The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-11-12
DROWNED TN THE DEEP.
FoRTY-EleHT DIE IN A MOST DREAD
Full DISASTER.
Swallowed Up and Perlahed IN n Night Of
Understandable HorrOr-Prayers Mingled
with the Maddening Roar Of iowl-
Ing iempests--Ihe Dead.

POM ARTHUR, Ont, Nov IA terrible
marine disaster, resulting In the drowning
OF forty'eight persons and the loss Of ono Of
tho most valuable steamers on tho lakes,
was reported when the steamer Athabasca
arrived On board OF the Athubasca were
Capt, James Moore, commander OF the Ca.
madam Pacific railway steamer Algoma, two
passengers and eleven OF her crew, They
were all that were left Of tho sixty-two per-
sons that sailed for this port from Owen
sound ON the Algoma.
The following are the survivors; W.. j,
Hull and w, Hull and W. b, Macarthur, OF
Meadford, Ont Capt John Moore, First
Mate Hastings Second Mate Richard Simp'
son, Wheelmau Henry Lewis, Watchman
John @, McNabb, Fireman +, McCalgar,
Deckhands II, Stevens, James Bolton, Dan
iel Laughlin; Waters John McLane, Geo,
Mccall, John Mckenzie. The captain was
badly injured, The ship papers were lost,
and the passenger list could not be OBJ
tanned
Following Ia list of the lost Mrs Dud.
gon and her son, aged ten, OF 81, Paul; Mr.
and Mrs, Frost Tor FOSTER, relatives OF X p
Rutchart, OF Owen Sound; George Pettigrow,
chief engineer; Alexander McDermott, OF
Sarnia, second engineer; Mr. Mackenzie,
purser, nephew OF Alexander Mackenzie, OF
Sarnia; Alexander Taylor, chief steward, Of
either Buffalo or Cleveland; Mr., Jones,
steerage steward, OF Scotland,
The other names, consisting Of dockhanda
fremen, walters, aud others OF the crew, can
not 10 obtained.
The story OF disaster as relatod by Capt
Moore, Is that tho Algoma passed through
tho 81, Mnry'a canal, bound for this port
Soon after reaching Lake Superior tho wind
began 10 freshen up from the northwest and
great bank OF loadon clouds along tho
northern horizon denoted the approach OF
heavy Weather Realizing, however, that
tho Algoma was ono OF the strongest and
most powerful steamers ailoat, and we'll able
Tn cope with even severe gale Capt,
Moore kept her on hor course But a. night
approached, tho wind continued 10 increase
In violence and by dark had developed into
ono OF the aercost and most destructive
gales over experienced on tho upper lakoa
1--WE aro on q roef,n replied Capt Moore,
'but II you only koop az calm as possible, l
trust all will DO safely landod.h Just thOn
ono OF tho crow reported that tho steamers
bottom had boon puncturod, and that abe
was filling with wator. Tho boats woro at
once got into readiness, and all started 10
leave tho steamer, but Just an they were
about 10 lower them tho steamer slipped Off
tho reef and disappeared with an angry
roar. Tho wator was covered with tho strug.
Cling forms Of mon and women, aud thon
all was over. Only fourtoon lived 10 toll tho
tale. MT
Ono OF tho rescued passengers gives q
graphic account OF tho torribl0 scenes before
and after the wreck "It's no use 10 doScribe
the scone,n said ho "nothing worse ever 90.
CURED on earth. In thoir madness, whom
tho waves woro washing tho deck, a number
threw themselves into tho toaming blllowa
Others, whom n great wave would pass Off
tho deck, which was swaying from side 10
aldo, were swept into tho sca like feathers,
A few hung on 10 ropes or 10 tho mnsts, but
tho majority seemed 20 abandon themselves
In the wild alarm and despair
"lGvon tho crew seemed poworloss 10
stricken were they with the awful sudden
meas and stupcndous character Of the disas-
tor. Meanwhile the boat rapidly went 10
pieces, dashed against tho rocks Tho crow
all OF whom except the Mattresses had clung
TO tho rigging, managed, during slight
lull In the storm, TO place themselves In u
lifo boat, cut tho fastcnings, and In au In.
Btant wave swept thcm from the Inflated
wreck Amid tho awful roar Of the dying
and the tcrriblc dOshing Of tho waves tho
boat was borne onward
"Aftcr half ou hour tho boat sudlonly
struck tho rocks Tho inmates fcarod
all was over with thom os the craft capsIscd;
but 20 thoir surprise, when thrown out, tho
wotor was only foot deep, and thcy dis
covered they wcro on land Aftor romain.
ing there mn hour or morc.cxposcd 10 tho
elements, the storm Obotcd and tho sky
cleared II was thon discovered that thoy
wore on Isle Royal, and that tho vcsccl had
boon wrecked about mile from shore on
tho great bowldon that exist uoar tho chan.
mol II was about 10 o'clock In tho morning
and tho half doad crow remained thoro un.
til lnto In the afternoon, whom The Athabas.
On oamo along and picked thcm up. Thoy
woro thon taken 10 Port Arthur