The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-11-19
LOSS OF HlRIY.sEYEN LIVES.
Fearful Disaster on Lake Superior Dur
ing a Fog.

Tho Chicago Daily .Ns,ps special from Win.
nireg says A fearful disaster has occurred on
Lake Superior on Port Arthur The magnif,
cent iron steamer Algoma, OF tho Canadian
Pacific railroad line, was wrecked and 81 lives
lost, Only meOgre particulars have been re,
eeived. They consist mainly Of kilograms to
private persons announcing the loss oil friends.
Mr. Il, Dudgeon OF this city received the fol-
lowing telegram;
Agoma gone down. Your wife and tive
children are drowned, JOE VIVIAN.
Mr., Dudgeons wife was 35 years old, and
the children were boy and girl, 6 and years
old respectively, Mr. Dudgeon is from Owen
Sound. A dense fog prevailed, and the scam.
er felt her way along, blowing log horns. Sh"
struck q reef and went down, all hands ON
board being reported lost The steamer was
bound for owen Sound, with passengers for
Toronto and other points east.
The Alyoma was coming into Port Arthur
when the wreck occurred The FIRST known
Of the disaster was when the steamer Artha-
basea OF the same line arrived at Port Arthur
with the crew OF the Algoma, consisting Of Is
only ones saved, Tho hrthabasca,
which left Gwen Sound two days after
the Algoma came upon the wreck at
Isle Royale, and found the crew and the two
passengers in pershing condition on the
island, The wreck had been dashed by the
maddened waves against tho rocks and had
finally beaten against tho shore OF the island
The crew and two passengers saved themselves
by taking TO the liieboat and battling with the
waves until the shore was reached. The boat
was washed over several times, but rishted
again, while the men chung closely to its Sides
They succeeded in reaching land, almost dead
an1 he
continued to rage furiously. All night the res
cned remained on tho beach, watching the
wreck beat against the rock-bound island and
seeing the dead bodies dashed in the surf
against the shores. The Arthubaska came
along, and, as the channel is narrow, could not
avoid seeing tho wreck and the distress signal
Of those on the island. a boat was sent ashore
and brought the rescued TO the Arthabasca,
which set sail for Port Arthur. There is in.
tense excitement in Chicago, as many had
friends on board. The Algoma was a thor.
oughly built and splendidly equipped Clyde
built steamer, lighted by electricity. The
feet, and breadth So feet. Tho steamer was
complete in every detail. The furnishing was
luxurious equal to the finest ocean steamers.
The vessel cost $3.50, 900, and is understood to
have been insuled Tor $500 900. 1t was one OF
three steamers--Albcrla, Arthabasca and Al
goma-pnlchased two years ago by the Cana
dian Pacific railroad Tor lake traffic, since
which time 1t has been plying between oweD
Sound and Port Arthur, doing big business.
dispatch from Owen Sound, Ont, says:
BY the wrecking of the steamer Algoma
about eish. passengers and Is Of the crew are
supposed to havo been lost, Full particulars
have not been received. Mr. Beatty, the man.
nger ofthe lake traffic, las sent out tugs from
Pot Arthur with instructions to search Islo
lfoy"le for any survivors that may have got
ashore, and TO pick up ard tako care Of any
bodies that may be found. The tugs are now
v the scene OF the wreck.