Morris tribune., 1880-10-28
Lost intake Michigan.

IelegramS OF MONDAY ana 1ueSOay
confirm the fears expressed in the Sunday re-
ports that the Lake Michigan steamer Alpena
of the Goodrich line, Chicago. had been
wrecked during the terrible storm OF Satur-
lay, and all on board lost. The Alpena LETT
Grand Haven Friday night, and was last
spoken about ten miles off Kenosha Saturday.
During monday portions of wreck
1rifted ashore at Stoney Creek, which
was pronounced a part of the deck OF
the Alpena. The Apena measured 664 tons
and rated 2. She was commanded by Capt.
Nelson W. Napier, first officer j. II. Kelly, first
engineer, Robert Patton, clerk, Arthur E
Haynes, steward, William Shepherd. She
carried crew of about thirty all told, and had
on the trip from thirty to forty passengers,
among whom, so far as known, were W. 8.
Benham, Ed. Herald and wife, NJ. Crossman,
Mrs. B. F. Curtis and Capt. II. V. Squire, of
Grand Haven; Mrs. Bradley and two daugh-
ters, Santa Fe, N. NJ; ), Mrs. 8. B. Cole, of Hi.
nois, sister Of F. H. Holbrook, Muskegon
agent of the Goodrich line; H. T. Locker,
agent of Hill Bros, New York; Rev. Farrell
Hart and wife, White Pigeon, Mich; Mr.. Ri
AOA1 OA HinoS WOthc1 SfIdCuSO L.
John ]. Bowen, ex-steward of the Alpena; Jno
Overson, wife and three children, Chicago;
Maggie Mack, ex.stewardess of the Alpena;
N. A. McGiloroy, st. Joseph, Mich; man
with three children, name no! known: E. G.
Kusterer. Fred Spareth and G. Hotlinger, o
Grand Rapids, and L. Landrith of Muskegon;
L. D. Peyton, New York, L. st. Clair, Chicago;
w. Pettibone, Chicago; and a Jew by the
name of Boblinsky, scrap iron buyer, of Chi
cago. The Mrs. Bradle y and two daughters
mentioned above were the wife and daughters
of Newton Bradley, an old and well-known
and highly respected citizen of st. Paul, who
removed to New Mexico some three
years ago. A Chicago telegram of Tues
day, the 10, says of the wreck: The excite
ment and suspense which has been hourly
increasing for three days, respecting the fate
of the Alpena, changed to profound sorrow
and anguish on the part of those whose
friends were known or believed to be on
board, when the news of to-day not only
failed to bring word of her safety but an
nounced the certainty of her destruction.
The officers Of the Goodrich com pany
have been filed with mournful and
inquiring faces, but no cheering word could
be given out, and as the last hope faded there
was look of despair and dependency depic.
ted upon each countenance. 1t is not deemed
possible that any person could have been
saved from the wreck. If q raft had been
built it could hardly have held together five
minutes amid the fierce beating of the waves,
and it is probable nobody will ever tell the
story of the wreck of the Alpena.
Loss Of the AlpiRa.
kilograms of the goth from Lake Mich
igan ports brought further confirmation of the
loss Of the steamer Alpena. A report of that
date from Holland, Michigan, says a messen.
ger just returned from the harbor, having left
the scene at II o'clock, reports that small
portions of the wreck keep coming in, but as
yet no more bodies have come ashore. The
sea is running heavy and the wind south
which would drive the bodies further ncrth, il
the wreck occurred near here, as supposed. A
boat OF the Alpena has been found near Sau
gatuck. Portions of the wreck are coming
south and north of the harbor. The body o
a boy has been washed on shore but not iden
titled. The body of woman thought to be
that of Mrs. Bradley, has been identified al
now claimed to be that of Mrs. Mcconnell, o.
Oconto, Wis. A trunk belonging to Mrs
Mcconnell has came ashore. A large number
of persons for miles line the shore searching
for parts of the wreck, and bodies that may
be washed ashore, among them many friends
of the lost.
A telegram from Holland, M1eh., o.
Oct. 81, states that late on the previous night
a trunk came ashore near Grand Haven, con
tanning papers, jewelry, clothing and an insur
ance policy in the name of B. +. Sweet, O
Braidwood, Ill. A large number of persons
are searching the shore between Saugatucl
and Grand Haven. The body Of a boy fount
near Port Sheldon yesterday, was identified a
the Oldest boy Of John Osborne. Prof. Scott
of Hope college, has just shown an Associates
Press correspondent leaf from a diary O
pass book found attached to the moulding O
the cabin by small nail It is badly charret
and water-soaked, but by the aid of glass i
can be made out as follows: ooh! this is ter
rible. The steamer is breaking up fast: an
aboard from Grand Haven to Chicago. Georg
Connor." The last two letters of the nam
are very faint, and may be Connell. Manage
Hall, Of Grand Haven, has advices that tut
has arrived with three bodies, one Fred Spaitl
of Grand Rapids, one Montgomery Crossman
of Grand Haven, and a lady supposed to b
Mrs. Rev. Farrell Hart, OF White Pigeon
Special dispatches from Holland, comment OF
the character of the wreckage of the Alpen
which came ashore there. 1t is stated ther
are in some cases absolutely rotten timberl
SO that 1t is considered remarkable that sh
did not go to pieces sooner. People who ga,
the condition of the timber that fioated wer
highly indignant. It is fair to say that 1t i
claimed in behalf Of the Goodrich compan,
many of the pieces of wood came ashore wer
not parts of the Alpena wreck. Mr.. Squire
whose son was lost on the vessel, has been o
shore ever since the news arrived of her losI
and expresses the belief that the Alpena an
the David Wells may have collided, sinkin
the Wells and disabling the Alpena, so tina
she was unable to cope with the waves. Th
Wells was sunk off the port of Chicago.