The record-union., 1893-10-16


BUFFALO On. ". Oct. 15.-The saddest
feature of the lake storm which ragged
yesterday and last night is the reported
loss of the steamer Dean Richmond on
the shore near Dunkirk. The first heard
of the disaster was at o'clock this morn
ing, when the Captain of the Helen L.
reported having sighted the Dean Rich
mond off Long Point, where she was
laboring under difficulties. Later Captain
Tierney of the w. II. Stevens reported
that he had sighted the Richmond in
the middle of the lake. about four miles
this side of Erie. One of her stacks was
missing, and while he was looking the
other stack and spar went by the board.
She was laboring heavily in the trough,
as her steering gear became disabled.
Since then nothing has been seen or
heard of the vessel, and it is thought she
must have gone down with all on board.
She had a cargo of merchandise from
Toledo to Buffalo. She belonged to the
Toledo, st. Louis and Kansas City line.
The crew consisted of about eighteen
souls, of which the following is the best
obtainable list: George Stoddard, master,
Toledo; Walter Goodyear, first mate,
Toledo; - George, second mate, Toledo;
John Hogan, first engineer, Port Huron;
William Brown, fireman, Toledo; f..
Wheeler, wheelman, Toledo: Francis
Hatton, lookout, Buffalo; Miss Aims
worth, stewardess, Port Huron.
A dispatch from Dunkirk this evening
states that three bodies were washed
ashore few miles from there. One was
definitely identified as that of John
Hogan, first engineer of Port Huron,
Mich. The signboard Of boat bearing
her name, and some barrels of flour
which formed a part of her cargo, also
dritted to land. She must have gone
down off Lighthouse point.
THE RICHMoND's CREW.
TOLEDO, Oct. 15.-The steamer Dean
RichmOnd's crew, when she left Toledo,
last Friday morning, was composed as
follows: G. w. Stoddard, Captain, To-
ledo, married; George Boysen, second
mate, Toledo, married Samuel Mead
ows, wheelman, Toledo; = Wheeler,
lookout, Toledo; Frank Earnest, lookout,
North Toledo; A. b. Dodge, second cook,
Toledo; - Evans, chief engineer, shipped
at Toledo; Jacob Earnest, deck hand,
Toledo, married. William Sink, deck
hand, Toledo; George M. Shilling, por-
ter, Toledo; Walter Goodyear, first mate,
Ottawa Lake, Mich; j. E. Brady, wheel
Aylmer, Ont; Frank Hilton, second en-
gineer, Port Huron. Therman Behan.
fireman; William Dargenfrei; fireman;
Frank Patten, deck hand; unknown
man, deck hand, shipped at Buffalo.
SIX LIVES LOST.
MANIsTEE (Mich.l, Oct. Is. - The
schooner Minnehaha has been wrecked
and six lives lost. Captain William
Packer was saved. The schooner was
beached at Starke yesterday noon, in
order to save her from laundering in
deep water. The seas soon drove the
crew into the rigging. Before the ar
rival of the life-saving crews the schooner
went to pieces, and only Captain Packer
was saved. The dead are: John RAFFERTY,,
mate; John Raferty, Jr., sailor; Mary
Keefe, cook, and three sailors, whose
names are unknown.
FISHING sMACKs IN THE STORM.
NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-Nineteen fishing
smacks. with crews to the number of 100
men, have been at sea since Thursday
last, and it iSs feared that number of
them foundered during the gale.
a STEAM BARK SINKS.
RACINE (Wis.), Oct. 15.-The steam
bark j. w. Masten, with 1000 tons of
coal. sprung leak and sank Off the har-
Dor to-day.
TERRIBLE STORY OF DEVASTATION AND
DEATH.
COLUMBIA IS. C.), Oct. ia special to
the States from Georgetown, 5. c., tells a
terrible story of devastation and death
wrought by the hurricane in and around
that city and on the adjacent sea islands.
The entire water front of Georgetown was
flooded, and much damage done to mer-
chandise stored in warehouses. At Mag
nolia Beach almost every house was
washed away, and thirteen white and six
colored people were drowned. A num-
ber escaped watery grave by taking
refuge in the trees.
PASSED THROUGH QUANTITY OF
WRECKAGE.
DETROIT, Oct. 15.-A Free Press special
from Sault Ste. Marie. Mich, says the
Captain of the steamer Jay Gould. which
passed down tonight, reports passing
through a quantity of wreckage above
White Fish Point. This would indicate
that some vessel had foundered, with all
ON board.
ANOTHER WRECK REPORTED.
CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-Up to las this Mon
day. morning it is impossible to substan-
tiate rumors current earlier in the even
ing that vessel with several people on
board foundered oft South Chicago.