Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-11-17
M ARINE.


weatherOd the storm finely.
The City Of Mackinac, due Mon day.
dld not arrive up until Tuesday evening.
The steambarge Oregon spent Tues
day night in this port. She took on coal
at McArthur's.
The Messenger arrived from Manis-
tique yesterday forenoon, having had a
stormy time during her entire trip.
The schooner City of Chicago ar
rived Saturday, loaded lumber from W.
& A. Macarthur and sailed Wednesday
night for Chicago.
The schooner WatertOwn reported
ashore at Elk Rapids and sends for the
Leyiathan, bat the latter had gone to
the relief of the j. l. Case.
The propeller Saginaw Valley spent
Tuesday night in port. Wednesday
morning she took on coal at Bakers
dock, and left for Ogdensburg.
The propeller Atlantic passed up
Thursday, and called in bound down
Thursday night. She took two tighter
loads of lath, and left yesterday after
noon.
Wednesday afternoon McArthurs
sent out lighter with coal to the steam
barge Anna Smith. She was loaded
down, drawing 16 feet of water, and was
afraid to attempt to enter the harbOr.
The schOOners ID. p. DObbins and
Fannie Neal arrived last Saturday, load
ed lumber from the Cheb0ygan Lumber
Co 4, and are waiting the return of the
steambarge from CharlevOix to leave for
Buffalo.
The propeller A. &. Van Raalte ar
rived down from the Sault Wednesday
afternoon. There was rumor that she
had been lost, but Capt. Brown is too
experienced navigator to take any
chances.
The propeller Champlain arrived
Saturday afternoon. She continued her
trip to Alpena with several hundred bar
rels of pork for that port. She returned
Tuesday forenoon and left Wednesday
afternoon for Chicago. Capt. Casey says
he expects to make one more trip.
The steambarge Weston and two
barges from Manistique with lumber,
called in yesterday noon, and remained
in port until this forenoon. The Weston
had nine or ten passengers who had all
the steamboat riding they wanted dur
ing stormy weather, and they left her
mere ana COOK Tie cars.
The fishing tug Mary A. Day, Capt.
r. H MOsier, got caught in Sundays
gale, 8 miles this side of Hammond
bay, where she had been after fish. She
arrived in port with about feet water
in her. Capt. Lovedale, of the schooner
+. j. McVea, says when she passed his
vessel he never thought she would be
able to reach ChebOygan.
The steambarge Progress, bound to
Escanaba, light, got caught in the terri
BILE blow of Sunday afternoon. and lost
her small anchor near Mackinaw City,
the cable parting. She run down off Of
this port, aud undertook to come anchor,
but the gale was too strong, the anchor
not holding. She buoyed the cable and
made this harbOr where she remained
until Wednesday.
The tug S. NJ. COe arrived in port
Monday, She succeeded in getting the
Lucy j. Clark off Sunday forenoon but
was obliged to let her 90 when the storm
of that day struck them, and the schOOn-
er capsiZed, and the engineer OF the
steam pump and two or the crew were
drowned while attempting to make shore
in the yawl boat, the latter upsetting In
the breakers. Capt. johnson and four
others barely escaped with their lives.
The schooner E. j. McVea had her
canvas badly torn and iced up during
the terrible storm of Sunday afternoon
and night. She anchored of Lighthouse
point and succeeded in weathering the
gale, and Monday evening was brought
into port by the tug Duncan City. Capt
LOvedale had her sails removed, thawed
and repaired, and expects to bend them
today unless he receives instructions to
Law her ND at this port. She is bound to
Midland with grain.
The tug Champion broke down Sun.
day morning, 20 or 20 miles below this
port. A passing craft brought up word
and the Leviathan fred up and started
TO her relief, but met her in tow OF the
steambarge Progress, near Lighthouse
point. The Leviathan brought her into
port. and Murray & Rich repaired her sc
she could leave for Detroit. She left
Wednesday. 1t was quite fortunate SHE
wa, rescued before the blow of Sun
day afternoon struck her, as in her dis
abled condition it might have been dis
astrOus.
The U. S. revenue cutter Andy John
son arrived Saturday, and remained IL
port during the blow. Tuesday SHIT
started out to assist any disabled Graf
she might find, and Wednesday returned
with the captain and:mate of the schooner
il. Case, which was found hard aground
on Hog Island reef. The Leviathan lief,
early Thursday morning to relieve her
The captain of the Case says the accl
dent was owing to the removal of the
large can lucy, early this month, and
also says that there was no spar buoy on
the reef. The Case is loaded wit $4,000
bushels of corn. This season of the year