, 1872-12-06
MISCELLANEOUS MARINE ITEMS.

MISCELLANEOUS MARINE ITEMS.
Wind from the northwest.
The propellers Blanchard aud Argyle are laid
up here.
Three Northern Transportation Company
prope1ers are in the ice, of Toledo.
The Hamilton is ashore twenty miles south
of OsWego.
The schooner E. NJ Kanter is ashore at Gra-
ham Shoals in the Straits.
The schooner Howlet did not go ashore near
Holland, as reported.
The propeller Ironsides has finished her re-
An unknown fore-and-aft vessel sunk near
Nicholson Island, Nov. 81.
Three only OF the thirty vessels which left
Kingston for the West hare reached Da1housic
The rest have returned to kingston
The Welland Canal has frozen up, with the
Mollison, Trinidad, Little Parsons, Havana, Sem
ator, Reindeer, Oortez, Maumee Valley, Noyes,
F1orida, and Republic IN the canal.
The Minis, Nevada, and GoR which left Buf-
falo for the West, have returned to that port
sHRWREcKs- on LARE SUPERIOR.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Dec. 4.-The iron steam
ship China, which left here for Buffalo on the
30th has Just returned from the Sault st. Marie.
bringing over 400 sailors and steamboatment
and reports the most terrible and heartrending
list OF marine disasters ever known On this
lake. Among the worst disasters is The loss Of
two new balges belonging to Eben Ward, Of
steamer Dix, formerly United States rev.
enue cutter. When near Whitefsh Poinb
the Sea became 80 heavy that the Dix was
obliged to let so her barges both Of which
narrowly escaped, and was completely enveloped
in ice when ahe reached the harbor at Sault Ca
nal The schooners G-isuo1d and Brown are
reported lost with all hands On board The bark
Golden Rule foated helpless for twenty-four
hours with canvas gone and decE and sides Gov
cred solid with ice. Her c1sw are badly frozen
She was in sight If the Sault for several hours
with her flag at half-ma and finally drifted
ashore. Her captnin is among the number badly
frozen. The vessel WAS towed into the harbor
and is cafe. A schooner is asore near Point gu
Pins ID, supposed to be the Nidd1esax. Nothing
is known as to her crew or condition. The spar8
Of Ell unknown vessel we're seem at Grosa Cane,
The iron steamer Japan narrowly escaped ship
wreck. She labored heavily in the sea for some
hours, rolling terribly and smashing furniture
time, and lost her load Of flour. Tho steamer
St. Louis labored heavily and lost some freight
Other vessels are known to have been
outside which have not been heard from,
and it is feared that further disasters will coma
to light. The snow and ice in the canal is nina
feet thick. All the vessels and steamers in the
fleet experienced heavy weather and suffered
badly from ice and cold. The following steam
ers are known to be frozen in at the SAINT and
Mud Lake: st. Lonis, Japan, St. Paul, Atlantic,
Fay, Arizona, Peerless, Cuyahoga, Dig, Norman,
Ttuesden, and Menominee. OF the deet Of vea-
Cambridge, Farwell, and Golden Rula
are frozen in. A portion Of the fleet which left
this port before the blow began put in al Grand
Island, and are safely laid up there. Among
them are the steamers Mineral Rock, Trttlc.
Ely, and number Of sail vessels. Twelve ves~
se1s are laid up for tho winter in this port. The
steamer Arctic ia frozen in at Portage Lake.
The steamer Arcadia is overdue from Silver
Isle, and has not been heard from. The China
will probably lay up here.