Maritime History of the Great Lakes

J. W. Hall Scrapbook, 1876-, p. 100

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Up to yesieiuay nupes wcic Liiun-.......- the scow Bea Bird, reported lost with.all hands, light turn up in sat et y. These hopes were based in the fact that the wreck seen off Milwaukee sad not been fully identified as the Sea Bird ¦ received from Milwaukee yesterday, . ! hat the wreck had been fully identified ,s the Sea Bird. Time enough has also elapsed or the crew to be heard from if they had been picked up by any other craft, and the terribl. ___th is realized that all hands perished. The ..- numbered five in all—Captain J. 0. Hender-. his wife, who acted as steward, and I nen. It is learned that there were two passengers on board, Mrs. John W. Oonroy and child, who, of course, are : lost. Mr. Oonroy, the husband and father, in great distress, was about in marine circles yesterday endeavoring to learn all he could of the Iterrible disaster. Mrs. r ' cap- id wife. >!y ins it ¦ re is a ii!y. One of the daughters is Mrs. Or-. ;¦' Chase, of this city. Another daughter'is I a compositor on the industrial World. Arthur iderson, the only son, is in business at Minneapolis. The Sea Bird measured 130 tons. She was onneaut in 1857 by Woodworth. She been kent up, and had no insurance rat -,. in a word, she was one of the numerous old traps which ply the waters of Lake Michigan and go down in every storm, taking thoseon hoard wi' h them. Captain Henderson was well known, and is generally mourned. Flags along Water street , were at half-mast in respect to Captain Henderson, and also to Captain William F. Young, of the schooner Japan, whose wife was lost overboard a day or two since off Ludington. It is ascertained that a fishing tng from Milwaukee has visited the wreck of the Sea Bird, and plundered it of a portion of the outfit. If there iwas any one to do it, this daring outrage ought 'to be prosecuted. reports that the line scnooner Lizzie A. Law, grain-laden, from Chicago, was ashore in the Straits, between Old Mackinaw and Cheboygan, She was supposed to have gone on during a fog. When the Kannoy passed she had her canvas set and au anchor out, and her crew were heaving her off with the capstan. As she displayed no signal of distress, the Ranney did not go to her. Before the Kanuey got out of the ¦ en v." Of the Law had succeeded in getting her afloat. The Law is now in Buffalo. ¦<¦ i.i imiiiijiiiihhiiwiii mill nwim......mi......twiiiM Early Tuesday morning the scow Walter Smrcn, , Mich., laden with slabs, and [bound for Chicago, went on the beach just above orth Point. The tug M. A. Knapp and the fe-boat crew went to her assistance, and she as pulled off and towed into port after fifteen ords of her deck-load were jettisoned. E. A. NICHOL The E. A. Nicholson only jettisoned about one ton of coal. They had just commenced the work of jettisoning when the tugf The vessel is not <i The point where she was is close to the local- ire one of the tugs towed the schoone* Fleece ashore a week or ten days ago. T?nfra!r^i7? g a very dang Won to navigation. '. going out a lev the propeller Fred Mercer ran against, it last evening. Immediately after the'Mi iller Juniata, towing the schooner Annie Sherwood, ran upon the wreck and stuck fast. tvood was pr v. colliding with theJuniata by the tug J. L. [rich hap- pened to I threw her a line ioner could not II and run Two tugs Vi night, and .died her off. Imh:. . tion. data had his ine slipping v. sent to the hoi immercial. n"i"""Bwr ^n^HlBlMFlBW^Hmilllim uuuim uu Monday night was very severe. The wind was also blowing hard, and it was a dirty night generally. The schooner Lumberman, bound out from Chicago, when twenty miles down the lake, was struck by lightning. Her mizzen topmast was splintered, and the fiery fluid etttered^thi mizzenmast at the head, splitting itto r Henry Mason, the seaman at the wheel I mast), was knocked down, and laid unconscious for nearly 1 hirtv minutes. AU the men were more or less shocked'bv the fearful visitation. Mason isstill ailing, but he is not. thought to lie -injured The iron work on the mast melted