The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-11-19
THE STGRM OF MONDAY.
GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT OF CHICAGO
DISMASTED.

had this fall. As we heard a gentle
man remark, one storm is hardly done
blowing before the sky clouds up in prep
aration for. another. Now south east
storm is the only one that is ever really
| felt in this haroor We have protection
from every other quarter, but when, as
| on Monday last, the wind blows a gale
from that direction, look out for break
ers Seldom if ever have we seen he sea
run so high at this port as on that occa-
sion. As luck would have it but very few
vessels were outside, and we are pleased
at having no serious casualties to record.
During the forenoon the Scow Home,
owned by Silkman & Schroeder of Mil
waukee, attempted to make the harbor,
but failed to put on sail enough and was
unable to overcome the under-current
She struck the north pier. let 60 an an
Choir and swung around to leeward. She
went on the sand little, but getting a
line out to the pier she hauled up under
its lee and then rode out the gale. Had
she not been very strong she might have
Jared worse. Her small boat was smash
ed to pieces and she parted some of her
lines and this was the extent Of her dam
age. She was loaded with a cargo of
freight for Grand Traverse Bay worth
about $1,000. During the afternoon the
Schooner Knapp slipped her cables and
made port in fine style. While in the
river she had the misfortune to swing
around-having no anchor to let go-and
carried away the jib-boo of the Glen
Cuyter. The Schooner Franklin also let
go and ran for dear life She came in
without difficulty, though the sea was
| awful ''lumpy.' Some uneasiness was
felt for the Schooner Fleetuing which
laid pretty near the north pier, but her
cables held her. It was also feared the
propeller Ottaaoa might not be able to
live out the storm, some averring that she
lost her large anchor and that she was
short OF wood, and about eight In the
evening she commenced to blow her whis-
tie at short intervals which brought out
quite crowd who thought she might be
in distress, but she held her position I'M
til the storm went down. Several other
vessels rode out the gale but they were
far enough out to obtain good anchor
| age
All day Monday our citizens took con-
| siderable interest in vessel anchored off
Two Rivers. 1t is we'll known that this
f, point is one Of the most exposed points
on the whole lake in south east gale
The sea must have been Trolling noun
tain high and but few who watched the
| boat believed that she could weather the
storm. AS darkness was approachin g
the gale increased in violence, and as the
lonely vessel disappeared from view many
feared that it would be her last night
upon the lake. Early Oh Tuesday morn
ing many of our citizens FASTENED to the
lake shore to ascertain if any disasters
had occurred, and it was soon discovered
that the fears which many had expressed
| fer the vessel anchored off Two Rivers,
were to certain extent too well founded
| Her masts were gone and signal of dis
tress was flying from small staff raised
for that purpose. The tug Kitty Smoke
| of this place, was at the time in Sheboy-
gan harbor not having returned from
| assisting the schooner Gazelle. She was
5elegraphed for and about five o'clock
in the afternoon Of the same day towed
the dismasted vessel which proved to be
the Gen. Winfield Scott, Of Chicago,
into our harbor. The following particu-
lars we learn from her captain, j. w.
| Harrison: The schooner is of 2l2 tons
bIrshen and was bound from Chicago
to Oconto for load of lumber. She
left Chicago last Saturday and an
chored off Two River Piers on Sunday
evening about halfpast six, wind blowing
| fresh from the north east About 9
O'Clock the wind changed suddenly to the
soush east blowing very hard. During
the night the wind increased to a gale
and continued with unaoated severity all
day Monday About four O'Clock on
Monday afternoon the vessel began to
drag her anchors. As night approached
the gale increased to almost hurricane
and IN order to save the vessel from going
ashore the captain reluctantly ordered
the foremost to be cut away. By this
time the vessel was rolling fearfully. The
men were unable to walk on the deck
without holding on to some portion OF
the rigging or the rail- Shortly after the
foremost was cut down. the mainmast
broke just above the deck and fell over
the quarter without doing any damage
to the hullof the vessel After the vessel
Was dismasted she weathered the gale
more easy and ceased to drag her anchor
At early hour on the morning of the 18th
1t began to moderate and about 5 o o'clock
IN the afternoon the tug Kitty .Solok.
towed the dismasted vessel into oul
harbor.
The Scott will be repaired at this port
THE GAZELLEDIsAsTER- The MiIwau
kee Sentinel has the following particular
in regard to the disaster to the schooner