Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-24

and Fas insured to, tlis extent Of S12,000
mSstly in Chicago cBhpanies.
ilflR CARGO.
she had da board 5000 baskets Of
peaches which were Of course uninsured
Their value was eetinaatedAt $1,000, which
is total loss. They were consigned to
various parties in Chicago \ I
~ ovERIADEN, y
Captain Mcdonald, of the schooner
Humboldt, which arrived here yesterday,
states that he left st. Joseph little after
the Hippocampus. She was then coming
down the canal and be though she was
heavily laden,
The Captain of the tug Daisy Lee, which
towed the Hippocampus down the canal
from Benton Harbor to st. Joseph, states
that sheR Ras filled with freight, The main
deck was stuffed with peach baskets, and
the hurricane deck was croydedwith them.
While towing down the Hippocampus roll
led very considerably; 80 much so that her
hatchways were several times under water.
She stuck on the bar in the passage down,
but got off after two hours effort
SHE WAS LAST BEEN 5'i 3N
by the Captain of the schooner Petrel ut /
o'clock Tuesday morning, twenty miles
south Of SC. Joseph, and about seven miles
from land. She isTeported to have been
riding finely, at that time, though there was
quite gale from the southeast and a heavy
sea- The presumption is that in conse-
quence Of the heavy deck load she must
have rolled over, in which event she must
have gone down with all ON board.
HER BOATS
were all lashed down and covered with
fruit packages Her commander, Captain
John Morrison, was sick, and Captain H.
Nv. Brown, of this place, was in charge Of
her for this trip.
The Hippocampus was built at Benton in
1867, and was owned by Captains Curtiss,
HOughton, John Morrison and John Shaw.
She was considered an excellent sea boat
and. Capt. Brown an experienced sailor.
THE DISASTER, A.1 aI
if the present conjecture is correct must
have been owing to her carrying too much
deck-load.H' The calamity spreads funeral
pail over the entire community. The sus-
pense, which was terrible, is ending in a
more terrible certainty. I.ii ~ ~a,t
THE WRECK DISCOVERED. 10 "a
ST.. JOSEPH, Mich, Sept. "a p. m.-
The steamer comet has just arrived from
Chicago and reports having fallen in with
part of the wreck of the ill-fated 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
as asccrtained iftj t'"'it
SEARCHING FOR THE WRECK. 1.i
The. tug boat George Wood left this port
at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, with a
number of experienced men on board, to
search for thelwreck and the remains of
the crew. II was intended to cruise within
twenty miles of st. Joseph. The Wood
was to have remained out till this after
noon.
CONDOLENCES.
1t is q somewhat singular coincidence |
that eight years ago last Monday, the day
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, and about fifty of her passen-
gers and crew, t
~ s-asnl. LATEST. 4 i
BENTON HARBoR, Sept 9.--About twenty
miles from Benton Harbor the propeller
lies wreck The steamer
Dunbar has just arrived with part Of her
cabin and a lounge on board. Any amount
of peaches are floating about the vicinity
)f the wreck. The steamer Dunbar looked |
'or an hour and found no signs of anyper-
son. leHs