ aiulust oIhan.icd condi.
Lion. N1. Z. I'd" ards aided Ia rescuiuE
ttt Or sefcn Others. An attempt ~as insdr
to pirA Up thItr OF thr unsoItunates by eotne
ssie s maeh @ III .ss II tly r. aux s
rbso dl.iant 'rotn the 1'oas not H.ore than
Eight fet.
THE wISnsoR-
TIE il''fAte1. steamer Windsor WAS lowed
10 Sandwich Point hy the steamer Detroit
sad eeaehed. The hull nov LES there III Ave
1eet Of Eater.' Her machinery il damaged
b.youd possibility 0. ever b.lng used Lss.n,
hut Il Il thought that Afre mar lre rebuilt.
The Windsor xas only twelve years old shc
~ originally built ~ CAPTAIN Clinton Tor q
!: d.sa ~ ns"ss1 ,s, 1as stJ 90 .b Wnaor &
suhserrr. tie was purchased fur raliIual
nfc, and la:tc,4. ~as uwnel Jointly by the
Gral Western and =. init 4 MilEsukee
RAilwAy Cou,psnfc.. In. =. a strpuc,
stauueh boat, II aass tpus hus.hen.
Tie ciTrpmst.nees unucr 1hich shc ferry.
hool prtrntt tecured 1he Windsor and tnM;,f
her ont tuto The stream, Aims nrrTr,tin~ :,
much greater l,,ra fr0In thr icnI,inn ~ sbr
xarrhnuses and shMnIng hrInw W:nodus-i
.rtnne, v hlhrr the bainias rcch had dsiftea.
were there:
late been employed ns a oisht fcrw between
This city and Wiad.or. Dn Thurs.1ay si'c w.s
laid up tor yeps}rs. and lie 5rt1n;t W. a
the kl1un or The ar, f,r tbs t;mr I..f,,v f.I,n~
het Place. Tbs GEN sas wing It tbe nnnel
duek, and At the moncnt
tho fire brokc out the Detroit wss On he
Other sltis Of Tie rasrr. (.ant Inn.a s.,;n..
tic tIatuea. hastcneI 10 hi. lila nnd. tc|s5
the Gem 10 place or .aie,J. ne. ihca res
Into tbe strcsm. IN III a.nc.4na rn1'pr ,ds. 1".
takin. he war titkc4tei by most m h.s rrnr
who fed sshorc, but had the volunteer ser.
ticts Of one OF swo {nlIyiluaIs. vbn Nth tba
stllaot Captain merit the greatest ura;ec.
There parties were G7eoryr lacks, United
States cus,n,n 1ioase officer, W. II. Sullivan.
r..{M
treet, ana two cclorea men Who's
nance We could ool lex;u, Thu f,.nl.M tnoh
The wheel, jackson The engine. and ~ h. did
not understand thu Signals, su.iyau vas I'm.
ployed a. mc<1euser between thu dteE snd
The engine rOou. 1Ae eolosrd NC, dia rood
tervioc IN firing. When i!na was VIII sTsst
difficulty attached to The W{asor liz ijetrnit
towed Ler zeso.s 10 Tie Canada r,dr nrer .hr
bend Of The river. Theec tl,c tov-fius htrnet
of, Capt. Intes then turned ii, mai nhnn,s
and running br.d h,rc,noet dcht int, III
NIntsor's psdtlie.Loz. drvye hcr In the
ihis ci,r The r11.ss,en, nsn ~ nain.5 saeio!e rom
m.inrd Of iae wIrcI I1.. ~. 1s hn5 ,,n wnst ~ r.
showed sop1e eo!.s,dtrahic r,rck m ~ ,,e.t
or Csrl. innes.
TIE LOSES.
II Il still llCleu,t to cstinate tho to,,, lo..
which viii ueycr L% r,orr thsn annr,,It-,sse,.
a4er..asue<i, Thc veIyhI thrTrnr Il II -,,n,ss
widely scattered, and ,arch of IL viii All ~
parties 10 tho Interior or our SLATE md A. tbe
Est stul The sh.re cf ou1 orn mcrrhan:s.
corporations and cspital!.is Is ii tuur., rrrT
srrat. A - - -'4''' f'fs
The taain th9tc-story brick huI,lin, tu.t #
u.e toot Of Dru<b at.yyt VS. thu rrn1s-tT ~
the Detroit d MilwauEer Comnanr sna ~.
occup!ed tos The general Offices Of 1ae Com.
psuy.t TE's vas entirely lestta5cd. With the
e1eplton Of one tier Of rnons al tl,o nor:h
end Of The edlner, ineinlinr The nt,,crs nS IL.
President md pu,chs slnr Agent. Ths snrrr-
tnt-ndrnt's Offices, With tbo<c or thr Enct.
ueers, wetr entirely consumed. Fart 1T ia