Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-11-22
THE STORM KING.
Terrible Destruction to Shipping, Accom-
panied by Loss of Life as the Result of
Recent Gales the Great Lalzes-A Few
of the Casualties.

Terrible Destruction to Shipping, Accom-
panied by Loss of Life as the Result of
Recent Gales on the Great Lakes-A Few
of the Casualties.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Nov. ID.
A special just received from Petoskey
says: terrible gale has blown all day
out it is harder than ever tonight. The
losses by the storm in Petosky and vicinity
are estimated at 600. The men drowned
at Cross Village Sunday were Mike Rod
den, mate, and Eugene Ordway, cook on
the schooner Lucy j. Clark, which went to
pieces two miles northeast of that village.
Engineer Mpody of Milwaukee, who had
been pumping out the schooner; Captain
Louis 4. Johnson and four sailors reached
the shore safely. More of the seven bodies
of Chase and others have been found yet,
and nothing can be done till the gale
abates.
A Grand Haven special to the Democrat
at eleven p. M, says: The schooner ashore
nine miles south of Grand Haven is not the
ARAB but the three-master Clara Parker,
Captain A. Lewis, which left Chicago Sat-
urday night corn laden for Collingwood,
Ont. At Big Point Sable Sunday she was
struck by squall and materially disabled.
Much canvas was carried away. Since
then, she has fought the seas against
heaVy odds, and springing leak was
Deached at Pigeon River at 4:30 p. m. She
is owned at Evanstan, Ill, by johanna Lind
bren, and valued OF $4,000; no insurance.
She had on board $500 bushels corn,
which is insured for So, coo.
Captain Lewis, Mate VIM. Patterson and
Sailors John and William OlesOn, Henry
TunVille, Andrew Nelson, Robert Zindre
Henry Francis and Charles Stewart were
rescued by line by the Grand Haven
L1fe-saving crew, Captain Young, amid
great excitement.
Captain Anderson of the schooner Jo-
Ian
water put in here last night. At nine
g. m. Sunday he saw off Racine black
schooner with red cabin, lumber laden,
with the stern eighteen feet out of water,
abandoned.
1t is believed the schooner Arab has gone
down with all on board, as nothing has
been heard of her. 1t is blowing gale at
Grand Haven and showing hard.
CHICAGO, Nov 10
The schooner Potomac, lumber laden, is
reported ashore near Frankfort, Mich, a
total loss. The crew was saved.
The collector at Saugatuck reports that
the tug Protection, which had been re-
ported lost, was of that port with a signal
Of distress hOisted. Efforts are now max
ing to rescue the crew. The fate of the
schooner which was in tow Of the Protec-
tion is at present unknown.
The Inter Oceans SaugGtuck, Mich, spe-
cial says: 10 p. m.-The tug Protection has
been sounding her whistle constantly since
nine O'Clock. The wind has gone back to
the west. It is showing and blowing as
hard as ever. The schooner Clara Parker
is reported ashore nine miles south of Grand
Haven.
A stiff breeze is blowing here tonight
from the northwest. The lake is very
rough and further disaster is anticipated.
a telegram received here says the life
saving crew from St. Joseph could not get
outside the Saugatuck harbor to rescue the
tug Protection. The owners here tonight
telegraphed to Muskegon for tug 70 60 to
her assistance. It is not believed it can go
before morning.
CHICAGO, Nov. Is.
The Daily Nesos Toronto special says:
The steamer Francis Smith of the Colling-
wood and Fort Arthurlin left CollingWood
the latter part Of last week with one hum
dred passengers. She is overdue, and as
nothing has been heard Of her, and as she IS
old and not very staunch, it is feared she
went down In the storm Of Sunday nlghs
with all on board.