The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-11-10
Another Dire Disas,e-.


disaster occurred on Lake Superior
of Port Arthur, early this morning.
The magnificent iron clad steamer
Aleoma. of the Canadian Pacific Rail
way, was wrecked and thirty lives lost.
Only meagre particulars have been re-
lceived up to the present hour. They
consist, mainly. OF kilograms to private
/ persons, announcing the loss oil
| friends. Mr. Z. Dudgeon, of this city
/ received a teg minutes ago, the follow
| ing telegram;
- L1Osp,s gone down, your wife and
two cnildred are drowned"
(Slgned) JOE yIvIAk.
Mr.. Dudgeon's wife is 81 years old and
the children are boy and girl 6 and 4
years old respectively. Mr.. Dudgeon i
from Owen Sound. and was sending his
wife and family back TO Ontario. The
steamer left Port Arthur at 3
d. m. and was wrecked off Isle
Royal, Just outside Thunder Bay.
a heavy storm prevailed all SunJay
afternoon and night. and the steamer
lay to for time. When the weather
slightly improved the vessel started
again, but made very slow progress. In
the morning a dense fog prevailed and
The steamer felt her way along. blowing
fog horns. She struck reef and went
do n. all hands on board being re-
ported lost. The steamer was bound for
owen Sound with passengers for
Toronto and other points east. J. B.
Rowan, brieklayer of this city, ac-
eompanied by his sister. is known to be
on board, bound for Scotland 70 visit
bis old home for six months. Captain
Moore is master of the vessel, and Nc
Kenzie, nephew of the Hon. Alex Nc
Kenzie. is purser.
WINNIPEG, November 9.-Itnow turns
out that the steamer Atg0nsG was CON-
ing into Port Arthur and not going out
when the wreck occurred. She left
Owen Sound last Thursday and was
wrecked on Saturday night. The FIRST
Known of the disaster was the steamer
.4rthabaskG, of the same line, who ar
rived at Port Arthur late this evening,
with the crew of the Inflated AlQ0Dtd,
consisting of thirteen, and two pas
ssngers, who we're the only ones
saved. The ArthG6dskG, which left
Owen Sound two days after the
AL60E1a, came upon the wreck
at Isle Royal aud found the crew and
two passengers in perishing condition
on the island. The wreck had been
dashed with the maddened waves
against the rocks and was finally beaten
70 the shore of the island. The crew
and two passengers saved themselves
BY taking to the life-b0at, and battling
the waves until the shore was reached.
The boat was washed over several times
by waves, but righted again, while
the men chung with the despair
OF death TO the sides. They succeeded
In reaching the land in an almost dead
condition from exhaustion and expos
IRE. The storm continued 10 rage furi-
ously all night long. The rescued re-
NAMED on the beach watching the
wreck beat against the rock-bound
island and seeing the dead bodies
dashed in the surf against the shore.
The 4rthGbdskd come along about noon
to-day, and as The channel was narrow
could not avoid seeing the wreck and
distress of those on the Island. A boat
was sent ashore and brought the
rescued to the ArthabGsEa, which set
sail for Port Arthur, where il arrived at
about z o'clock this evening. There is
intense excitement in this CITY tonight
as many had friends on board. A list
OF cabin passengers can be had
where a manifest of the passengers
IS given to the custom officers.
The AlGOra was thoroughly
built and splendidly equipped Clyde
steel steamer lighted by electricity. The
gross tonnage is l, $50, length go feet,
breadth 38 feet. 1t was complete in
every detail. The furnishing was as
luxurious as the finest ocean steamer.
The vessel cost $3.50, 600 and is under
stood to have been insured for $780,
900. 1t is one of the three steamers,
Alberta, ArthabG kG and AlgOn0, pur-
chased two years ago by the Can
adian Pacific for lake traffic, since
which time it has been plying between
Owen Sound and Port Arthur, and do
Ing big cuisines. The steamers gave
the greatest satisfaction.
]. G. Brown and sister, referred to In
the first dispatch. were not on board
the steamer, not being outward bound.
Dudgeon's wife and children were on
the way from Owen Sound to join her
husband her, and were lost.