Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-10-26
THE LATE GALE.
Fearful Scenes on the Western Lakes-Up.
wards of Fifty Vessels Stranded and Many
Lives Lost.

Fearful Scenes on the Western Lakes-Up-
wards of Fifty Vessels Stranded and Many
Lives Lost.
Chicago papers of the 18th inst. con-
tain accounts of the frightful loss of life
and property on the lakes occasioned
by the late terrible gales of wind.
The late terrible storm found almost
every vessel ahoat on the lakes at sea,
and the loss of life and property conse-
quently was immense, entirely owe
shadowing the work of destruction by
any single gale since the Inauguration
of lake navigation. Any single disaster
would furnish matter for columns, but
with our limited space all that can be
made is mere mention.
The brig Mechanic, bound up for
Chicago with coal, foundered with all
hands. The captains name was Henry
Mckee. The names of the other eight
unfortunates are unknown She was
valued at $4,000, and was owned by
Bliss, Burch & Bruce, of Racine.
The schooner Dolphin was run down
off Sheboygan by an unknown vessel.
In her water logged condition she was
picked up and towed into port. The
sufferings of the crew were terrible.
The vessel is lumber-laden for Chicago.
The schooner HI. c. Winslow capsized
off Point Becsies. Paul Kinsley, his
wife and two daughters, were on board.
The ladies were drowned. The spars
broke off and the vessel lighted, but by
this time she was waterlogged. After
the crew had remained exposed to the
fury of the tempest forty-eight hours,
the propeller Annie L. Craig fell in with
the wreck and took them off. They
lost everything. The Winslow is owned
by Capt. Payment and f. w. Hudson,
oil Detroit.
The case of Mr.. Kinsley, as related to
us, is a sad one. He moved to Canada
from Portland, Me-, settling near Col.
Inns Inlet. While residing there, his
eldest daughter, young lady of seven
teen, became acquainted with a young
man, who accomplished her ruin, and
she was afterward drowned under cir.
cumstances which led to the belief that
she had been murdered. The young
man was arrested on suspicion, but dis
charged for want of evidence to convict
him. This sad affair so preyed upon
Mr.. Kinsley's mind that he determined
to move farther west, and accordingiy y
took passage upon the Winslow, only tc
meet with a still greater bereavement
All the money he possessed, some sixty
dollars, was in his wife's keeping, and is
of course lost. He is now here, home
less, friendless, and penniless.
The bark Osborne went on the break.
water at Buffalo, and is severely injured
She has been released. The bark Mon,
arch and schooner Elm City sustained
injuries.
The schooner B. Parsons is missing
and supposed to be lost with all hands
She was 304 tons. Her crew consisted
of twelve men and female cook. She
was coal laden.
There is nothing new concerning the
loss of the schooner Cevant. Thornum
was the only survivor
The bark Twilight, laden with lum
Der, drifted ashore near Kinchardine
Ont. All hands are gone, and are sup
posed to have perished.
The schooners Lucy Anchard, of Al
gonae, Mich, and Mary Thompson, o.
Chicago, are ashore at Point Albert
No lives lost.
The fine passenger steamer R. G.
Coburn foundered in Saginaw Bay last
Sunday. Seven of the crew and three
passengers are known to have beer
saved. Two boats with the officers anc
balance of the crew are missing.