New-York tribune., 1871-10-21
THE LA E DISASTERS.
PARTICULARS OF TIE LOSS OF TIE LAKE sUPE-
RIOR PROPELLER Il. G. COBURN WITH
THIRTY OR FORTY LIVES

who were board the Lake Superior propeller r. @.
Coburn which WAS lost during tho late great storm Tho
Coburn was bound down from Lake Superior, having
crew OF 3d. rs many passengers and fair cargo OF wheat
and -FOUR about 80 barrels OF silver Orc and some eel
laneous freight. The Cobun first encountered
OF Presque Iso' While Other vessels making for
shelter with all speed the sunoh propeller put her head
into the white waves and kept straight her
course, no one on board having q fear but that
abe could weather any gallo and ride any
As she out into tho long stretch of open sea,
keeping we'll out from the shore she felt the gale and
more severely and the waves began to roll up higher
and higher. It was getting TO be terribly hard Storm
and those who were rescued state that they the
captain and his officers IN earnest consultation, and
heard them remark that the worst was yet to come,
although they did not TO be apprehensvc but that
the Coburn would pull through II as she had many
storms before Hour after hour went by; tho waves
rose higher the gale sbreked louder still the stanch
propeller held bCr course the engines worked splenddy
and every OficcP was doing his whole duty.
Contrary to all hopes, the gale did not slack up but
rather increased In strength By2 O'clock every
board the ship up and dressed and begun 70 be
whispered about that the Coburn was laborng heavily
and that few hours OF the storm would ovcrask
her strength StI no one was excited The captain
gave his orders cooly, the mates saw them obeyed
promptly, and the crew, to man, kept their posts.
There were eight women board, four FIVE being
passengers but Gray, Of the rescued passengers
states that did not hear scream from one OF them,
even when the craft settled down to her grave. About
o'clock in the morning, when the COburn little
below Thunder Bay, she un5hpped her rudder, swung
round into the trough Of the raging and then short
sharp cry OF despair from the sailors II not
repeated. With spirit that above the danger the
captain ordered the to their work. and they abored
on In silence. The captain saw that she must be light
ened her had begun to shift and he ordered
holes to be cut in hor buwars through which her deck
load Of -four could be rolled overheard All went to work
with WILL passengers assisting the crow, as this was
work OF life or death. But through the holes thus cut,
and by the gangways the water poured In rapidly, and
she abored even than before the cargo thrown
overheard. Soon after losing her rudder, The Coburn
rolled her smokesack overheard and another shout OF
despair up from the only TO be sienced again
by the stern words of Captain Dumont Every man to
bis WorGm
About ca O'Clock tho cargo shifted In such way as to
hold the brave ship heelcd over and the water dashed
into her mighty volumes. Part of the flour and the
orc were gone but the water far heavier and the
officers whispered TO each other IN bated breath. that
none might hear and raise cry, that the Coburn was
gradually tQund:rinSI she yas slowly and surely set
ting down, and all the efforts put forth by the crow
could not avail against the dashng OF the giant waves
her side, engines working in fttnl way Each one
was left free to take care OF himself T9e yessTl ssn
ING the fact from any one on hoard One ny one one
the emsn @ e Int a SF wm smca kept
showing the -four overheard and hard at work when
the s I M TGGt %orc the for
vation All Of The and most Of the passengers had
by this timo taken refuge the hurricane deck az the
water was rapidly rising in the cabins It evident
that the end was near and were made d9s
Hnd yawl. But little hope was had that they would
1.-Two In such .oa. sea as. as Tt va, 'ESn ESno rpnnS ot G
negro dcck-hands and frcmen got possession OF
the yaw and TeTo launching her Then m r{ NV we're 1 sen &
hurricane deck. the srboard side was even with the
ruah for them and thev were filed by the passcn
gers and crew In moment they were swept 100 yards
aioat but as so went down the hurricane deck sepa-
carried Of some OF the remo91G oL R Sy
hSr and by n the % aTr az m T anG TGS
The boat which contained Gray also contained nlne
Others M he 6G n he he s 9 .os else IT,
Iro four at first but one was soon lost and
,ook the trr and kept her before the wind The boats
rapidly dIrted away from the wreck and from each
clngnC to the tossing deck In Of the boats seven
persons were counted; out 1t is not known how many
have full load. The beat was kept before the wind,
hut the SVSs 0 sp g the s1 re %
the t craft %as crt " t%r @ ssyrl al EOI % ana then
Tong by turns the oars, and encouraged by Lang
Gon the halfScOre had hope come TO them after time,
nnd their nccssant scanning OF the dreary waste was
finally rewarded by the sight Of sail, and about the
m;,de of the Afternoon tho bark Robert GaSkn bore
tGcm to uT the KSwcenaw Monday morning The Other
boat contained aud crew but no names can
be had 1t Is said by that they were not well
sYpNlird with oars the rescued boat and had not Its
chance Of ourdGS the m nd nut I'll there Hoe rs @ nope
The most anthentc account OF the nun'cr or rsscli-
Iudai, Agent at the sau!t With Ills wife; Lieut. W:niam
Atwood, an "id-Gc-camp Of Gen. Cooke, ana perhaps
another regular army officer both coming from the Snlt
j. j. Rhod OF the Garrison House. IN M clty whose
M Tier II. NJ RHODES, tender on tho boat, was on
hard aud was sick his berth at the time OF the dis
a.'cr The Il, WIlt, George Wcatcou who Is nephew
OF can't Ward, had his wiio along None Of these are
]T"Tt"i. ] was Oh board
Tie Il. G. COhuln was almost new boat fhd was as
stInch ~ any wooden uOL the lakes. she was bUt
for capt EDSr Ward in 1870, nj Narnt v ana received
her machinery and cabin work in this city. Her hrst
rip was made year ago last August She was OF about
900 tuns measurement, constructed with Watel,uEne
compartments, aud had every fc-saVing appnrtenance
Cant Ward was the principal owner, but c. H. Wescott
j. NJ. HIcol, and Thomas Arnold owned small snafeS'
The CObun valued at SsOOV ana Insured IOr s'oVo0
IIrER-Tbe propeller Brooklyn yesterday brought in
teIgepce that two more boats OF the lost steamer g.
Coburn had been found Lake Huron, containing Is
nersons and that they had been transferred by the res
cnng vessel TO the propeller g. D. Caldwell ana were On
'nTir Ts w." morning dispatch was received from Marine
City g gMSnsk MnsknsW: 5ns R.VS " House, Second Mate
Rhodes Martin Maherring James Warwick, T. MnmIord,
Charles Miller, James Ludner colored' ana n heH!'"
II ia inferred from the dispatch that only boat was
ecaud boat was left at Mackinaw by the Caldwell the
steamer Magnet bringing the 1nteigence 10 ~
boas and supposed that additional boats had been
Save3 whereas only saved In addition 10 Tue
rst one Further Intelligence awaited here with the
utmost anxiety.
ANOTHER STEAMER LOST ON LAKE HURON
GEORGIAN BAY sTREWN WITH WRECKS.
K1NcARD1NE, Ont, Oct. 90.-The propeller
Adelaide Horton OF Goderch, damaged her machinery
hu o,ne ont Of the hsrbor yesterday afternoon, and
went ashore south the piers where shs Is fast break
inRup A..
Georgian Bay Is covered with dense smoke from the
burning woods. The American schooner PioVer owneo