Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-10-20
yet. The telegraph wires are still down
in avery direction

in every direction.
The Captain of the barge s. A. Irish
reports he parted company with tho
missing steamer Alpena, after sailing
with her three hours, ten miles off Ken
0sha. She was then heading slloreward.
Nothing has been heard of her SINCE
The crew and passengers OF the wreck
Cd steamer Alpena are variously stated
at from forty to seventy. The captain,
Napier was trusty and sklllful officer.
The officials of the Goodrich line, to
which she belonged, refuse to give any
particulars about her or her passenger
list. She was not the staunchest vessel
in the line.
The lnter-Ocean's Muskegon special
says: Not a vestigc is left of the schoon-
er Grenada, which went to pieces off the
shore here. Only two survivors, VIM.
Blssell, the mate, and Angus Tinkloter,
the captains brother. The latter reports
the vessel left Chicago with smart
breeze on Friday evening, but the steer
ing apparatus soon became worthless,
and the schooner was at the mercy of the
waves, and the storm hourly increasing
in violence. On Saturday noon the stew
ard and n sailor died of exposure, and he
himself prayed for death. Sunday noon
land was sighted, and they began to
make raft. One sailor was caught be-
tween parts of the rocking vessel and
nearly crushed, but was wrapped in a
canvass and put on the raft. The cap
tain lost his hold by the breaking of the
raft and was drowned when near the
shore. Tinkloter held on for while and
then swan ashore. All Of the rest of the
crew, number not stated, were drowned
before their eyes.
IN AND NEAR CHICAGO.
Chicago, Oct. 1s, !. a. m.-The great
wind storm, which began at midnight
Friday, is still blowing, although some
what abated. It's velocity for the period
of forty-cight hours has been Is to 35
miles per hour, There was slight fall
of snow yesterday, but the wind blew it
all away. The brick casing on one side
of the Illinois Central elevator "a" was
blown out. Two freight cars of the ILL.,
nols railroad were blown from the pier
into the lake. One side of Munger,
Wheeler & Co.'S elevator at the foot OF
Fourteenth street, was blown out and the
wind tore off the iron roof of an elevator
the same firm is building at the junction
of the north and south branches of the
river. A large quantity of lumber was
blown out of the yards, and in the coal
yards men found it impossible to work
The wind blew the water out OF the river,
lowering the level three feet, one result
of which was the grounding of q propel-
Ter and barge in the Madison street
draw. The north and south ends of the
unfinished stock house of the steel works
in south Chicago, were blown down, in
jurlng several men, two of whom
will die. One sailing vessel, the
schooner Golden Fleece entered
this port Saturday. Her captain re-
ported seeing the spars OF sunken
schooner. Off the marine hospital at
Milwaukee, where the wind appeared to
blow hardest, several vessels dragged
their anchors badly and We're in much
danger. Many were partially disabled
Off Two Rivers point a fish boat cap.
sized and two men were drowned The
schooner "Dauntless" water-logged of
the same point but the crew gained
shore safely. West of Charles City
Iowa, two feet of snow fell, and the rail.
roads are blocked. The storm has been
very general in the west. Returns come
in slowly, owing to the demoralized con
dition of the wires. Doubtless the
aggregate damage will be very great
The schooner david A. Wells" wen
to the bottom some time yesterday
about five miles off Lake View, JUS
northeast of Chicago, and it is supposed
that her captain and crew Of eight mel
were drowned. No trace of them coult
be discovered. The schooner had 600
tons of iron ore. from Escanaba, for tn
Chicago rolling mills. It was valued a
schooner is supposed to have swampec
different points along the lake in thi
vicinity, and will be more or less dam
aged. The wind at midnight had almos
subsidized.