New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-11-18
STEAMER ALGon1A yR u s. s
Only About 3 Dozen Of the Thirty.seyon
Persons on Board Saved, the Re1nainder

Only About = Dozen OF the Thtrtv..av.
Persons on Board Saved, the Re,naind.r
Perishing.
A fearful disaster occurred on Lake Supe.
rior off Port Arthur, Canada. The mag
niicent iron-clad steamer Algoma az tho
Canadian Pacific railroad, was wrecked
and thirty-seven lives we're lost.
She left Owen Sound Thursday, and
was wrecked Saturday night, 3ist ult.
The Athabasca, which left Owen Sound
two days after the Algoma, came upon the
wreck at Isle Royale, and found the crew
and two passengers in a perishing con
ditlon on the island. The wreck had been
dashed by the maddened waves against the
rocks, and finally beate against the shore OF
the island. The crew and two passengers
saved themselves by taking to Il life boat
and battling with the waves until the shore
was reached. The boat was washed over
several times by the waves, but righted
again while the climates chung with despair
OF death to the sides and succeeded in reach
ing land almost dead from exposure and ex-
haustlon The storm continued to rage
furiously. All night the rescued remained
on the beach watching the wreck beat
against the rock-bound island and seeing
dead bodies dashed in the surf against the
shores.
Following is partial list of the lost:
Mrs. Dudgeon and her son, aged ten. o;
Winnipeg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frost Tor Foster), relatives
OF R. P. Butchard Of Owen Sound.
George Pettigrew, chief engineer.
Alex McDermott, OF Sarnia, second en-
glneer.
Mr.. Mackenzie, purser, nephew of Hon.
Alexander Mackenzie, of Sarnia.
Alex Taylor, chief steward, of either Buff
falc or Cleveland.
MI. ones, steerage steward, of Scotland.
The other names. consisting OF deck
hands, firemen, walters, and others could
not be learned
Among the saved thus far are Capt.
John Moore, First Mate Joseph
Hastings, and Second Mate Richard
Simpson. Henry Lewis. watch.
man; John McNabb, ~atchman; II. Nc
Callger; deck hands, r. Stephens, James
Bolton, Daniel Langdon. Waters, John
McLain, George Mccall and ohm Nc Kinzie,
and among the passengers w. j. Hill and
w. 3. Macarthur. Later accounts of
the disaster says: Suddenly great
crash was heard. and the vessel
rebounded and quivered like an aspen
leaf. Good God'' said the captain, sshes
struck! Our doom has come.'' Ten Sec
conds later all was the widest confusion
and alarm. Those who were on deck roar
ed their alarm, while the shrieks OF the
milder sex were terrible Crash after
crash, and the stout vessel pounded the
rocks. The cracking OF the tinbers
and swaying OF the vessel warn
I'd all. that death in terrible
form was upon them. The relentless wind
seemed to scream it's satisfaction, while
the snow and sleet drove against the half
clad passengers. The Algoma was - thor
oushly built and splendidly equipped Clyde
built, steel steamer, lighted by electricity.
The gross tonnage was l,7SO; length,
go feet; breath, 3S feet. It was
complete in every detail. the furnishing
being luxurious, equal to the finest ocean
steamer. The vessel cost $3.50, 900, and is
understood to have been insured for $780,
O0O- 1t was one OF the three steamers
the Alberta, the Athabasca and the Algom:.
purchased some timea by the Canadian
Pacific Railway company for lake traffic,
since which time it has been plying steadily
between Owen Sound and Port Arthur, do
ing big business.