Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19
STEAMER ALoomA wREc xEp.
Only About Dozen of the Thirty.seven
Persons on Board Saved, the Remainder
Pertaining.

Only About q Dozen OF the Thirty.seven
Persons on Board Saved, the Remainder
Perishing.
Afearful disaster occurred on Lake Supe-
rior on Port Arthur, Canada. The mag
nifcent iron-clad steamer Aigoma, oil the
Canadian Pacific railroad, was wrecked
and thirty-seven lives we're lost.
She left Owen Sound Thursday, anc
was wrecked Saturday night, 3lst ult
The Atbabasca, which left Owen Sonnd
two days after the Algoma, came upon the
wreck at Isle Royale, and found the crew
and two passengers in a perishing con
dition on the island. The wreck had been
dashed by the maddened waves against the
rocks, and finally beat against the shore
the island. The crew and two passengers
saved themselves by taking TO II life boat
and battling with the waves untH the shore
was reached. The boat was washed over
several times by the waves, but righted
again while the inmates chung with a despair
O! death to the sides and succeeded in reach
ing land almost dead from exposure and ex-
haustion. The storm continued TO rage
furiously. All night the rescued remained
on the beach watching the wreck beat
against the rock.bound island and seeing
dead bodies dashed in the surf against the
shores.
Following is a partial list OF the lost:
Mrs. Dudgeon and her son, aged ten, oil
Winnipeg.
MIR. and Mrs. Frost Tor FOSTER, relatives
OF X. Z. Butchard Of Owen Sound.
George Pettigrew, chief engineer.
Alex McDermott, OF Sarnia, second en-
g1neer.
Mr.. Mackenzie, purser, nephew OF Hon.
Alexander Mackenzie, Of Sarnia.
Alex TAYLOR. chief steward, OF either But.
falo or Cleveland.
Mr.. Jones, steerage steward, OF Scotland.
The other names, consisting OF deck
hands, firemen, walters, and Others could
not be learned.
Among the saved thus far are Capt.
John Moore, First Mate Joseph
Hastings, and Second Mate Richard
Simpson, Henry Lewis, n watch
man, John McNabb, y%atchmRn; ii. Me
Callger; deck hands, r. Stephens, James
Bolton, Daniel Langdon. Waters, John
McLain, George Mccall and John McKinzie,
and among the passengers w. j. Hill and
w. B.. Macarthur. Later accounts OF
the disaster says: Suddenly a great
crash was heard, and the vessel
rebounded and quivered like an aspen
leaf. Good G0d!" said the captain, she's
struck Our doom has come" Ten sec
conds later all was the widest confusion
anu alarm. llpat VINO Nttt pl utCA IpdE-
ed their alarm, while the shrieks OF the
milder scx were terrible. Crash alter
crash, and the stout vessel pounded the
rocks. The cracking OF the timbcrs
and swaying OF tho vessel warn.
I'd all that death in a terrible
form was upon them. Tho relentless wind
seemed to scream its satisfaction, while
the snow and sleet drove against the half
clad passengers. The Algoma was a thor
oughly built and splendidly equipped Clyde
built, steel steamer, lighted by electricity.
The gross tonnage was l,7SO; length,
270 feet; breath, 3S feet. 1t a
complete in every detail. the furnishing
being luxurious, equal to the finest ocean
steamer. The vessel cost $3.50, 900, and is
understood TO have been insured for $780,
600. 1t was one Of the three steamers
the Alberta, the Athabasca and the Algoma
purchased some time ago by the Canadian
Pacific Railway company for lake traffic,
since which time It has been plying steadily
between Owen Sound and Port Arthur, do
ing big business.