St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19

Many lives are being lost on account of the
scarcity of life-saving apparatus. The
schooner Florida lies on the beach off the
city total wreck.
The crews of the steam barge and
schooner on the beach near this city have
not vet been rescued. The Portage lake
canal life saving crew have been sent for
and will arrive on the scene of the wreck
by special train at 10 o'clock tonight.
CHICAGO. Nov. 1S.-The storm on the
lake continues with considerable furv.
strong winds prevailing from the southwest
with the air filed with snow. No serious
disaster has been reported beyond those al
ready noted in last nights dispatches. The
railroad trains from the west and northwest
are all DELAYED. and number in Wisconsin
are reported stalled in the drifts. The
storm induced one of the quietest days of
the season along the docks.
THE ONLY ARRIVALS
were a couple of steam lumber carriers, COW
cred with snow and showing the effects of
the weather Their curdage was iced up.
and the furled sails bellied out with the
weight of the snow they had caught From
the lookout at the lite-Saving station it was
impossible to see the North pier because of
the binding snow. The storm struck the
lake about midnight and increased in Sc
verify until 10 o'clock this morning, when
it was blowing gale with velocity of
from twenty-five 10 thirty miles an hour.
THE RECORD OF MARINE DISASTERS
during the gale is an appalling one. Re-
ports up to late hour tonight show the
following vessels foundered: Barge En-
erald near Kswaunee, five lives lost; barge
T. Nj. Dickinson, near kewaunee. three
lives lost: two unknown SchOoners. one
supposed to be the Helen, near Port Sher
man: an unknown schooner near Hog
Island reef, and barge Star OF the North.
near East Tawas, fate of the crew un-
known. The vessels known to have been
driven ashore are: Barge Wallace and
ConsOrt on Chocolay beach, east of Mar
quette. crews probably lost: several vessels
at PresQue isle names unknown, many
lives lost; schooner South Haven, near
Port Sherman, captain badly injured;
schooner Mary Ann. near Blenheim, Ont;
schooner Pathfinder, near Two Rivers.
cargo and vessel total loss; schooner
Cuyahoga and two scOws, in North bay:
schooner p. S. Marsh and an unknown
schooner, at St. lgnace; an unknown
schooner, south of Muskegon pier; pro-
peller City of New York, near Cheboygan;
schooner Kolfage. near Goodrich, Ont, all
broken up; propeller Nashua on Crosse
island, Green Bay; barge Bissell, near Ke
waunee. leaking badly; schooner Golden
Age, below China beach; propeller Belle
Cross and barges. across from China beach;
schooner Florida, on Marquette beach. a
total loss; barges BuckOut. McDougal.
Baker and Golden Harvest near East
Tawas; two unknown schooners, on Old
Mackinaw reef. In majority of these
cases the crews are safe, but the result in a
number of others is at best uncertain.
DETROIT, Nov. 1S.-A heavy gale, bring
ing with it cold wave. arrived here early
this morning. According to the signal
service officer the wind reached velocity
of fOrty-nine miles an hour. There was
little snow during the day. But little
shipping is on the river and that had been
secured in anticipation of the storm. The
steamer City of Detroit arrived from Cleve-
land three and half hours late. Her
decks were covered with ice. the ice on the
hurricane deck being half an inch thick.
BODIES RECOVERED.
KEwAUNEE, Wis, Nov. 1S.-Most of
the bodies from the barges Dickinson and
Emerald. which were wrecked yesterday
were recovered to-day. Among these were
the bodies of Capt. Alexander Gorham. OF
New Baltimore, Mich; Louis and Mike
Partake. of Ptts6eld, Wis.,. and Maggie
Clark, the cook. who resides near Mil
waukee, all of the Emerald. also the bodies
of Mary Burns, cook, of Toledo, of Jerry
Jeru. and of a man who is only known as
Arthur. all of the Dickinson. Only one
body is missing. The remains have been
properly cared for.