Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-11-10
ALAKE DISASTER.
fhe ssesner AlsomA Lost on Iahr superisr
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IBy Telegraph 10 the Dsspatah-l
CHICAGO, November "a Daily
Nssns special from Winnipeg says: A
fearful disaster occurred on Lake ST.
perior. of Port Arthur. early this morn
ing. The magnificent iroD-clad steamer
ALI oma, OF the Canadian Pacific rail-
road, was wrecked and thirty-seven
lives lost. Only meagre particulars
have been received up 70 the present
hour. They consist manly Of kilograms
to private persons announcing the loss
Of friends. IT. L. Dudgeon, OF this
city, received the f.. lowing telegram:
:" AlgoInA gone down. Your wife and
two children are drowned M. Dud-
ge0n's wife was thirty-five years old,
and the children were boy and girl,
SIX and four years old respectively.
Mir. Dudgeon is from Owen Sound, and
was sending his wife and family back
70 Ontario. The steamer Left Port
Arthur al p. NJ. and was wrecked
of Isle Royal, just at the outside
OF Thunder bay. A heavy storm
prevailed all Of Sunday afternoon
and night, and the steamer lay to
for time. When the weather cleared
slightly the vessel started again, but
made slow progress. In the morning
dense fog prevailed and the steamer
felt her way along, blowing fog-horns.
She struck the reef and went down.
All hands on board are reported lost.
The steamer was bound for Owen
Sound with passengers for Toronto and
other points east. Captain Moore Is
the master Of the vessel, and Mr.. Mac
kenzie, nephew OF Hon. Alex. Macken-
zie, Is the purser.
WINNIPEG, NAN, November g.
The steamer Algoma, bound for Port
Arthur, left Owen sound on Thursday
last and was wrecked Saturday night.
The first known Of the disaster was
when the steamer Arthabasca, OF the
same line. arrived al Port Arthur late
this evening with the crew thirteen
men Of the ill-fAted Aigoma and two
passengers, al that were saved.
The Arthabasco, which left Owen
sound two days after the Algoma,
came upon the wreck al Isle Royal,
and found the crew and two passengers
II perishIng condition on the sound
The wreck had been dashed by wave
against rocks, and had finally been
hurled upon shore. The crew and two
passengers saved themselves by taking
10 a life-boat. 1t overturned several
times. but righted again. and its occu-
pants reached land almost dead from
exposure and exhaustion.
The storm continued 70 rage fun
ously all night long. The rescued re-
manned on the beach watching the
wreck beat against the rOck-bound
isiSnd and seeing the bodies Of the
drowned tossing Oh the surf. The Ar
thabasca came along about noon to
dAy. and, seeing the wreck and distress
signals on shore, she sent boat for
the survivors and took them OF board
the Arthzbsscs, which at once set sail
for Port Arthur, where she arrived
about : O'Clock this evening. There Is
intense excitement IN the city tonight,
as many had friends Oh board.
The AlgomB was thoroughly built
and . splendidly equipped Clyde-built
steamer, lighted by electricity. Her
grsss tonnage was 1880 length, go
feet breadth, IS feet. 1t was complete
IN every detail. The vessel cost $3.50
600, and Is understood to have been In
sured for 100000. Shewas one Of three
steamers-the Alberta. Arthabasca. and (
A lgom&-purchased two years ago by
the Canadian Pacific railroad fOr lake
traffic, since which time she has been
plying between Owen sound and Point
Arthur, doing big business.