The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-05-20
Storm Notes.

Storm Notes.
The storm which swept over the Lake last
week was more severe than is generally sup
posed. The long list of disasters to shipping
which we find in the Chicago papers is proof
that 1t must have ragged with fearful violence.
We give below a summary Of most of the
Lake disasters reported by the Chicago pa
pers. aa.s
The schooner Ringgold, bound from Char
lotteville, Michigan, to Chicago, with lumber,
sprung aleak en- Sunday morning, and made
q run for Michigan City. Before reaching
that port she capsized. She now lies on the
beach four miles from and southwest Of
Michigan City, where she will doubtless
break up. Her deck load was thrown over
board. The crew got ashore in yawl boat.
The crew of the schooner Driver, which
went ashore OF Evanston, were rescued by
the tug George w. Wood, early on Friday
morning, the 18th. So severe was the gale
ct the time, that the life boat with which the
crew of the tug attempted to reach the
schooner was swamped. The crew succeeded
in getting back to the tug, however. The
lite boat having been rendered useless, the
yaw1 of the wrecked vessel was then brough
into requisitien and with this the wrecked
mariners were reached and transferred to the
lug, 1ney were IN very eAnauSteu conuA
ton The Driver was full of water, and
doubtless much injured. The life boat OF the
| tug " as left alongside of the wrecked vessel
;, The barquc Sweetheart collided with the
schooner liver Lawson outside of the harbor
of Chicago on Friday, the 14th The jib-
Z heart were carried away; and the Lawson had
, a few stanchions, portion of her rail and
some rigging. No other damage.
Numerous other disasters are reported in
tie Chicago papers. The steam barge Prin-
diville, with the barge d. T. Rose in tow, ran
aground three miles above Maiden on Thurs
day, 18th. Lightered of. The scow Home
arrived at Chicago in leaky condition last
7 week. The schooner J. s. Holly arrived al
Racine on Friday, 14th, with loss Of pcr.
ton Of her deck load The barge Chenangc
ran upon a reef while entering Port Colborne
Harbor on the night of the 18th. Lghtered
off next morning. The scow Maria, from All
pena to Toledo, was overtaken by the gale
on the 18th, when near Point au Barges
Twenty thousand feet of her cargo of lumber
were thrown overheard to save her from
sinking. #@IE
The scow South Side, of Milwaukee, loaded
with lumber, went ashore near the Driver, al
g Evanston on Thursday. The. crew got off il
+ safety. The South Side was staunch craft
nearly new. Ste will no doubt be got off will
: slight damage.
! The scow Minnie Corlette went ashore a.
!. Pine Station, sixteen miles south Of Chicago
She was loaded with lumber. Full of waite
and badly damaged
( The scow Selma, loaded with lumber, from
Muskegon, in attepting to reach Hyde Parl
in charge of the tug Mosher, slipped her haw
, ser and went ashore.
The schooners Arcturus and Enter
prise collided near Polk street bridge in thu
harbor of Chicago on Friday, the 18th. Thu
former lost bOwsprit and jibboom; the latte
escaped with slight damage.
l. The schooner CONQUEST and the schOOne
. Eagle Wing, also collded near. Milwaukee
! The latter lost her bobstays, while the f0rme
! had her topmast and jibboom carried away
The barque Francis Palms, going up, ant
the sooner II. Rand, coming down the river
collided near Wells street bridge, milwaukee,
both slightly damaged.
The tug A. A. Eustaphieuc struck an OBJ
struction and carried away her shoe-whch
means in nautical parlance, that she lost hel
shoe. The schooners Ketchum and Collng
wood lost gaffs. The barque Elizabeth Jones
had her small boat smashed. The propeller
Ironsides was damaged by collision with the
schooner III. L. Whitman, which was also
| damaged. The schooner s. L. Atwater lost
her jibboon and the schooner Howe had sew
eral planks on her starbOard quarter stove ir
by collision. Seven other schooners, names
, not given, lost jibbooms by collision. Ali
near Milwaukee on the same day.
The brig Supply, with cargo of lum-
Der, came to anchor off Chicago on Thursday
SninS' Cuo Aocn anu tho heAt ulornihS "as
/ discovered to be water-logged. The crew
hoisted signals of distress aud were taker
ashore by the tug George Wood.
The barge Mary Amanda, with her crew o
six men, concerning the safety of which fears
were entertained, is reported safe.
The body of an unknown man was found
on the lake shore one mile north of New Buff
talo, Mich. It's supposed to be that of the
captain of the j. E. Sutherland.
Marquette, on Lake Superior, was block
AIDED with ice on the 14th.