The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-09-17

"a woGs i,,,sy allt 81 a cost 81 23,OOO,
,sS.ty 49, ed 10 the extent Of s12, 900,
- ynicago companies.
mn dRGo.
" Ae had on Hboara 8, 600 Baskets Of
aches, which were of coufse uninsured.
Their value VIVA esiimatedat $4,000, which
is q totni loss. They wore consigned to
various parties in Chicago.
n b1 L1l ovrRtApRN. JAZZ a
Captain Mcdonald, of the schooner
Humboldt, which arrived here yesterday,
states that he left ST Joseph q little after
the Hippocampus. She was then coming
down the. canal and be though she was
heavily laden. q E.AI.H w
The Captain of the tug Daisy Lee, which
towed the Hippocampus down the canal
from Benton HarbOr 90 81. Joseph, states.
that she was filed with freight, The main
deck was stuffed with peach baskets, and
the hurricane deck was crowded with them
While towing down the Hippocampus roll
led very considerably; 10 much 40 that her
hatchways were several times under water.
She stuck on the bar in the passage down,
but cot On after two homs effort t. rirs
SHE WAS LAST BEEN M ft1
by the Captain Of the schooner Petrol at 1
o'clock Tuesday morning. twenty miles
south of 81. Joseph, and about seven miles
from land. She is reported to have been
riding finely at that time, though there was
quite n gale from the southeast and q heavy
sea. The presumption is that in conse-
1uence of the heavy dock load she must
have rolled over, in which event she must
have gone down with all on board.
HEH BoA1s
we've oil dashed down aud covered with
fruit packages. Her commander, Captain
John Morrison, was sick. and Captain vi.
w. Brown, of this place, was in charge of
her for this trip. M u
The Hippocampus was built ut Benton in
1867. and was owned by Captains CUrtiss,
Houghton, John Morrison and John Shaw.
She was considered an excellent sea boat
md Capt. Brown an experienced sailor
THE DISASTER b.
if the present conjecture il correct, must
have been owing TO her carrying too much
deck-load The calamity spreads a funeral
pail over the entire community. The sus-
pense. which was terrible, is ending In a
more terrible certainty.
. THE YIrcK pIscoyERED.
Sr. JosEPH, Mich, Sept 81 p. m
The steamer comet has inst arrived from
Chicago, and reports having fallen in with
part OF tho wreck of the Inflated steamer
Hippocampus. The propeller Dunbar is
also Just in bringing the particulars Of the
loss of the Hippocampus. None Of the
crew or passengers have been saved, so far
rs asccrtained.
SEARCHING ron THE wREcK.
The tug boat George Wood left this port
nj 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, with n
number Of experienced men OF board. to
search for the wreck and the remains of
the crew. It was intended to cruise within
twenty miles of 81. Joseph. The Wood
was to have remained out till this alter
oon O.
c-orNCIDENCEs.
II Is o somewhat singular coincidence
thht eight years ago last Monday, the day
succeeding the night ON which the Hippo
campus is believed TO have gone down, the
steamer Lady Elgin was lost off Evanston,
with over two hundred Of her passengers.
Five months Yesterday, on the 9Th Of
April, the Sea Bird was burned To the'wa-
ter's edge, aud about fifty of her psssen-
gers and crew.
LATEST.
Benton HARBoR, Sept. about twenty
miles from Benton Harhor the propeller
Hippocampus lies Il wreck. The steamer
Dunbar has just arrived with a part of her
cabin and a lounge on board. Any amount
OF peaches are floating about the vicinity
of the wreck. The steamer Dunbar looked
for an hour, and found no signs of anyper-
son