Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-10-21
MANY WERE LOST.
A Tempest on the Lakes Causes
Numerous Wrecks.
Tho Steamer Dean Richmond Founders
on Lake Erie and Eighteen Persons Are
Thought to Have Perished - Tho
Mlnnehaha and Six Men Lost.
LAKE CRAFT SUFFERS.

day night by Northwestern gale whose
severity has not been eXcelled in the
season of navigation for the last ten
years. The same wind which drove
vessels on the beach on every lee shore
also leveled telegraph wires, and re-
ports of wrecks are somewhat slow in
reaching the outside world, particu-
larly from out-of-the-way localities.
But the list of wrecks, in proportion to
the number Of vessels which We're out
in the gale, is larger, perhaps. than in
the history of the latter-day marine.
That there has been large loss of life
now seems certain, but it may be
several days before it is known just
how many sailors perished.
The Wrecked Vessels.
Following is the list of wrecks so far
reported:
Steamer Dean Richmond foundered on Lake
Erie eighteen lives lost
Schooner Minnehaha, beached ut Marquette,
Lake Michigan: six lives lost
Barge j. c. Masten, sunk OFF Racine, Lake
Michigan.
Schooner Yukon, ashore at waislia bay, Lake
Superior
Steamer Kershaw, ashore AZ Waska bay,
Lake Superior.
Schooner Sage, ashore, whitefish Point
Lake Superior.
Steamer Heca ashore on ogdensburg, N Y
Barge Sweepstakes, ashore, Cheboygan,
Mich.
Barge Knight Templar ashore Cheboygan,
Mich
Lake tug Acme, foundered, Lake Huron.
Schooner Volunteer, stranded Port Austin
Ont
Schooner John Il, Mott, sunk, Fairport o.
Schooner Amboy, ashore, Buffalo
Schooner Mont Blanc waterlogged. Buffalo
1T,
Steamer Maritana stranded, Elliott Point
Schooner Ironton, ashore, Bay Mills, Lake
Superior. n
Schooner Falconer, ashore, Lake Ontario.
Steamer C. r. Curtis, ashore, Cheboygan.
Schooner Nelson Holland, ashore, Cheboygan,
Mich
Yacht Enterprise, ashore Lions Head, Lions
pay
Loss of the Dean Richmond.
DUNKIRK, n. V, Oct. 17.-The steamer
Dean Richmond foundered off here Sat
urday night with all on board. Three
bodies were found on the beach Sunday
morning mingled with a large guam
tity of wreckage. The bodies had
life -preservers on, and the men
evidently had been killed on
the rocks after having succeeded
in reaching port after hard fight with
the sea. The beach is strewn with tim
bers for miles on each side of the city,
and many barrels of flour have come
ashore. The identity of only one re-
covered body could be discovered. 1t
was that of Andrew Dodge, whose resi-
dence is unknown. The crew, all of
whom are undoubtedly drowned, num-
hered eighteen. The steamer was com
manded by Capt q. w. Stoddard, of
u, I'D
the steamer wenJ down not over miles
/ from shore.
| [The Dean Richmond was the first of the
larger steamers which mark the coming of
the present style of marine construction
4 on the lakes. 1t was of l,251 net Tonnage
! and was built in Cleveland in 1854 but was
rebuilt in 1873 1t was owned by Bolts
ford and others of Port Huron and was
valued at $4,000. 1t is believed that
/ 1t was fully insured. The Richmond for
| several seasons has been chartered to the To-
ledo, st. Louis & Kansas City line and ran in
4 the general merchandise trade between Toledo
! and this port. 1t carried no passengers. On the
present trip its cargo consisted almost entirely
| of flour from s. Louis and other southwestern
| points,
| MANIsTEE, Mich, Oct. 17.-The big
schooner Minnehaha was beached at
! Starlle, 2O1 miles north of here, at noon
Saturday to save it from laundering in
! deep water The seas soon over
whelmed the wreck and drove the crew
into the rigging. Before the arrival of
the life-saving crews from this place
and Frankfort the schooner went to
! pieces But one person, Capt. William
Packer, was saved. The crew of six
! persons were drowned. The life-saving
crew at this point worked hard to res
cue the unfortunate sailors, but could
not. Capt. Packer jumped overheard
and swan ashore.
| The lost schooner Minnehaha was owned by
: Il. j. johnson and others of Cleveland and
was valued at $4,000. 1t was insured for Sls
900 with the Commercial Union North America
the London Assurance and one other company
i 1t was built in 1890 and was unfortunate from
! the start Two years ago it was wrecked neal
Detour and remained on the rocks all winter
| being abandoned TO the underwriters, who final
ly rescued the wreck and sold it.
Loss of Two Lives.
OWEN SOUND, Ont, Oct. 17.-Durine
the height of the gale Saturday after
noon the yacht Enterprise, of Thorn
bury, was washed ashore near Lions
Head. 1t is thought that hel
occupants We're drowned. They
were l.. McAllister, owner of th'
boat, and w. Mclean, his assistant
Loss of Life Feared.
BUFFALO, N. ~, Oct. l7.-Capt. Dav
dali, of the steamer Neosho, reports |
threemasted schooner sunk in Gravel
ly bay 1t is thought here to be tn,
Typo, whose yawl boat wa founC
empty and bottom up off the harbor
1t rs thought that her crew were al
drowned in their efforts to row ashore
The vessel is owned by Hargrave, o
Detroit and was valued at 1880.
Nineteen Fishing smacks Missing.
New YORK, Oct. 17.-Nineteen fish
ing smacks, the crews of which mum
Der 1850 men, have been at sea sine
Thursday last, and it is feared that
number of them have foundered durin
the gale.
Sunk by Collision.
LONDON, Oct. 17.-While crossing tn