The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-11-19
EVENTS OF THE DAY.
Wrecked on Lake Superior.

Wrecked on Lake Superior.
At an early hour Monday morning the
9th, the magnificent iron-clad steamer
Algoma, of the Canadian Pacific railroad,
| went ashore on the rocks of Port Arthur,
and thirty to thirty five lives lost. A ter
rible wind and snow storm was prevailing
at the time, and the steamer in trying to
enter Port Arthur was driven of her course
and onto the rocks, where it was wave
swept for hours. At this writing only the
following names of those who persisted
have been received.
MRS. DUDGEON and her son, aged ten,
of Winnipeg.
MR.. and MRS. FROST Tor Foster), rela-
tives Of r. p. Butchard Of Owen Sound.
ALEX McDERMOTT, of Sarnia, second
engineer.
MR.. MACKENZIE, purser, nephew of
Hon. Alexander Mckenzie, of Sarina.
ALEX TAYLOR, chief steward, of either
Buffalo or Cleveland.
MIR. JONES, steerage steward, of Scot
land.
Twelve of the crew and two passengers
succeeded in escaping in boat to the shore,
after a most perilous trip, the boat being
washed over several times by the waves,
but righting again, while the occupants
chung to it with a desperation born of dis
pair, finally reaching land almost dead
from exposure and exhaustion. The scene
on the Inflated vessel is described as one of
the most fearful ever witnessed. AS
the mad and quickly succeeding waves
dashed over the deck, both passengers and
crew lost all control of themselves, many
in their madness throwing themselves into
the foaming pillows. Among the saved
was the captain and principal officers.
The Algoma was Clyde built steamer cost
s45O,090, and is said to be insured for $780,
600.
LArEK-The disaster to the steamer Al
gonna off Port Arthur, was much greater
than at first reported. 1t is::now stated that
there were sixty-two persons on board the
steamer, of whom forty-eight persisted.
Owing to the fact that the purser was
drowned and the ships books lost, only a
partial list of those who persisted has as
yet been obtained. In addition to those
given above, the following are known to
have perisEed:
DOUGLASS and CHARLES BUCHAN-
AN, Hitler, Prince Edward county, Ont.
WILLIAM HIGGINS, wholesale boot and
shoe merchant, Winnipeg.
LOUIS ZIMMERMAN, late of Port
Arthur.
G. EMERSON, Bamsgate, England.
WILLIAM MULLIGAN, Medford
"A Terrible Fire.
The city OF Galveston, Texas, was
visited by most destructive conflagra-
ton on the 18th. The fire started shortly
after o'clock in the morning in a small
foundry and car repair shop, on what is
known as the Strand and adjoining
the most thickly settled residence
portion of the city. A fierce
gale was blowing from the north at
the time, and the flames spread with light
ning-like rapidity and defying all efforts
of the fire department and citizens to
check their progress, until the flames had
spread over nearly 100 acres of territory,
and forty and half blocks had been
swept clear of everything combustible.
second district school, valued at $4,000.
There were only few small stores in the
burnt district, but many Of the resi-
dences were the finest in the city
1t is estimated that over 400 dwellings were
destroyed, 1000 families rendered home
less, and that the total loss will reach S.
ccO,COO. Owing to the rapid spread of the
fire, largo part of the contents of the
burned buildings was also destroyed, this
being especially true in the poorer district,
in which the fire started. While no appeal
for aid from outside the state has been
made, protfers of assistance from New Y ork,
Boston and other points in the North, have
been freely made, Jay Gould
of New York city, promptly telegraphing
$4,000 No loss of life accompanied the fire
as far as reported.