, 1880-10-24
!. Arrival Of a Number Of Vessels That
4 Were Crippled in the Late
I ~ Gale.
4 Late and Interesting Intelligence from
+, Vessels Stranded on the West
Shore.
Three Vessels Beached at Port Dalhousie in
"a Gale Friday Night.
Narrow Escape Of The Silver ls}et Mine in the
y Great Storm on Lake Superior.
THE DISASTER RECORD.

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| naen, Is sunk in tweva feet water at the ar
cEorage behind Plum Island. She came to th
anchorage during the grcnt gnle, and RENAME
there Monday, Tuesday, ant Wednesday tishin
broken foremast head and bowsprlt- At
IN. Wednesday she got away, when tho Cnptai
found that she would not stir. by tho time tha
the vessel cleared Plum Island she was found
! have three feet Of wnter In her hold, and wa
filling rupidly. Consequently she was run int
sheal water and allowed to sink. The Capital
of tho vessel thinks she ran upon her nncho
while breaking away from the holding ground
| No difficulty will be experienced in raising be,
The COL Cook formerly bore the name Augusta
and is tho vessel that run down the stcumc
Lady Elgin.
! THOSE suNKEN VESSELS
Several days ago THE TRIBUNE printed dis
patch from Sturgeon Bay which gave currenc.
to report that the masts Of two sunkcl
vessels are projecting above the waite
or North Bay. Yesterday the reporte
Of Tile TRIBUNE succeeded in tracing
the origin OF the REPORT to statc
ment made after the storm by the keeper of the
Cana Island lighthouse. This lightkceper, 1t Il
avcrred, reports that during the hight Of the
great storm he saw TWO vessels, npparentl,
loaded witt grnin, IRON ore, coal, pass outside
or Cana Island within twenty minutes Of each
other: aud b0th 80 down with I'LL on board. The
laundering ls SAID to have occurred within eusy
| range OF VISION. The story may be true, yet il
| Will adnlit OF Il hbernl grain Of allowance.
| OTHER M1s1lArs OUTSIDE.
The schooner Ell Tempo ana not the COM
| mercc WAS ut last accounts ], ing Under Pilot
| Island at anchor with her foremasr gone close to
| the deck.
The schooner II oonlIght shipped heavy seas
| on this lake nnd damaged her cargo Of corn
| somewhat She made the run to Buffalo in four
| days
At Cana Island, during the great storm, the
water dashed way futu the lower part Of the
| lighthouse, ten feet above its level and htty
! feet buck on the shore Tho keeper had to lice
| win his family into the boat-house further
| house, drowned his Chickens and cieuted mis-
| chief generally.
III Little Traverse Bay. after having lost both
anchors and neurly ali Of her canvus
4 lumber-ladcn vessel reached Traverse Bay
also. minus her c:&us'as, deck-lotd, ana ynwi.
John r. Brundage, OF Oswcgo County, was
washed overheard from the ste.tincr Dix. Of the
! Detroit s. Grand Haven Line, during the gale
The scow 1asco, In attempting to enter Ashta-
bula harbor Wednesday, during the storm, stove
in her bow on the west pier and sunk IN the river
oppostt Humphreys lime dock. She hes nearly
across the river, her rail under the water. She
wsls bound from Buffalo to East Saginaw with
The schooner 4. Y. Lucky lost her rudder
She willrecciye n new one ut Mnnstee.
CRIrELEs In PORT.
During Friday night and yesterday a large
number '. OF crippled vessels arrived in port.
saakcc, which is lcaking having lost her rl,d-
der, broken her steGrfng apparatus, damaged
her ruader, backing a1ld Sprung Il Leak besldes
breaking Of IT,. ruddtr and steering gear daul-
! aee was done TT the Quarterback also.
