The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-11
WRECK OF FHg AIGOMA.
ENeuLFeD IN LAKs SUPERIOR
shs Gallant ship HraVs,y Battles the
foaiains sIllOws, but Punctsred
by Trescherous Reef, Goes
Down in sight Of tho
Harbo- IF Refuge.

Post ARrsUs, Ont, Nov. i0-Fol-
lowing is the lis. OF the los. by She
wreck of the steamer Algoma:
Mrs. Dadon, aad son, aged 10, cf St
PaHl; Mr., and Mrs Frost, or Foster,
of owen Sound; George Pattigrew,
cdist enginea,; Atex NcDernaE, Of
sunia, second engineer; Air. Msckoa-
zie, pursor, of Sarais; Alex Taylor,
chief steward, OF Buffalo; Mr.. Jones,
sieerags steward, o. Scotland.
Other names, consisting Of deck
hands, hremen, walters ami o5hers OF
the crew, cannot bs obtained.
The story OF the disaster, % related
hy CspSa,u Moore, Is th4s the Alg0ma
passed through 81. Mary'scanal bousd
Tor this port last Friday uoar. Soon
attsr reaching Lake Superior the wind
began IN frssAen from the northwest,
sud great hanks OF lesdon clouds along
tho northern hor!zon dol oted
the approach al haayy weather
A. nigh. approached tho wind
continued - increase 10 vic
Ieace, aud by dark had developed into
oae OF tbs terceat and most
destructive storms ever ex-
perlenced on tho upper lakes. as
the gale increased the $50 began 70
make, ard before nidnighl Lake Supe.
riot WAS
LAsAED INTO n WILDERNESS OF
sEETITIN0 FOAM,
WhA0 tho tempest scIeechei aud howl
er. Great sesS swept completely over
t5a atyugGltng steamer, and tho stua-
ti0D WGs lIstO al tins moro tcrribls bv q
binding sn9T-Sterm tia! Ga5 ia before
morning. Ib wa9 impoasibls % 500 the
length ~ the steamer. T2sesl.grb
a0d ercw wesa terrified beyond .asss-
ure, and nomanIar!ly expected 60 saa
tho steamer plunSa tO tho bOtiQm. BY
the Instructions OF Captain io2rs the
cfllGsrs circulated among tbs sasgsU-
gers, trying TO al,sy their fesra, phev
were panic stricken, however, end
knadied together Ia the csb!u, where
the screams ana prayor9 OF tbs Roman
and children could 30 he.ri gbGve the
laundering Of tho gale.
Saturday morning Islo Royal was
siEhted, and Captain Mosre h0adad tho
steamer for Rock HarbOr, whern he
hoped % gain ehNier. 'The island
t0rms 8 naiurSi h4r6o. OF refuge, hut
at rho entfRn0a th:rs is g daogarous
retf, aSN Just 81 ,&s .Csamsr waS near
ivy fhe entrsnse, aha struck the resf,
Thsc9 asa q terrific SHOCK, anG Then hs
steamer came TO q fun stop. The pas-
sengSrs rushed opt Of the osb!n and
hsaisGsd tho oticgYs "a re,i tAam Gha
mad heppexed.
'wB ARE ON a RRsF,"
repll9d CaptQiu Moore, just thaa one
al the crsW reported Ghe stoainera bot
tom had bean punched, and that abe
wsS filling Sith water. Boats wore AZ
once HOitsn ready AID all started to
save tho steamer. But just az they
vera abest TO lowar the hosts tie
steEmsr elippad of ihs rosf and dissp-
psgreG with su angry x0sE. fhs wafer
|sn ooyarod with struggling Iorrns,
men9 women, and tsa0 all " as
oyer. Only II lived TO tel! the tale.
Ihsss aos into enc of the bjas, but
were
PoWBRLBss 70 sAvR THEMSELVES
without Gars. CSutsin Moore, how
ever, W enched q foOt.buard from ihs
bottom Of Tho boat, sud NlGu tnaG as a
paddle, succeHted Ia working the
boat 20 the aiAud, whsrs tho survivors
Here picLsd ~ by ths Athabsgos.
ar, Bentley, the manager Of the line,
mas sent ont tuGs from here with Ia
-'russions 20 IeNTch IslO Royal for any
Survivors thai msg D1ssibly have got
ashore, and iO pisk uD and take care
Of any bodies thSt may ba found. Tha
tugs are npw at the &C no Of the
wreOk.