, 1880-10-17
MARINE NEWS.
A Terrific Southwest Gale on
Lake Michigan.
A Vessel Lost OF Chicago with All
Hands Schooner Reci- ii.
procity Sunk.
The Propeller Canisteo and Schooner
Nellie Wilder Total
Wrecks.
Grain F1eights-1ron-0re shipmanta-Iooal
and General Notes,

Grain Freights-Iron-0re s&pmantrLocal
and General Notes.
HOME GATHERINGS.
4 WILD OCTOBER STORM.
Ono OF those wild southwest gaies 30 frequent
during the full and winter months in this Vest
ern region swept over Lake Michigan yesterday
with such terrific violence as to render serious
disasters to. shipping absolutely certain. The
full extent Of the mischief wrought may not be-
come known for several days. Within few
miles Of Chicago harbor fore-a aft schooner.
of medium size, has gone down With all hands.
Several propellers and steam barscs had mar
row escapes from founderiug while making
this port during the early morning hours.
And Of fleet Of upwards Of LEO sail
one, tho schooner Golden Fleece, has yet put in
an appearance. Tho remainder ure supposed
to be scattered along the west shore. Full de-
we'll as in tho harbor, as far az they have como
to hand up to the hour Of going to press, will be
found elsewhere IN the columns OF TIE TR1n-
SCHOONER RECIPROCITY surx
Announcement Of the sinking and probably
total loss Of the schooner Reciprocity OF Two
Rivers Point is made elsewhere In this issue.
THE CAN1sTEo TOTAL WRECK.
Undoubtedly the Union Steamboat Liuo
propeller Canisteo, which scollided with an un-
known schooner near .Wauyoshanco light
several mornings since, ind half an hour there
total wreck. Capt. Thomas Rowland. Of the Com,
mercfal Line propeller Scotia. Informed the re-
porter Of r1iE TR1puSE Yesterday that he
the passage to this port, Ae represents her as
lying three miles southeast Of Waugoshance
light, upon dangerously rocky bottom. and Ia
westerly gnIes and seas. Therefore it is alto~
Ecther probable that the Wild storm Of yester-
day has made q complete wreck Of her,-in
tie iafs '2aHsf ENDING wood :e>esta% from
Mackinao on Friday, conveyed the In
sgenqS that tho .tsr entire he,n thfo assn
overheard or washed away. Therefore her en-
tire cargo may be considered total loss. Is the
few ticrces Of lard that may be saved will not
fhe Canisteo is pretty we'll up in years, having
been built in 1852 by Mason s. bidwell, Of Buf-
falo. to run between Toledo and Buffalo IN the
afterwards purchased by THO Union Steamboat
Company, and for several years ran IN the
Green Bay trade She was oxtensivey repaired
and a thorough overhaultng, sho measured s58
tona. rated Az, and WIS worth probably $3S,oW'
She WAS under the command Of Capt Black
musrar, who hus been for several years in the
Company's employ. There Is no insurance on
the hull, ..s tho Company do not ms ure any OF
their vessels.
The wnter In che river yesterday WIS fulfy
two feet below the ordinary stage. During tho
afternoon and evening the steam barge Wo~co-
ken and propeller Commodore grounded IiaL ~ tne
vhero they remnined last nignt, interTuptang
travel, The propeller Porta2eran hard aground
on the stres1 '%pae % ne ano
barge Minnesota found bottom below the life-
saving station in the lower hurhor. and remained
aisht The sahooner Golden Fleece required
united efforts Of six tugs to get to her dock IN q
slip JUST this side OF South Haisted street The
schouncr S. u. Pomeroy also grounded IN the
ANOTHER BRIDGE BLUHDER- .>.
.Tugtaptains report another case OF nlunder-
fpg On the part ut brldgetender 1aat ml9ns
Carpenter brought the schooner, Maria Martin
down the river with tho view of lnnding her at
the Air Line Elevator toload.. Upon arriving
opposit the the htFh ts S'nd sk
Impossible 70 stop the ,sssel, aud she forged
uhead in tho direction Of Wells street bridge.
checklnr line Of The tug Carpenter broke. When
the Captains Ut the tugs found that tne yesse!
could nut be stopped they warned the tender Of
to '12 open es,''t The bridge, and thus avert the
danger OF collision: But tho gontle-
% mat in charge took no notice whatever: OF
she blasts keeping The reg .S S @ a and th Msrt
was bearing down toward him, when ne should
have dropueL the rod ball and run0 the bell SO
Tor the emergency which presented itself. For
tunately the tugs we're able to check the GRAFT
before She reached tho bridge, but only re"
STRUCTURE ln order to get the Martin alongside
Of the elevator afterward the seFxtcss % OF a, tns
tug Rebel we're required. Had Wells street
the blame would have rested entirely upon
the bridgctendcr, and ret that gentleman
would have spared uo patns 70 eons'nco Ie n,s
casioued by the >stubbornuess OF the tug Cap
GOOD TINE AND GOOD WORK.
The Commercial Line propeller Scotia, com,
navigator, Capt Thomas Rowland, arrived here
from Buffalo night before last, and will leaye
ts essrps oa CASE has
cotnplshed with his line propeller sev-
cnteen and one-haf, -, round o,G trips ,,nse Dc.
tween Bn6ao r and IN esssare %
load % sals and watcr.lime. Capt. Rowland hopes
to be able to complete twenty-one ronnd trips
nef9re sGn q snaa int "taea b that on Sar
previous trip to this port the SCOTIA dlschaTgee 4
1.i00 barrels Of salt and took on board bly,
half past O'Clock D. N. Dcducttuz the dinner
hour knock-of Of the lnboregs' leaves tne line
| actually occupied nine and one-ha1t hours
days work of the present senson. It beats
previous record made by the Scotia OF etesst
/ and 0ne-hal hour3. -
Another remarkable performance that o.
serves to be recorded with this is that OF the
| large propeller New York, which on rocen1
occasion loaded u, 100 bushels OF corn at one ol
| the Illinois Central elevators tn one hour ane
! fifteen minutes, and allowed only two hours Il
| elupse between her arrival at and departure
from this port
GRAIN FEE1GHTs.
Yesterday grain freights we're active at w
| cents to Buffalo Charters: 10 Rufalo-Pro'
pellcrs Boston, Chicago, Commodore. Scotia
! Champlain, Bailantue, schoonefs 4; 3. Moore
| S. L. Watson, J. M. Hutchinson, Vanderbilt
and barge Church, corn at 6h cents; schooner
t Type, wheat at IN cents; propellers Portage
and Fountain City, wheat on through rate. Il
| Erie-Propcller Wissahlckon, corn on through
| rate. Capacity, $1,000 bushels wheat and 5A]'
J 600 bushels corn.
GLEANISGs.
| The wind averaged twenty eight miles Pei
| hour yesterday, although the puts at short In
! terya}s caule tearing along with the velocity O
| over forty miles per hour:
| .>The west shore OF Lake Michigan, between
/ Cb!caxo und Milwaukee, Was lined with ves5cl
! at anchor yesterday. ..--
{ Miller brothers are making new foremas
! for the steam barge S. c. Hall.
! The Captain Of the steam barge George Dun
| bur heard the repurt OF the dsttllery boiler ex
| p.ustpn in the lower harboc.
I River thieves boarded the schooner Clipper