, 1877-11-10
Vessels Pounded to Pieces on the Break
water or Driven on Shore.
The Wrcckers at Work Along the Beach
.--Damnge to the North.Shore
1Drirc.
Ths Farragut and Chicago Boat Clubs
Sorcly Aflioted--Minor Mishaps.
ON SEA.
LONG l.15T or DtsAhTHYe.


the lake marine, and an fncAlculabtc amount ol
damage itas resulted. Tho Storm wns not SC
sudden In ItA coming as that vi last Monday,
the wind gradually rising and getting stronger
from tho carly part Of Thuraiay until after
dark, when 1t blew q hurricane, and nbout Q
o'clock IVES at Its height. From that hour until
the next morning tho tempest rageu unabat.
cd, and It seemed as II all tic fl,rtes
combined hal Waited this latitude and were
holding high carnival OH tho lake, 1aebing tho
waters into an angry fnot1, pitching tho hugo
wares against the pliers and brcakwntcre. and
tossing about tho frail craft TINT wcro outside
as Il they werc 10 many curks, ma bringing
dire distress anil disaster upon tho weather.
beaten mariner who rot caught ont In the tenn
pest. The gale blew steady, ann some old skip
pcrs who have roaint1 the lakes for many years
assert that II WIS tho hartlcst they ever expert.
cnccd. Vessels Tint wero at sen hal am
pic warning to. prepare for tho blow,
aud all Of them did 50, hut the
strength Of the wind and Rea was
too great for human appliances, aud humorous
acclucnts occurred beforc the sea ouctcl down
q little ant, tho luck'css craft could get inside Of
the harbor.
the storm Mt .tawn yesterday presented d scene
nj Wild grandeur. Tic wl,tte-cappctl, ece.l,tnr
waves daahcd ovcr thu brcakwatcrs and sent tho
spray high Into TIC air, wlfsr they rnn with tho
ccss!on. About twenty tall were in sight III the
DsfinE. all rlluv At nnrllur md seeming to tnbor
heavily as the lingo blIows swept on.
During all tue heavy weather Of the week now
GlUtuV not n single life Inns been lost on this
coast, and II Is osncwhatextraordi,ary cotle!d-
cring the numerous disasters md accidents that
vessels havc met with,
TIE PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCE
npg y III sto r W. The o. ths ssow
pieces On tho shore lrcakwatcr. Hltc was
hound In from Grand Haven, and Thursday
night between 10 and II O'Clock, when
tue tsptst NV was a a. H. IT, height nt
missed the entranec and was driven against
the new hrcakwater, whore her Cnpsutn, Spc,lre,
md tic crew Of sercn men jumped TOR their
lives, Il being certain that tl!e vessel must 10
clunE to tho brcakwater while. tho sea rolled
ored to render assislt,cc to The distressed
steamed up the basin, OIL tho west side of tho
tatclv On boart!. IN the t.,ea1itiue tic viii.
and drtttcd along Until sic reached
Its s0utl!crn end. whcN she rolled lii
ss sse me-, te
anu began tU hammer against 1t With Ercat
force, stern on. slnglv uncllor Keeping l,cr
head to sca. by tue time slie reached Twenty
spars, Rigging, enbEn, md furccnsttr, und hcr
cargo oI 100 O00 feet of white-usti lumber. weru
stsewn along The beach fur llalf tntlo, Tic
scene Of tls lisasteF was visited by hundreds Of
tie crew VI the wrecked vessel Ind Pcrlallrl l-
fore she reached shore.
Ihe Williams WIS considered stancll ycs-
SCI of cr class. ard was but three Or Iour years
~, havihs been bnilt a., A. visEsburg; Mitll:
Huron. and d. q. Williams wsre
nor owiIets. She wa valued at ea,5W,
1nu there II no Insurance to cover tl,cE
loss' ne vessel M was chartered here a few days
axo oy MsssFs ,l,fs,s w,hte Swat' Co. to bflnE
rival ut that port darret Fyn tGEcgraphcl for
her use to carry cargo Of ash lumber from
nranu Hayen, aad vas granted permission by
tho ar =, a19sc anS % mined The cargo was rorth
can bo sascti. lu. the poor pcoplc In the vicinity
OF tho wreck are making away With . good
quantity ol tue lumber.
TuE SCHOONER 9. 9: COOPER,
and during tic storm tint aruso Shortly .itcr.
ward tho sch4oner broke from her moorlpga.
and foulinR NTH TUE sclloonerJol.n Minor. lying
cIoso by hcr, smashed ln the lattcrs cahii aud
brokc ~ top,nast. THIS Couper thon dr1fted
across The Calumet to the tnarshy bank, aud ut
!1st accounts 10y there aground. A tug was
le!cefapt'ed p lo1, but tue sca vas too rough TO
lay *r1e ss un bstter r scatSer s rstu rsturs a''
Cnlcss relief rracl,ed tho crew OF a tug seen
in 'latress oil kcnusha yesterday, it Is feared
that
=" CRAFT,
Caot. Nrcd. of tt,e s.hnnncr pl,mntx- prrtvca
here ut u'ctoek Yesterday AFTERNOONS and 70.
purts that when about twenty miles abreast OF
keuoshu, tc saw a tug, which blew llgr whistle
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