The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-16
EIGHTEEN PERSONS LOST.
WRECK OF THE PROPELLER DEAN
RICHMOND OF BUFFALO.


DuNK1RK. Oct. Is. - Tho propeller Dean
Richmond Of Buffalo was wrecked west OF
Dunkirk this M morning in terrible gale. 1t is
supposed that she struck on the reef near
Nan Buren,. five miles west Of Dunkirk. At
about midnight J. Lansing Moore OF Van
Buren, heard a steamer whistling In distress.
This whistling was continued for some time.
In the morning the shore from Van Buren, to
Dunkifk was strewn with wreckage and por-
tons OF cargo. consisting mostly OF flour in
barrels and sacks. The body OF n man was
found two miles west OF Dunkirk at the mouth
Of the Canadaway Creek. At 4 p. NJ two
more bodies were found at Battery Point. at
the east end OF Dunkirk harbor.
The first man found was identified by a let
ter in his pocket az o. b. Dodge of Toledo. o.
The letters were from his betrothed. Miss
Hummel Of Faith. o.. and ono mentioned q
dance OH Oct n. to which her lover was to
take her. The other two men had no papers
upon them by which their identity could be
discovered. One had $50 in bills. The pock-
cts OF the third had been rifed before the
Coroner took charge. lookout is being kept
along the shore to recover other bodies that
may foat to land. The three men found wore
life preservers. Dodge had his right temple
fractured. as II he had struck against tho
rocks where he was found, and this is proba-
bly, what killed him. rs there was no water In
his lungs. The other two were drowned.
1t is reported that the Richmond left Erie
harbor Mt about 3 F. NJ. on Saturday. The
identity Of the wrecked boat was disclosed by
the name on piece OF the stern which came
ashore. Tho spot where this disaster occurred
seems to be an Iii. ON ned locality for the lake
vessels for 1t has been the scene OF many
wrecks. Many years ago the OweEo. pas
senger boat struck on the reef There was
great fear that she would go to pieces. and
Engineer Phillips and others manned a boat
and attempted to take line to shore. The
boat capsized and all were drowned near
shore and almost within the grasp OF men who
waded out to their rescue. The next day the
gale subsidized and all who had remained on the
Owego were taken off safely. as she had con-
tinued intact
Three years ago the schooner Golden Fleece
went ashore on tho rocks at the m outh OF the
Canadaway Creek. where Dodge's body was
found to-day. The Fleece still remains firmly
imbedded with her three masts as erect as
when she first struck. Two yearsago the pro-
peller Passaic won't to pieces and sank not
very far out from this reef Her wreckags and
cargo OF lumber drited ashore In the same
course as that taken by the cargo Of the Rich
mond. The crew OF the 1assaic were rescued
by passing boat.
inally d-time passenger steamers. remodel
led to carry freight. The rudder was found
this evening ashore near the Day cottage on
the west side OF Van Buren,. This shows con-
clusivey that the wreck occurred above Van
Buren, and indicates the reef. The Richmond
was arranged to carry freight and passengers.
Nothing Is as yet known here concerning the
number OF passengers or crew. She put into
Erie on Saturday afternoon for coal and took
from $50 to 200 tons and started out OF the
harbor. bound for buffalo. between s and q
o'clock. The gale was then very high. as It
had been since 7 o. clock on Friday evening.
BUFFALO. Oct. 15.-Ei ghteen persons. the
entire crew OF the propeller Dean Richmond.
are given up for lost in last nights storm on
Lake Erie. Tho corpses Of three have been
washed ashore off Van Buren, Point. forty
miles from this city, near Dunkirk. The shore
OF the lake is strewn with wreckage and mer-
chandise. and the waves are hourly yielding
up furthes evidence OF the fate to which the
Richmond has gone.
Another boat the schooner Typo. is thought
to have gone down with her crew Just off
Gravelly Bay. on the Canadian side. few
miles from this city. She is owned by the Har-
grove Company OF Detroit
CHICAGO. Oct 15.--The severity Of the north
west gale that has swept the great lakes for
the past forty eight hours has not been ex-
ceeded during the season OF navigation for
tho past ten years. The list OF wrecks, In pro-
portion to the number OF vessels which were
out in the gale is unusually large That there
has been q large loss Of life now seems GER
tain. but it may be several days before 1t Is
known Just how many sailors pershed Fol-
lowing Is the list OF wrecks thus far reported:
ysn .hS5 Msn sSs k s% .h
son Holland ana barges sweepstakes and knight Tenn.
'fI.; e; asD &ase f"aSasts1 Las huron
ssn"Oner fsSoner ashore. Lake ontario. '"'-"
schooner ohS Not .an faSS ohio
s Steamer scSaslHiiI stranded, bar Point
steamer fron,on asRo. Bay Ms Lsso superior
Dispatches from all points along the west
shore OF Lake Huron and the eastern end OF
Lake Superior indicate that the storm in
and at midnight the storm was at its height.
but most Of Ihe lake fleet had succeeded in
The Wind, along the west shore Of Lake
Huron and the eastern end OF Lake Superior
hew from ilitV,tw9 to sixty niles n Hn hour
full force Of the blow was not felt here.
tremendous seas placed q complete embargo
On nayigat!op. The piers at South Haven.
ports that they had been carried away at that
place. The storm " .ProInYounced the most
severe since the loss OF the AlpenA. many years
ago.
The schooner Ezra Fuller. which went |
ashore on Racine Reef on Thursday. broke up |
The steamer Wisconsin returned to Milwau- |
kee last night. after trying twenty hours to |
get into Grand Haven. She received bad |
up.
Six vessels ashore in the neighborhood Of |
Cheboygan. Mich. toll the fury OF the gale |
there. Ali dragged their anchors. and were |
carried on to the beach.
The tug Acme foundered on Lake Huron
about twenty five miles from Black River:
Her crew. were saved by the coolness and
bravery Of tho crew OF tho tug Reliance.
Tho schooners VoRes and Savage reached |
Port Huron alter hard time In the gale, It is
believed that the schooner Aunt Ruth which |
left Athena on last Monday, has been lost.
Nothing has been heard of her since she left
port. She carried a crew OF i've men.
Even tho stanchest and most powerful
steamers were in shelter on Lake Huron last
night. At Marquette the wind registered fifty
two miles an hour last night. Fears were felt
for the steamer Kershaw and the schooners
II. w. Sage and Ironton. that the kershaw bad
In tow. They were due at Marquette on FRI