New-York tribune., 1871-10-19
,pIiE GREAT SRORMo


named Michael Thomas and Jonl 'ennepery' residing
povis Island at the eastern d~ VI tue entrance
tho harbor, vent out in boat to looH 'o Non ~ 20
The boat capsised and they Gn own lh.o .ne
water. Thomas swan ashore and was\Sa'7u' Ou'
Michael and John wsro drowned. Thomns ant "n'''
were brothers and John their nephew.
There anxiety IN Halifax respecting tbT wiS'
ship Royal Alfred, which TO leave Charlot,ebowF on
Thursday morning for Halifax. Tho steamer Csmmen
reports the Royal Aires left Charotetown carly On
Thursday morning, and anchored outside Pctou Harbor
In the evening" where she rode safely during the eaie
and was of Port Hawkesbury on Friday all rGnt'
EEyery wharf in Chester, Lunenburg County, was do
stroyed. The Star Lobster Packing ComPanys exttn-
sye establishment entirely destroyed The loss 70
the Company large and to the village larger as they
did brisk business and employed many people Inc
American schooner T. Crowell Of Gloucester with 800
barrels of maokere board put into the hnroor Tor
shelter and driven ashore The schooner Electra
Capt Redden, from Ragged Islands; the schooner Mag
dalene owned by Charles Lordly the schooner Clear,
Capt. Hatta; schooner owned by Mr.. Thomas Nafs;
the schooner British Tar, Capt Evans, and hees OF
small boats, all driven ashore and Will proDaby
be got of in damaged condition. except the Magdaene,
which viii be broken up.
house the shore about three miles this SIDE OF
Chester occupied by an old man named Dominick was
entirely washed away Nothing has been seen OF the OLD
man. he has doubtless been drowned BrGantne
Aurora OF Liverpool N g. Capt Fader, loading lumber
at Hubbards Cove had about 10000 feet on board She
drove ashore is hogsed, and perhaps bged The main
road from two miles this side OF Hubbards Cove to
within two miles OF Ing.am River swept away by
the sea- In Margarets Bay nearly every staging and
store near the waters edge carried away at all the
different settlements together with the results OF the
poor shcrmen's lbors during the past Summer. Much
desuton must result In consequence OF these disasters
About O'Clock on Saturday afternoon an American
schooner coming into the harbor towing the
wreck Of O vessel The American schooner was the
varna Of Gloucester Capt Williams, from the Western
Banks aud the wreck all that remained OF the
schooner RIyerlale haing from La Have. The River
dale laden with herring and dry fish, left the channel
Newfoundland on the morning Of the Sh inst for Hall
fax, with seven persons on board, VIZ: Fhnlp blacK
more captain; Timothy Blackmore, matei DoLalo
Mcdonald, Angus McIsaac, and Benjamin Buffet, sea-
men, Angus Mclean, boy cook, and Edward Genage' pas
sci er Tic weather fair and the vessel made good
run to the Nova oa coast she seems to have Overrun
ber course and got to the westward Of Halifax. on
Thursday o'clock In the afternoon she e&pcriehceu
"a suddenly. terrific squal struck hcr ana thro"
her on her hcumPnds. Tho passenger GehaG'' was
drowned in cabin, and bis body remained there When
the wreck was towed in. The other six persons got on
the vessels side this position they we're driven be-
fore the for about quarter OF an hour, Whcn
the spars went overheard with crash, and the Vesse
rcLtcd fur u water, and the decks swept OF eVerythS
T,c ca tain aud Icn Barett were washed overheard
Bett as drowned but the captain succeeded IN geuhg
on one the spars dragging at the vessels sde The nae
two acanc and boy lashed themselves to the 'tnpS
Of spars on deck Night camo on-a terrible nlght TOT
~ ugor fellows who were every moment drenched by
tie sca which washed them. Those on deck couid
not zee tho capa but could hear his voice as lie clungto
tie splr alongside. Gradually his voice became weaker
aud about midnight he died from exhaustion am hiS
body was hcdaway. The dawn brought them no nope
for ough the worst the gale the sea ran hRh
Tho nf
their horrors. The boy Mclean, worn out by the
sulerimgs OF the night, died while lie ciunS 70 tne
deck aud soon was washed away. As tho day wore on
a few salt fish washed ont OF the hold aud came WITHIN
reach Of the men, they dare not eat them because
every mOrse would make more intense the thirst tnA
already burned them. Another night OF suffering was
passed. when Saturday morning daWned the sea nsu
become calmer, and the men were able to loosen the
lashiugs from their limbs and move about lttle' le
lif was Low ut hand. About O'Clock the Varuna'
then % miles southwest Of sambro Island, sighted
the wreck, bore down to 1t, and took off the three
mcn Timothy BlackmOre, Angus Mclsaac, anu
Donald Mcdonald, after they had been Tor fory-
eight hours without food or water They were AIhdiy
cared for by Capt Williams and his crew, and the Va
runa took the vessel in tow and brought 1t into Halifax
Those LOST were Capt. Philip Blackmmo, Channel NJ f..
