The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-12-12
LAKE SUPERIOR FLEET.
DESTRUCTION OF
LIFE AND PROPERTY.
Yne scnOoners GriswOld, Brown REd
asi<EIesex. and Two Barses f4Gsf
with all Hands.
We copy the following dispatches from

We copy the following dispatches from
the later Oceaa.
MARQUETTE, MIoH., Dec. A The
/ iron steamship Chtnd. which let nero
| for Buffalo on the 3th. has just returned
from the Sault St, Marie, bringing over
| foar hundred sailors and steamboatmeD,
and reports the most terrible and heart
rending list Of marine disasters even
known on this lake.
! Among the worst disasters is the loss
I Of two rew barges beionglGg TO Ebcn
| Ward, Of Detroit, which left Marquette
! 10 tow of the steamer DAe, formerly
United States revenue cutter. When
near VI hite Fish Point, the sea became
so heavy that the Dic was obliged TO lei
so her barges, both of which fonodered
| with every soul on board. The Di.c mar
rowIy escaped and was. completely en-
veloped in ice when she reached the
/ harbor at the Sault Canal.
| The schooners GgsiC0{d and BTotgn
are reported lost with all hands on
! board
The bark Golden Rule fioated helpless
| for four hours. with canvass gone
and her decks and sides covered solid
| with ice. Her crew were badly frozen.
| She was in sight of the Sault for several
| hours with her flag at half mast, and Ii
nally drifted ashore. Her captain IS
among the number badly frozen. The
vessel was towed into the harbor and is
safe,
A schooner is ashore ct Point au Pins
~, supposed to be the lItddleser,
Nothing is known as to her crew o. con
dition.
The spsrs Of an unknown vessel we're
seen at Gross cape.
The iron steamer Japan narrowly es-
ca ped shipwreck. She labored heavily
in the sea for some hours, rolling tern
bly, and smashing furniture and freight.
The steamer Arizona had q hard time,
and lest her load Of -four.
The steamer St. Louis laborcd heaVl-
II and lost some freight.
Other vessels are known to have been
out which have not been heard. from, ana
it is feared that further disasters will
come to light.
The snow and ice in the canal is nine
feet thick. All the vessels and steamers
in the feet experienced hayy weather
and suffered badly from ice aud cold.
The following steamers are known TO ee
frozen in at the Sault and Mud Lake ::
| st. Louis, Japep, st Prul, Adantie,
Fa9, Aiqzona, Peerless, Cuyahogd, Di.c.
Normon IrueSdeH, and Aeaomones.
Of the feet Of vessels it can only be
learned that the EScdn0Ja, Cambridge,
FslueN, and Golden Rale are frozen in.
4 portion Of the fleet which left this
port bef:,re the blow began, put into
Grand Island, and are safely laid up
there. Among them arc the steamers
4Nineraz Rock, 1htt7e, EIy, and a
number of sail vessels.
Twelve vessels are laid up for the win
ter in this port.
The steamer Arctic is frozen in al For-
tage city.
The steamer Arcadia is oyer due
from Silver Isle, and has not been heard
from
4 Marquette correspondent writing
the 25th, says:
The following vessels are in pert, viz ::
Schrs. Emep, Cascade, Alex, Anorey,
Kate Gillett, Chenango, {. Il. johnson,
hing Sisters. Middlesex, &. s. Magill !;
barge J. T, Fay.
The following are ready to sail VIZ ::
Schrs G.. c. .Grisworld and Golden Ruie;
barges Saturn and Jupiter, and bark
Hemisphere.
| In ST. CLAIR RIVERA feet o! up
! ward bound vessels was, at last accounts.
| detained at Mary City and other points
for the past ten days. a few had deter
mined to lay ~, while others were hold
ing on in expectation Of Z change to ena-
bic them to reach their destination.
| The shore in the vicinity OF Hart aud
| Pentwater has for several days been
strewn with barrels Of flour, crackers,
beef, whisky, and other valuab!os, be-
sides fragments Of vessel. probably the
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