Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-16
LAKES STORM SWEPT.
Many Vessels Lost on the Big
 Inland Seas.
Tho Schooner Dean Richmond Founders In Lake Erie With All Hands Five Bodies Washed Ashore Sixteen wrecks Reported-Mcn Lost on Manistee.

AnS schooner Dean hlohnond Founders
 In Lake Erie With All Hands Five
 Bodies Washed Ashore Sixteen wrecks
 Reported-Mcn Lost on Manistee.
 BUFFALO, Oct. 16.- Eighteen persons. the entire crew of the propeller Dean Rich mond, are given up for lost in Saturday nights storm on lake Erie The corpses of five men have been washed ashore of Van Buren point, 70 miles from this city, near Dunkirk. The shore of the lake is strewn with wrcckage and merchandise, and the waves are hourly yielding up fur thcr evidences of the fate to which the Richmond has gone The Richmond was loaded with SO carloads of merchandise from Toledo for Buffalo.
 The Fated Crew.
 The crew of the Dean Richmond was com posed of the following:
 G. w. Stoddard, captain, Toledo; George Boysen, second mate. East Toledo; Samuel Meadows, wheelman, Toledo; F.. Wheeler, lookout, Toledo; Frank Ernest lookout North Toledo; A. B. Dodge, second cook. Toledo; - Evans, chief engineer, shipped at Toledo; Jacob Earnest. deck hand, To ledo; William Zink, deck hand. Toledo, George M. Schilling, porter, Tolcdo Wal ter Goodyear, first mate. Ottawa Lake, Mich; J. k. Bradir. wheelman, residence
 
 ess, Aylmer, Ont; Frank Hilton, second engineer, Fort Huron; Therman Beathan fireman, residence unknown: William Sar genfrei fireman, residence unknown; Frank Patten, deck hand, residence unknown unknown man, deck hand. shipped at Buff falo
 Of the foregoing. Captain Stoddarl leave. wife and family; Boysen, a wife Mrs Retta Ellsworth, widow, has children in 1, H. port of a mother and sister The chief en Gineer, J. II. Hogan, who left the boat be fore she departed on what proved to be her last trip, is at the Worlds fair He is part owner of the lost steamer.
 Last Seen Laboring In Heavy Seas.
 Anxiety became general in shipping cir cles when the severity of the northwestern gale that had been sweeping Lake Erie foI IS hours was made known by incoming vessels. These showed the effects of the terrible seas, some being badly stove in and minus parts of their rigging The captain of the Helena reported hay ing sighted the Richmond off Long point The storm was at its height at the time and it was impossible to render any assist ance to the vessel, although she seemed to be laboring under difficulties.
 The Helena was with difficulty kept alright herself, and the captain re ports his experience in this storm to have been the most severe of long life on the lakes. The Richmond was battling with the heavy seas and seemed to be at a great disadvantage-alm dismantled and in imminent danger of laundering
 The condition of the bodies washed ashore at Dunkirk indicates that the unfortunate scamen had not been dead long; that they had probably been cast adrift some time in the night and had been beaten to death on the dangerous rocks that abound in this part of the lake shore. Wreckage is still being cast ashore. and it is believed the Richmond foundered not more than three miles out in the lake It seems impossible that any one of the r. souls on board her could have escaped alive.
 The Richmond was clover leaf boat and her crew were all from Toledo She was the first of the larger steamers which mark the coming of the present style of marine construction on the lake. She was of ,254 tonnage and was built in Cleveland in lS64. but was rebuilt in lS15. She was owned by Bottsford and others of Port Hu- ron and Was valued at S46 GOO