Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-09-16
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CrIcAoo, September IA terri
bic disaster occurred on lake Miehi
gan early Friday morning, which has
been reported here. The propeller
Equinox; from Saelnaw for Chicago,
with cargo Of salt, and towing the
schooner Emma & Alayes, loaded with
lnmber, was overtallen by the storm
about two O'clock Friday morning,
near Point au Sable, one hundred and
eighty miles north Of Chicago. Cap
tain II oodwo1th, Of the Equinox. cams
to the stern Of the propeller at thai
time and called out to cut the lines.
This was done, and the propeller
eareenedsana sunk ID few minutes.
She had on board . crew Of nineteen
men and Captain Dwight Scott Of
Cleveland, tie we'll known lake captain
who was accompanied by his daughter
aud grand daughter, making 4 total Of
twenty-five persons The first lntima-
ton the schooner had Of The cat:'stro'
phe WAS tie shrieka Of the drowning
The Mayes could render no assistance
whatever i'll the terrible sea that was
running, and the entire crew of the
Equinox went down The schooner
arrived here Saturday morning. Capt,
Lusk, Of the Maycs, says:
The night was pitch dark and water
running high. The storm created such
fearful din as TO make it almost inle
possible to hear anything but the war
ring Of the elements, while the light
ming, flashing athwart the sky, afforded
the only possible glimpse of the dread
scene. They were off Point~au- Sable
at about two o'clock on Friday morn
ing, when Captain Lusk heard q voice
from the propeller shouting. Cast Oft
your line, which was Immediately fol
lowed by the shrieks Of women. For
a few seconds all was still, and the
crew Of the Mayes were meanwhile
loosening the line, when the voices Of
the women from the propeller were
again heard, sounding to them on
board the schooner as though they
, cried, eve are drowning" The line was
slowly loosened, and the connection
between the two vessels hereby sever
ed, when suddenly, as Captain Lusk
was peeling through the darkness at
the receding propeller, it appeared to
tip over and almost before he could
move she had disappeared from sight,
/ There is no doubt but that every one
met with almost instant death. Al
though the vessel was an old one, the
captain could have had no idea she
was going down until he ordered the
! line cast of. There was plenty OF
! time to have signaled if he had realized
! his danger. 3d.. ....-.
, Captain Dwight Scott, Of Cleveland,
who was among the drowned, was for~
merly owner Of the Ironsides, S. D.
Caldwell aud Governor eastman, the
last named having been blown up at
Buffalo three years ago. The two
passengers were Miss Minnie Scott, the
captains daughter, aged nineteen years,
going home from convent where she
was being educated, and Miss Hattie
Scott, aged seventeen, a granddaughter
who lived in Cleveland, and was travel
ing for pleasure in the Equinox. Cap
tain Scott was abont sixty years OF age,
and has a son in business in Cleveland.
The Equinox, which met such ter
rible fate, was owned by the Strand
Trunk and Sarnla line. The vessel Is
very old and rated very low in point OF
safety. In 1873 the company over
hauled her and put work on her to the
amount of about $4,000. She was
! possibly worth at the time Of the dis
aster from S26, 000to $4,000. Besides
the large cargo Of salt, nearly 5000
! barrels, there was deckload OF lumber,
far more than she was capable Of carry
ing. Her engineer had protested
against the overlooking, but was induced
10 go with the vessel in spite OF his
conviction that she was unsafe The
cargo was valued at $4,000, and in
sured IN the Pacific Mutual Marine Of
New York for $1,000. Thare were, it
is stated this evening, either twenty
four or twenty-five persons Oh board.
and it is believed that not one could
have been saved.
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