Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-12-04

in its fury about the time it did. All this
knowledge, however, was Of no avail
here, for the weatherwise upon the land
and the sailors upon the lakes were ig-
norant of the pending danger until about
nine o'clock Sunday evening, when the
storm struck with its terrible power.
The wind blew hurricane, and the
thermometer went down during the
night from freezing to several degrees
below zero. Not even when morning
came had the storm ceased, but 1t had
spent its fury.
THE WRECKS.
In sight Of Cheboygan lay two vessels
which had been thrown out of the chan
mel and were grounded, one less than a
mile from shore and near the harbor chan
mel, the other near Lighthouse Point.
This last was literally covered with ice,
the heavy seas having rushed against her
with such power as to drive the spray up
OH her spars and rigging thirty feet or
more. The sea was running so high that
it did not seem possible for the crew to
get off, yet from the appearance of the
vessel from the shore it would seem
equally impossible for them them to live
on board. About nine o'clock a messen-
ger came from the lighthouse, saying the
crew had taken to the rigging. The tug
Eliza Williams Immediately prepared to
60 to their assistance. Owing to the heavy
ice which had formed during the night,
full two hours were taken UP in break
ing ice and getting out of the river. The
sea was still running so high that it
seemed unsafe to launch boat from the
tug, so small boat was taken in tow,
containing five men who volunteered for
the artluOus and dangerous undertaking.
After getting started the Williams made
a quick and safe trip to the vessel, and
ninem found upon her staying upon
the deck the best they could, having been
driven from the cabin by water. They
were covered with ice, and so chilled that
they could scarcely move. They were
safely transferred to warmer quarters on
the tug and soon landed in the village.
the vessel was the Mary E. Peru, and
coal loaded.
Upon her return the tug male call
at the other vessel and found her to be
the Sweetheart, loaded with iron ore.
She was not in suffering condition, hay
ing run only upon mud bank.
: A short time after having returned dis
tress signals were seen from small boat
out i'm the lake at the edge of the ice.
The Williams Immediately went out and
found yawl containing six men from
the schooner Francis E. Palms, which
WIS ashore about eleven miles up the
shore. They were brought into warmer
quarters.
STILL MORE MEN RESCUED.
In the afternoon another messenger came
from the lighthouse with the informa-
ton that vessel with signal of dis
tress flying could be seen below the
point. Again the Williams started out
and went to her relief, finding the schoon-
err Grenada with six men on board, who
had been upon the icy decks and in the
rigging during the day, having been
driven from the cabin by water. These
were in a worse condition than those
taken from the Peru. for they had been
out longer.
This made twenty-one men in all res
cued from great danger, and doubtless
some of them from death, by the Eliza
Williams, for there is no probability that
all of them could have lived i'm such an
exposed condition through the nis hit,
and none of them would have come
through without being badly frozen.
Capt George d. Greenfield, command
ing the Williams, deserves much credit
for the exertions made in behalf of the
men.
OTHER DISASTERS.
The schooner Palms, ashore about
eleven miles up the shore, was loaded
with coal. The was scuttled by order OF
the captain when he found that she was
dragging her anchors, so that she would
not 60 heavy upon the rocky shore. She
was in sufficient depth of water, so that
steam pumps was all that would be neces
sary to have her afloat again.
Monday afternoon Capt. Greenfield had
a telegram from the bark Roscius, ashore
on Green Island shoals, to come to her
assistance. As soon as the weather
cleared enough to make it safe to 60 out.
early Wednesday morning the Williams
started for her. Thursday morning she
was safely tied up to Hurd's dock in the
river. Her main topmast and most of
her sails were gone, otherwise she was
in fair condition. She was loaded with
lumber. She will lay up here during the
winter. The Roscius let 60 her anchor
during Sunday night under st. Helena,
and was dragged to the head of Green
Island shoals.
The crew Of the schooner GOrton,
ashore on Waugelschance Point, arrived
here on Wednesday night. The vessel is