New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-11
,rINGJNG TO THE RIGGING.
OFFENDING SCENES ON ACoLD NIGHT.
,,rrrrxPERsoNs SAVED FRoMrHE STEAMER
ALGOMA.
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Dt - p,ess from Winnipeg tonight says: fuh
'e 81 the fearful disaster TO the steamer Aison'a
p, hand and show that the Calamity was muo"
Ae thap the dispatches indicated last night Inc
ns,,g story made up from all accounts Is do"oueSS
, lo accurate: The Athsbasca steamer arrived at
me r,hur nc O'Clock last night bringing intellgehce
'o r.et OF the Agoma together with the survivors
" dead bodies which had been washed ashore Oh
-, Ia ROYAL Captain Moore, OF the Aigoma' anu
me OF the who had peeh reScueu
savs the following description OF inc
.,orm and their terrible experience IN tue i"Ao
AT o'clock saturday morning the vino shlI'ou "
,be northeast violent snowstorn ragged Inc 81"
a. running mountains high and the boat tossed aoont
,L. cork AT 4O5 o'clock order was gwen 10 Idko III
all .a and port the wheel hard starboard in order W
hiring the ship about head out on the lake again oh "o
eonnt OF the snow and darkness While the snip was
ming ahout she struck tho point known as Greensboro
Point on Isle Royal, about fifty miles from Port
Arthnr and one mile FROM Passage Island Lighthouse
which has been abandoned since the hrsV
of the month. After striking tho hrsI uhe
the boat forged ahead. being driven up by the "u'
The second shock occurred shortly after the first ana
the vessel struck reef violently at the foreslue Oh INC
boiler aud Immediately began to break up
Most of the passengers and number OF the crew were
q, he'd Al the time the boat struck but were rudely
awakened by the shock and of great excitement
foloved Water poured in through the broken VeSsei
aud over the buwarks putting ont the hres III Tue luI
nacrs and extgulshiug the electric lights Inc screams
of women aud children we're heard above the fury OF the
sforln The crew hurried hither and thher DONG What
they conld i'm the darkness 10 render assistance,
but their efforts were OF little avail, for in less than
twenty minutes after the vessel struck the entire for
ward part carried away, together with tho cargo
and the passengers. Several persons clung to the
rigging but they swept away by the sea ana
were lost Tie of the boat was steadily pushed
upon the rocks and those who were not too much ex-
hasted and benumbed by the cold crept to the aiter
steerage and sought shelter In less than an hour
after striking all was aud only fifteen out OF over
fifty weIe saved
The survivors remained from the time OF the disaster
O'Clock Oh Saturday morning. until Monday morning at
10 o'clock exposed TO the weather with little o0d ana
clothing everything having been washed away, when
they were sighted by some fishermen who came to their
rescue After taking the survivors from the vessel ana
rlacing them the Isle Royal whore fire was Hndled
for their comfort the fishermen went out and hailed the
Ahahasc t. winch coming IN about ten miles away
Captain Foote of that vessel Immediately put about
ami took the sufferers board when they were subse-
ouently brought here. Tho list OF tho saved is: Cap
tain Moore, Joseph Hasllng, first mate
Richard Simpson, second mate; Lewis
VIII rton, wheelman John McNabb, owen Sound,
watchman james Bolten, deck hand; Daniel conghon'
deck hand George Mccall waiter, Toronto; John
Mclean waiter, Toronto; Thomas Mckenzie. steward
owen Sound; John Mcintyre, steward, owen Sound;
Richard stocker, engine r0omi Patrick McCanghler'
engine room; William r. McCarer, Meaford; g. Hall,
Port Arthur, passenger.
The purser having been drowned and the SHIPS boOks
list only partial list of Of those who perished
can bs obtained. Among those know to have been
hoard and are missing Douglass and Charles
Buchanaa Ontario; Mr.. Frost and wife. owen Sound;
Mrs Dudgeson and two children Winnipeg
William Higgins, wholesale boot and shoe ne chant
winnipeg: Louis Zimmerman, formerly ofPort Arthur
G., Emerson, kamsgate, England; Purser MCkenze;
William " uigAn, Medford.
