, 1880-08-30
A CLOSE CALL.
The Steamer Marine City
Burned Yesterday on
Lake Huron.
All the Efforts to Save the
Vessel Prove Unavai1-
ing.
Over Ono Hundred and Fifty
Passengers on tho
Fated Craft.
Variable Reports as to the Num-
ber of Persons Lost.
Ono Statement Placing It as High
as Twenty-Five.
The Vessel and the Cargo Arc En-
. %fro1.. {tsnses,.,,nt1
Ono Statement Placing It as High
as Twenty-Five.
Tho Vessel and the Cargo Arc En-
tfrcly Consumed.
Five Boys Steal Railroad Ride and
Meet Their Death.
4 Railroad Smas1l-Up at Clerelnnil-
Other Iis1laps Of Tie uay.

SNef7t DHndfeh 10 7hs fhfed9a 71hnnf.
TE7Iu,1T Mic'1, Aug. @.-The side wheel
Steamer Mnrlny CEty. bo,,n'l down from Mnckl-
t,uv, with nvcr t0o passengers und full lond In
ltn!d of freight. tonk fire when ufE Sturgeon
rulnt at o'clock this Afternoon. and turI,c! to
tho waters cstuc. The tug FulcMn. which wns
tltnr hy. Immediately went tn her nsslstncc A!
with tho help Of thu Sturgeon Pnnt t!fc-snving
<:tn.ion crcw, und tho t,onsa of tho Marine City.
succeeded IN r.eculnE nil the passengers and
crew except fEve. rs follows:
lsclsnr ailultz,
.latncs Griffin.
Frnnk Emmett.
Guy Mcfiroy. ot Toledo.
Iir. rnmernv, nf Ohio.
Tho Marlno City wns trtllt Mt Marine City in
fHd. wns Gai tons burden, md At prcsent WIS
owned ty tho Peoples Line. nj which Uobcrt
iioltnn'l Of Marine City, navd Gallagher. md
". +. war1ser, of this city. arc the Etockhod-
eEs. i1rr route hns tccn from T1!edn to
aackinnw, In connection with the rrnrc-
lcr st. PAIL. making n round trip per
week. Her valuation IS s20.0OJ. and WIS
Insured for $I1ND- liur rate waA IT., md rho
Is n sister 1,ont ri tho steamer "Alpcnn, Of tho
Hooirich transportation Line. Ette wns COM
minded by Cnpt. ". Z. Conner. Of this city. of
winH, great praise Ia spoken for his c0u!rlcs3
anil br.lrery III commanding Is crew. by wt,icl,
means tho lives nj 80 'nnny were savcd. tircnt
tl,otns Vulcan. for his timely assistance. Tho
Vnlcnn Ia owned ly McsRrs. 1t. A. Alp,r & Co,
win kecr her towing rafts frnu1 Lake l1ur0n to
Tnlawnttla md is ono Of tho largest tugs on the
river,
Iater-Ilnvc lust rcccivott dspatct that n
number of persons have come ashore nj Stur-
gcon f'oE,t. Am not milo tn get tl.elr names.
Tho Marine City WIS heRvliy ladcn with
freight. md had nbout ljo passengers. Strange
rs It may sec.,,. only flye persons arc reported
missing, md hut twn nrn known 10
have hecn lost. These l,odcs were rn-
covered BY the Sturgeon Paint Idfc-saylny
crow. 0n ono WIS fund Il cult narked "WAt-
SON." Tho other Is not'yot identified. II ia
I'ro!nblc Tint several persons arc missing whose
names fnvo not yet tccn learned. Tho pnssc1l-
gers wcro nnlnly tourists wh0 l1nvo boon sum-
lncrInE ut Nackinnc nlltl vicinity.
Our clty hns been thrown Into great excite
lnent hy tho t1cws. but It Il HOW Incoming gen.
rFhl1y known TINT nh Dctrolt people nro saved.
The Murine City Ind lust rcpaintctl. and on her
Inst trip hast blown or her boilers, and WIS con-
sIdc.cd III tho hest at condition.
III The WfstfFra Astorfaffd I'rss.
nETnDIr. Mich, AHg. .n.-Tho steamer Mnrtuo
City. running between Mackinac nna this port
and Cleveland. took tlre nt /. o'cluck this after
mon two niles oil AIcona, thirty miles from
.slpenn, And burned to tho wnter'A cdge. She
hull inrRc load If passengers. Ono hundred
atrI thirty aro reported snvcd.
Tho T'Mt a'sd Tribune srcclal says: The MI
rine City, nn tcr wny dawn from Mncklnuc with
full toad of passengers, left AIconn nt 3:N this
nficrnoon. AI'nut o'clock, whc,. oN Sturgeon
Point, fire was discovered 1T thu hod,
gna bcfOre elective efforts cnul1 ho taken thu
iln1nos hecatno ,lf,manngeabo. Tic efforts Of
the CREW were nj ns,cD directed tn snvng tho
passengers. Tho tug Vulcan was fortunately
III sight, md lastcnrtt tn her relief. rs did ntso
the bouts Ut tho life. aayinK Rutio.l ut tho lnlnt
nnsI seycInl small bouts from thu shore These
picked up II l"rgc number Of persons III thr VII
ter chiefly from l'utroIt, Tort Huron, aud ,,p
shnru Iorts: n!so tho following:
Mrs. J..1. Mnnre md son. OTTAWA, @.
llcwltt CHyIIlc, Toronto Ont
Tho Misses Margurot md j. j. Mcconnell, To-
Ici1e,O,
Mrs. .lnhn stcEtroy. Charles Clements. I.nttnsor
Thnmpsnn, artl Frank Warner, MI Of Toledo.
1aaaD Tngner, Montreal.
Tho folInwing nro tho nNly missing yot known:
Nlchartl sh,,tx Iarurs Griffin. Frank E,nlnttt,
anu nuy Mel:rny. Tolet1o
lr. 10nlosa,y, Ohio.
u nun.t'cr hnvJ boon takcr to Sturgnon Point,
where tho nnnes hAvc not hcen ATTAINED.
Capt.. C0nrr and crew, Of tho slnrinc City,
nctcl with 9rpat cn1nesa, mn! Cnpt. lIuckc.t
and crnw, nj tho tlls fulcun, rninlcr:<i valuable
Assistanco, IN did nls.' tho lifn-s -savins crew.
Ihnsa rtsclstsl nEH alt ut AentIn.
Tho MArlno City wns Il tho passenger loat,
fourteen yrtrA Old. Mttl valued ut f;sl100. In.
snrctt fur $1a,tO shp was Owned by Gallagher
s. Warner, nj this city.
lolsT llrnGS. Mich, Aug, :0.-1'ho s.tlcwl,uel
sseatncr Murine City tnok tlru when alput two
tntlcs south nr Acona. nt,DAt noon to-day, nt,,l
was hur1lc.l tn tho waters cstHc. she was Io1Ip,,
up With Il general cargo, uil Of witch WIS d..
stslyct
Special Ia'natth to 9hs ChEeaea Tribune.
AlrESA, Mctl., Aug. II. Tho steAlnor Marlnr
City, III her wuy to lclr,lt frn,n llIs plaeu, was
lttrnetl to tho wators tsge near Sturgeon PUNT.
Ahlslt III pera,,ns wrre nn tHaTsl, md nb0ut u
nra said to hayo Goen drowned. Snmo tllptl
after they wcro rescued. Tho rp tnok nlncn In
thu stArhnAr,l esinl-hlnker In tho Gyelt!slg. nnl
shortly nftor bung discovered, tho bt}at sas
nlnss Ut tla1nes. =