Gale on Lake Ontario

GALE ON LAKE ONTARIO--On Saturday evening the 11th inst. a gale of wind commenced from the N.E. accompanied with snow, which increased, during Sunday, to a degree exceeding anything known before on Lake Ontario. On Monday morning the 13th, the gale abated, and we already learn the following wrecks and disasters.

The schooner Triumph, Capt. Davis, with 153 brls salt was driven on Genesee bar, vessel and cargo totally lost.

The schooner Swallow, Capt. Pond, in ballast, on shore in Braddock's bay, vessel bilged and will be lost.

The schooner Minerva, Capt. Hugunin, threw overboard 130 brls. of salt, and afterwards struck on Oswego bar in attempting to make that harbor, and we are informed that she got off with the loss of her cargo, in all about 400 brls. of salt.

The schooner Wolcott, Capt. Stutson, rode out the gale, and kept the lake with the loss of 10 brls of flour, washed from her deck, with her boat and galley stove. The water which covered here, formed such a bond as alone secured the remainder of her deck load.

The schooner Ontario, Capt. Hugunin, left Genesee river on Sautrday afternoon in company with the Wolcott, with a heavy deck load, and we have yet no reports from her.

The schooners Morning Star, Julia, and Java, from Sacket's Harbor, bound to Niagara, sailed on Saturday previous to the storm, and we feel anxious for their safety.

The crew of the Triumph was taken from the wreck by a boat from the steam-boat Ontario, which lay at the mouth of the Genesee River, and as yet we have heard of no lives lost. We should doubtless hear more of the effects of this dreadful storm.

The schooner Leviathan, with a cargo of about 300 barrels salt, was lost at Little Sodus, and the schooner Phoenix, at Four-mile Creek in ballast, a few days before the gale. In fact, the season has been the most severe and disastrous ever known.

The Rochester Telegraph, after mentioning the above, says:--

A large vessel is aground at Oak Orchard, name not known. The Kingston Packet, and the Comet, are said to be grounded at or near the mouth of Niagara River. The Wellington, a British vessel, was driven ashore high and dry, at the head of the Lake. Several other vessels, we understand, are on shore at different places on the Lake.

In addition to the above, the Kingston Chronicle of the 17th says:

"We do not recollect of a season so boisterous as the present, or one in which so many distressing accidents have occurred on the Lakes. Apprehensions are entertained for the safety of the schooner Owen, which sailed from Kingston for York on Saturday."