like so much candy. The vessel returned to port, and will tow to one of the shinvai-ds for a new mast. ADDITION OF A TINE NEW BTEAMKB. The new steamer Walter L. Frost, Captain P. L. Miller, of Linsted's Chicago and Ogdensburg Lino, arrived in Chicago yesterday. When completed at Detroit, the new craft took a cargo freni Toledo to Ogdensburg and from there brought a cargo here. She will run regularly be-tween Chicago and Ogdensburg. The Frost is subctantially unfit, yet possesses a tine model— bas beautiful lines—and is finished off in a superior manner. The dimensions are as follows; Length of keel, feet.......................... 235 Length on main deck, feet.................. 250 Molded beam, feet............................ 30 Molded depth, feet.......................... 2f Bpace between decks, feet.................... !> Measurement, tons.. ,........................1,322 She was built by the Detroit Dry-dock Company and Captain J. C. Parker, Master Builder, superintended theconstruction from the laying of the until she was completed She is especially dgned tor the new Welland Canal trade and will carry 40,000 bushels of wheat through the lal without lightering. She has a fore-and-aft compound engin. ower and two steel boilers. Her outfit is complete. She will doubt-.usiness boat. The officers are as follows: er—Captain P. L. Miller. Mate—Captain Daniel Finlayson. ad Mate—Captain Joseph Saunders, , Chief Engineer—M. J. 11. Kendall. Stew ard—Mr.-George Drake. The cost of the new steamer complete has been $125,000. The Lloyds rate her A 1». U^Seaman Lost Over-hoard an-1 DfoWned from tiie Steamer Fearless—A Family Left. HAOKLEY AND VAN VALKENBEBO. AKEIVAL OF THE BTEAKDED VI: The schooner Hackley, coming into the harboi yesterday, was towed into another vessel am lost fier jibboom. The Hackley was on a rec| near Bound Island this trip, and will be dockei for examination, as'it is likely that her bottoi has suffered. She went into Bailey's Harbor the way up (with a disabled rudder) and report! the tiucinda Van Yalkenberg, also recentl; ashore, as lying there waiting for a fair wind to come on to Chicago. The Van Valkenberg was lumber-loaded, and there seemed to ba nothing the matter with her. She was looked for here late last night or ties morning. ACTIVE FEEIGHTS. THE CONDITION OF T1I1M1S YESTEBDAY. The demand for tonnage was good with but a limited supply ready. Rates ruled at 2%@3c com, and 3' lc rye to Buffalo. To Sandusky the schooner E. Fitzgerald obtained 3o corn and 3r2e wheat. Corn to Midland, Collingwood Sarnia, l%c; corn to Kingston, 5'ie Montreal, T^c. The. swere: John Swettman, fireman on the tug The y Food of the V. O. T. line, tell overboard i..... fa time during Wednesday night while the tng was lying at the dock and drowned. Scotty, the diver (dragged for and found the body yestov mornrmg.ii The deceased was of a most respectable . family who reside hi the city. He was a youn, man anid unmarried, day. HEAVY I Tee C ¦ AMEEICA. hiob was a ol ¦ ¦ lebet £an to Milwaukee, has been sold i 00. Tiie of Cheboygan, i te in the mm HAEBOE COLLISION. EXCITEMENT IN THE SOUTH BEANCH. A collision occurred in the harbor yesterday be m. and corn to SPENCER BREAKS THE MARKET. 1 COUESE OF A VESSEL-OW The Bttffalo rate on corn was firm yesterday at 4>2C, when Captain A. T. Spencer stepped in anil threw the steamship Whiting and barge Guiding Star on the market at fc. This act on Cap-.ain Spencer's part broke the market and ¦ tor the day 4c. To other ports en corn to Midland aid Sarnia and -life on corn to Sandusky. The en r gagements were: ^ VARIOUS PORTS. , STipeial Telegram to The Inter Ocean. ¦r FiV.o X S., Aug. 28.