Maritime History of the Great Lakes

J. W. Hall Scrapbook, 1876-, p. 116

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Colliwwood Ont., Nov. lA-Sailed-Schr J. B."JVon A Co.. of (JhWo, and uousljraed to I schooner E. Fifzeerald: A 'THa'S't' PJlot/' ^.. ;i; „ >,,,¦„ „ „„ht ' A. P. Wright & Co., of Buffalo. It is insured lor *be u/lme T. McKay, Bay City, schooner Ida City of Green Bav, Chicago, liisht. $22,500 in the "Bis? Four.- " The tug MoPherson towed the schooner HiggieJLf-j here is $12,000 insurance on the schooner .iTN'Pfcea ¦ ' Into this port to-day. She will remain here nnti repairs are completed, and then leave for Chicago. THE NEWOOMB KTJTTS, AND IOWA. Special Dispatch to The Inter Ocean. PoKT Hubon, Mich., Nov. 18.—The tvg M. Swain left here to-night, and tows tine barge New-comb, now full of water, at Decatur, to Duluth and back. The tug has on board two steam pumps and hawsers. Geo. McLeod has charge of the expedition. . At 4 a. in. the MocKing Bird arrived with the L. C. Butt s, which has been anchored off Goderich for the past few days of the gale. Her cargo is shifted and canvas gone. Two more steam pumps were sent sent to the steamer Manitoba this morning on the tug Kate Moffatt to Southampton, where the steamer is ashore on the reef. f. Five fishermen passed through to-day for home in Sanilac. This crew were driven across Lake Huron in a sailboat Monday and landed safely on the Canadian shore. There is everv reason to believe that the barge Iowa is lost, with all hands, no word to-day from anv point in Canada gives any news of her. 'I lie men will spend some days in looking the east shore for her. • THE RIVERS. GOOD NEWS—VESSELS PASSING. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Detboit, Midi., Nov. 18.—Nov. 17, Up—Props Rochester, Bennett and barge, S. C. Hall and barges, Down—Props Keystone, Empire and barges, Benton and barges, Hubbell and barges. Porter, Chamberlain and barges. Nov. 18, Up— eadviile, ashore on Lome Point, Lake Erie, placed in the Boston Marine and Shoe and \ Leather. Her cargo, consisting of 22,000 bushels of wheat, was stiipped at Detroit and consigned ' to Oswego. It is insured for $24,500, as follows: i Boston Marine, $6,000; Shoe and Leather, $6\-- 500; "Big Four," $12,000. The damage to the propeller St. Paul by tire is serious. Most of the cargo is saved—at least so stated, though she was scuttled. The hull is insured for $45,000. Seven steam-pumps were employed on the barge Ratter—a whole cargo of steam-pum ps. Sh is saved. The schooner William Home reached Sackett's Harbor minus her canvas and in sinking condition. She is grain loaded. The schooner Floretta is at Green Bay City with coal. At, Buffalo: "The schooner Aconcias, which went out with a cargo of coai, returned with foresail and jibs lost. Tha schooner Josephine cams back without her foresail. The schooner Porter paid for her little trip out and back yesterday with her fore, main, and staysails. J. E. Bailey split her foresail. Vessels from outside also came in more or less out of repair. The schooner Halsted. from Charlotte to Chieago wil a coal, ran in from Port Colborne with foresail-torn and staysail and two jibs gone. The schooner S. H. Foster, bound fcom the upper lakes for Ashtabula with iron ore, failed to make that harbor and ran in here safely." . The schooner Ara,b and the two steam-pumps on board are a total loss. There was but $2,000 insurance on the Arab, held by Captain Eberts-on his one-half interest. The barge L. C. Butts is owned by the Menominee Mining company, of Milwaukee. She is insured in the "Big Four." M. Peterson, Lafrienier, Moonlight, Ada Medora, Sweetheart, Consuelo, F. D. Barker, J. D. Sawyer, Our Son, H. M. Scove, M. E. Tremble, J. B. Penfield, Skylark. Down—Props Starucea, Oregon, Oceanica, James Fisk, John N. Glidden; schrs George H. Warmington, D. W. Powers and barges. Wind south, iight; clear, __ -, Prop Tempest and barge; schrs C. c. Barnes, i^Vl'he schooner Ijeariyille, ashore on Lorig_Point, iake