the passenger Edward Genage, trader OF ChanheG
BENJAMIN Buffet, seaman, of Channel, and the boy
ANGUS Mclean, aged about 10 years, belonging 10
Cane Breton. The Riyerdae was owned by capt Black
uore and only insured for 5000 The herring were also
ov ned y him. aud the dry fish by Mr. John Keatlng OF
Channel
THE scbooncr Dappia, Capt. Gowau sailed from Shell
huro M, Thursday morning for Boston, and fears are
entertained for her safety At Lockpor very little dam
ape WAS done At Jordan River the bHSanne Startled
Fawn was driven ashore. At Liverpool several build
inCs we're blown down. The brig Ella Vail, owned by
Mr. j. E. Spur Of Liverpool, went ashore near Herring
Cove outside Liverpool harbOr, and was condemned
ModU es6cls went them
tie bark Linda Abbott, which bnged AT La have mum,
her Of vessels went ashore among bark Union and
Irrautnc China The latter was driven high up into
field. At LunenDurg much damage was DONE M E9Ss so q
Others badly damaged. James Eiserhauer q Cos
schooner Belle, loaded ready Tor the west indies ana
dmnaSed The frm estimate their loss $4,000.
scnooners Buy and Alma are ashore new w DIis. h
sides her supports being knocked from under her by the
timber wiIcn was washing about ,.o,, s,ou,rro cor,
BaucLrL and OF the French brig Danube Ol MAT
called from New-York on Tuesday morning 81 inst,
drn WIh grain, bound to Queenstown Tor orders she
o,nd TO he cokcd with grain Finding the ship to be
,g IA water, thu began 10 bail her out lorWald
Mnd i6e M & when nRe settled down rapidly on her
stabuard SIDE dury WAS first launched ana hautlciil
an .nre ' Their safety il the ship went down white
the long-hoat being prepared While the long
" Er,uchHan and seaman named George Mason in II,
Icd away aud out Of sight before the long-boat
cuII he got ready. The Captal mate ana Tour sealen
evening Ill the long without stch
oI clothing save what On them, ana with but small
m bi.euils aud Tney searched for the
- f smc time, but couldn't flnd IL. TWO biscuits
and cup 0f water day all the provisions the men
n ar,r thpuI,f Ives from their small store. They got
r IN The LOat to keep her hoad to the SEQ, drove Oe
fre tnc win aud reached the shore safely landing st
an Thursday, only three hours before the great
ii came on Nothing heard Of the dory.
Loss OF TIE STEAMER r. G. CoLDURN IN sAGI-
~,y nAy-A PORTION OF THE CREW MISSING
DETROIT, Oct. 1S-The passenger steamer
y n C,lburp. OF Wards National Lake Superior Llne,
toundered IN Saginaw Bay last sunday seven OF the