, 1880-10-17
ON THE LAKE.

lake. The wind, with every gust.
lifted huge masses Of water INTO
the air and carried them hundreds OF
feet at time, drenchtnz everything that tney
were brought in contact with. sail sesse'S
could make no headway against sucha a hoWlin9,
angry storm as this, and were compelled to run
before it until an anchorage could be reached
The only arrival Of sail vessel yesterday Was
the schooner Gold Fleece. She happened to 90
near Chicago when the change occurred. Gaa
hung on Until she reached the hArbor- The only
damage sustained WAS the loss OF ner
flying lib. There are not less than LOU sa1
vessels overdue At this port Many OF
these had worked along the west shore
70 somewhere between WaukeEan and Crosse
Point, when the gale struck and scattered them.
Report says that vessels are scattered along the
shore all the way from Crosse Point to Mii"aa"
kee at anchor II this should prove to be the
case. then the damage will mainly be confined
to vessels caught On the sass shore or at tne
lower end OF the lake.
That many disasters have occurred. ana
serious ones at that, there can be no doubt. IN
fact news OF TWO have already coma to hand
The first Of these occurred within seven miles
Of Chicago harbor At point tour miies
east OF the Marine Hospital The Information as
was brought by Capt William Scort, OF Inc
schooner Golden Fleece, who discovered
THE AAs1s OF A suSkEN VESSEL
protrud,ue above the water in the direction
mentioned. Capt Scott, upon being lnterF1eWco
by The Ta1suSE reporter, stated mat the dis
coyery wis nude at 4 o'clock yesterday morn
my, Ut which lime the Golden kieesu passed
wi1nin one mile OF the sunken craft me sa:ps W
class was brought to tear 50 Us 10 avoid the
nDss,bjli1y OF a mistake. Aooue t~o-thlrds of
the full length OF the schooners spars were
Esi9 1ossd fhe a1d carries
sail The gatftopsais are furled, bur al ol tne
lower CANVAS is set The forcsail evidently M hao
been reefed, as only the peak could be seen me
muiusail appears to be hoisted to full hight. and
Is in talters. The jibs eau also be seen abose
the water and, luxe the mainsail are badly torn;
TIE rnastheads are OF dark color, a. II painted
black The maIntupmast WIS short. as II II nao
been struck An ob1ect looking like man WAS Vas
plainly discernible IT the mannastneaa. anS
survive exposure to such chilling atmosphere
,ast Of f fhs sd gain
ion until late in the afternoon. yesterday.
| Then the tug Rebel made a reconnaissance at the
vented the discovery Of the exact localty Of the
sunken craft. The tug Repel followed, under
| the direction Of Superintendent Van Dalson, ol
north Us tie Hospital. but nothing could be dis
covered beyond the fact that three Vessels were
lying at ansn9r St tma eeoes ~ eyenlnx
| and bank OF mist shutting ons VIEW as
I of the horizon lakeward. Capt: st. Peter was
ouEh investigation ut early dawn to-day. He
would have started out with his own crew last
| eyeui1l. but the information came too late 70
| enable linn to accomplish anythinG. There IS
| No room for hope that any OF the crew are alive.
| Should any OF them have succeeded IN Kettn9
into the yawl and clear Of the sinking craft they
| as it was utterly impossible to reach The shore
in the fnsf G. OF the the snas axa VIM q tas
there are no living witnesses of the dlsaster as
| far as known. Capt Scott says that the sunken
craft has the appearance OF being about Wei
land Cuaul size.
THE PROPELLER MESSENGER,
Capt. Cal Burtlett arrived from st. Joseph sew
| cral hours behind. Capt. Bartlett states mat ne
left st. Joseph ut II o'clock FRIDAY ni9nt. ana
| ran along with southeast wind ut the rate of
| eleven miles an hour until o'clock yesterday
moruing, when the Southwestern struck him
| with terrific torcc, and without the LEAST
warning Of its approach. The Messenger wAa
then wlthiu twenty miles OF the harnor, o1t dao
nut reach her dock until O'Clock Capt. BART
lett was drenched TO tho WHIST by the driving
spray, as bis steamer plunged into the head sen,
while standing upon the promenade ueck' q
change Ut clothing consequently became neces-
surr before the hart>ur WAS reached. lie Tep,fts
having pissed the sIeAm- barge Aury = rob, from
South Haven, ut 3 O'clock e. yesterday. In
asmucn as this craft failed to reach t1e harool
t it is supposed that she Was compelled 70 foL
rHE PROPELLER sKYLARE,
si5o from St. Joseph, had Il narrow escape from
| foundertug. She headed against tue gale untl
! she sprung leak. and the wnter ruse IN her hoit
SO as to put the furnace fires our. Al this tint
she was some d!s!anee zee east OF me ater, m orR
the attention OF the rug Hnckley. which hap
pened 10 be outside. Those on board Of TIL
Hacklcy did not hear the sound of the whistle
but noticed steam issuing from the whtstle-ppe
Diyintug that his services were needed. Capt
Con Mahoncy headed the tng for the sky!arl a:
propeller did not: report his condition. an'
It was not until the Skyinr1 landed u
her dock that Capt. Mahoncy learned thu
hor fires were out, aud she had no steam to he'll
, | herself. AS the tug left the propeller ths
; Captain of the skyiurk was heard - remark
well, that was narrow escape indeed" An
indeed it was- .........
THE GOODRICH LINERS.
, The Goodrich line steamers hare all bee
, | heard from, except the Aipena- The Chicak
been compelled to run thither while en- rout
from Manistee to Milwaukee. The sheboyga
was in port here yesterday: The Muskegon M sue
Chicago. The .Alpena left Grand Have
for Chicago at the usual hour Friday night, bu
had not pu! in an appearance here np to "a lat
she succeeded in making either Milwaukee,
Shebo,ga1l. Maitowoc harbors. Under h
circumstances it Is natural that alarm for he
, safety should exist Ia the minds Ut those VII
have friends on board. 1t is barely possible ths
!: she an buck to an east shore harbor- But th
{ from that direction: The Alpena has q
ways acquitted herself RS an excellent heavy
weather steamer; and for this reason the Officer
safety. But it il not easy to set at rest the feai
| OF the average humanity, and, suspense nlu:
I prevail until defntt int diligence is received cot
ceruing the Whereabouts and fate of the craft
SCHOONER RECIPROCITY SUNK
= Late last evening William Ripley l. Son re
= ce,yed q dispatch from the Captain OF II
! | Thsch rcad ~ follows: .'schooner Reciproci,
sunk or Two Rivers Point Send me son
: money" From this 1t may be .inferrt
10 particulars Of the disaster were given by Il
r Cnptain, nor have any: since reached TE