The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-30
A GALE on LAKE MICHIGAN.
The Waves Rolling High ana YES
seIs Hugging the Ports

st. Joseph, Mich. Sept 29-The storm
which has ragged here since last Saturday
morning has, as yet. abated but little. No
steamers have left here since Friday night
and much fruit is now laying on the docks
awaiting transportation. The steamer
Puritan. probably to make a record, left
Chicago this morning in the face of
gale, arriving three miles Off this port at
IL o'clock She was rolling and pound
ing very badly and could only be seen
portion of the time. The waves were roll
ing over the piers and she could not enter
and started Off on the Milwaukee route.
Two schoonerS We're reported this after
noon as being ashore between here and
South Haven. The wind has whipped the
remaining fruit of the trees, blown sew
eral small houses down and torn shade
trees up by the roots besides damaging
telegraph communication.
Early this morning a freight train on
the Chicago and West Michigan railway
was stuck IN the sand that had been
blown on the track during the night.
Gangs of shovelers were put to work and
cleared II after several hours work.
Reports from Muskegon say that one
Of the worst lake gales has been raging
there for twenty-four hours, and the
waves have rolled higher than for many
years, submerging wharves and doing
considerable damage. The steamers Of
the Goodrich line did not leave port last
lake.
To-day the lake has been in an angry
lnOOQ, ana no SmAil NIdIt GOutQ weather
the sea. Several boats are sheltered here
waiting for the lake to calm down.
At Holland, a fiftymile e--an-hour
northwester ragged last night. The sea
is rolling over the piers. The Holland
Chicago transportation boats out of there
We're ordered to remain IN port last night.
Marquette, Mich, Sept. 29.-The barge
Kershaw together with the schooners
Moonlight and Kent which she had in
tow, was beached this morning at 3
o'clock The kershaw and her consorts
were making harbor safely when a steam
pipe broke and the boats were at the
mercy of the heavy seas and strong wind
which was prevailing. The life-saVing
crew rescued nine of the men on the Ker-
shaw and made two desperate attempts to
rescue the four men who were in yawl,
which was tied TO the wreck of the ker-
shaw, but the life boat swamped and the
crew had to swim ashore. After securing
new boat and some new men they again
attempted and rescued the men, after they
had been nearly frozen, having been in the
yawl five hours. The Kershaw Is broken
in two and is pounding 10 pieces: She will
be total wreck. The Moonlight and
Kent are resting safely on the sand beach
and all on board are safe.
Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 29-The storm which
broke over this city and which has pre-
vailed over the lake for the past two days
has been the most severe of the season.
Inc maximum velocity of the wind was
hfty-f1Ve miles an hour and the rainfall
was VerY heavy. Much alarm was felt in
marine circles over the safety of several
vessels overdue, but it is believed they
hs'NS uAA put ia port ut SdIt NdFDQlS. lnefe
We're several accidents to shipping in this
harbor, but no loss OF life and the money
loss will be slight
New Haven, Conn. Sept 2g-A forty-
mile gale prevailed here this afternoon
| accompanied by an exceedingly heavy
rain. Trees In the western part of the
| city were blown down. Over in Branford
| II is reported that much damage was done
| BY the wind to fruit trees The harbor is
full OF shipping wind-bound.
| Cleveland, o., Sept 29.-The gravest an
prehension is felt here for the safety or
the passenger steamer State of New
York of the Cleveland and Buffalo line,
morning from Buffalo Up to midnight
she had not been heard from, either at an
has been blowing all day and a very heav,,
sea is running in Lake Erie
Although late in the season for passen-
ger traffic, the New York had QUITE n
large party of excursionists on hnard