-A heavy rain has Availedlal'lday, an "^ >"> business 1 s bee. : -ves. Only Wo craft an* "^ e prop Toledo, from Duluth, and Alaska from CW- ¦or .ine:,l:o: Props B. W. Ranch! '": Fred„Ml ]. her lis-....... eenievy .Idrllm ; made, light. For ri„i,-ti, - i)i-,,', IiiHi:: rflfise. MARKS. tween the steamer Schrigley and the schooner ^"^j^ghisd'ull: still quoted at 70c to Chi Nevada. The latter was lying at the dock, near Laeo and Milwaukee; no engagements rei)orted. Canal fie ' »< Bo to New York. . , . . i . i •: i-., „i' l>,uon urao ohl South Halsted street bridge, discharging cargo, with her main boom swung out into the channel. The officers of the Schrigley say they whistled and snorted toj attract the attention of the Nevada's crew, "bu there seemed to be no on board except a woman The officers of the Nevada deny this, and say that inasmuch as the Schrigley saw the danger of colliding with the boom, she should have stopped j until the schooner's crew could come on deck antra swing the boom in. The Schrigley's cabin and upperworks \\i..-badly raked, and one of her iron davits was ken. A steam-pipe was disconnected, and there was a great hissing and confusion, the steamer being for some time enveloped in steam-. Fortunately no one was scalded. The Nevada's boom was broken. The funeral takes place to- '-- but this idea was sensEitio n. ------— it was feared that the boiler ns> a ex-th?^fncers restored confidence by the only trouble was the disconnect-,e with the cylinder. .fairways doded, but t~~ hat the only trouble -i Div ¦ of the s Pinal Settlement Yesterday of the Large Grain Shortage of the P. B, Gardner. Long Tows—Chicago Tugs Picking Up Vessels as They Are Dropped by the Racina Boats. OVERBOARD AND DROWNED. A SEAMAN LOST 1'llOM THE 1'EAr.LESS. 1 Captain John Craugle, of the schooner Fearless, '/•telegraphs from Ogontz Bay that a sailor on the i vessel, Chris Sorcnson, fell overboard on Tr.es-j day and was drowned. The body was i 11 lie sent fo Bacine, where'the deceased [ leaves a wife and family oi Sorens was the secon I first husband, Peter drowned. Sorenson. Kawmussen, was also ypo. bout $25,000, which is divided of Smith et Davis, Crosby ft Demiek tandjWortl [ill. A tug, barge and ele- vator are at work on the barge, and about 3,000 bushels of the cargo has been saved in good order, t>ut the remainder is wet, the barge having five feet of water in her hold. < ra arauuwwJf Fonnr](np£ of the Scliooner Dot—Gre-v Saved—Propeller Prussian Sunk, Wheat Loaded. A Sailor of Fortune—Captain A. E. Shepherd's Great Success—The Grain ' Trimmers. ¦ *'A "U;i!iMro""tftspalt,ehl 'say: JewetD arrived at 8 o'clock this mommy; on her twelfthi trip this season. Just before noon yesterday,, in coming down Betroit-Biver, she struck what must have beena snag about one and a half iove the. Lime Kiln Crossing. She was drawing about fifteen feet, and was in the regular course, where there ouu;ht to be over twenty feet of water. 'She was running, pretty fast, not yet having oheckee! down for the crossing. She 1 i leak a little in her -:"!jr-com- i ¦ ¦ . back. TJ iiilr^.i i^-T.iViriiiiriiii.x DEOWNED AT &E&. A DEPLOB.' ':,'CCE. The schooner Ja] Youi!^, firriveid in Chi pooTi, lumber l; i. Her lors were at half-ma soon became own that a deploy ¦ ad oe- '.si.iay aftorm les out of Luding-ton, Mrs, in'd wife, while laboring under temj mental der; ¦ ' from the x^ort quarter and was drowned. Her husband grasped her dresi . but the dress tore away, and I lady eank beneath th comeupatall. The boat was h lowered, and remained in the neighborhood for along time. The following is the bereaved husband's aecounl oti tlio f-ad oeeurronee, v,-riteten by J 'ni^vli: t oon arter: . Michigan, July 23.—At 4:30 o'clock this afl moon .. Young wa s overboard I south by w fit ol Ludingl on. ¦¦'¦¦ ) iind at the as made to . vc her. T] :¦¦)([ the v 1 :n to tiie sum e boat id ]! ¦'or an ¦ .: .... ¦ ¦ "tt :; liam P. i*oi ¦. Mrs. v ¦ aily ., ¦¦ i.- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ the ¦¦. ¦ ¦ruorance of lior.i-oj ic Little ¦ .-. ¦ ¦ ' . with the crew in the ¦ ' ¦ ¦ their eyes and w ¦¦¦ ¦ ::!d soon come. He i ¦ ¦ ¦ L away to conceal their . grief o ver the jj ten come upon him. e Vu;: I ' Line,was runint(? Brie. She 1 immediately the Erie began to till. She eucoeeded in reaching her clock, however, where she sank in i feet of water. -"-¦¦'"¦ "•"-¦.....i.....i.......'—hmJ —*Hie schooner Ole Oleson had a narrow escape »ing on the beech vesterday morning. After leaving her anchorage in the bay, she began drifting toward the beach, but was rest Hagermann when v.ithia a s.hort distance m Crowley, the diver, made temporary repairs to the steamharge Hilton at Manistee, and she arrived here yesterday morning, and was at the Milwankse shipyard to receive i to receive a new cylin ¦ i one being too small m____^^^•.