The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-12-04
MariTe Disasters.


Propelier Cfty of Boston Sunh Jy Col
l.sion.-A special dispatch from Detroit in
forms us that the Northern TRANSPORTATION
Company's propellers Milwaulee and City
of Boston colided off Point W angoshance,
in the Straits of Mackinac, on Wednesday
morning. The latter was 90 severely dams
aged that she sank in slo't time. No
farther particulars are given, but it is quite
probable that the crew of the su0ken pro-
peler were all rescued. The news of the
disaster way brought to Detroit by the
Milwaiikce. Both prope lers we're bound
down with full cargoes. The City Of Bos-
ton had on 500 barrels -four. 500 hides and
sos bushels OF RE from, Chicago; and b
800 barrels -four, II barrels pork aud sun
dries from this port. I1e Milwaukee $
cargo was also nalaly taken on at Milwau-
kee. That collision should oeeQr between
two steam vessels bound in tie same dlrec-
ton, in tolerably clear weather. Is somc-
what remarkable, and the particulars of the
disaster win no doubt be READ with great in-
tcrest when received The City OF Boston
vas built at Cleveland by Messrs. Stevens.
4 Presley in 1868. She measured 393
tons burthcn,. rated A /, and was worth
about $4,000. Vessel and cargo are mo-
doutt fully insured.
| Total Loss Of the .stlsoner lH,,ria F.
! Johason The schooner Mara Z. johnson
/ with i cargo of 400 tons coal from Erie,
Pa, sprung leak on Lake Erie during the
night Of the 23d inst, and soon after sank .
i in deep water. The crew reached the :
! shore in the small boat Vessel and cargo
are a total loss The johnson was owned
| by j. l.. Miner, OF Detroit. She was
eleven years old, having been bull. at bui-
falo in 1857 by f. r. Jones, measured 2s7
tons burthen, rated D /, and was worth
probably $l2 900.
Schooner Il. K. CH}ert Sank. The
schooner e. X Gilbert sprung a leak dur
ing the night OF the 24ih, while on the way
from Cleveland to Detroit with cargo OF
! 200 tons Of coal, and sunk~ffteen miles be-
low Point au Peelee. No lives we're lost.
The vessel is total loss with her cargo.
The GiILert meas ured l6l tons burthen,
rated G /, and was worth 81 500. She
was built at St. Clair in 1853. Her owners
reside in Buffalo.
The Scotc Guines Disaster. The tug B.
3. Jones has arrived at Detroit with the
disabled scow c. I. Gaines The Gaines
met with her disaster at the mouth Of Au
Saube River, while being towed out by
a tug. A squal struck her Just after she
got outside, when size was driven ashore
and afterwards scut,lcd to preyent pound
lug. Her Injuries are severe-the cost Of
repairs being estin ated at 81 900.
Schooner Lord Nelson AShore. Tho
Canadian schooner Lord Nelson OF Tovon>
to, with a cargo Of wood was driven ashore
at Port Granny, near Point Edward, dur
ing a snow storm one day last week She
was got off few hours afterwatd by the
, tug Brockway, but her damages proved to
be so severe that she sunk when near the
mouth of the Black River. She is to be
raised al once.
,ScoW Hirondelle Ashore hlaia-The
! scow Hnoude,Ie is reported ashore at
, Chq,lotteyi lie, on the East s. oIo OF Lake
Michigan. 1t is but short time since she
was driven ashore at White Lake, AMI bad-
ly wrecked. Her owners may fud it profit
able to let her sas a,hore this time.
Reported Ashore IN the Straits. s.-The
captain Of the propeller Ma flower, which
arrived at Deu 10 on the 9th, reports hav-
ing seen q propeller and schooner sunk In
, the Straits, lsing close together. The pros
pe!er is the City Of Boston-the name ot
! the vessel is as yet unknown.
Sprung Leok-The schooner Magda-
! lena, with a cargo of dry goods, eto. sprung
: leak while lying at South Haven on the
! night of the 20th, and next morning was
, discovered to be in a sinking condition.
Hel cargo was badly damaged oy water.