Erie, is insured for $12,000 in the Boston Marine. The same company holds about $12,500 on her cargo of wheat, and $12,500 is placed elsewhere. The Ijeadville was bound from Detroit for Erie. The schooner Todman. ashore near Goderich, is in a bad way. Si : In the Monitor, of Detroit. She is half full of water. the Boston Marine for $3,300. The sohooner with a list, and badly iced up. Her crew suffered Maggie McCrea, ashore in Lake Ontario, is in- much before rescued by the Andy Johnson. Corning, of East Saginaw." A box of letters and siX', , plate ot Frank E. Bingham; wife and child living at Leamington, Ont., and a sister living at Blanford Station, Ont/ A small leather purse bag containing a marine hospital master's certificate, Buffalo to "Robert Stephens, steamer lacoma; Canadian; age, 26; height 5 feet 0; eyes dark. ¦ Sigritrl, ]¦'. A. Lasalle. Also a card of the Detroit branch of the Chicago Seamen's Union, badge 1-,'J, elated Detroit, Nov. 13. Three bags of seamen's clothing, but no names in any; an English farthing in a pantaloon pocket. Inquiries are also made for Andrew Ferguson, of St. Thomas, Ont. Men are searching for the bodies but none nave been found vet. nJE.lAlfBS « .. .,ii. BUFFALO, N. V.. Nov. It).—Nothing is yet heard f rom the schooner James Wade. Her crew consisted of seven men—D. 3L Brown, master-Ell Hoshaw. steward; A. S. Sharkey; all married and of Detroit; two sailors named Martin and Greenoc, and two whose names are not known. The vessel was insured for $0,000. She was loaded with 10,000 bushels of wheat for Buffalo from Detroit. A full report, of the Grand Haven meeting In gard to the Akeley disaster and in recognition of the bravery of the crew of the schooner Driver is given in another column. THE RIVERS. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 10. —Nov. 18: Up—None. Down—Prop William Rudolph and barges: schr Ahira Cobb. Nov. 10: Up—Props Portage, Juniata, S. F. Hodge, Siberia, Handy Boy, W. II. Barnuin, Roanoke, Cleveland and barges, Mackinaw and barges, D. M. Wilson and consort, Egyptian and consort; schrs M. P, Darkalow, J. li. Pelton, Young America, Nellie Bed' Down—Props C. J. Kershaw, Cumberland, Oscoda, Manistimie, St. Paul, Salina and barges, A. Weston and barges, Colonial and consort; stmrRupert; schrs Kate Richmond, F. D. Barker. Wind southwest, lightj clear. The schooner wrecked on the North Manitou is Georgie, Penobscot, Active, W'ollen; props Wisconsin, F. and P. M. No. 2, Clity of Luq Depere, Milwaukee. Cleared for Chic lentine and Northwest. The tug Welcome, with two ^team-pumps and the scow Dunham as a lighter; left to-nl the schooner M. L, Collins, a»hif>re at Sister Bay. She Is on the rocks in four fet raf water. The schr Kate Ilinchmann is here for shelter/ . , 'j "HE. biie-cial T^eJcEnvun to The Inter < >, BAY City, Mich, Nov. '20. Tine propeHi dal. of the Bay City and Alpena Lin, a mile below Alabasier lust might. Sh;-lcased this morning by the steamer Metropolis. No damage. the t"i;ed mebchjb. bpefual TWetrrnru to The Inter < Jceati. Brie, Pa., Not. 20.-?T>e Frafl Mercur finished temporary repairs to ., a left for Chicago. blie_will take a steam-p'Arm r asDetroit. E3L THE WORST CONFIRMED. The Missing Propellor Manistee Still Unheard From, aand Probably Foundered. Crew of Twemty, including Captain John JHHoKay—No Passengers. ON LAKE STJFEBIOH- / SCHOOLER WABASH A TOTAL WBECK. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Marquette. Mich., Nov. 18.—The captain of ¦ the schooner Wabash arrived here to-day, and reports his schooner to be ashore on & sand reef near Pictured Rocks. She went ashore Thursday about 2 o'clock p. m. during a heavy northeast'j( V Captain J. Hurley, of the schooner Leadville, gale, accompanied by snow. She has broken in i *3hd Captain P. Griflin, of the Blazing Star, arrived at Chicago from Erie, accompanied bymembere of two since she went ashore, once forward and once aft of the mainmast. Her cabin is washed ¦entirely away. The crew had a narrow escape from drowning. They finally made a raft and reached shore, and were afterward picked up by a small boat sent from the tug Samson. The Wabash is insured, but in what companies and what amount cannot be learned. The Wabash, togettier with the schooners C. G-. King and C. H. Johnson, were of the tow of the tug Samson, frnm fjlfigeljtpd.toJJa.rauiftfcta. coaj laden. ¦***Mw, tuo1"STB«nu"TuTnvp!