¦,,..w....^^^,.l, pleted the survi i dl of the propeller Po- tomac; 1 ¦ -i.-.s were s^x forward on the starh H ine. She wi : ew decks. oeive an en h"< L, new gar- : 000. It will re- . ecki d looking atter the pi returned to Buffalo to-day.—Milwaukee & IJuir^ALO, N. Y., Autr. 28.—dJE8 iron steamer I . which struc] last Satur- day, one and a had; mjl e Lime Kiln . was a bad dent twe] Ion ; aboul fifty abaft her stem on the por^fclde, and a crack a foot long with a smai i ¦ broken. Extra plal . the i in the morning. [She must have struck part oi a wreck, and pilots should look out for it. PHOPELLSR PRUSSIA STTHK.-©EAIN LOADED—THE INSURANCE POOL. Another serious marine disaster has occurred, and tho Chicago Insurance Pool has sustained another loss. A dispatch was re-ceived in Chicago to-^^v ^ follnwisu.-------.--------^ ¦'St. Catharines, Aug. 27.—Captain Patrick Finn, Chicago: The Prussia is sunk near Brookville. Cargo all damaged." J Captain Finn is the freight agent of the Prussia in Chicago. ' The Prussia's cargo is from Chicago, and consists of 17,2100 bushels of wheat and sundries. About 7,500 bushels of the wheat were lightered! (so the propeller could go through the lower Canadian canals to Montreal) and this quantity escaped. The quantity sunk with the Prussia is about U,700 bushels, which is insured in the Chicago Pool for about $1.10 per bushel. The loss is another heavy blow at the Pooi, owing to tho cheap rates of insuranee which have prevailed. The cargo was shipped by Gallup, Clark ^ Co., of Chicago, and was consigned to Crane & Baird, of Montreal. The Prussia measures 45S tons. She is owned by Burrows and others of St. Catha-1 rines," rates A 2, and is vaiued at $25,000. It] is supposed that she can be raised. 8peeialTeleeram to The Inter Ocean. Brockville, Ont., Aug. 27.—The propeller; Pruse ia, from Chicago to Montreal with 0,000' bushels of wheat and several passengers, struck a rock near Chippewa Point seven miles west of here Sunday morning. She was afterward run ashore on a shoal near Cole's lighthouse. Her stern lies in twenty-five feet of water. Steam-pumps from Kingston are at work, and they hope to have her raised by to-morrow evening. Cargo and vessel insured. The passengers were ded sa -^jntii-i;.M ii.i gram to The.Inter Ot;ean. JJiiWAUix 1.. Adg. 2i.—Ml1, "ff. A. Murphy, owner of the wrecked f atesthatheis not positive that he r attempt again to get her off tiie breakwater. irSTfew on Lake Sup ¦¦¦ Canadian but was Ion Lake Superior while loading Lummpnd release <i her, and took her tp Detroit, where, after I waspnr-¦'¦ ¦ I Id not jj .-.- papers, as none of ber to pul in yingatttre wharf, bul given an . ¦ ¦ of Rome v, ¦ schooner Porter 70 bushels. Both wi i'e from C hv ¦ iiiii-1 riVlr;rri'iiiiJn__1llt! i"'rr 0rriU1 '¦¦ i, ' ¦ . ¦ • liar, has been got afloat. is all de- stroyed-and the barge is muc] . to get her oif ¦ On discharginEf le City of Rome wa ;rain and the i former loaded at ¦ winch !'-¦ ¦ obliged to Ore frei; re firm at the . ! equally le opinion that ev( :- be obtaiaed when they havi . . . ¦ - inch rod. ¦¦ .. , on contract.—/ h ¦ OVEKBOAHD AND DROWNED. 3AMER DAISY DAT. The si i isy Day, which arrived yes- Erom the cist shore, reported the loss of one of her crew. At 10 o'clock Wednesday night, when the steamer was forty-live miles southwest of White Lake, a plunge was heard and it was discovered that , had gone '. Tho engi tepped and reversed and a I .:¦', but all to no :; could not be ¦ rd from hfm at all. .v he came to fall overboard is i ' ling in tho vieii ¦ i>a>- reeumei tnends residing in . own homi . ¦¦ mm in the highest terms, and sincerely regrets M^k BOOMING PBBIGHT3. TIIREEE AND THEEE-QUARyEK OKNTS, Grain freights were Arm nnd higher again yesterday. An indication of the condition of tho market is the faet that the steamship Edwards and the monster new ship Golden Age obtained ,'i%o on fuil cargoes of wheat to Buffalo. [The Golden Age will load to 141^ or 15 feet of water and will take on from 90,000 to 100.000 bushels.] On corn to Buffalo, the large .schooner Marion W. Page if (also of the Edwards' tow) obtained 3 Co The rate on corn to Midland is understood to have been 2c. t m ¦-.