Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07
HARBOR AND MARINE.
Port of AshtabuIa.
ARRIVED.

qnstte WIN '4O 'oAs O' nun
Nov. 4-Schr. C. spadman. Capt. Rice, with 46
tons ore, from L'Anse. Schr. Jane Ralston, CAPT
Elliot, With 400 tons ore from Kingston scnI ~
star OF Hope, Capt. Parmelee, with IS coros VI
limestone, from AArblehead.
CLEARED.
Nov. 1-Schr L. Hanna, Capt. Humphrey, IISs NM
Tor CHICAGO Sehr. Fred Dunford, CaP'' NO"-'.' :
Tor Detroit, with SIS tons OF coal
Nov. 2--Prop. Havana, Capt. AcEacnrin' isn'
for Cleveland
Nov. s-schr. Jones. Capt. Fier. light for Kel'
ley's Island.
The barge Eclipse is ashore near Avon
Point
The barque t. P. Sheldon is ashore at
Bar Point
The barge Warner is ashore at White
River, Lake Huron.
The Bar Point light ship has been tow
ed back to her station.
The Rich'd WInslow was still ashore a
short distance above Pelee Island ST last
accounts.
The engine of the prop. Brooklyn is to
be recovered, and the hull Abandoned as
total loss.
They Leiathan was st last accounts
making favorable progress in raising the
schr. FostOria.
Frieghts, as usual, as the fall season ad-
vances, advance also, and coal from Cleve-
land to chicago is 81.
The tug Favorite, in tow Of the schr.
Kelley, was snubbed by a shear of the
schr.. capsized and sunk-cook lost.
Capt. Caughfield, of the schr Sander
son, belonging 10 Buffalo. was knocked
overheard in Lake Michigan and lost
A diver has gone to the schr. City of
Palnesville on the prop. Collin Campbell,
to save as much of her outfit as possible.
The barge Sherman left Cleveland on
Thursday last for this port just previous
TO. the gale, and considerable apprehen-
sion is felt for her safety
Two large vessrls, whose names were
not learned, collided on Lake Huron du-
ring thick weather last week, without,
however, receiving any damage.
The large Schr., Richard Winslow,
grounded at the head of Beach Island,
Lake St. CLAIR, on Thursday morning of
last week. The water is low and the
tugs that went to her relief were unable
TO get her of.
A hand on board the Star of Hope,
Capt Starkey. on her passage down from
the Islands, was lost overheard when
off FairpOrt. His name was RosELL
HEALD, of middle age, and belonged at
Oswego, N. Y.
The barge Sparrow, lost from the tow
of the steam barge George King, was re-
ported TO be riding out the gale above
Long Point. The barge Birkhead, anoth-
er of the lost, got into buffalo safe Friday
night
The barge ]. s. NewhOuse, owned in
Chicago, which went ashore at Grand
Haven on the 29th, has gone TO pieces
She was loaded with lumber. Both vessel
and cargo are a total loss. Estimated
value of lumber $780, vessel valued at
$4,000.
Several disasters in the gale of last
week, are reported, among which are the
schr. Thomas Mott, ashore and total
loss at Lexington, Lake Michigan; Schr.
Thos. P. Sheldon. ashore, full of water at
Clay Bank, Lake Erie; Schr. Queen City,
ashore on Point au Pelee Reef. These
vessels are all loaded with wheat from
Chicago.
The steamer Lotta Bernard, Capt Nor
ris, of Duluth, bound from Pigeon River
to Duluth, foundered in Lake Superior on
the 29th ult.. during a fearful gale which
swept the decks and finally extinguished
the fires. A passenger and one hand
were drowned by the upsetting of the
boat; one other died from exposure after
reaching land. The rest of the company
found shelter and refreshments in the
wigwams of the Indians, after five miles
travel.
SUNK AND BROKEN UP.-The barge
Sherman, Capt Mills, left Saginaw on the
26th of Sept. in tow, for Ashtabula, loaded
with 1900 barrels Of salt, and $4,000 feet
of lumber, consigned-the salt to Fisk
Silliman & Parsons, and the lumber to J..
81. Prentice, of this place. After various
delays and mishaps, she reached Cleve-
land on the gath ult. Here she lay till
Thursday the 2Sth, when she started in
tow of the tug D. F. Edwards, Capt.
Greenhalgh, for Ashtabula. Capt Mills
had with him his wife and little son
three years old, and two sailors. Soon
after leaving Cleveland, the gale came on !,
but the tug kept her way, arriving off
Fairport about 4 o'clock, when the tow
line parted Owing to the roughness of
the lake, another line. as is reported,
could not be got to the Sherman, and the
only course left was to drop anchor some
six miles from shore As she brought up
on the chain, she began 10 leak badly, and
as night was closing in fearfully, the Capt
with mother and child, and the two hands,
abandoned the barge and taking the yawl
AN old life boat-made for port. As
they reached the breakers near the piers
the mother with child IN her lap, was
washed over, but by grasping an oar af.
Ter going down twice, was gotten into the
boat again, while the child floated beyond
reach, and soon sank from sight The
party, by the aid of help from the shore
got in without further loss, and were duly
cared for-Mrs. Mills being badly bruised
The barge was not to be seen on Friday
morning, and had probably gone down.
A portion OF the hull was driven ashore
showing that she had broken up, and more
than hundred of the salt barrels, came
ashore near this harbor. The body ol
the little boy was found ON Saturday up.
on Madison beach. There was no insur.
ance upon the tie cargo, and the loss will
probably fall upon the consignees.
Thanksgiving Day.
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