, 1869-09-02
THE LAC La BELLE.
Her Recovery, After Being sub.
merged Nearly Three Hcur*-fAer
Present Condition, Etcs


Present Condition. Etcs
From he Drtroit fttt, turst3l
In our edition OF .esterltaJ morning we noted
the a11lsai OF the HIeck Of t!4 ns-a!1leE at This
rsEt- ~ shS co1.9tson BY which she !" ~ sunk was
one OF the Mns1 noted Which ha~ occurred on The
lakes, we gtse heiuw short st1te'ucHt Ct The
sllair. The catastt1'rhe occurrea on the eveaing
q Soyenlsr = ls<G fs* % R,i'ss above tfs s, ST
t'o~n isom Lake Superior, with few
passengers and large loud Of cop
hss hlels,. IL S Milwaukee, hal canu aiosud to ,is
per- trom her route between tir1ni iiusen auE
Milp auiee 10 hs :ocke! and receive slight Re.
way back to her route. The Milwaukee, haa on
boar,l leu tons Of pte ttOn and AD tnua Of coal.
The boals were ho'h running at full speed, and
thr side OF the IIsc Ia Iel!e cut thruush, and
SHE sank III twn or three minutes, hfo~otnE tic
rh,rf enPf1eer an'a a'io1hrr i1'an. fne MN~anSee
sustalilt Il but ttt1e ala,nlEe. Soon after the Is-
a.ler st,1lc of the cop?tr nnd u portion VI tho
ta'ai's iurrt1;Fe wns recovered. but Cold we:4theF
coln,tK dA atl further cufts wc.e n'Andnned:
Ear1y tn the following summer the strtsuxr Mag
nti went to the wreck and got out ue:iry all nf
lhe COPPER: ;5ean;'.ce contract VA !aade With
wreck aHti atancl of the CarEnAt Dcfstll After
A Aln sHr Of weeks ot xerefr ta.x,1, tnc5 gut Oil
aoai ~ sors Of soa oFc, hss wrte Anas- 70 rai*e
tie wreck, and iii n.l5 atahdotlrd TIE undertaking.
nrflnE the ru-t winter ttr parties tu interest
iuaae cnnIrac; With the Coast WrecIInR ton.
pany, of New YORK, to place tne .sreck Of lac Lac
heA@fNA-t+*Aott
to he teEcchaSc Of whatever the property so!h
for. ! he ec1Hanx lnn:efilasely Started one OF
tbe.I yetStls from New YORK with 1lsKe amount
Of aprasasus Lccetsasy for ;hc sors. She arrived
here IN due tltuc and cotGNenced opeEatons,
which 10 lev weeks proved siccessf!', and the
wEvtx va i.aset! y. SatnfeEs, owen l. Co. 4's
dock Gil Saturday plight IasL
The iuit, ~ she NOW lies In the dry dock. fur
ntthea ln.itpuiatie evidence Of the Tremendous
forcf With Il nich the Two buatA Came Together
The M.1wanAee atruck The Lac L. Belle sei secu
tStsty sna fossy .ecs ssnu ths sscn hnA xent INTO
n. oss; fGft5 gn fes sssnE opt
the mn,r!te ciaUpn und ceiling IN the mold csear
oo"n 10 the b!lse krc:sons, as though It had beeu
Titan. The naeh!nttJ has sus,a,ned no damage
except rum nItf ami ftlss, and much OF It seen ns
t. as Taa ie@ &c
rrrs1r mud 1T her ont again We have NOT leartted
wtAt deposition IL 10 b. Ea,lc Of her.
Tle Lac La belle NnS ktltt IL CeFef1udr tu 1861,
ty Lal1,nter, for Messrs llama, Ga1rrtson L Co 3,
oi ssAs city, cxpse.s.y for the Lake Superior
trade. She Tas nearl} 9eo tous, Oil measurement,
thtoe aCoul 10Th tu!, ani mschinery was Inst
case, auI fhe IS ttted ALI. Furnished In the beat
manner. She WIS Vailed j, something Ies. than
st2r,tGa, md We believe there WAS &SLU0 flsar.
| uuce on Ltf II Tie t.tle the disaster occurred
The Milwaukee Wa . unc ,ea-so!uG sle.wheel
seam,hp 81 oIef 1S IONS on H.; oa,1s as tiao 70
| waukec lnti1oaI. She nJs saceA at stlN,Ts.
She vas lost by ssysnsl'ng on Graul Hayea bsr IN
| u gale, in the autunsl ot tkhS
Alou, u week ago. v hen the steamer Lac Ii
Belle Mas nThi F.sed tie Teu ulEs OF the 1ts: en-
Eneer jnt.es Esans. u Cleveland, Were ioslnd on
hpAEd, ch arroTl;,L u tucl1r inateau 0. be.n;s
accorded Christian husI1l. we're thrown nncerc-
ubntoltlJ overheard as lHc most Convenient met h.
.!athc 1Lzoor, according to custou, hal s.,oken
falsef, at >lane rouslt. hu! It gErus that fur
| p!Ce Ete rs rut the trlin, aud the almost TIL.
heard 0t Pracce1n1 reefrr1 10 Il n,le that actu-
G!i, took place. II there IS any explanation OF.
nr"hg} i'r. sEch coLrct 1t Is n l'e hoped II may
IN: sesthtent!sE TIE s7otheT Of ne ,est engineer.
hJl k1d fFikS <%ffT -
though hts coat, pants anu tsouts we're founh with
the ren aths, the vtr1. III which there 1ss wa:cu
woEth Si:u as Lot tu se to1tlh- Her. IL auo.hel
ftrnt Se c,cuu .tunce that, IT poss,ht, s!,3a.A oc
| c!eafed up.