New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-03
DRO VNED IN LAKE HURON.
TERRIFIC STORM ALONG THE LAKES.
A RESCUING CREW CAPSIzED WITHIN SIGHT OF
sHoRE-GREAT DAMAGE TO VESSELS AND
BARGES

Sanllac, Mch Oct. 2.-Thcre has been terrible
storm raging here since early last evening. Al
o'clock last night the llfe-saving crow from Sand
Beach started out. and at IL p. NJ they rescued
crew Of six and ono woman from the barge 81
Clair The sea was running high that the lifcboat
was forced down tho ahe twenty-siX miles to this
place. The seen nearing this place at
o'clock this morning and everything was made ready
f,r their help. As the boat passed the end Of the
dock tho captain rounded her up to come up to tho
dock Just as he did high breaker struck the
boat turning her completely over Every one ex-
pected to right again, but she failed to do So The
entire crow belonging to the boat reached Shore
towing two OF the other crew with them. The re-
malndcr four men and woman, were drowned
near the shore The names Of the lost are: Captain
c. H. Jones, of Bay City: Henry Anderson, of Aus
trala: George McFarlanc of Cleveland; Lorus fertan
Of Bay City, These three were sailors. Julla Grear
wreath, of Sabowaing, cook, was the fifth victim
The rescued men are Maurice McKenna, Of Bay City,
and John Rise, Of Detroit The bodies of the drowned
were not recovered
The barge Sea Gull one Of the tow of the propeller
Lowell has gone ashore here and Forestville
and IS fast breaking up. What the fate Of the crew
may be has not yet been learned here but the worst
IS feared The Cromwell Is hard ashore, but Will be
saved II the wind goes down. The Magnet has not
been card from yet, but 1t is thought she has ridden
out the gale. Tho two other barges, the LILY May
and the william Young, rode out the gale at anchor
outside the harbor
Chicago. Oct 2.-The sevcrcst storm that the lake
has known this year put in at this port last night
with all sails flying and Jack FrostS admiral In COM
mand. Dispatches from points on Lake Michigan ana
Lake Superior yesterday announced that fearful
gale was blowing and that vessels unsheltered would
have hard time last night. At Holland, Mich, The
Australia wont ashore. and tho crew deserted the K
" Rice fow miles below that point AT the Barge
the lake have been
noted since Sunday morning The passenger steamer
Cuba from Montreal, due Sunday morning. has not
yet arrived 1t IS thought she in shelter
this side Of the Manitous. There were fewer arrivals
last night than any night since the opening Of
the season.
The gale set in hero about O'Clock In the afternoon.
All vessels leaving port compelled to put back
on account Of the heavy that was running. The
officer at the signal office said that the storm was
central over Lake Erie. The severest part OF the
storm was felt in Chicago this morning after SIX
o'clock when the rain began to fall.
A dispatch from Alpena, Mich, to Tho Journal"
says The hfc-savlng crew have gone out to relieve
the crew OF the barges Jones, Manltowoc., Gardner
and Dan Rogers. in tow of the steam-barge Fenton.
The steamer Garden City has gone to help the life
savers. The Benton Is not in sight: and it is feared
she has foundered with all on board
News has been received here that the schooner
Brandon has been lost, that the schooner Jennie is
lake tug Walker was badly battered In last nights
Storm
In the tremendous which was running on
Lake Michigan early on Sunday, the crew of the
barge, r. NJ. Rice were forced to abandon their
ship about twenty miles northeast Of Grand Haven
and take to the lifc-boat The crew had for hours
been at tho pumps, but early In the morning the
barge began breaking up. Huge waves broke over
the ship and II became impossible for the crew
struggle the fe-boat launched, with the crew
safe board. After three hours perilous struggle
with the waves, the steamer Huron CITY was sighted
and the shlpwrecked soon taken on board
benumbcd with cold The Huron CITY arrived In
Chicago to-day and landed them. Not single
thing saved from the Rice but the clothes
on their backs.