, 1870-11-04

CAST ADRFT.
Three HNrEcs Cast Loose In n Storm
on Lakc 11uron-trobnbIo Los% st
Two Entire CrcSgx-Thc Story Ut
Wife aud W1doss-L4nshcd to Her
Dying Husband.
FrpH fhe Dttvoit Free Ptt+s, Nor +
Yesterday morning the bark Ousoata ~
rlved down. having on boazd womsn named
Josephine Dean and man named Harry Nor
rlson, as survivors OF seven or eight pcrson.
who composed the crews OF tllrce iit-fsted
barEes that we're lost adrift in : terrible storm
on Point aux Harques Sunday night At mid
.Ee decks with great speed. ID an anxiety had
been felt for day to know tho fate OF the
rrews, an't the two survivors were called On
lime and again to relate tLeir unfortunate 3D.
ventures.
The etory Of Mrp. Dean it full OF suffering
and affection, A. .he has been n,ads = widow
" the terrible storm. It seems that on Fri
dav night last, the tug Xou.yc started for Bay
City with Fix ba-ges Eesvils lumber lader.
Getting down to Pert Austin she found tho
heavy that che decided to turn overthe Joseph
A. Hollon, Mohawk, and the Mills to her
charge. coming slong with the other three
herEelf. The crew OF the Hollon consisted Of
Gapta1n Robert Forrest, a Canadian, the mate
the voman Josephine Dean, his vie,
capacity ii cook lha Hol-
on wss we'll loaded down. hut the storm Ind
cot been much felt until after the c,enlasin
frerher after the tugs started ont, anl the
Zouave Was eoou cut at eight, the C1ematis
going along slowly The sea graw constantly
rnuGheE, and the men at the WHEEL Oh the
Themselves from being =we7t away. Those Of
our ciiznoa who will remember the gale OF
Sunday night, as it swept up aEd down the
streets. will 1eadily imagine it's :usce ou ths
lake, and palticularls Oh that dangerous poiut,
rough even in gentle brerzc.
As Sunday evening aet in. the Captain OF
the Hollou expressed bie fears that he e!,:,a1d
At 1-as, loee his deck load, ss the barge was
tumbling about in Wild wa;, the yea going
clean over her, and her EEn.ris's: siu.,,er.
gale did nut atat.. III the le2s'. ar,., with
slight chsnge OF the MUD, cane hail sud .naw
llu',l they ,cil,t not rec the tug. Thu we.iuer
WAY nsuch colder afser the s..,W sla1u passed.
away, and tho crow ruf on all their auare e1'tii-
itG Tic woman retired tn be1 asoat .
o'ciock. ali anSfcty for the safety o{ the ba,ge
being care fully kept from her. About
midnight, while it seeleI IL il The Large
wnuld he Knocked 10 pieces. .ha :.1s line sud-
fS1or SrS le so,m as hs1Ia i1ao 1at r
and the three targe- wc.e sl1if, in The lake.
utterly ut the mercy cf tho Storm ki.Y.
Captain Forrest was greatly excited over ria
event. and WAS utterly iucapsbla tf giving
or ae-ittirg to execute any orders tha. hsid
brcacl,ed to III the .rouGhe Of the s.s, aud
the ctew- shouted tn each other that thers
war 30 hope. The: knew tnat the tug could
not put about in that wild sea and pieh ,.p tho
line, and that sEc would have enough to do
to make her OWL port
They soon drifted qnitc close to esch other,
and grim despair eett!ed down over a1l.. The
deck load Of the Hciion began to esart, aud
she cnt 1oose from the others, 50 81 not to in,-
pair their slight hopes Thas she drifted OF
into the gloom. ard the shouts Of the alarmed
Of tile storm. In half an honr nearly all tile
Holfon'a deck losd was gone. and then tho
CAPTAIN. thinking that she 1abored less, con-
cluGed to cast anchor, having plenty u cable,
hle should go to pieces. Tho ancl,oz tailcd 10
get lloliing ground. aud the Hollon dragged
about twa miles before fetching mp. During
this time, wave after wave went over hsr,
and the cabin finally went overheard. The
s nsa s ss, s9sd Ras toc s much sa5' a.l ns
ed to d1esH. and came on deck
III her night clothes. loose calico dress
thrown over them. Sue wss lashetl to the rail
by her llusband, who At length told her that
behiEd the hulwa1k together, dc.es1n;uel that
death slonlM not separate them. Dean had
Leen i'll with fever most all summer, aud
Y AZ not very stout, ANIL was 70 poorly dressed
that lie continually shook Like one iu 4 tit Of
aeue* When the cab,t went overheard, Cap
tain Forrest lecla1.t that their fato was
sealed. and would TO: tlaed 31tI1i injl Inc
tons to hold out br,sele 10 the last. He
threw himself tlawi. gu the !umbe~ vet re-
manning, refusing to even pass 4 LASH
tug Afl.upl his body. and a great w1va
scon lifted hlm ever the sido and carried
lnua OF amid the tossing waved to lccwArl.
