Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-11
,rss,sIE DISASTER eS LAKE
sIPERIeR.

vrxryre. Nov. ga fearful disaster
.'.,,,a op Lake superior, of Port Ar
-, sariy this morning. The msgnif-
;,on steamer AleoDs, of the Cana
-. Pacific, vas wrecked and 81 lives
OnIy meaeer particulars are re-
s.:,.d no 10 the present hour. They
sansiss mainly Of selezrams TO private
ss-.ons announcing the loss OF friends.
r steamer lett PJrt Arthur at Pun.
"a vas zrecked ofd lsis Royal, iu (
ss,.;ds Of Thunder BAY. A heavy
go PREVAILED all Sunday afternoon
- uicht, and the steamer lay 10 for
time. When the weather slightly
..r,royed the steamer started again,
=. made very slow progress In the
rsruira a dense fog prevailed, and the
.s.mer felt her way along. blowing fog
hoyns. She struck q reef and vent
sovn. all hands on board being report
"A Lost. The steamer vas bound for
0ven Sound with passengers for To
,anto and other points east. Captain
roose vas master Of the vessel and Nc
E,srie, nephew of Hon. Alex. Mckenzie,
gsfser.
II nos turns out that the stea Der Al
soua vas coming into Port Arthur. ana
~ going cut, when the wreck oooarred.
sAe left Owen sound last Thursday and
"a vrecked on Saturday night. The
ars, known OF the disaster was by the
xtamer Athabasca, OF the same line,
ytjcb arrived at Port Arthur late this
FepinR with the crew of the Ill fstsd
iiQoma, consisting Of thirteen men and
10 passengers, who were the only oses
aped. The Athabasca, which left Oven
sand two days after the Aleoma, came
spon the wreck at Isle Royal, and found
- crew and two passengers In perish
= coalition gu the island. The wreek
"a bsen dashed by the maddened waves
1sainst the rocks, and nnsiiy beaten on
aofe, Those saved took the lifeboat
"A battled with the waves until the
shore vas reached. The boat was sew
asl times washed over by the waves,
h, riqhsed again, while the men oiung
sith the despair of death TO the sides.
nav succeeded in reaching land IN an
slmost dead condition. The storm con
linued TO rage furiously all night long.
Tna rescued remained on the beach
vstcbing the wreck beat against tie
ruek bound isle and securing the dead
bodjes dashed in the surf against the
shore. The Athabases came along
sbout neon to-day, and, as the channel
Z narrow, could not avoid seeing the
vvssk and the distress Of those on the
isIsod. A boat Was sent ashore and
bfooabt the rescued to the Athabasca,
vhish then set sail for P.rt Arthur,
vhsre she arrived al ] O'Clock this even
inc. Intense excitement exists IN the
city tonight, as many had friends on
board.
Ths Aipoma was a thoroughly built
snd splepdidiy equipped Clyde ST el
aesner, lighted by electricity. Her
eros tonnage vas 1850; length, 270 feet;
breadth 80 feet. She Was complete In
every detail. The furnishing was luxa
rioas, and eQual to the finest ocean
steamer. The vessel COST $I5O. 900. ana
h uuderstood 10 have been insured for
t300,0O0. She vas one of the three
sssspers-the Alberta, the Athabasca
and the AlRoma-purchssed two years
seo by the Canadian Pacific Railroad
Company for the lake traffic, since
Which tins she has been plying steadily
between Oven SQUAD and Port Arthur,
doing q big business The steamers
named have given The greatest salts
fnotion.