The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-09-17
O5rurral Sntrlliorntr.
M APPALLING pIsAsTER.
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q Our city readers will remember - A.,
he propeilet HippoconPus whicp
son ran between Milwaukee " ,Lo Eas.
tern shore. Lately the boat has heon rnn.
nina between tho EAstoTp sborr and Chi.
cago, and to-day COMES ',hc ,erort that sbe
has been lost with aD ON board
The Hippocnnpr,s was n nropener of
ABOUT ninety top measurement She was
built in ST. joe epb, Mich. two wears ago,
nor seNesalc arties in that place, since which
nh,e Sho las bceu plying in the Milwaukee,
vhl'RG', and st 10. trade. She was a very
atron' vessel, her machinery powerful and
III excellent condition. The II. left Ben
on Hnrb0r, near St 10, about half past
ten o'clock on Monday night last, having
on board, AS It is believed, some ~thirty-ive
p1sspngers and n crew ofsiXteen, and being
\ heavily loaded down with peaehesand 9th
ct freight. The boat grounded of the
mouth of the river aud was detained about
thirty minutes She got Of about II
o'clock and went to sea, the weather being
very stormy This Is the last that has
been heard OF her. The steomcr Comet, of
the Goodrich line, which left 81. Joseph on
Monday night, and reached Chicago last
Tuesday morning, reported that the wealth
en- was stormy and that about midnight o
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age. She saw the Hippocampus on shore.
Several boats have arrived at this port and
Chicago sincb Monday, but they bring no
ddings Of the missing propeller. A dis
patch was received yesterday from Benton
Harbor on the Eastern shore, as follows /;
BESroS Hanson, Midi, Sept. I'D. Chap
man: Send a tug to look for the romans Of
the Hippocampus. BURHfGB q 70. o.
From which IL would seem that fears are
felt that the boat has been lost.
The boat e usually commanded by Capt
Morrison, of Benton, but he being indis-
posed M Monday, she siiled under COM
mapd Of Capt Brown, also Of Benton, and
formerly master Of the propeller Skylark.
Mr. y b. Bloom. and two Of Capt. Morri-
son's sons are al. I'm addition to those
mentioned above, that are as yet known by
name TO have been on board. The boat
was valued at s22, 900 and was insured for
s12. 900.
The steamers which arrived last night
hand this morning say that tho utmost aux.
iety is felt for the safety OF those on board
I the Hippocampus. II Is believed that she
! was top-heavy, having 5000 baskets OF
peaches on board, most of them being on
the upper deck. When the squnll referred
to above struck her she must have cap
sized and filing, sunk ut once. If such is
the case il seems impossible that n single
soul ont Of the fifty persons known to have
been on board could have escaped, although
IL is 20 he hoped that 80 dire a calamity is
not 10 be added to the many which have
already taken place un the lake this season.
LATER.
Il seems to be generally settled to-day
that the Hippocampus has gone down with
all on hoard. We obtain the following ad-
didoual particulars: p
HOW THE DISASTER OCCURRED.
The most natural supposition is that the
boat. carving nearly twenty tons more
cargo than ON any previous trip, and with
the entire weight of her cargo disposed on
or about her main dock, was capsized in n
squat. Ii. the disaster occurred in this
manner she must have sunk Immediately,
and the fate other passengers was a speedy
one.
WIEN sHE WENT down.
On Tuesday morning, about I o'clock,
there was a heavy sluRll, aud this, it IL
supposed, decided the fate of the unfortu-
mite boat aud Of those on board. This
sluall was 80 violent that u number Of YES
sells on the lake were damaged, among
others the steamer Comet, which, from
the shifting OF hor cargo, was partially dis
abled, one wheel being useless for the re-
naming twonty-one hours Of her trip.
the GREW.
The Hippocampus had IL crew Of about
twenty, most Of them being colored men.
4 None Of the employees on the boat were
females, although a number of women ue
snppossd to have been on board. The fol-
lowing is alist Of tbs officers OF the boat
30 far as known
Cntain-H W. Brown, 81. Joseph.
Enst Matc-ItObrrt Richardson 81. Joseph.
~Clerk-JpLu j. Bloom, st. Joseph.
ASteward-Wallace Hanson Benton Harbor.
First Engineor-Eugone Eiatice, Chicago.
Second Engineer William Brown, Chicago.
Cook Morris, Chicago. .
Wheolsmau-Churles Morrison, ~. Joseph.
Porter-Cyrus R~ittenhouse, st. Joseph.
There were i've deck hands, whose names
me not known,
P~tssESGEBs.
l. The following is q list OF the passengers,
so far as is known. Il is stated that there
were IN AL thirty-hve passengers on board:
i. ". Hatch, st. Joseph; w Bmridge,
Johu BuIidge Joseph Higbeep 9. g Sut-
ton, q. {. Lows, Alvin " Palmer, James
Trimbleg JameslM Sortoye, MIN. Cook,
Joseph Ritord, w. s. Watrous, VIM.
Vaughn, W Hathaway Benton Harbor;
Johu Shrum, cambridge, Mich; A. p
Whitney, 49, Cooley, Chicago; -- Gift
ford. Three Rivers. H
William Watrous was a member of the
firm of st. John a. Watrous, fruit mer-
chants, corner of Clark and South Water
streets; resided IN Benton HRrbor. He
was a single man, and was aged about
twenty-eight, u.
Alvin Burridge was aged about thirty
Ave, and was a dry goods merchant in Ben
ton Harbor. He was married, but had no
children. He was a member Of the firm of
A. Burridge y Co, fruit merchants, South
Water street.
a. Palmer, aged about twenty-five, was a
grocery merchant in Benton Harbof. He
was a single man
J. Riford belonged in Benton Harbor.
He was in the commission business on S.
Water street, and was aged about so. He
was married,
w B.. Higbee was a heavy ~fruit-grower,
residing abont Ave miles from Benton Har-
Dor. He was a married man and leaves n
considerable family.
A.. p. Whitney vas "A commission mer-
chant Mt No. III s.. Water st. He resided in
Chicago, and leaves a wife and three chill
dren, residing at No. 226 North Clark
street.
j. X, Burridge, a cousin Of Mr.. A. Bur
ridge, was a resident of CORTLAND, Ill, He
was a married man, and owned a peach
farm near Benton Harbor, from which place
/ he was on his return. He was about forty
Years of age. An account states that Mr..
, Bmidge was accompanied by his family.
The captain of the Hippocampus, Mr..
John Morrison, was taken i'll about a week
; since, and IS now confined to his home at
Benton Harbpr. His place was supplied
by Captain Henry w, Brown, Of Benton
a Harbor, who was on board the Hippocam.
G pus when she left Benton Harbor.g Can,
, tain Brown was a man Of about forty years.
e He leaves a family.
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