lia mel lis death without a cry, aud nslis not
thu slightest 1e.iatance. a1orrison is young
man IN good heal:l and asEoug uerye, aud after
the death Of The Captain, he n,ate nsery effort
to cheer un Deau antt his wife. telling them
thai he could rec signs Ut an abatement to the
storm, and that the barge w1A than securely
holding At an. or. Whtle neither were With
out hLle, Dean commenced to grew we+ker
AID veaAer, als Wat, ut t:nles sia.t,rt insel,si-
bic srom size cold. At daylight tie s.orm had
grne down e:eat deal, and there WI. overy
prospect that the barge would hold oE.. THO
weather WAS extremely c...l, tho three suireE-
ing severely. and Dean Was almost gol,o. And
yet, seeing l'o. his wife was suffering. tho
haye man, asmort dying then. r.ieed
up, pulled of tis coat, alrl usa1e
tho wife wrap herself i'll it. This left
the man with nothing On Int shirt AMI ,,1nts
aud lie laid Lie head iu her lap, an1 ncvs
sorssd up ii!tlt. saw that the storm had
gone down, bade lis wife good-byr. and tirop-
ped on to his Death without a Srrap. Tho
TWO survivors had nothing 10 eat from Sun
dag right ucfH Monday aftesp ,on at four
O'Clock. when tho bark hore l. eight, altered
her conrnc. aEd sent small t0a. to take them
OF, arriving down ~ stated Morrison felt
the effects Of the a,lyenturc very liftlo, but
the grieE-strckcu willow co11d hardly ataud
mp. although both had beeu tho reciI,,snts Of
many Aindnessaa from the crew Of tIc One-
ontA- pnsso nt about Thirty iolisrs VIA
made uo Tor the woman. and she il 1t present
dornici1cd At the Mansion Houac, where ahs
will II min for few days before returning to
heE home at Carrollt9u, on the Saginaw River.
toF tut.clcnt REASONS il was decided not to
take OF the corpse. and it was accordingly
securely lashed to the barge aud lef. to a1ait
disposition at the hands Of the tug. which
has doubtless reached the Hol1ou by this
time. Neither OF the ether barSes wetu seen
BY the bark, although much lumber waa Gu
counte1ed. and If Is feared that their entire
c1eWa were lost.
Drifting up the bay in that furions storm.
utterly at the mercy Of the bowling winds and
nad WaTer, the men must have felt the burden
OF despair ~ few men ever do. There il iu4t
faint hope that come one Of the crews may
have escaped, and to thi. faint hope the pub
lie will cling until certain that every one found
grave beneath the fuamipg watcrs.
The CooNdge-E1ynt triai struck out this soast
Of feminine satlre from tie FiYnt: "Mrs. Coot-
liRe Was very difficult woman 10 1t IL make her
LOOK well. can't saJ I maie her look we'll: I
did the best corld."
The Hon. J. S. Macdo1a..l, Of Ontario. Cana-
ia, stated, IN recent speech, that bis advanced
aQe would SoQu ccmpef his Retirement frn n1,h,l,