, 1873-11-13
A NIGHT OF TERROR,
An Unprecedented Storm on
Lake Michigan.
A Floot Of sail and Steam Vessels
Driven. About at Its
' -. Mercy.
Reports from Those Compelled to Return
to Chicago :Harbor.


unite in saying that such fonrful gale as pro-
vailed on Lake Michigan night before last thoy
mover, Witnessed before. Tho fury Of tho ole-
ments Vaa rorfoctly appalling; and mon that
nover know any. fear or tlangor before sank down
upon their lsnoea md prayed to Heaven to DO
saved from q Watory grave. .EYory yosHol TINT
left this harbor. ay,bofore. yesterday WINS COM
pellod to return and Hoek a Bafo shelter in tho
rivor Vessol-ownora WHO have oil thoy posaoss
on the lahcB arc gloomy and aospondent aud
anxfously awais dispatches from other ports iu-
forming them Us to tho safoty of thoir crafts,
Tho loss Of property must have boon immonso, tho
lake, as far as tlo eyo reach, being strewn with
lumber and othor property. As yot no llvoB
have been reported lost, but thoro Is hardly
doubt TINT many gallant Bailors have found I.
watory grave, and TINT Gro 'twonty-four hours
have. passed tho papers will bo filled with tele-
grams announcing numborloBs dlsastcra nnd
heroic doathe. y,
snow.storm set In about 10 O'Clock Tuesday
night, the wind blowing briBkly from tho west,
which rapidly Increased In forco. AT about IL
O'clock tho wind had veored around to north
northwest, and WAS blowing with unparalleled
fury. At2o'clook the hurricane wasnt it's height,
after which the storm aubsiled, but tho waters
Of the lake remained in turmoil all day yasser-
day, preventing tug-boata from going to tho re-
lief OF vessels lying ut anchor outside the har-
bor waiting to be towed in.
Tho Captain Of tho propeller City of Now
York, who arrived hero yesterday morning from,
Ogdensburg, states that lie had boon on the
wator for tho last twenty years, hut such q storm
he never encountered before. Tho hurricane WAS
blowing from the northwest, and tho Bnow was
falling so thick that 1t was an utter impossibity
to look feet ahead: Hia vessel weathercd tile
storm well, being only slightly damaged.
Capt. Charley JanBon, Of the Bcl1oonor Mag
gle Thompson, who came in yesterday evening
at & O'CLOCK, states that 1t was wonder that nnY
vessel escaped unharnod from such q gale as
that prevailing night before Inst. His yoasol
was but slightly injured, but lost half OF hor
deok-load Of lumber. The Thompson was living
at anchor or tho Marine Hospital from o'clock
yesterday morning until o'clock In the aftor-
noon.
: Tho champion schooner L. B. Moore. in tow
Of the powerful steam barge Ballontine left hore
Tuesday. both Of them heavily loaded with corn,
Tor Buffalo. They encountered the gallo near
Two Rivers Point. and vero 40 roughly handled
that tho limo had to DO cut to- aayo both vessels
from sinking. Tho Daentine WAS boarded by
the sea and 90 tons Of coal carried Of her deck.
The Moore camo to anchor about ITO miles from
Chicago, and the extout Of her damage ia not
known, Tho Dallentino oamo, back to the city,
and is now loading with now supply OF coal.
she will start again to-day Or tomorrow.
The schooner dallatin, which also left here on
Tuesday, camo back again. having her bulwarks
seriously damaged. She ts leaking badly, and
the 200 BUSHELS Of grain on board Of her IL
seriously damaged by water.
The. The schooner 20 a; ]; Mercy was eompolled to
leaking.
-. Tho schooner q. Barber returned, having hor
1b.boom and 'main"boom broken, sails split,
and d being otherwise damaged