New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
DEMANDING PAY FOR AN HOUR.
DAMAGE DONE by THE STORM
A SEVERE GALE ON LAKE ERIE-THE LOSSES IL
LAKE MICHIGAN.

A SEVERE GALE ON LAKE ERIE-THE LOSSES IL
LAKE MICHIGAN.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 6 (SpecidD The worst
OF season. and Of the most severe ever
percnced ragged tonight For the past fortyert
hours 1t has been the lake region and there
much uneasness felt for the safety OF vessels known to
be exposed the gale Advice, received here to-
day by the OF the three-masted schooner A c.
Maxwell that she had broken away from her consort
the propeller Swain, Lake Huron, and nothing has
heard OF her since The Maxwell carried crew OF
eight and laden with iron ore from Marquette
1t feared that she has gone down with ali board
CHICAGO Dec G.-The temperature IN the central part
OF the city was at y. The night is clear ana
stiff breeze from the north promising considerably more
than weather before morning. Reports from out
blizzard 10 an ent yesterday morning ana tram
men report that tnat fell between here and
Pierre DaE insufficient to Impede travel, lhOugh
all that did fall was blown nto drifts. ~ .
The damage done here by the storm Friday night is
much greater than at first suppOscd Tho lake has
seldom rouSher Along the shore skrling Lincoln
Park the temporary brcakwater demolished ana the
waves made deep nrOads completng the destruction O
the lake shore drive which begun in tho storm OF
last summer. For more than mile the width OF inc
drive with pavement and coping Is washed out ah III
its place tangled mass OF wreck tan bark aud other
refuse. The damage amounts to many thouSahdS oi
dollars.
BUFFALO. Dec Ga violent storm has raced here at
intervals since yesterday morning at II o'clock during
that time TO tho depth oi Que loot nhd hh'i mas
fallen, accompanied by nigh winds blowing AT one une
fortycight miles hour, and averaging from IOry 10
folty.six miles. No serious damage Is reported
MILWAUKEE Wis Dec. -cpot's 81 ir & AIM ,ii r So,
OF Wisconsin, showtne temperature 70 nave talen RON
10 TO 20 degrees within the last twontyiOu hours Al
o'clock tonight IL IL o. below here, with strong
northwest wind blowing and the indications are that
the temperature will be sill severe within the
next twenty-fOur hours.
PANAMA, Drc Gin the storm here on December the
following vessels lost Norwegian bark iieldcn.
British brig Evelina American brig Ortolan tt hands
losD. French bark Ocean, American bark Vet
eran British bark Douglass Castle Nor
weiOan bark Karnau. British bark Lyn,
ton (an on board supposed to be lost except
the captain, wife and baby Austrian bark Igr Nor
veg an bark Blanche, Colombian brig Catalina Colon
bian brig Stella. American schoOners 'Frank Atwood,
Avis and Rio G. G-ande, and soop Mark Time. The
United States steamer Galena has arrived here and
anchored
DETROIT, Dec G.-The steamers sanilac and Ocont 0
are over due and considerable anxiety Is iet
for their They Re- last heard OF Friday and
are thought to have out In the heavy gale
of the last days The OcOnto left Oscoda Friday at
4 d. IN. She had several passengers and load Of
freight Her crew comprised twenty men. The Sanilac
left Cleveland about the same time and has not yet