The tug Tuskimit with wreckng crew started this
morning O'Clock for the OF the disaster The
Hattie VntOn with her started at o'clock and the
Mary Ann also went with the wreckers, who will
be supplied with days provisions. The dead bodies
Mr. Frost and Mr.. Emerson we're brought IN on the
Ahabasca. Following Is statement made by the cap
tam before notary public here last night;
The steel steamer Algoma cleared from the port OF
the 9th, bound for Port Arthur having on
oSar , se"Ss had sa,SS SSS ruS OF 10 san fFe'Nd % M1rc
which port cleared at o'clock on the afternoon OF
The S AND Rea 6Wn % f fons Ss 'S%% SGelS
from the east and ard northeast The WIND Wlnd
a T1 sIs Pgs sing a, We made m sail The at weshsP %9
VA, the same but the wind slightly Increased. WIN
occasional squalls attended with rain At midnight It
hai increased to a gale. with frequent squalls
accompanies with rain aud seet sea getting up At
with violent snow squall anu a heavy sea running
Al ye mnH,s sf.sT 40 we IhGeasd m .. wa S9Tn in
except the fore trys III. which was partly In We put
le ieal "A
After leaving White Fish Point. our proper
sSs sSSr'' wind % being 0hS9'' from the nOrSward we we
sterred northwest by west. quarter west nniii
north until Then steered west by south
for the prrpose Of taking the sails in While the ship
about 43O aud continued 10 forge driven in by heavy
sea; About 4;lO a. IN. she settled, the seas
time and smashing the snip up. The blindng snow
ting 2ldfl fle Wal Ak q
any If rt TO the ship or cargo At about In
the the t at got the wd.Ssd oul Gf na hs oe "S
It was driven ashore. The survivors
ing, when tho gale having abated and tho sea gone
down. made raft. went ashore and found were
o Monday morning at O'Clock we sighted the
Ahabsscs, which SNIP the surviving passenger. aud
crew euiIarked for Port Arthur, at which port we
arrived Al Gas D. m. on Monday, November 9.
Captain Moore Is man OF VIDE experience In lake
navlgation his father having been captain the
lakes aud he himself having been in command o. va
rious vessels for thirty years. He Ia known of
the most If not the most careful aid sked captains
the lake, and the injuries which lie received
the time Of tho wreck reported to be serons Mr.
Hastings first mate. who IS OF the saved. was
formerly officer on board an Allan Line steamer.
Purser j. Mckenzie is nephew Of Alexander Mckenzie
formerly Premier OF Canada.
William Higgins. one OF the lost. was a prominent
wholesale boot and shoe dealer here He had been In the
country ten and wealthy and much respected
Pacific Railway, says that the would average 500
tons OF general merchandise consigned from Eastern
points different towns in the Northwest some of the
would he the cOmpany's III iteral lie avs 1t -
mystery him how the AlgOma could have 80 broken
up in descrbrd, that nothing her boilers
remained. The boat was strongly but OF Bess,mrr
steel and he and net think that the Of Lake s-
peror could be strong enough 10 dash her ha 70 pieces
so soon.
The Algoma compared favOr1hy with lrst-class
ocean steamer She could accommodate 800 passen-
gers and o. 900 bushels Of grain She had 100 horse
power and carrying capacity of 1000 tons
The screws measured feet
diameter She could make the journey from
owen Sound to Port Arthur 500 miles, IN forty hours
Shc drew fourteen feet Of water when loaded
loaded. feet forward and ten feet aft. She
handsomely fitted up for PASSENGER traffic. containing
sixty large saterOOms. In addition TO This there
$50 beds provided for steerage passengers all covered
IN the decKrOon. The tables ban accommodations for
$50 people. The vessel cost $i50,0O0.
Isle Royal lies some for miles off Port Arthur ex-
tending north aud south across the mouth of Thunder
Bay II Is drsolat- island OF rocky foUndatiOn with
rocky. shelving shores On the northeast lies snail
hnr Il n L.