, 1880-10-19
SATURDAYS BLOW.
Tho Fate Of tho Alpcna
Still Sliroudetl III
Mystery,
Though All Indications Point
to Her Loss, with All
on Board.
Several Vessels Sighted the
Steamer Far Out of
Her Course.
Experience Of n Passenger on
the Dc pcro During tie
Hurricane,
Additional Details Of the Loss
Of the Schooner David
A. Wells.
The Schooner Grenada Wrecked on the
East Shore with the Loss Of
ALI Hands but One.
Other Accidents Reported from
Various Points on the
Great Lakes.
st. Pa,li Isolated by tho Storn's
Effects for T,yenty-1our
Hours,
Extraordinary Snow Blockade on
the Line OF the New York
Central.
THE ALPENA.
Extraordinary Snow Blockade on
the Line OF the New York
Central.
THE ALPENA,
NO TIDINGS OF HER.

NO TIDINGs OF HER.
ALL INDICATIONS ro1:iT 70 HER LOSS,
Ever sincu tho galo which set III ut mid
night last Friday and lasted with such terri
bic force for somo twenty-scycn hours fol-
lowing, tic minds OF tho people have bren
filled with f0rcbodngs that tho eastern slloro
Of tho like, rapid communication with whose
principal llarb0rs WIS cut Off through, dam
ago to tho telegraph wires, would havo sad
story to tell utter tic Winds had abated and
tho waves were once moro ut rest. This
feeling was shared by all, but ,ts hold
upon those who possessed experience
III 1akeulnrtne matters was strongest
OF all. These knew that tho
probability Of grave disaster was exceeding.
~ great. TO thcm tho reported velocity of n.
gale Of wind does not fully convey All ilenof
its destructive power. There nre othorpccu-
inrit1es of tho wind with which they arc fa-
ntftar, and many 0l,o of them grew moro
thoughtful while watching tho effect Of tho
wind upon tho water lust Saturday. There
have been ga1cs Of equal velocity during tho
plst SUMNER, but none OF them lns,cd the
lako Into fury as did TINT Of last Saturday. l.
watcher Of tito wators from, tho western shore
could not llayo failed to notice TINT tho wlnd
by titfut gusts swept not nlong, but
AoFs4 "tNS ks1V AAAN o lhcEt uh34luk1 ~ tNlU
sccthlng wnycs, from whose tons It lifted
masses OF tho green wnter, whicl, it thon
caught up and dashed along tn showers Of
spray. This result Of wind OF this Kind Is
technically known among sailors rs "spoon-
drift" and there Is no condition or tho luke
which Is moTp full of danger to vessels than
tllls.
TIE NEWS or THE WRECK
Of tho schooner David a. Wells, In Itself 4
diro calamity, showed that tho misgiyings
were not groundlcss and that word of a ,aoro
Rriovous disaster might be expected. The
knowledge, too, tllnt tho worry storm which,
1t was fearME, Ind caused disaster
had Itself rendered tho requirement Of
intelligence from tho e,lstern share botll
tariy md uncertain, tended to augment tho
fears Of mon, and for otco to bclIo tho old
proyerb which has It that 'no news is good
news"
Yesterday tho whole city was In very paftl-
fltl suspense. tho nows Of the ollnous delay
ut tho Alp1nA's arrival having greatly III
tenstiled tho general dread, aud tho prob
abilities OF tho sthnch steamers having with
stood tho fury Of the galo and found 4 haven
Ill some remote port were moro OF
less hopefully discussed. Hardly any
steamer plying OH tho .lako was bet
ter or more pleasantly hnoWh III
anu out Of Chicago than tho Alpena. With
a popular summer resort for her east-shore
landing place, st'o l'ad conveyed thousands
OF ClllcaRoans across tic luke, anI no ono Of
these, remembering the pleasures OF snfo!y
accomplished voyage, fallel to ut once talko
deep Interest In her fate. To them tho de-
lights Of their pleasant evening Journey re-
turned with raro vlyltlncss, and after the pIct-
NJ fhn hrfrtf1tt ont,fr, 1litt. 40
crowd OF happy passengers, of tue
cool walk Oh tho deck with 4 gcn-
tlo moon shedding soft light upon tho
waters, Ind plissetl away, canlo another Of
the scene which mist lsnyu prevailed whom
tho torrors Of tho storm hal converted all
tint was to them 80 delightful iMto u season
OF dEsnnny and death. III tho experienced III
lake matters It scumetl ltko hoping AGAINST
llupo to build theories Of tho cscano OF tho