The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-12-16


hldeous Louder and stronger blew the
wind. Each mountain wave struck the
ships side, reverberating like thunder,
and then mounting the deck, fell in vast
volume upoL IT, The strain upon the ca
Swapping and sending them all to destruc-
ton. There was lee shore little more
than mile and half eff The second
anchor was let 90, and sixty fathoms of
chain was paid out on both Not an eye
was closed on board the vessel that night.
VI hen death stares men in the face they DO
no. sleep. Every man was hanging on 10
something, Midnight came, and it was
dark as Erebus. The anchors began to
drag. That was not pleasant hen the
vessel was drifting towards a lee shore, on
which the waves beat and broke in their
rage. HE morning broke and found the
vessel about two lengths Of the beach,
which was strewn with wrecks The foi-
lowing med vessels went ashore during
the night The schooner Kate Kelley,
Capt Robert Hayes, bound to Ogdens
burg with cargo of wheat from hlllwau-
kee; the bark OneOnta, Captain Smith,
/ with wheat from Chicago to Buffalo the
! schooner Plymouth Rock, Capt. Lewis,
with wheat from Chicago to Buffalo the
schooner Bohemia, with wheat which was
transferred to the schooner Canter to take
to Buffalo; and the Columbia, Capt.
/ Thomas, with coal. The last mentioned
was towed off by the tug u, S. Grant
The others were considerably damaged, but
were taken to Cheboygan by tugs. This
was the end of the first gale.
On the 18th the wind was light from the
| southwest, and the Ocean Wave left Che
boygan with several vessels in company,
and proceeded on her course She spoke
the Vim. B. Ogden on her way back to
| Cheboygan, IN anticipation Of the coming
gale. The barometer fell, during the day,
lower than it had been during the previous
gale. Captain Faith fured the squaresail
double reeted the topsal', single reefcd the
malnsal, and made everything taut and
trim. The schooner Lotus was on her
about and made for the straits of Mack
nav. The wind blew furiously, and the
snow and s!cet prevented anything from
two hours, and at ii clock the course
was changed to west northwest. At IL
the men were sent aott in the tl0zen rig
ging to furl the squar6sail, which was
blowing out Of the bolt ropes, and had Just
yelled that a Vessel was ruaning under the
quarter. The captain jumped to the quar-
ter and remarked:
That vessel is ashore, down with the
helm. The helm was put down, but
there was not room to ufs so the stern
struck, and the vessel went on the rocks
sideways. She struck one second, and the
next was full Of water. The Captain said:
The sea burst the matches and swept ev-
erything off the decks" The crew took
to the boat, but never expected to reach
the shore, which was an eighth of mile
away. They were raised upon three or
four waves and dashed upon the beach
The captain said he did not know how he
got there. Captain Purdy, OF the schoon-
er &. s. King, who was cast away three
days before, stood on the beach with his
crew, holding lines ready to secure the
crew Of the Ocean Wave, They found
that the place where they went ashore was
Hammond Bay. Besides the Ocean Wave
the following vessels were wrecked there
during the gale the schooner Whitney,
Captain Carr enter with l.. r and pow
der to Chicago the c. S. King, Captain
Purdy, with iron ore from Escabana to
Cleveland the Lafayette, captain Stem,
with wheat and powder to E,cabana the
John Miner, with railroad iron, believed
to he from E,cabana the schooner Hart.
Captain Huntoon, with iron ore from Es-
caGana to Cleveland the j. B. Bronson,
with iron ore from Eacabana, had her back
broke !; and the Alice Richards, of Man
ltowoc, which got off and then came to
Chicago
The crew of the Ocean Wave occupied
part of the hut put ny 10y Captain Purdy
and his men, who treated their fOrlorn
brothers with great kindness. They had
not much to eat, for they were cast on a
dreary and inhospitable shore, with not q
house within 81 miles Of them. They
had to walk that distance along the shore
to Cheboygan.
While on the beach they buried one Of
the crew of the Hart, who was killed hy
the ioreyard, which fell upon him. His
corpse was frozen to the deck, and had tC
be cut away with matches. He lies on that
lonely shore, buried In the sand, his name
unknown, and his grave unmarked. Per
haps some sorToWIng ones look for him who
will return no more forever.
The crews that reached Cheboygan took
passage in the Empire State Two Gaps
tains, who went to Detroit on her, sup.
posed they would be taken free as ship
/, HrcckCu SalOfS. j ucy were disappointed,
however, as the Captain of the propeller
charged them IS each. and when they
landed at Detroit one had cents and the
other Is Gems, in his pocket. There they
went to the CaSs House, where they were
kindly treated.
Captain Faith returned to Chicago or
the 22nd. Ills family bad given him W
for lost, and mourned his DEATH Grea
] IL, l L,
home. He is now suffering from rheuma
tism caused by the cold, and is confined t,
his bed He remembers with gratitude the
kindness of Captain John Palmer, of the
tag Maggot and Captain Bushee, mai
agent, both of whom treated him kindly
The vessel was owned by Denneby & Faith
and was insured for IS, 600.