The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-09-05

Eos ot tia. >chooiicr E.nnic n"rIrr,
Nr crl.y from the Milwaukee Er,"i"y
U'iscp"4" Of tie Pad inst, the following
particulars # the To- Of the schr. Lo''i"
Mooter, which ycs,ol was cgpsizei and
sun. on the aG,i IF Ar1uss:
The vermont Central Tyoinil'r Eil,rap
noc arrived here yesterday .,It"rt,pon, brin.-
M the surviving rncmbr.a 81 tue crrW f
Tia" Louie Mr"y"r, which fpuu,rf"r! on this
!ai;e last w"cE. From c"uv'rsa'ipn With
lhem NC l";nuoI that tue IL iJtci .r.se:
1T Chicago at :; p. n., on the 2i,h. for
i@1 5bITfr &In naFi ri li erTG' s q r.
"'"-,, 1nn On NpndaY n:pTLu. was If
Frn;"atcr. I he weather had cIauycd
from clear t. misty, with ,glt sIr:;I
Shortly before tea u'cipcF: in the mora
tns, " SGnall vas ob.gf,r'l gathering i. th"
southeast, which mp:r'l 10 Tie west with
con. 'IerahIc raIidiiy, and struck the
Me"k"r from II northwc>tcrIv direction
Notwithstanding all of her light canvas
, hal been taken taken in, Sic was thrown
upon her beam ends, 50 that the bower
part Of the matches were two thirds
"ntcr water. She never recovered her
self, and slowly sank, until fifteen minutes
later she disappeared beneath the waters
IN" first mate, Mr.. Davis, was in the cab
IA "hcn III" sguall struck the vessel. lie
immediately rushed upon deck, ,assin.e
Captain e-t'- son, y I;,I Of ak years. u,,-
on the stars. Seeing the position Of the
vessel, aI'd compromising tho DANCER, he
rushed ait and cut the fall which held the
b"w Of the small boat The stern fall
was submerged, and the SECOND mate made
an effort to get ut that and cat it. iicar-
time the crew pulled tho steward on deck
through a cabin window The first raatc
next jumped INTO the water aud cut the
f"izzen gaii adrltt, and rs the vessel went
down he and two scanIcn cot away on II.
J ne second mate was still engaged in an
cHurt to free the sln;;iI bout, and vent
DOWN Some distance with the wreck. When
hc reached tho surface he struck out for
ami reached Il piece of fgatrr., timber.
winch furnished Inn support. Tan other.
Il passenger ami >ca'n#n, rl:ragcd 10 Sc
cure lenders, nron Which they ioatcd.
Capt. y est was near the lnizzcn r;goiny
"h'n the vessel went down, head foremost
lie was asked by Mr. Davis t. save him
sell with them upon the naff', bat IN. de no
effort 10 do 80, and as the vessel ,lisap-
peHrcd, uttered the words ooh Lord. have
mercy on me. lie was scc. TO rise to tn.
surface after the vessel sunk, but soon dis
appeared. The steward, the captains SON,
aud two Sramcn who were drowned, were
not noticed IN the excitement Of the mo-
moment, and are supposed to have gone
down with the vessel. There were ia .irht
1T the time Of the disaster, some FIVE or six
u. II q 4
ing care of themselves, that the accident To-
the MecEcr was unobscryed. The suryiy-
ors iioat"d about Oh. their frail SUPPORTS
until about four O'Clock in the afternoon.
when the schooner Vim. q. Brown came
along and picked them up. Several sail
vessels and 4 propeller passed by while
while they were in the water, without OIL
serving them. On board of the Brown
they We're treated with the greatest kind
ness, Capt. II. l.. Manning and his crew
doing everything in their power to make
the unfortunate men comfortable. Dry
clothing was given to the men, and refresh
ments furnished, in order to revive them.
Nr. DAVIS states that among those with
him on the gaff but one had cap, and rs
they began to suffer from the cold this was
passed around from one to the other to
Keep their heads warm. The names of the !
Survivors are Chas. T.. Davis, first mate:
Peter Danielson, second mate: IIalver
Thompson, Andrew Harris AMI John Rying, /
seamen; and Edward Erickson, pas /
senger They unite IN thanking Captain 4
Manning and crew of the schooner Brown
Tor the generous treatment they received .
while ON board, and seemed anxious that .
public mention should lie made of their
Uniform kindness. The Meeker went
Down in forty fathnms of water, between
pentwater and Litt!e Point Saub,e, about
ten miles of the land.