Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-11-11
a DAY OF DISASTERS.

DAY OF DISASTERS.
The Revenue Steamer Manhattan and An
On Hoard lcet-A Series of other Dis.
asters.
New HAVEN, Conn.,, No-. SIT is re.
| ported here that Tie United States steamer
Manhattan f0undcred about $50 yesterday
! morning, two and one-half miles off this
harbor and sank Immediately, carrying
| with her all on board. The cause of the
| accident is net known. 1t is supposed that
the crew of the Manhattan numbered
| twenty-five. The Manhattan came into
| this port Saturday afternoon for shelter
and started out, presumably, for New York
| about nine O'Clock next morning. The wind
| was blowing gale and tremendous sea
| was running. just after passing the break
water and getting into the full force of
| the gale. blowing up the sound she was
seen by William King, an oyster dealer, iiv.
ing at Oyster Point. He watched her
through glass, and as che appeared to be
| Iaboring heavily and evidently in distress,
he ran to tie ephone and tried to notify
some OF the tugs in port. When he re.
turned The vessel was still to be seen and
IN trouble. Il few minutes later mot over
fhreej she had disappeared, and nothing
I'couid be seen. He is of the opinion that
she went down with all on board. He
states that under the most favorable cir.
cums,ances she could not have steamed out
of sight inside OF twenty minutes. The
tug Alert went to the brakewater in the
afternoon but was compelled to return
without going outside owing to the high
wind and heavy seas. Brandford, eight
miles to the eastward, reports that large
quantity OF wreckage is coming ashore, and
is Strewn along the beach for two miles,
1t consists or woodwork, apparently inside
cabin work, breadstutf, biscuits, oil cans,
etc.
WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-The steamer Man.
haitian, which is reported to have foundered
eiI New Haven yesterday morning, is a
revenue cutter The chief of the revenue
marine says she was staunch screw
steamer of about 125 tons, and carried a
crew of twenty-five men. She was com.
handed by Lieutenant ID. F. Foster, who 10
regarded as one of the ablest officers in the
service. and it is the opinion of the revenue
marine that she could not have fOundered
unless as the result Of some extraordinary
accident. The other officers of the cutter
were: Second Lieutenant, w. S. Holland,
ey-active officer; Third Lieutenant j. c.
Harris, Engineer James Ogden and Assist.
ant Engineer Willis Pedrck.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
CHICAGO Nov. S.-A special from Column
bus, Ind, says: "a terrible accident oc-
cured here yesterday, just as four trains on
the JetfersOnvilie, jacksonville & Indianap-
Oils road were due, and the platform but a
few feet from the scene OF the accident was
crowded with waiting passengers, who saw
it with a chill of horror. Five men were
putting into position the heavy timbers of
the framework to support large water
tank. One OF the guy ropes of the derrick
they were using was stretched across the
track and low enough to be caught by the
smoke stake of the norihbound train, snap.
ping the rope and letting the derrick and
tmbers fall on the heads Of the five men,
killing Jake Weaver, of this city, crushing
the skull of Nit Robinson, OF Seymour, and
seriously injHring Charles Whipker. Will
liam Elliott and William Pennison. Robin.
son will die"
SCHOONER SUNK.
CHICAGO, Nov. S.-A telegram was re-
celyed last evening announcing that the
schooner Ellen Spry had sunk Saturday af-
ternOOn. She sunk in about GOO feet of
water, twenty-five miles southwest OF the
Manitou Islands. The severe weather
caused her to spring q leak, against which
the pumps were of no avail. The crew
took to the boats and escaped. A cargo of
l,lOO tons OF coal was aboard the schooner,
consigned from the Lchigh IL Franklin Coal
Company Of Buffalo to their yards in Chi.
cagO. The schooner was owned By J. ".
& w. G. Keith, and was valued at 500, 600.
She was insured for $4,000. Owing to the
depth of The water in which the schooner
went down the vessel and cargo will be
total loss.
VIOLENT GALES.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. S.-Violent
gales which have been sweeping the lakes
since Thursday last have, it is feared,
caused more damage to shipping interests
and resulted in more fatalities than those
OF the rest OF tie navigation season put to.
gether. Vessel men here estimate the loss,
which is just beginning TO become known,
into the hundreds OF thousands. The |
schooner Scove arrived here last night with
tie rescued crew of the schooner Ellen
Spiy, WHO escaped in the yawl as the
schooner went down bow foremost with
her canvas set and her flag flying from the
masthead. a large fleet of vessels are in
the harbor for shelter, and most Of those
arriving are more or less damaged.
LOST HIS BOAT.
CHICAGO, Nov. S.-Captain Henneberry,
Of the schooner City of Sheboygan, tele.
graphs to this city that his vessel has gone
to the bottom. She is sunk in deep water
and is a total loss. The cook, woman,
was drowned. Captain Ienneberry and
his crew of seven men escaped in the yawl,
and are now at DelOur, the entrance to the
Sault river. Very few particulars were
given in the dispatch, other than the facts
given above, and that the vessel went down
after striking rock near Detour. The
disaster occurred Thursday night, during a
furious storm. The vessel was loaded with
,0al and was bound from Buffa % to Fort
Brady. She was owned by Captain
Mitchell, of Chicago, and valued at $500. |
The name of the cook could not be |
earned.
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