Next in order m9y bo mentioned the schooner
appearance i.ttlced. Her foremost is gone
ftose ;i ,,oo t. the mn deck: mannast above
feet above tho cabin The van Vaikenburs
twelve miles oil aianItowoc. Tie pun carried
away her fore nnd main top-masts. She was
put about and run before 1he wind until
her steering gear became unshipned, when she
bruached to and hnd her fore and main nlasts
swept over the side. Just IT'S tho anchorage ut
Nhsteitsh Buy was reuched, later In tho day, n
huge breaker struck til. vessel, cnrry!ng away
lug the forcastIe on deck, and bursting in the
cubin doors aud windows. All Of the
standing rigging and cunningham WAS lost,
and mzzcn saved. The wreck cu.,scd by tho
elements is OF the most complete description
The Vun valkenhurg does not Icak. Shit has
Another sorry looking craft is the schooner
Henry G. Richards. Her fore and tnizzeu top
M mat sre gone the mainln9st broken otf below
ribbons. She has cargo OF coal.
The schooner Resumption arrived minus her
The scow White Oak landed at the lumber
market with her forcmast head broken. part Of
her deck load Of lumhcr gone, the forcsai and
lHnuSull AhkuAECAs l1ilu LII uHlI 1EtttluB OiGl3.
Shortly utter reschinx the market tho schooner
J.V. Jones saggcd ngninst her starboard quarter,
crushing it badly. Tho White Oak carried d
stick on deck Tor 4 new forelnnst.
:. The schooncr Alvin Bronson landed at the
lumber market with her furetopulast carried
AWAY and her forestaysail and foresail badly
torn.
Tho schooner 4. 3. Hayes arrived with a
broken foregaH md badly uscd.up mainsail.
II The schooner 9. n; Bond d. Is minus Iib
lend OF lumber above the rail, and needs new
jibtopsnil.
The Schooner Orphan BOY has broken wind
lass. Tbs slnnsh-up occurred In South Mnnitou
HArbor while trying to raise the small anuhnr-
. The schooner Amoskcag has a broken main
boom.
The schooner T. T. Avery is minus her main
sniI.
The schooner Persta lost her forcsail, main
gatttops'ul' and her deck-loAd Of lumber above
The schooner Reindeer broke her centreboard
ana lost part Of her deck-load.
also.
The schooner Theodore voges lost some of her
canvas.
NEWS FROM THE WRECKED VESSELS |
John Long returned yesterday from n trip
along the west shore of Lake Michigan as far |
north It's Mud Bay. He reports the abandonment |
ut Jacksonport- Tho vessel lies i'll II brcuk in |
the pier settled to the depth OF tnelvn feet |
where only eight feet Of wAter exists She is
secured. The crew al inc Perry Hnnnuh lost
ali Of t.-eir clothes. They were placed on tho !
away the pier.
Mr. Long snys the schooner Peoria lies on the |
south reef Mt J}ailey's Hhrhor, in five feet Of !
water. She looks fair enough, but nevertheless
Is totnl loss Her outtt can be saved ia good
The schooner Pauline lies III J}ailey's Harbor,
Sith one stll submerged from this mainInust aft
lter deck-I0nd of shingles is strcwn along the
3horc' IN g1rnt confusion. The vessel was bound
rom Maf1istoe to Michigan City. She mas be
The schooner Josephine Lawrence, nlso nshore
n l50ilcy's Hnrbor, hus been abandoned lis Il to-
,ti loss, anu is being stripped Of her outfit by
ne t;ptain and his wife. The woman is brave
ndcc1 When tho vessel stranded she .rss |
lslstlea ashore through the surf with rope. And
FeL tug winter does not seem to tcrrprizc her.
Ihe barge Contest lies gruyclly shore In
lud lay. inside Of reef, with four feet OF
Safcr nf the stern and three feet at the bow.
leck-loAa Ut lumber. sir Long says the vessel
y S!ii not pe got otr. Her quarters are badly
The schooner City OF woodstock lies in three
cet OF water, inside OF u bar, in Nhitei7sh Bag.
tug With lighters Is assisting her or.
The, sch1oner Ebcnezer is lying bruadsfde on I
ne peach III aiu0 Bay. She is badly broken W.
lid vail prove Il total loss.
4 small trading schooner near the Ebeaezer |
ct on easily.
Tie scow Dunhnln, ashore in WhiteFsh Bay, Is
'e1ng lifted with screws and piaccd On launch~
ng.ways.
Tie nuttft of the schooner Hungarian has been