The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20
STEAMER ALTOONA WRECKED.
Only About a Dozen of the Thirty-ssven
Persons on Board Saved. the Remainder
Perishing.

a fearful disaster oecgrrei 81 Lake SaPe
nor 81 Port Arthur, Canada Tha mag
njteeat ir.a-elad sse4mes Alson&, q: rhs
GAnadiza Paeiac railroad, was wrsze3
sad thistysevea lives gece lust,
She left oven Sound Thrrsiaz. ard
vas wrecked Saturday night, 31sr Q2t.
The A~JAab&sea- which left Gwen Sonac
Two j4ys Ait4r the AlsDna. came apon TIE
vEecA at ise Royale, and found the c:aU
and :wo Passengers II 4 Tserishinc COR
G!Tion on the island re wreck had b=su
dashed ty the T,aGd4 II waves agaiDsTthe
rocks, and 1paay 6ea1 aAeainS: ths-hogeot
The Island. The crew AMI tao passengers
saved themselves by taking 10 u life boat
and batting With -as waves unt5l the shore
E.s reached. The boat was washed over
several t5raes By the waves but ri.hteI
again while the inmates elang with a despair
q: death 70 tas sides and succeeded nrc&sa-
ing Land almost dead from e1 posura and x-
hoGstiea. The storm continued 20 rage
iurious2y- All night the rescued remained
on the beach watching fis wreck beat
a~eains. the r~ock-boGad island and seeing
dead bodies dashed in he sgct against the
shores.
Following is a partial lis- of the lost.
Mrs. Dudseon and her son, aged ten, c!
Winnipeg.
Mr- and Ms, Eros: Tor Foster relatives
ot r P. Butchard OF owen Sound.
George PetsisreN. chief engineer.
Alex AcDGrEnott, OF Sarnia, second en-
gInesr.
Mr.. Mackenzie, purs=r, nephew OF Hoz.
Alexander Mackenzie, Of Sarnia,
Alex Tayior. eliet stevard, 0. a,he- BQt-
talo or Cleveland.
Mr., Jones, sseergges,e~ari OF Scotland.
The other names, consisting OF deck
hands, nreElen. walters. and others could
no. ba learned
Among the saved thus lar are Csp-.
John Moore, First M&te Joseph
Hastings, and Second Mate EieAar!
man, Joha McNabh. ~~atehG.an: y. NJ
Caileer; deck hands, r. STEPHENS. Jam-.
Bolton. Daniel LaRsdoa. Waters. JOAN
McLaiR, George AAEan and ,fohu Nc k3nzs,
and among the passengers ". J. Hi and
". b. Macarthur. Later s~ceoua1s Of
the disaster says Suddenly . sr2at
crash vas heard, and tie vess.
reboundsd ard quivereG Ike ST aspen
lsai. Good God. said tnec CO ta!n. she :
strEcE Oar doom ms coma. Tea see
sends later al was the widest confusion
and alarm. Those who were on decs rDa--
ID their alarm, while the shrisEs Of tbs
mildsr SIX were terrible. Crash after
crash, and the stout vessel pounded the
rocks The cracking OF .s:e timbers
and swayinz Of the vessel MARI,
ID all that death IA a terrible
form was upon them. The relentless wind
seemed TO scream It's satisfaction, while
the snow ard sles- drove against ire half
clad passengers. The Alcotnn was . thor,
ogsAly built AID s.2Iendidlv eqpipr@d Clyde
hulst, steel steamer, lighted by electricity
Tha gross toaase was I,7So; l=ncth
30 jeet; breath, s. feet, II "a:
complete in every detail. the tUrrsishia.
being luxurious. eqUal:o the finest ocaar
steamer. The vessel cost $3.50, 600, and ).
understood TO have been insured orS3oo.
600. It was one OF th- THREE steamers
the Alberta. the Athabasca and the Alc0rus
purchased some time ago by ih- CaigAGsaT
Pacific Railway company for lake 1rl:ir
since which lime il has been plying steaG.t1
between Owen Sound and POI. Arthur. do
ing Big business.