„¦ ^rt-.tiiT'iITII'ii «¦ Vf**"* comb i !¦:. The propeller Cuba, of the Commercial Line, is lere this morning. The Russia arfd rado will be along in a day or two. It was •! i'. M i t; it the C uba and Colorado have been chartered for grain. COAES Among craft which lyleft the lum- ber trade are tl . . (.'-. Hall and »ners Eagle Wing, C, El. \\ barian. City of Sh< tiley, and so i ? land for vessels to carry lumber and rates bag up. ln-n oi'i; freights have suddenly cone "booming," the figure from Escanaba being now $J.2S. There have been several charters a1 this figure,' aisbip Minnea i ehooner George derstood as among rhe nu] Vessel-owners generally are jubilant. STIFF FBEIGfHT BATES. THE CONDITION Ol" TIIE MARKET YESTERDAY. Vessel agents were asking" 4*a cents on corn to Buffalo, and shippers were offering1 4I4& There was no Buffalo tonnage ready to load. On corn to Kingston the rate was firm at 7c* THE DOT GOES DOWN". OhE LADEN—THE CHEW SAVED. Intelligence was received in Chicago yesterday that the American schooner Dot. formerly the Canadian schooner Mary Mer-FI ritt, foundered on Lake Superior on §atur-| day or Sunday. She had a cargo of iron ore. i The crew was all saved by some steamer..] The Dot measured 300 tons. She was built I at St. Catharines, Canada, in 1865, and v owned by A. C. Smith, of Detroit, and her! on corn to Ogdensburg, 7%c. There was a master, Captain Jones. She rated Bl andlgood demand for •vessels to* Georgii was valued at $7,000. ' >me in- porta one surance, but what amount Le n »t ascertained. The ;n in 1 a e cai^< 1 ¦ ared. Special Ti I Cheboygan, Mich, The captain of the steamer - reports that I the Dot, in tow of the steambarg-e M. M. Drake; ore-laden, from Marquette. I sprung a teak off Grand Mariat, Lake Super-| ior, and was abandoned by the crew, who : went aboard the Drake. Her bulwark some Of he ' i ii'Ono. Bhe went down shortly after 111 deoi) water. but none c MORE" STEAMBARGES. KEYSTONE AND "AIOIIAWK. The Keystone and Mohawk have been made into steambarges at large cost. A season contract has been made by which both 1 craft take coal to Lake Superior,bringing"lumber from Lake Superior to Chicago, and take; grain from Chicago to Buffalo, thereby carry J ing three cargoes each trip. Tee Keystone", is the former bark Chicago Board of Tradef which was sunk while the late Captain Fount tain waa^fipmmapdl VARIOUS PORTS. Special Telegram to The Inter Buffalo. N. Y., Aug. "aa-There were on y three upper lake arrivals to-day—Prop3 Nyack, from Duluth, and Starueca and Portage, from Chicago. Cleared for Chicago—Props a. J. Jew- - «. ¦ a,«viu ti .«: ¦¦¦¦¦:'¦ Parker, 'coai For ett "muse: "Arabia, md >" Parker,*coal. For Milwaukee—Prop "W. H Bamum, coal. THE BOOM IN FREIGKHTS. GEAIN BATES STILL HlGHEE. The asking rate on corn to Buffalo yesterday was -ic. The last Buffalo engagement was at 3*2C, but agents were firm all day in asking -ic. The demand for vessels was good, with none ready to load, and but few in port loaded or light). Several craft were chartered to arrive and not reported at all. Propeller agents which have contracts at 3c on corn felt very "down in the mouth." On wheat to Kingston 7cwas received. The nominal rate on wheat to Montreal was 9%c, On corn to banua, Collmgwo.od, etc., the ilguros received ••"IWay the silWey on tbeTiiuU ol the evrcckud were 2]-i("f)2i.^c. Om rye to Sandusky (same as corn S Tjropeller Potomac was commleted. She will re-lo Bnllalin vessels o'.laiiie I I'quire an entire new keel, iievvv goarboardatreaks, considerable new bottom planking, ten new i entire now decks*, in all the cost to i.UOO. En- Duluth—Frop Wioslow, mi Coal freights still continn e quiet at 70c. gagements: For Ohicago.pn ip Cl/de; forMuwau- ip Barnnrn; for Kincardine, schr Hercules 50c. Prop Lincoln amd schrs Lisgar and r take lumber from Byng Inlet to Tona- h

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