* loyr-uifthe-suhuuTfer Arab were insured in the Thames and Mersey for $4,500, Several steam pumps were lost during the stormy weather. O. M. Poe, Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers, Issues the following: "On and after the night of Nov. 24, 1883, the red lights marking each side of the north channel to the harbor of refuge at Sand Beach, Mich., will be discontinued for the season. Both lights at the main entrance will be continued up to the close of navigation." The proneiler Avon is insured tor $65,000, The cargo is also insured; it is not damaged. The schooner ashore on the North Manitou may be the Millard Fillmore. The Fillmore has grain from Chicago and was loaded very deep. , The Pensaukee rode out the gale off Two Rivers. The Richard Mott is on Hog Back Reef, in Sturgeon Bay. The Barbarian, at Sturgeon Bay, is leaking. She has grain from Chicago. The schooner M. L. Collins, ashore in Sister Bay, is owned in Milwaukee, and is Insured in the Union, the Boston Marine, Buffalo, and the Thames and Mersey. She has a cargo of cord-wood. Captain D. H. Brown commaneed the schooner James Wade. Tne first mate was E. Bosham, of Detroit. A. S. Shaikey, of Detroit, was steward. There were four seamen, names unknown. It is supposed the Wade foundered in Lake Erie with all hands. The tug Crawford arrived in Chicago yesterday afternoon with the disabled tug Alpha. John Flanagan, Thomas Monighan, John Rand, and L. Pepper, of Detroit, were on board the schooner Starlight attending to the pumps. Noth- been heard from her since breaking adrift from the tug A. J. Smith. The wind yesterday was still southwest. There was very little of it. The schooner Clara YouelL with 300 tons of coal from Oswego to Toronto, put into Kingston with over four feet of water in her hold, having Bprung a leak during the gale. She is owned by A. It. McDonald <fc Co., of Toronto, and fully insured. beat cargo of the schooner H. F. Merry, at Siivor Creek, is insured In the Union of Liverpool, for $5,000, and the Thames tersey for $11,800. : The schooner Eureka sprang a leak at Rath- £ bun's Dock, Kingston. She had four or five feet ¦ of water in the hold before the pumps were put to work, and is still leaking slowly. The cargo :.is coal. The United States steamer Michigan suffered ¦ considerable .damage at Erie during the storm on Monday by pounding against the public wharf. A scow with one man on board is drifting o\ : the lake off Newcastle, Ontario. Reports from the schooner Ontario, ashore1 north of Point Clark, Georgian Bav, are not very encouraging, aud it is feared she may prove a total loss. The crew had a horrible time reaching the shore, some of them being in an exhausted condition when pirlrnd n| . '"* Tine Argonaut was trie larye steambarge which came so near stranding at Point Betsy, as announced in The Inter OCEAN'S Frankfort special. She could not weather .Pom*, Betsy and hauled her for the northward. She shipped heavy seas that washed in her skylights, fire-room door, and engine-room door. The water in the fire-room was up to the grates. They could not gat the water out of her and were forced to cut a hole through the coal bunkers and let the water down Into the cargo of com.. All hands except the mate and two wheelsmen were in the ore-room passing coal, tossing to one another, to keep steam. The water got so hot in the fire-room and coal bunkers that it was impossible for the men to stand in it. Two minutes after thev got the 'water running down into the cargo and freed her of water they were able to get steam and get away from the Michigan shore. At 12 o'clock on Snn-;day night