Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-12-03
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
ntered ut the PostOfiice at Cheboygan
Mich. as Second Class Matter.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1881.
MARINE DISASTERS.

The Propeller Lake Erie Run into by
the Northern Queen and sunk-The
Queen I'm Attempting to make Man.
isIiqe strikes the I8ar az the Mouth
of the river and IN Total Loss.
The first of the week Macarthur, Smith
& Co., agents for the New England
Transportation Co., the CollingwOOd line,
received a telegram asking for particu-
lars of the loss of the propeller Lake
Erie. of that line. This was the first in
timatiOn Of any disaster to the boats. A
captain of a steambarge, passing down,
was in port Tuesday, and reported that
wreckage of the Erie had washed ashore
at the Beavers. The Chicago Tribune
published the first reliable information
of the disaster and from its account we
learn that the accident happened about
6 a. m. Thursday, during severe and
binding snow storm, the propeller
Northern Queen collided with the pro-
peller Lake Erie off Charity islands.
Lake Michigan. The Lake Erie was
struck about the after gangway, and
sunk in an hour and 40 minutes afte col
lision. The crew of the Lake Erie was
taken on board the Northern Queen,
when it was found that one of the deck
hands was badly scalded from escaping
steam. Capt. Cameron Immediately
headed the Northern Queen for Manis-
tique, Michigan, for the purpose of OBJ
tanning assistance for the unfortunate
man, but he died before medical aid
could reach him. Both the Northern
Queen and Lake Erie were bound to Col
ingwood from Chicago, not up as stated
~ our cotemporary,with' 'cargoes Of corn
nd sundriss. The Lake Erie was COM
handed by Capt. j. M. Johnston, and was
800 tons burden, was built in the We'll
I'd canal i'm May, 1878. rated Al1a, was
rlued by the Lloyds at $23,40O, hailed
ON Hamilton, Ont, and was owned by
,Ie Lake and River Steamship company
Of Canada. The Northern Queen suffer-
ed slight damage comparatively.
The Queen was lost OH Friday evening
in the attempt to get into the mouth of
the Manistique river. She struck on the
bar and broached to, closing the chan
mel and was so broken up that the schoon-
er Starke ran through or over her amid
ships into the rive. The crews of the
Queen and Erie went south by rail from
Escanaba last Tuesday.
The Northern Queen was owned in
CollingwoOd, worth $4,000. Insurance
81, 400 each in the Traders and British
associations. The cargo of the Lake
Erie was insured in the Chicago pool for
$10,7OO The hull was insured in the
Canadian pool. the limit of the insurance
being $1S,720. OF this amount the
Phoenix insurance company, is interest
ed, through Canadian agency, to the ex-
tent ofi$5.OOO.
This company have been particularly
unfortunate losing four out of their FIVE
steamers in twelve months. The Simcoe
having foundered on the Gath of NOvem-
ber, last year, exactly year to day of
the loss of the Lake Erie, both going
down on the oath and the Queen was lost
on the 25th making a year and day
from the time of the loss of the SimcOe.
The Columbia of the same line was lost
off of Frankfort, Lake Michigan
about two months ago. The
loss of these four steamers leaves the
propeller Canada, the only boat surviv-
ing of this well-known line. Since the
line was established the boats have
landed large number of immigrants in
this part of the state. many of whom
will be sorry to learn of the misfortune
that has befallen the line.
The agents in Chicago believe that the
deficiencies i'm boats will be made up by
new prOpellers. The owners have plen-
ty of money, there is demand for such
line. and it is proposed to keep it up.
The Northern Queen belonged to Charles
Cameron and Thomas Long. These gen.
tlemen have been very unfortunate,
losing three steamers, one each fall, for
three successive seasons. The Waubun0
in the fall of 1879, the Simcoe last fall
and now the Queen. In addition tC
this Mr.. Long suffered from a disastrous
fire i'm C0llingwoOd a few months since
losing a large amount of property.
A fine line of Majolica, Decorated and
Gold Band Cuspadores at Beckers.