The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-12-11
A Terrible Close.
The Propeller City of Desroit Sunk
and Her ToW, the barge Gntdinx
STAR, Stranded MANY Lives Lost
Sanerings u the SurvivSrs.

The season of navi .ation for 1873, which
has already been unusually destructive both
70 life and property, closes with a terrible
disaster. 1t Is no less than the laundering
Of the propeller City of Detroit on Sa inaw
Bay, with nearly ali on board, and the
stranding Of the barge Guiding Star, which
she had 10 tow.
THE FIRST INITIATION
of the disaster vas received at midnight On
Saturday from Port Elgio, Ontario, in the
following fall Associated Pre-s disps. oh:
''Caps. Barrett, Of the barge Guiding Star,
with q crew OF seven men, arrived here this
afternoon in yawl-boat, with feet badly
frosen. They left the barge about niue miles
out, in disabled condition. She was laden
with "a, 900 bushels of wheat, bound from
Milwaukee for Sarnia, and WAS IN tow of
the propeller City Of Detroit, which was
laden with s00G bushels Of wheat. the re-
msinder of her cargo being rolling freight.
The gale struck them at $3.50 this morning.
when they Gu. the barge loose, and about !
O'Clock the City Of Detroit sank in Saginaw
Bay. Capt. Barrett saw three of the pro-
pellers crew IN a yawl. and one man Was
seen in another boat. 1t 10 feared that
the rest of the crew went down with the
propeller. There were twenty soul. on
board"
TIE GUIDING STAR.
By . private telegram received in this
city yesterday, we learn that the abandon
ei barge has been driven ashore near Port
Elgin. Nothing was said of her condition,
but, As tie gale was terrible one, the i'm.
preston here is that che il in bad shape,
if not q total loss.
THE srEAMER AND row
belong to Mr.. John Pridgeor, of Detroit,
and left this port week ago Saturday, the
former freighted with 5000 bushels of wheat
aud a large amount Of rooling stock, and
the latter with $4,000 bushels of wheat.
The captain, before Departing, said that
he should take no chances on the passage
he would run by dav and lay by at night.
Extreme caution in this instance ba. prov
e. disastrous, as steamers which left after
the Detroit succeeded in reaching Buffalo
before the gale came cn which caught her
no further along than that most dangerous
OF places, Saginaw Bay. We understand
that both vessels were in good sailing trim,
20 that the disaster cannot be attributed to
over loading.
UNISsURED.
The loss of the vessels will b. quite
pull upon the purse strings of Mr. Prijgeon,
as he has not farth,ns of insurance upon
the Lu.s of either. lie is one Of the few
owners Of vessel property who carry their
oSn ri,ks.
THE CARCOES,
however, are FULLY insured. The wheat
wheat was Tipped by Messrs. Angus
Smith ard c. j nrrshaw, who lid pol
icies on tie TIVE carsoes in the following
companies: Gdi ling Star, n, 900 bushels
Aetna $4,000, Pa,iic $500, Mercantile
Mutual $4,000, St. Paul 5000, Northwes-
tern National 5000, Manhattan $500:
total. $27 600 City of Detroit. 5000
bu-hels- Mercantile Mu:uai $1,000, North
western National s2700, Pacific s25O0;
total, $4,000. Who the consisnors of the
rolling stock were, and in what companies
itjs rsWsd, We were yesterday unable to
learn.
THE Loss OF LIFE.
II Capt. Barrett saw Alright, only four
perscns Of twenty succeeded in getting
safely into the boats Of the sinking stenm-
er and, as the boat, in which they embark
ed have not been heard frtm, it is feared
that they, too have found watery graves,
or died from exposure to the elements. The
purser of the lost steamer Is brother Of
Mr.. Joseph C. Young, ageu. of the Sarna
line in this city. lie will BE- remembered
AS partner in the irm of Young 4 Doug
lass, photographers. One of the deck hands
is a young man named James Ryan, whose
parents reside in the Fourth Ward.