The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-21
ONLY FIFTEEN
Out of Over Fifty Saved-wreck of the
Steamer Algoms on Lake Superior
Terrible Scenes on Board the Wreck
Forty Eight Hours of Suffering.

Following are the details of the
wreck OF the Canadian Pacific steamer
Algoma IN Lake Superior on the morn
ing OF the 7th inst: At 4:15 A. NJ,
Saturday, there was a violent snow
storm, the sea was running mountain
high and the Aieoma was tossed about
like cork. Suddenly, while the ship
was being brought about, she struck
the rocks known as Greensboro Point
on Isle Royale, about fifty miles from
Port Arthur, and one from Passage
Island lighthouse, which has been
abandoned since the first of the month.
After striking the first time the boat
forged ahead, being driven by the wind
A second shock occurred shortly after
the first. The vessel struck the reef
violently at the foreside OF the boil
er, and she Immediately began to
break up. Most of the passen-
gers and number of the crew
were IN bed at the time, but were
rudely awakened by the shock. The
water poured in through the broken
vessel and over the bulwarks, putting
out the fires in the furnaces, and ex-
tinguishlng the electric lights. The
screams of the women and children
were heard above the fury of the
storm. The crew hurried hither and
thither in the darkness, but their eff
forts were of little all. In less than
twenty minutes the tireforward end
ofthe boat was carried away, together
with cargo and human freight. Sever
al persons clung to the rigging and to
lifeline the captain had stretched
along the boat, but they were soon
swept away by theroaring waves. The
stern OF the boat was steadily pushed
upon the rock, and those who were
not too much exhausted with fatigue
and benumbed by the cold, crept to
the after steerage and sought its well
come shelter. Less than an hour after
striking, all was over, and but fifteen
out OF over fifty were saved. The sur
vivors remained from the time of the
disaster 4 o'clock on Saturday morn
ing) until Monday morning at 10
O'Clock, exposed to the weather, with
but little food and clothing, nearly
everything having been washed away.
Then they were sighted by some fisher
men who came to their rescue. After
taking the survivors from the doomed
vessel and placing them on Isle Royale,
where fire was kindled for their COM
fort, the fishermen went out and inter
Cepted the Athabasca which was COM
ing IN about ten miles away. Capt.
FOote, OF that vessel, Immediately put
about and took the sufferers on board
and they were subsequently taken to
Port Arthur. The purser having been
drowned and the ships books lost,
only partial list OF the names of
those who perished could be obtained.
Among those known to have been on
board and who are missing, are these:
Douglass Bucha nan and Charles Bu-
chanan, Hitler, Prince Edward County,
Ont; Mr.. Frost and wife, Owen Sound;
Mrs. E. Dugeon and two children, Win
nipeg; William Higgins, wholesale
boot and shoe merchant, Winni-
peg; George Pettigrew, chief engineer;
Alexander McDermott, second en-
gineer, of Sarnia; Alexander Taylor,
chief steward, Buffalo; Jones, steer
age steward, Scotland: Louis Zimmer-
man, late Of Port Arthur; G. Emerson,
Ramsgate, England; Purser Nick enzie-
William Mulligan, Medford; Thos-
Smelling, waiter; John Scott, deck
hand; L. Bates, deck-hand; - Ballan;
tine, deck-hand; Mrs. Shannon, lady's
maid, OF Markdale; Mrs. Taylor; Fred.
Knight; Thos. McKenny, Henderson;
II. McClinton, Waters. The names of
the saved are as follows: Capt
Moore; Joseph Hosking, first mate;
Richard Simpson, second mate; Henry
Lewis, wheelman; John McNabb,
watchman, Owen Sound; James Bal
ton, deckhand; Daniel c. Loughlin,
deckhand; George Mccall, waiter,
Toronto; John L. McLeoan, waiter,
Toronto; Thomas Mckenzie, stew
ard, Owen Sound; John Mcintyre,
steward, Owen Sound; Richard Sick
ers, engineer; Patrick McCougher, en-
gine-room; VIM. R. McCarley, passen-
ger, of Port Arthur.