, 1877-11-06
Lake Michigan Lashod as with the
Whips Of the Ancient Furies.
A Grand f,iapason of Nature, WITH 1lafn,
S1cet, Snor, and Hail.
Great panag. Ia ths Shipping tnitrtsts-.Ths Wtst
Shore Lined wiih iitabted Itssels.
Fortunatety No Lives Lost as
Far as Heard From.
CHICAGO.
fHK tvt1itAT FOR rEAftS.

has vjsftrt! fakn Michigan fdr several ycars
bcran aiH,,t !. o'c1tsk yrstcr1ay mnrntng, and
r,I}y Increased In fHrv Until Wien II reached
II. highest p,tcll aud taslctl the watcss into
angry, whttc-cappcd .waves that scscmblcd
miniature mountains with Peaks Of snow.
Fr,,m 1 o'clock |" 0 tho hurricane swept
ortr The great miami sea, AMI massive volumes
Of vatrr, scct11ng anil boiling as they rolled
al,nc. .lusllc1 against the brrakwatcrs nnl
lcapc, ls!, into the air, or rail- along The hcarfl
and exhausted themselves far up OIL tho shire.
The wInl was alternately accompanied
By rn,,1. stecl, s,uw, asnl hail, which
eon.lunc,l II make IL exceedingly dangerous
tnr .le ,1utuchy mariners who gt caught out to
the ralr. Onc ol,l seaman said It WAS the hcav-
fe.t hluw that hsl occurred III fifteen years, AMI
be- characterized II as n irregular old-ttnlcr.n
Aunihrr thought wo had rs elrong north-
caster tl,rcc years ago; but oil united In saying
that It was terrible storn, un1 had 10 eupc-
,iors In point Of fury mud danger.
The disasters 10 shipping arc numerous. and
the pcc,nasy loss will reach n,sny thousands Of
dollars, hut fortunately no. afinglc life has bcen
lost III this latitude, though there we're many
jlarbrealtl escapes. eU far ns nseertanct1, fo,lr
sail craft 'avc gono nthorr, and onc Ut them has
becomc totnl and trretricvab]o wreck: up to
last night seventy vessels had reached tl1is liar.
bas since tho storm commenced, anil but few
Of them escaped damage.
The brave tug,ncn, with their stanch lttlo
craIt, wcfu mt III tc great, railing sea, really
10 snatch vessels from l1apgcr and bring Them
safely into port, and 10 thrir efforts Is duo tho
rescue Of several distressed and exhausted
crews and the vessels they were In.
4 1arEe fleet 1T lunber-la,icn vessels vas
ham f,rtt frr,r ord uE,r
ponts wtMn the storm bruke over tho hike, ana
quite Il fleet Of, graln-'atlcn vessels bound
for tho Lower Lake norts wore well 1n
md most Of them fnr from iand. Craft
hounl for larbors nortl, Ut Chicago wcro drre,,
un tho like anA compelled to rim In this mort,
while others went further to the soatIlward mud
Of refuge. Nearly all tile lnm bcr.ladcn vessels.
lo.t portton Of their .lcck.lOats, or lad them
shifted u wild confusion. Several schooners
arrived III u water-lo0gcd condition, and before
iai1rel l,cnyi7y IL t5e trous' Of ' lie % SEA. and ii
iii on board lost. Fiags 1t half.1nast
we're discovered! floating from four or
lully, MY craft wero outside riding At ancho!
and drifting about at tlru merry Of the wiu,l mud
waves. Tile slect 1cw 50 thick at ttmfs that It
nearly blinded the hnlf.exilaustcl sailors, and
she cola air bcnt,mbcsl them 40 that they Ian
dlttl sails an.l ropes with extreme difficulty.
OF the forty or fifty tngs in tho ilasGoF, but
3o,tr or five wCrc large anli etangh enough to
withstand tho sea, aud tiey were kent ycry lnIsy
bringing III tho tllstresscd vessels, anil pulling
ct others about 10 gu ashore.
