The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-11-18
I.nss al the Ben blind.


The Milwaukee Sentinel OF Saturday has
.bs +, flowing account Of the loss of the schOOn
er Ben Flint;
The propeller Manistee last evening brought
t.-I1;-,ss6ee of the loss Of the schooner Ben
FTnt. Can't. Thomas Roberts, on Big Point
Sanbie, together with her captain and pas
sepger' Capt Saveland informs Us that the
Flint left Msnistee for Chicago with cargo
Of 1900 feet OF lumber and 4so'yOV teet OF
e;r,hsr on the evening of the I'd, She had
49,, o1t hut q few hours when she wss struck
M, violent n. W. squal and gale, The
s:,sU came up 50 suddenly that she was
csnoht With nearly all her canvass on Inc
--1.r ~ retting IL in occupied some time, and
.SjIo ms was being done the vessel was
filling with water, having sprung a leak. This
new danger, it appears, vas not 9lscoEerea
,,utjl she had five feet OF water IN Der hold'
An attempt was made to hghten hsr py lnroW
inc overheard the deck load Of timber, but be-
., 80 co11ld be ACCOMPLISHED she careened
over on her beam end, IN which condition she
driffed r,pidlv toward the beech. The crew
suceeeded in lashing themselves Othe rigging.
A passenger on board, whose name we have
not learned, was not so fortunate, and was
swept overheard and drowned. The Flint
e+,anded on Big Point SaUble, about four miles
conn, of the lighthouse. She righted i'm
--,aITafe Nv elAAA ND N4SM
=, - f,s>-ond the reach Of tremedous seas
,.,se7cb we're constantly breaking over the
deemed craft bp taking to the ngglng. Here
- vyaitad patiently Tor the break Of day,
o., Roberts from time 10 time utterng
,,oECJs ~ announcement md cheer, assuring
- -,e,, tI,a+ If thcy would oDly hold on until
5..-n an vould be right. About ) A. III. OF
fbe I'd. alter a long silence, he agas0 aaaresSee
them. telling each man TO look out tor 1lllseiI'
ss he felt that he could not last much longer
and must die. Observing ms nead 70 uIOOP
soon after, the mate secured AllA-t1 tlo re-
syinr with additional lashiDgs, IN order that
IS BODY should not be lost. He was then IN
conscious. and died IN a very short time. Inc
wreck was discovered by two fishermen ron
Free Sol. who proceeded to the rescue OF the
crew In a sIaan boat, and succeeded IN landlng
them ali safely upon the beach. The body OF
Cept. Roberts was also brought ashore. Cap5.
SaVeland discovered the wreck on his way 70
Manistee, and gave information Of the disaster
on ms arrival there. Mr.. Garfield at once dis
patched a tug 70 the scene Of disaster, Capt
Saveland making one Of the crew. He informs
Us that the Flint Is complete wreck Her
main and foretoplnasts top sail wards. how
snrit. and iibboOn, capstan, rudder buIWarks
deck load. and matches are gone; her canvas
i badlv tangled and torn; the cap Of her centre
1oord-boy IS split, and her quarter is also
t1sdI., onened ur. It is doubtful whether anv
s-r-,,,,. NJ be- made TO get her OF. She IS
o.e,,.i bv Messrs. Tyson s. Robinson, who
~ no Insurance either on the vessel or her
o1rso,, Pie total-loss TO them will be IN the
,ho-l'T.oi Of $4,000, Of which $4,000 is
80, ne yessal. The Flint measured 295 tons
], ,rfien1 and ls l3 years old, having been built
- $TNnouT. o., IN 1851. Capt; Roberts has
W.T., ,,,,u TWO cnlldren residing I1 Mapistee.
HI was thorough sailor and brave man,
rossessed of fine soeIal q1alaes. Inc neNs OF
,,sIa1eholv dea1h wall cast q gloom over a
in's ..ir.le OF friends and acquaintances IN
shis citv"