The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-10-20

sons Including Every Soul on Board-A
| FrightfuI Battle With the Elements
Dead Bodies and Wreckage Washed
Ashore.
BUFFALO, n. Y, Oct. 15.-The saddest
feature of the lake storm which ragged
last night is the reported loss of the
| steamer Dean Richmond, off the shore
near Dunkirk. The first heard of the
| the steamer was at o'clock this
morning. when the captain of the
| Helena reported having sighted the
Dean of Richmond off Long Point,
where she seemed to be laboring un-
| der difficulties.
Later Capt. Jack Tierney of the
steamer w. III. Stevens reported that he
| sighted the Richmond 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 though her steering
| gear had become disabled.
Anxiety for the vessel became gem
eral in shipping circles last night when
the severity of the northwestern gale
that had been sweeping Lake Erie for
forty-eight hours was made known by
incoming vessels. These showed the
effect of the terrible seas, some being
stove in. About o'clock this morn
ing Capt. Leiske, of the Helena, re-
ported that he 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 difficult
ties. The Helena was with difficulty
kept Alright herself, and Capt Leisl1e
reports 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 great disadvantage,
almost dismantled and In imminent
danger of laundering.
This evening the worst fears in re-
gard to the fate of the vessel seemed
realized when dispatch from Dunlxirk
announced that three bodies had been
washed as ore in that locality. The
remains could not be identified and
bore no marks by which the name of
the vessel from which they had come
could be ascertained. It was not long,
however, before quantities of wreck
age began washing ashore, and on this
debris traces of the name Dean Rich
mond were discernable The local
agent of the line to which the Rich
mond belonged Immediately tele-
graphed to all points along the lake
from Buffalo for information of
the vessel, but no information
as to her whereabouts could
be obtained. All points gave
evidence as to the severity of
the gale and it's disastrous ef
feets upon lake shipping, and there
is now no doubt that the Richmond
foundered last night. The condition
of the bodies washed ashore at Dun
kirk indicate that the unfortunate sea-
men had not been dead long; that they
had probably been cast adrift some
time last 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 foun-
dered not more than three miles out in
the lake. Itseems impossible that any
of the eighteen souls on board of her
could have escaped alive.
The Richmond was Glover Leaf"
land. She was one of the first large
steamers which mark the coming style
of marine construction on the lake.
She was of 1850 tonnage and was
built in Cleveland in 1864, but was re-
built in 1873. She was owned by Bots
ford and others, of Port Huron, and was
valued at $46, ,0O0 1t is believed that
she was fully insured The Richmond
for several seasons past has been char
tered to the Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas
City line and ran in the general mer.
chandise trade between Toledo and
this port. She carried no passengers.
On the present trip her cargo, consisted
almost entirely of -four from st. Louis
and other southwestern points
Agent Hyde said tonight that he
supposed the Richmond became dis
abled in the trough of the sea. The
crew remained on board with the hope
that the steamer would ultimately go
ashore, but this was not to be realized
and they were forced to make fight
for life without chance to take to the
boats. Had the beach been a sandy
one some of them might have survived,
but there was little hope for any sur
vivOr on the rocky shore of Dunkirx.
Eighteen persons, the entire crew of
the propeller Dean Richmond, are given
up for lost in last nights storm on
Lake Erie. The corpses of five persons
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 merchan-
disc. and the waves are hourly yield
ing up further evidence of the fate to
which the Richmond has gone
The Richmond belonged to the To-
ledo, St. Louis & Kansas City line,
which was loaded with eighty tons OF
merchandise from Toledo to Buffalo
Among those who were lost Capt.
Staddard, leaves a widow and a fam
lily; Second Mate Boysen, a widow;
Mrs Retta Ellsworth, chamberInaid, a
widow, has children in the west: Sec
ond Engineer Frank Hilton was the
sole support of mother and sister.
Chief Engineer ]. Hogan, who left the
boat before she departed on what
proved to be her last trip, is at the
Worlds fair. He is part owner of the
lost steamer.
Three Sentences In One Week Aggregat-
Ing Nineteen Years.
BRAZIL, Ind, Oct 15.-Noah King
the leader of the Staunton train
wreckers, was yesterday morning SEN
Il.