New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-16
1T WAS HEAVY ON THE LAKES.
EIGHTEEN PERSONS GO DOWN WITH ONE
BOAT AND SEVEN WITH ANOTHER
MANY VESSELS NOT YET HEARD FROM.
THE ACCIDENTS TO SHIPPING REPORTED TO
STORM FOR TEN YEARS-CRAFT OF
ALL KINDS DISABLED AND
BLOWN AsHoRE-wORSE RE-
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNE.1
PORTS FEAEE

Buffalo Oct. 15.-The propeller Dean Rich
mond Of the Toledo. st. Louis end Kansas
City Line, was lost in the great storm on Lake
Erie last night. The captain of the propeller
Helena, which arrived here late yesterday al
ternoon after terrible experience in towing the
Am5oy. told of sighting the Richmond off Erie
the night before. At that time she was without
a mast and her stack was also missing. The
seas were running high. and he could not go 10
her help although she was making signals OF
distress. AS he lost sight of her the Richmond
was rolling in the trough of the sea- Ihe dls-
abled vessel was expected to make her way into
this port last night or this morning, but no
sicns of her came Later in the day the
Neosho came into port and reported having
seen the Richmond and that both of her stacks
were gone. She was then putting IN Tor Long
Point Late this afternoon. when a telegram
from Dunkirk told that three bodies had been
washed ashore at that point with mass of
wreckagc, Harry f.. Hyde the local agent ot
the line. gave up the vessel.
Seventeen men and one woman comprised the
crew. the latter the stewardess Those known
are CAPTAIN George W. s. Stoddart master;
Walter Goodman first mate; George Nordhof,
second mate: William Brown. fireman; Edward
Wheeler. wheelman; Francis Patton. lookout.
All of these were from Toledo, Ohio. John
Hogan first engineer and Frank Hilton. second
engineer were from Port Huron. Mich. Names
Of the others on board could not be learned
here tonight. No means Of Identifying them
have been found. The Dean Richmond was
v,lued at $4,000. She was built in lS6S' ana
3 nee then has done continuous service on the
lakes She was owned in Port Huron Little
,s known here OF her cargo though she had
full load of merchandise and grain from the
West.
Another boat. the schooner Typo. Is thought to
have gone down with her crew just oil Gravel
ly Bay on the Canadian side. "A few miles from
this CITY She IL owned by the Hargrove Com
psny OF Detroit.
Ninistee Mich Oct. l5.-The identity OF the
four-rnastcd schooner reported ashore near here
I'm last nights dispatches has been established.
The vessel Is the Mnnchaha, Of Cleveland.
Captain william Packer. with cargo of corn.
or the seven persons on board the schooner
only one Captain Packer. escaped. Ihose
drowned were: John Rafferty,, mate Johh
Ra Yerty jr.. Mary keefe. cook: william Ant
,trnm. sailor. and two cai!oss -lA...,s Unknown,
all Of Cleveland.
The schooner went ashore yesterday after
noon. and II was seen that she must soon be
pounded to pieces by the heavy seas. The
assistance the assertion being made that the
Frankfort crew could not be reached \ train
was Immediately made up and the crew and
hoat taken To Onekama. where the boat was
hauled ten miles through the woods To Starke.
I-non arriving there at midnight the Frankfort
crew was found on the ground. having arrived
inst before dark but too late to be of any SER
vice The Minnehaha had been thrown on the
hoaoh about noon The was running very
high and swept the decks clean and the crew
were all drowned except the captain, VINO
iumpcd overheard with plank ana SWAIN
ashore. The Minnehaha was being towed by
the steam barge Henry j. Johnson, also oil
Cleveland which became disabled during the
Storm and Captain Packer fearing that ne
would go down in the open sea, cut the tow line
and put for shore.
Chicago. Ost. 15-The severity of the north
west gale that has swept the great lakes Tor
the last forty-eght hours has not been eX-
ceed.d during the season Of navigation for ten
wears The list Of wrecks, in proportion to the
number of vessels which were out III the gaze, Is
larger perhaps than In the history of the latter
day marine That there has been large loss
Of life now seems certain. but II may be- several
days before il is known just how many sailors
perishcd.
Following Is the list Of wrecks thus far re-
ported: Yacht Enterprise. ASHORE. Lions Head
Lions Bay; steamer G. +. GURUS, ashofe' ne
boygan: schooner Isabel Reld. ashore. enemy
gan: schooner Nelson Holland. ashore. Che-
bovpan; barge Sweepstakes. ashore. Cheboy-
gam barge Knight Templar ashore. Cheboyghh;
iake tug Acme foundercd Lake Huron;
schooner Volunteer. stranded, Port Austin ont;
schooner Falconer. ashore. Lake Ontario; un-
known schooner. ashore. near Manistee'
schooner John r. Mott. sunk. Fairport. Ohio;
schooner Amboy ashore. Buffalo, schooner
Mont Blanc. waterogged Buffalo; steamer
SchuylkilI stranded Bar Point; steamer Mari
tana stranded. Elliott Point; schooner lronton,
ashore Bay Mills. Lake superior.
Dispatches from all points along the west
shore of Lake Huron and the eastward end
of Lake Superior indicate that the storm IN
creased greatly In violence as night came on
and at midnight was at it's height, but most OF
the lake feet had succeeded in reaching
shelter.
THE COIOPADD,s ROI-GU VOYAGE