The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-09-18
APPALLING MARINE DISAS-
TER,

The Propeller Hippoeampus Sunk in
Lake Michigan - Twenty six Lives
Lost.
From the Milwaukee Wisconsin, Sept. 10.
Our city readers will remember the little
propeller Hippocampus which last season
ran between Milwaukee and the Eastern
shore. Lately the boat has been running
between the Eastern shore and Chicago,
been lost with all on board.
The Hippocampus was propeller of
about ninety tons measurement She was
for several parties la that place, since which
time she has been plying in the Milwaukee,
Chicago and st. 10. trade. She was a very
strong vessel, her machinery powerful and
in excellent condition. She left Ben-on
o'clock on Monday night last, having on
board, as it is believed, some thlrty-fve
passengers and q crew of sixteen, and being
heavily loaded down with peaches and oth>
er freight. The boat grounded off the
mouth of the river and was detained about
thirty minutes. She got off about III
o clock and went to sea, the weather being
very stormy. This is the last that has been
heard of her. The steamer Comet, of the
Goodrich line, which left ST. Joseph on
Monday night, and reached Chicago last
Tuesday morning, reported that the wealth
er was very stormy, and that about mid
night violent squall struck her, doing no
damage. She saw the Hippocampus on
shore. Several boats have arrived at this
port and Chicago since Monday, but they
bring no tidings of the missing propeller.
The boat is usually commanded by Capt.
Morrison, of Benton, but he being indis-
posed on Monday, she sailed under com
mand Of Capt. Brown, also of Benton, and
formerly master of the propeller Skylark.
The boat was valued at $50, 900 and was in-
sured for $4,000. 1t is believed that she
was too top. heavy, having 5000 baskets of
peaches on board, most of them being on
the upper deck.
1t seems to be generally settled to day
that the Hippocampus has gone down with
all on board We obtain the following ad-
ditiOnal particulars
The most natural supposition is that the
boat, carrying nearly twenty tons more
cargo than on any previous trip, and with
the entire weight of her cargo disposed on
or about her main deck, was capsized in a
squat. If the disaster occurred in this
manner she must have sunk Immediately,
and the fate of her passengers was speedy
one.
On Tuesday morning, about l O. clock,
there was a heavy squall, and this, it is
supposed, decided the fate of the unfortun>
ate boat and of those on board. This
squall was SO violent that number of ves-
sells en- the lake were damaged, among 9TH
ers, tie steamer Comet, which, from the
shifting of her cargo, was partially dis
abled, one wheel being useless for the re>
naming twenty one hours of her trip.
The following is corrected list of the
names of the officers, crew and passengers
of this ill-fated boat:
Captain-H. w. Brown, ST. Joseph.
Mate-Robert Richardson, ST. Joseph.
Clerk. P. Bloom, OF St. Joseph.
First Engineer-Richard Eustice, Chica-
Second Engineer-Wm. Brown, st. Jo-
seph.
Cooks Morris Wholsman and Charles
Morrissey, St. Joseph.
Porter-Charles Rittenhouse.
Crew-Andrcw +. Howard, Eli Stan,
Francis Mathews, George Fuller and Hen
Ty Manuel, colored.
5Passengers-Alvin NJ. Palmer, James
M. Sorter, James Trimble, w. Burridge,
John Burridge, VIM. Vaughan, w. Hath
away, G. G. Sutton, B. q. Lewis, and Jo-
seph Riford, all of ST. Joseph, and j.
Shumm, of cambridge, Mich; Joseph
Higbee, w. s. Watrous, and A. P. Whit
ney, of Chicago John Bailey and Arthur
Worden, Benton Harbor; James b. Ma
pie and Joseph Cooley, Chicago; e. Whit
man, Whitehall, ILL. - Clifford, Three
Rivers, Mich; John Strumm, cambridge,
Mich; Mrs. Morgan and one child.
The Hippocampus Was comparatively
new boat. She was built two years ago
this summer, and this was consequently her
second season. She was screw propeller,
and measured 80 feet keel, or "a feet over
all. Her breadth Of beam was II feet, and
her depth of hold 8 feet. She was fitted
with hurricane deck, and had about IL state
rooms. She registered but 90 TONS She
was owned by Messrs. A. Bronson. Morri-
son, Boughton and other gentlemen of
Benton Harbor. She was built at cost of
$23, 600, and was insured to the extent Of
$4,000 mostly in Chicago companies.
She had on board 5000 baskets of
peaches, which were of course uninsured.
Their value was estimated at Sic, 600, which
is q total loss. They we're consigned 10
various parties in Chicago.
Capt Mcdonald, of the schooner Hum
boldt, which arrived here yesterday, states
that he left St. Joseph little after the
Hippocampus. She was then coming
down the canal and he thought she was
heavily laden.
The captain Of the tug Daisy Lee, which