Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-26
VARIOUS MISHAPS.
TERRIFIC FIND STORM IN THE
LOWEIs LAKE REGION.
Numerous Vessels Damaged or Wrecked
A Tidal Wave at Buhalo-TwO Men and
Boy Killed at Detroit Railway Cross
ing.
TERRIFYING WIND STORM.


house of the Rochester & Pittsburg rail-
road on the lake shore at South Buffalo
was leveled to the ground, while a fine
house on Ferry street was entirely demo!-
ished. Large pains OF glass in several
Main street stores were also demolished.
The windows of several churches were
also wrecked. The public bathing houses
at York street and several buildings were
swept away. A hi ghtide in the First ward
did large amount of damage. Lumber
piles were blown across the street, damag
ing houses aud fences. About one hundred
feet of side track Of the Niagara Falls
branch of the Central road, at the foot of
Georgia street, washed away, and four
Blue Line cars tumbled into the LAKE. and
their contents were carried away by the
waves. Four of the six telegraph wires on
the Central road were disabled, and three
of the Lake Shore and all OF the Grand
Trunks were rendered useless. The water
in the canal slips and harbor rose to
level With the banks. There was tre-
mendous current in Buffalo river, and it
took several tugs to tow one vessel to
place of safety. Vessels coming in did
not try to make the inner harbor, and were
lucky to find shelter under the new break
water, over which the waves dashed
to terrific height. The propellers
Chicago and Iron Chief, and schooners
David BOWS and James Genet were torn
from their fastenings at Niagara and tugs
went to their rescue. The high water SUBJ
sided as quickly as it rose, falling two
feet il less than half an hour. Masters of
vessels coming in this morning report the
wind terrific ON the lake. The barge York
State in tow of the steamer Vaige Buck
eye, with wheat from Toledo, broke the
tow line nearing Buffalo before daylight
this morning. The Buckeye was unable
to do anything for the barge and came in
port alone. At daylight it was reported
white vessel was ashore near Bay View
with her crew in the rigging. From the
description furnished it was ascerteined
the vessel was the York State. No relief
was sent her up to noon to-day. A tug
will be dispatched this after
noon. Another vessel is ashore
at Windmill point and the
life saving crew have gone to Ter assistance
She is black, three maated, and supposed
to be the CoIumbia, but nothing definite can
be learned. This morning the floating ele-
vator Marquette broke loose from her moor
| ings in Erie basin. The damage will
amount to several hundred dollars to her.
| 1t is also reported that she broke the stem
of the anchor N. G. Cleveland. The E.
Fitz Gerald, bound down from Toledo,
| lost her canvass and had some of her bull
works carried away. She arrived here
! leaking and her cargo of wheat is thought
to be damaged. The schooner Nellie
Gardeners stay sail and foresail split. The
little schooner Twilight came in with her
main sail gone. Captain John Perea of
the propeller John B. Lyon reports that he
saw an unknown schooner dismasted on
the lake yesterday
| BIG BLOW ON THE LAKES.
J MILWAUKEE, Sept. 25.-A telegram from
Capt. Bruce of the schooner Typo, owned
| here, says the vessel is lost on Amherst Is
land, Lake Ontario, with $500 bushels OF
wheat shipped by Kershaw & Co. of Mil
waukee.
DETROIT, Mich, Sept. pa heavy gale
occurred on lakes Erie andss Huron last
night. No sdisasters reported from the
former; on Huron the steam barge East
Saginaw, going up light, struck on a reef
off Sand beach last night and sunk between
two rock falls. The crew was rescued
The barge Conemaugh, tow, and the
barge Arizona are ashore at Grindstone
City. The Tonent and Manistique lost
large raft of timber off Sand beach dur
ing the night. The schooner Lucy and
Clark, up bound, went ashore at Cheboy-
gan. A large feet of vessels is at tina!
point, also at said beach.
| DRIVEN ASHORE.
OswEGo. Sept. 25.-The schooner Sa-
repta, loaded with coal and merchandise,
was driven ashore this morning at East
Fairhaven while trying to make that port.
| The crew is safe. The sloop Tourist was
| driven ashore here at 2 o'clock last night
The crew was saved. It was the heaviest
| gale in years. No further reports of
damage or loss of life.
| RAIL CROSSING ACCIDENT.
| DETROIT. Mich, Sept. 25.-Two Holland
farmers, John and Nicholas Stool, and a
| fourteen-year old boy came to town in a
horse and wagon and were run into by a
Michigan Central engine at street cross
| ing. Both men were instantly killed and
the boy fatally injured. The wagon was
| thrown thirty feet, but the horse escaped
injury.
BUFFALO, Sept. 25.-During terrible
storm on Lake Erie last night, the schoon-
er York State went down with all hands.
The crew consisted of Capt. Hayes and six
men. The schooner was loeoed with 16O,-
600 bushels Of wheat.
FIRES.
AsHv1LLE. O., Sept. 25.-The small Jail
was burned yesterday, and one prisoner,
name unknown, was burned to death. He
was an umbrella member, claimed to come
from the Dayton Soldiers home, had
considerable money, and it is thought he
was murdered and the building burned to
conceal the murder.
BRAZIL, md, Sept.-Slough's carriage
shop, Hendricks tenement house, and
Weaver's livery stable burned last night.
Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 25.-Early
this morning fire, originating from a
defective fue, burned the New Haven roll
ing mill at Fairhaven, causing a loss of
about $4,000; $4,000 insurance. About
125 persons are thrown out. The night
gang lost much property.
FOREIGN NOTES.