, 1881-11-13
Disastrous Collision on Lake
Erie Between Propeller
and Schooner.
The Steam-Ba:ge Brunswick
Runs Down the Schooner
Carlingford.
Both Vessels Go to the Bottom
Two Men and Two Women
Drowned. .. !.
But Single Charter Made Yes
terday to Garry Grain
to Buffalo.
An Organized Movement Among VESSEL
Owners to Test the Bridge
Ordinance.


THE SCHOONER f.t!s.ISGTOiip.
Special Disp1tea to Tic Catcnoo 7fsouak-
BUFFALO, " y. Nov. "a fataI collision oc-
CURED on Lake Erie this morning between ana
: O'Clock, about twelve miles OF Du.Airk Tic
weather was drizziy. ct tho time. with 4 light
wind from tho southeast Tie !ew iron s1ca1n-
barge Brunswick, Iondel with I.JM tons Of coal
from Buffalo to Duluth, ran into the schooner
Cariturlord, with unout 40 u bushels al "Eeat
from Duluth fur this port. The vessels saw each
other some time before coiiidtn=, cEd tho Bruns-
wick intended going under the CnrifnEto7ds S
stern. The officers Of tire Steam
larre 6ay that the vessel unexpectedly
took 4 turn towards tho south shore, ana
it was then too late to prevent collision The
Cazltncford was struck on the port side Just OPP
1,ostt tie foremost, by tho stern cf tho Nru:s-
wick, and sunk head foremost in about twenty
minutes in eighty feet Of water At.er strih'nS'
the Captain Of the steamer went to tho vessel 10
render assistance to her crew, bl1t. seeing thaI
his own vessel was going down also. he turned
for the shore. The brunswick burst In her bows.
and begun to sinx by the head. When her
pilot-houso was under water anu her
stern high up above water. she
broke in two and went down about eight miles
on Duukirl. The crew Of the steamer, fifteen
all told, toog to the small eoats-c:-tt in the
starboard boat and seven i'll the port buat. TIE
first engineer, John Fraucomb OF Detroit tho
stewardess; Mrs. a. G. Fletcher, and her tfo'gh-
ter Millie both OF Detroit, were i'll 1ae stas.oard
boat with Capt Chamberlain. also CT Detroit
When tho brunswick wc,x down tha suction
caused this boat to caI'size, and Fran=ouab
and Mrs. and Mis-: Fletcher wcro drowned
The rest struggled in the water
for about half an hour. when they
were picked up By the other boat and all landed
safely at Dunkiri- AL their personel cufSts
were lost With the stea,ncs. Capt Homer. l,Ii-
rand, OF the Carinrford. gut his crew e1:cpling
ono iuto 1hoir email bout. aud they sr:de tEer
way to Dunnsslle on the Canauian snote. op-
land. lis tho ycss.l wus sink ing r.1u hack 10 save
something and lusr h1s life in consequences.
the Brunswick reached this city II o'c'ock
this afternoon. The Brunswick was oniy 4
few months old. having teen Guilt a. the
Wyaudottc yard nr the Detroit Dry Dock TOM
pany. She was owned By Charles berwick IEd
Others. Of Detroit, valued 1t *!'t':sfn. and meas
urcd about l.l03 to;: sGc ~ M4s insured n a'r
IS il, the pool OF Smith 4 l'av:s. of this city.
comprising the Buffalo. Toltdo Fire i Marine,
Morchant~' OF Clc:s'snt1, Western OF IoFeaIn,
S:;n;9 ,ad tho s. Paul :3Fsl The cargo Ut
coal. co.,sk:,,e. to the Northwestern, i;uel ton-
rnny. wis covered by tho aoov*; The CarIns-
Sue was Owned by wickha", s O.. Of Huron, O,
elrancc ticr tiufi to the amount of ei' Hp' m
the Ozcu: and other companies: Her carso Of
Ehf21 f:a ;sos' hus: wf ssFSa *2 rs
iand Underwriters. $3.50: Orient, S3.No: Pl'la-
dciphia undcrwritcrs: s5.a!; 5techancs T.
Traders OF New York. S:,ep; Boston Marine,
$3a0o: shoe IL Lca,her *:..,5J)-a total ef SAL
80. both vessels Ai!d carSoes are toIa! LOSES,
and the amount lost by The collision is S:23s5 0o0,
to say nothing Of the four lives.
Spectut D:stoatcn 10 Tho Chicago Tribunt
DESNv1Il.I, Out, Nov E.-About ) this
morn,nx the SCHOONER Carlinrftrd, loaded with
wheat from Duluth TO Buffalo, when Oft Port
CQfpprt3c and about twenty miles from land WIS
run i'ato by steam barge and sunk nt once
The crew. Capt. Holmes and six men, cscapcu ia
the boat and landed safely after twenty miles
l,ull in Il rough sea: One 1n:to, Edward Conway.
Of st. Johns. n. T., was lost. having run back
for something us tho schooner sank. The steatn-
barge WIS bound up. Although secn by. tho
crew Of the Curlincf0rd 70. over tive mics end 4
torchl.ht and red and green sie1lals we're shown
TO her. sho paid no attention to teen, but struck
the schooner ut full speed and the lnhuuan
wre1ches on the barge turned away aad left tho
poor fellows to pick themselves mp as best they
could although Capt. HuiEacs ur.st."tly requcsl-5
cd Them to wait and see it be could save his men.
Cold -bloodel murder Is the word applicable. 10
such action. The vessel was OWNED in Huron,
O., and Ea5 Insured. but tie amount Is not
known Tho value Of the vessels cargo WAS
G5,00u-
Special Dispatch to Tx Chicago Tribune-
PORT CoLuoRSE, Ont. NOV IA report from
Dunuyille, abult twenty miles from here. says
Capt Durand and six men OF tie schooner Car
jiuxford game ashore today III Il small boat
The Captain says the Carllngford WIS run into
about hnif-past l this morning t,y su1ne
known s1csn,-ha1gc %hen OF lHra M Go'rne nnd
for help TO the steA barge they paid no atte!l-
1ion, ana went On und left them. The ercw,
with thc exception Of one man named Edward
Conway. from ST. Johns, y. f. took to ;te sr1ll!
boat and reached land iu safety ifler ElerilCus
voyage OF twenty miles and ro;sn sca- Con-
way returned for something ai1d went down
Buffalo with wheat from Duluth: She Is owned
in Huron, O.