The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-10-18
The Steamer Dean Richmond Goes
Down IN Lake Erie With Her
Grew Of Eighteen Men.
Tho Schooner Minnehaha Lost IN Lake
Mlchiaan - All tho Crow Bus ner
Captain rtaa watery Graves
The Worst storm In
Twenty Years

ing up further evidences 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 Gravely bay on the Canadian
side, few miles from this city. She is
owned by the Hargrove Company, OF
Detroit
The Richmond belonged 10 the Tole.
do, St Louis & Kansas City line and
was loaded with eighty cars OF mer.
chandise from Toledo TO Buffalo. The
crew Of the Dean Richmond was com.
posed Of tho following:
g. W. Stoddsy, captain, Toledo
George Boysen, second mate East Toledo
Samuel Meadows, vhselman, Toledo
Frank Ernest, lookout North Toledo
X Wheeler, lookout, Toledo
A. b. Dodge, second cook, Toledo
-Evsns, chief engineer, supposed a, Toledo
Jacob Ernest deck hand, Toledo
W. link, Toledo
George Sohilling, porter Toledo
Walter Goodyear, first mate, 0ttawa Lake,
Mich
j. L. Brady, wheelmar, residence unknown
Mrs. Retta Ellsworth. stewardess, Alermont
Frank Hilton, second engineer, Port Huron
Therman Boatham, nroman residence un.
known.
William sargenfre, fireman, residence un.
known.
Frank Patten deckhand residence unknown
OF the foregoing Capt Stoddard
leaves widow and family, Boysen a
widow, Mrs. Retta Ellsworth, a widow,
has children In the west; Frank Hilton
was the sole support of mother and
sister.
The Richmond was Of 1887 tonnage
and was built in Cleveland In 1884 but
was rebuilt in 1878. She was owned by
Bottsiord and others, OF Port Huron,
and was valued at $4,000. It is be-
lieved that she was fully insured.
A terrible storm prevailed here all
day Saturday. At $3.50 In the after
noon the wind was forty miles an hour.
The roof Of tho Western New York &
Pennsylvania freight house was lifted
off and the walls fell. Seven men and
three boys were buried In the ruins.
The bodies of the three boys were re.
covered. The Citizens Gas Company's
building was unroofed about O. o'elock.
No one was hurt and after some tenn.
porary repairs work was resumed.
Along the lake and river fronts the
soene was wild one. The waves were
dashing over the breakwater and as
far as the eye could reach the water
was lashed into foam.
MANIsTEE, Mich, Oct l6.-The iden.
tity Of the four-masted schooner re.
ported ashore near here in Saturday
nights dispatches has been estab-
lished. The vessel Is the Ninnehaha,
of Cleveland, Capt William Packer,
with q cargo of corn. OF the seven
souls on board the schooner but one,
Capt Packer, escaped. Those drowned
were:
John Rafferty,. mate, Cleveland
john Rafferty,, IT,, Cleveland.
Mary Keefe. cook, Cleveland
William Ahlstrom. sailor, Cleveland
land
The schooner Minnehaha was thrown
upon the beach about noon. The sea
was running very high and swept the
decks clean. The crew was all
drowned except the captain, who
jumped overheard with a plank and
swan ashore. The Minnehaha was
being towed by the steam barge Henry
]. Johnson, also Of Cleveland, which
became disabled during the storm, and
Capt Packer, fearing that he would
go down in the open sea, cut the tow
line and put for shore.
The life-saving crew returned TO
Manistee Sunday afternoon, bearing
Capt Packer with them. The captain
said his matches went over the rail and
the hold began TO fill with water when
he cut loose; that was about II O. o'clock;
but few minutes after he struck the
bar the vessel broke In two and within
half an hour nothing but the bow was
left The crew was Amidship, while
he was at the stern when the vessel
broke. He took plank and jumped.
They had no life preservers on board
and the opinion OF the captain was
that II there had been all would be
alive to-day. lie refused TO talk about
the insurance and but very little infor- |
nation could be secured from him. He
said he did not see the Johnson after he |
cut loose. The Minnehaha went 70
pieces two hours after she struck on
the bar. None Of the bodies have been |
recovered.
The lost schooner MinnehahA was
owned by II. w. johnson and others,
Of Cleveland, and was valued at S25, 900. !
She was insured for $4,000. She was |
built In 1880
CHICAGO, Oct 16 The severity Of the |
northwest gale that has been raging |
on the great lakes for the past forty
eight hours has not been exceeded dur
ing the period Of navigation for the
past twenty years. The list OF wrecks
In proportion 10 the number Of vessels 1
which were out IN the gale Is larger |
perhaps than In the history OF the lat |
Ter day marine. That there has been
a large loss OF life now seems certain,
but IL may be several days before II
will DO known just how many sailors
perished. Following is the list of
wrecks thus far reported:
Yacht Enterprise, ashore Lions Head, |
Lions bay; steamer G. +. Curtis, ashore
schooner Isabelle Reid,
.shore Cheboygan; schooner Nelson
Holland, ashore eheboygan; barge
ashore Choboygan; tug
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