THE SCHOONER SEVENTH ONO
was the only vessel that vas fatally destroyed
In this Immediate Vicinity. She went ashorc
HnIte early IN the morning, md pounded To
plegcs un Tho breukwater, at tho foot Of Eight
Ccnth RtfeEt. NlJH WtH Flitnfy nj xntb,et when
the schooner Glad Tlitngs ran into her, &nl,
breaking hcr anetlor-chatll. set hcr a4lrift, and
.l'c went ngatt'st tho brclkwatcr, where The hca
broke over her and quickly utssnasted her anl
pounded 80 heavily ayanst the piI;ng that 1t
xss eoou rendered useless. Capt. Shaw aul his
ercw Of seven men reached thy brcakwatcr In
batcty eoon alter tho vessel stplck. The
from MuskeCon, consigned to Blanchard &
harland by c. Davis, R.lu scarcely boar.l was
!s!t wtule by tho furious las!,inE Of the waves.
Nsell9las Marin 4 To-, Of thls mort. owned the
M Insurance upon her. She was built in 1B4
at Milan, O.. anil regtstercl 100 tons burthctl.
ln the er'lisinn will tho Sevcntl, Ohio tho
tiIad Things iAtl her etcrH stove III. She also
urliteI aCainst ntld tUru out tho llG-boom Of the
Schooner Ottawa. rhe tug Protection, Ia nt-
tempting IL tow tho tilnd Ttllnga awaY had her
fantaA dan'agel badly By pounding against the
tellooscr. Thy Glad fnlings was subsequently
~ IN
10ofcd at dock. she has cargo Of lumber
On beard. \ portion Of her deck-loal was
bwcpt nwaY.
Al 5:3p O'Clock last evening, tho tug o. n.
tireeB, which rendered Invaluable aid and Cai-
lantlY witlast"od tlIu heayy seas, brought iu .
a!ap!date'l nnl woc-hrKuno lookng eratt. 1t
Vas the schooner d. Ferguson, Capt Peter n.
Ierson. ss,e lasl only atuup Ut her malnmast
Has dangling fsom that. llcr foreu,ast lIal
pccn carr1c1 aHay, and IN order To tavc tho YES
Eel fFunl going ashore, the crew cut II away, anl
tase'l only the forcsa!! and forcboon and thu
,aa!nsail and ho.!n. Tho damags viii amount
particularly severe an Cant. Person, who
owns tile yes*ei. Willis the vessel was
In distress, o0 Thirteenth street, the Captain
aha crew suffered severely from the cold alr and
water. The deck Vt the vcssrl was covered
Eth tec wien si4c was ,nootcd ut a dock ucas
lsuEtl,strcet hYi.igc. The Ferguson left this
poft !ast Saturday night, light, anu ran back to
no al.sastcr, WHICH she met with Just ~ She
WAS Within 5rach Ut harlur uf refuge
Aooat o'eloek tn tho n,uFning thu schooner
, FL. GARDNER,
tapt. Gibbs. wcnt ashore oil tho southern end
oi !.''eEln tark, Just nurth OF North-aycnue
!soi p!eI; ste ictt thts port Sunday morning lor
Was driven back BY tho gale, and
Let To- her an"hors md dragged
% %ns!!ore. capt. uiobs CAUSED her To b scutticd
'er 1nar'ns tne 't1.k , In orier to Keep her from
tle beach, but, being IL . *soft place." It i
thought ste cals be pulled Off sho 10 In eot,d
thatc, and tlln crew are On board Of heF, safely
,lHaFlcFed y tlle cabin. shs ts owned By III.
NieuuF. Of thIs city.
THE SCHOONER CORAL,
pt Chicago, Is ashore vt FortY-scycnth street,
bul vii! probably hs gotten OF with small dam.
age. eto Is LUMBER vessel carryiuv
stout l:o,No feet, Md left this porll
sunday afternoon for Whito Lake, About tlye
h.ites out tie sturm atrlck here, and tho fore.
tai! Vas carried nwav. There was y heayy sea,
aud Capt. Oliver Nlchasison decided 10 retnrn'
but was unable to touna the pier. lie then
sttrred for South Chicago, but tbs ycssej
dr,ttel In, aud the anchors failed 10 ston her.
At half.past ! yesterday morulnR shu struck
between TWO piers Just north Of Reuwo<I ststion,
As ahe swung runud the bowsprtt demolished :
b9at;hoaso es,. on one OF the piers. The boats
MAi.h arc owned by the kelwood Boatiua
llut, lad been removed, and the structure
crew Of slx, all told, all VI wlum succeeded In
getting 10 shurc with listle trouble. She II
l o*nel principally by Mr.. CnaEles Meara. Of this
tity, lle Captain having 4 one-loutth iuleFest.
Considerable damage was luna to her stcsn b,
;;ot!;.iou with the pier, snu she ls leaking