Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
GALE ON THE LAKES.
The Heaviest Storm on Lake Huron that
Has Been Experienced for
Many Years.
Number of Vessels Driven on Shor and
Wrccked-Feared That the Loss OF
Life and Property is
Very Great.
TIE STORM ON LAVE HURON.

DETROIT, September 11.-RepOrts from
day and Wednesday was the heaviest that
has been experienced for years. From Os-
coda it is reported that the Susan Ward, the
keepsake and the barge Wyandotte were
| almost broken to pieces by the waves. All
| of them had broken from their moorings
and sunk in a few feet of water. The barge
S. E. Marvin, valued at S26, 900, dragged
her anchor and fears for her safety were
entertained. Other vessels are on the lake,
but their fate is unknown. S~teambarges II.
! Wallace and Garden City lost their tows and
iare in Sand Beach Harbor. A large black
schooner with three Spars and no tOpmaSts
1went ashore at Milestone Point Wednesday
afternoon and a heavy sea is breaking conf
pletcly over her.
CHICAGO, September 1.-THE easterly
gale which swept the lake Tuesday and
Wednesday was more severe and greater in
area than any other gale of the season. The
ltcturns thus far show that the damage to the
chipping exposed to the wind was quite
general. The lake on the west shore, be-
tween Chicago and Milwaukee, is filled with
floating lumber, shingles, and lath, and in
va-ious places small pieces of wreckage
hive been seen. The weather has been so
| thick and foggy, however, that it is impossi-
bic for steamers passing up the shore to dis
tinguish objects on the land.
A number of vessels are long overdue
here, and their coming is anxiously awaited.
An unknown vessel was wrecked at Three
Rivers, Wis, Wednesday. The shore is
strewn with sails and rigging, cabins, cord
wood and cedar posts. The main part of
the hull, which looks to be greatly broken
up, is about five miles north of the harbor
piers. Nothing was found to indicate the
name OF the vessel except a piece of monkey
rail painted white, with black letters five
and one-half inches long. spelling "Milton."
No bodies have been discovered on shore
and unless the crew abandoned the vessel OF
vessels wrecked and sought safety in some
other craft they must have persisted.
Reports are still coming in from all along
the lake of vessels driven ashore and wrecked
and others seen on the lake apparently in
| distress, who could not be reached during
the storm. Several towing steamers We're
obliged to drop their tow lines to save them
selves, and numbers of vessels thus aban-
doned have not yet been heard from. 1t is
feared that the loss of life and property is
very great.
SAND BEACH, Mich, September 1.-THE
damage by the two days storm OF Lake
Huron is known to be very great and news
reports are coming in fast. The propeller
Atlantic reports the steambarge JOY ashore
as North Point. There is Il tlree-mastcd
schooner OH at Rogers City. Heavy seas
carried away $50 feet Of the wall OH
the breakwater here and stove i'll the
gangways and bulwarks of the pro
| p1o1I0rs Ep,1,ipa Cf,}n o,l Drn,olo vrt,<
damage to the breakwater is 81, 600. A tug
and life service crew have gone to assist the
t~llree-masted schooner that laid anchored
five miles out all night. She seems badly
water-loGed. The Garden City has gone
to rescue her four barges that broke adrift.
One is safe at anchor ten miles out and the
other three are probably wrecked. Vessel.
men consider Wednesday nights storm the
widest ever known on Lake Huron.