Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-10
LOST IN LAKE SUPERIOR.
81 PEOPLE SINK WITH A
STEAMER DURING A FOG.

The Vessel Run Upon. "A Reef-A Storm
Raging at the Time-Terrible Tidings
Which Shocked a Husband aud Father
The Vessel Thoroughly staunoh.
WINNIPEG, MAN, Nov, "A fearful
disaster occurred on Lake Superior, off
Port Arthur, early this morning. The
magnificent ironcad steamer Algoma, OF
theCanadian Pacific railroad, was wrecked
and 81 lives were lost. Only meagre par
ticulars have been received up to the
present hour. They consist mainly of
kilograms to private persons announcing
the loss of friends.
TERRIBLE TIDINGs.
E. DudgeOn, of this city, received the
following telegram:
The Algoma has gone down. Your wife
and two children are drowned.
Mr.. DudgeOn's wife was 80 years old.
and the children were boy and girl,
and wears old respectively. MIR. Dudgeon
is from Owen Sound, and was sending his
Wife and family back to Ontario. The
steamer left Port Arthur at O'Clock
this afternoon, and was wrecked off Isle
Royal, just at the outside of Thunder
Bay.
IN STORM AND FOG.
A heavy storm prevailed all Sunday sf-
ternOon and night, and the steamer lay
to for time. When the weather cleared
slightly the vessel started again, but
made slow progress. In the morning a
dense fog prevailed. and the steamer felt
her way along, blowing fog-hOrns.
WRECKED ON REEF.
She struck a reef and went down. All
hands on board are reported lost. The
steamer was bound for owen Souud. with
passengers for Toronto and other points
east. Capt. Moore was master OF the
vessel, and Mr. Mackenzie, nephew of
Hon. Alex. Mackenzie, is Purser.
FIFTEEN SURVIVORS.
WINNIPEG, MAN, Nov. 8, IL 80 p. NJ
The steamer Algoma, bound for Port
arthur, left Owen sound on Thursday
last and was wrecked Saturday night.
The first known of the disaster was when
the steamer Arthabasca OF the same line
arrived at Port Arthur late this evening
with the crew, 10 men Of the ill-fated AL
gonna and , passengers, all that were
saved. The Arthabasca. which left Owen
sound two days after the Algoma, came
upon the wreck at Isle Royal and found
the crew and two passengers IN a perish
ing condition on the sound.
THE WRECK ON THE ROCKS.
The wreck had been dashed by the
waves against the rocks and had finally
been hurled upon the shore. The crew
and two passengers saved themselves by
taking to a life boat. 1T overturned sew
eral times, but righteG again, and its Oc-
cupants reached land almost dead from
| exposure and exhaustion. The storm
! continued to rage furiOusly all night long
! Those rescued remained on the beach
watching the wreck beat against the
! rOck-bOund island and seeing the bodies
of the drowned tossing in the surf.
DISCOVERY OF THE DISASTER.
The Arthabasca came along about noon
to-day, and seeing the wreck and distress
signals on shore she sent boat for the
survivors and took them on board the
Arthabasca, which at once set sail for
Port Arthur, where she arrived about 7
O'Clock this evening. There is intense ex-
citement in the city tonight, as many
had friends on board.
FINE VESSEL.
The Algoma was a thoroughly built and
splendidly equipped Clyde-built steamer,
lighted by electricity. Her gross tonnage
was l,780, her length 270 feet, and her
breadth 3S feet. ltwas complete in every
detail. The vessel cost $3.50, 000 and is
understood to have been insured for
$300,000. She was one OF three steamers
the Alberta, Athabasca ard Algoma-
purchased two years ago by the Canadian
Pacific railroad for the lake traffic, since
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