The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-12
death ON the LAKES.
Captain, His Family and Crew of
Schooner Hartford Lost.
MANY yessels Driven Ashore by
Northwest Gale.
Disasters Also at sea-Sea Foam's
Men All Missing.

RAT PORTAGE, Ont, Oct 12.-News
has lust reached here that the steamer
Highland Maid has been wrecked at
Long Sault Rapids, Rainey Lake. Mail.
passengers and crew were saved. Will
lam Woods, purser, was badly injured.
The boat and cargo are a total loss,
with no insurance. The cause Of the
accident was low water and dangerous
RAPIDS full Of rocks. which Canada and
the United States Governments have
neglected to remove. This Is the second
boat lost this season.
OSwEGO, N. Y, Oct. 12.-During q
terrific wind storm last night the three
nasted schooner Hartford. of Clayton,
with $4,000 bushels Of wheat from De-
troit for Cape Vincent, was driven
ashore at woodville, twenty-five miles
east Of here.
Capt. william G. Toole. wife and
child, Richard Seymour, mate, and
Michael Purcell, all Of Clayton; Daniel
Mccarthy, seaman of Oswego. and an
unknown seaman were lost.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 12.-The furious
northwest gale that struck Lake Erie
and lower Lake Huron last Wednesday
night did considerable damage to ship
ping. Several boats are known to be
disabled and helpless on the lakes, but
their identity will not be known until
the storm abates or they are driven
ashore. A large number of boats are
und r. Long Point, on the north shore
Of Jake Erie, but 1t is impossible to get
,fr names. Following Is the list of
Lasters. so far as is known:
Schooner John Wesley, waterlogged on
Lake Huron; schooner Columbian. ashore
Vt. Fair Port, O.; schooner Tasmania,
Lumber Company''s King. Capt. Otto
rescued, ten miles of Erie yes,
feet Of lumber Mate Harry Delong
and Seaman. Mike. Golden were struck
Kings tow, the steamer Deland. and
another consort the Hiawatha. have
not b. been hear, heard from, a big three:
yesterday. twenty miles towards the
Canadian shore, flying signals of dis
The steamer Oregon had hard work
during her peril Wheelman Otto Bern
hard, of Chicago, had his leg broken.
were rescued yesterday morning off the
Peninsula by the life-saving crew and
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. Oct. 12.-
Bridgeton, N. j., from Philadelphia for
Gardiner. Me-, put In here Yesterday in
charge of Mate Garfield. Capt. Bateman
and Seaman Gibson having been washed
overheard by a huge sea last Tuesday.
Capt. Bateman leaves a family at Nor
ristown. N. j. Gibson came from Vir-
LEwEs.. Del. Oct l2.-The schooner
seafoam., Caps Chandler. from Milton
se sapsnsa N tie sssars with n fSs pea
ware Bay. on Thursday morning. The
captain and crew, It Is thought. were
drowned. The schooner is reported drift
ing three miles Off Henlopen this morn
3ng. The crew consisted of the captain
and four or five men. The schooner
was owned at Blackwater. Del.
ST. JOHNS. N.F., Oct. 12.-It has been
learned that all but eight of the vessels
hat went ashore at st. Pierre, Miquelon.
Tuesday night, came of on the high
are the st. Julien, Mistral. Floride. FL
Pourtant, Ali Bahia. P. F-2. Jasmin and
BALTIMORE, Oct. 1.-THE schooner
William NJ. Powell, from Onacock has
arrived at Baltimore with Capt. Smith
Shaw, John Shaw and Lewis Sockwell.
|. of the schooner Henry G. Ely, which
sank on the shoals known as The Sisters,
below Thomas Point. The Ely was
bound from Lambert's Point for Mill
Vile. N; J., with 1856 tons of pig iron for
struck on The Sisters, and during the
gale on Tuesday night she sprang leak
and filled. The crew made rush for
the rigging. While doing so Joseph
Sheppard, colored. was washed over
board and drowned.