The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13
STEAMER ALGoMA WRECKED.
Only About a Dozen OF the Thirty~seNeh
Persons on Board Saved, the Remainder
Perishing.

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Persons on Board Saved, the Remainder
Perishing.
A fearful disaster occurred on Lake Supe-
rior off Port Arthur, Canada. The mag
uiicent iron-clad steamer Algoma, OF the
Canadian Pacific railroad, was wrecked
and thirty-seven lives were lost.
She left Owen Sound Thursday, and
was wrecked Saturday night, 3lst ult;
The AthabasCa, which left Owen Sound
two DAYS after the AlgOma, came upon the
wreck at Isle Royale, and Oundt the crew
and two passengers in a perishlng con-
dition on the island. The wreck had been
dashed by the maddened waves against the
rocks. and finally beaten against the shore OF
the island. The crew and two passengers
saved themselves by taking to a lie 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 teammates clung with q despair
Of death to the sides and succeeded in reach
ing land almost dead from exposure and ex-
haustiOn. Thu storm continued to rage
iuriouslv. All night the rescued remained
on the beach watching the wreck beat
against the r]Ock-bOund island and seeing
dead bodies dashed in the surf against the
shores.
Following is a partial list Of the lost:
Mrs. DudEeon and her son, aged ten, OF
Winnipeg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frost Cor FOster), relatives
of r. 2. Butchard Of Owen Sound.
George Pettigrew, chief engineer.
Alex McDermOtt, OF Sarnia, second en-
gIneer.
Mr.. Mackenzie, purser, nephew OF Hon.
Alexander Mackenzie, OF Sarnia.
Alex Taylor, chief steward, OF either Buf-
falO or Cleveland.
Mr.. Jones, steerage steward, of Scotland.
The other names, consisting OF deck
hands, tiremen, 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, a watch
man; John McNabb, %watchman; H. Nc
Callger; deck hands, r. Stephens, James
Bolton, Daniel Langdon. Waters, John
McLain, George Mccall and John Mckenzie.
and among the passengers w. j. Hill and
w. b. Macarthur. Later accounts OF
the disaster says: Suddenly a great
crash was heard, and the vessel
~rebounded and quivcred like an aspen
leaf. Good GOd!' said the captain, she's
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 timbers
and swaying OF the vessel warn
cd all that death in a terrible
form was upon them. The relentless wind
seemed to scream its satisfaction, while
the sno and sleet drove against the half
clad passengers. The Algoma was q thor
oughly built and s~plendidly equipped Clyde
built, steel steamer, lighted by electricity.
TIL gross tonnage was 1850; length,
27O feet; breath, 80 feet. 1t 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 nave been insured for $780,
600. 1t was one of the three steamers
the Alberta, the Athabasca and the Algoma
purchased some time ago 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. .