it abated. They felt their way through wstornas from one light to the other by the 1 "Ufoft linraft—¥inrc3Tgtm-n» nlufudfrndhiv sured in the Boston Marine for $'3,000 aid in the "Big Four" for a similar amount. The schooner Gladstone, ashore at Sout.liami.iton, is insured, for . $3,000 in the Boston Marine. The propeller [here from Ludington Quebec is insured in the Boston Marine for $23,- 800, and the "Big Four" for $31,200. The Tuttle, ashore at Sandusky, is not damaged and as soon as the water rises she will be released without trouble. The survey on the schooner Lizzie A. Law esti-r damages at about $1,200. The chief injury sustained by her is a broke- The tug Helton was laid up to-day and will be given a thorough rebuild from the water line" up. The dismantled schooner Monterey is towing "Wreck of the Steanisteip H. J. Jewett, the Finest Craft on the lakes;. their crew. .They report their vessels, which went ashore on Long Point during the gale, complete wrecks. The Leadville is owned bv Camming, ot Oswego, and valued at $15,000; insured for $13,000. The Blazing Star is owned by Oummiugs, and valued at $10,000; insured for $6,000. The crews feel under great obligations to Caprain W. II, Bogart, of the propeller Boanoke. While the storm was raging Captain Bogart, who was at Port Colborne, started out for the purpose of rendering assistance, and stayed iu the vicinity of the wrecks two days, when, they were able to put out to him in small boats. Many steamers passed them before this, refusing even to answer their signals of distress. When finally they were able to board the 3 Captain Bogart treated them all, fifteen i ber, in the most hospitable manner and lauded them in Erie. The mishap to the propeller Fred Merour, at Erie, is alleged to be owing to the removal by the government of the land light. f VABIOTTS DISASTERS. NEWS FROM WRECKS, ETC. 'Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Cheboygan. Mich., Nov. 19.—The schooner J. j I. Case has been abandoned to the insurance companies. She is partly stripped, but the Leviathan j is workimc at her and pumping the cargo over- ' board. Slhe is badly bagged but with fair weather will be released. ¦" T?u- ta;:.;'Ka!v Williams lias gone to the North Manitou to release the barge Monitor, coal laden. Southeast wind, lisht; weather fine. Special Tojlcsram to Tlyt Inter Ocean. Maceciinaw City, Mich., Nov. 19.—Captain Hugh Steavenson, of the tug Sweepstakes, was at the schowner J. I. Case yesterday, and says she did not pmnnd any during the gale of Friday and Saturday. One pump keeps her free and a couple of days of good weather will see her released. Weather very warm and pleasant, with gentle southerly winds. The Sage's canvas is not expected here before Wednesday. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 19.— The condition of tho nropeller Avon is unchanged. The Maple Leaf has I h en abandoned. She will undoubtedly prove a total loss. Special Ti legram to The Inter Ocean. Erik, Pa., Nov. 10.—The propeller Fred Mercur was released to-day by the tugs Erie and Bryant, iy\] tnwwl heroin ----------- -¦—-- ¦ -l" tmm* Special Telegram to The InterOcean. *j Detroit, Mich., Nov. 19.—The tug Coleman, of B this citw, caught fire in the bunker, while lying along sidle Bay Point light-ship, early this morning. Slue was towed inside by the tug Oneaka andbeacihed. The tug Wilcox put the fire out with her hose. Everything burned to the water's edge. T.'he Coleman was valued at $2,500. The contracted to deliver the schooner Monitor, ashore at the Beavers, at Port JSayan fi.iT frlmMU-.No- . The Maggie McCrae, ashore at Toronto, and ot?, Kb insured for $0,000, of which $3,000 is placed in the Boston Marine. The schooner Gladstone, which sunk at Southampton, Ont,, is valued at $4,300, and insured in the Boston Marine for $3,000. Tho schooner II. N. Todman reported ashore at , Goderich, and in bad condition. She is valued at ,$4,500, and is insured iu the Boston Marine for $3,300. The schooner Water-town, ashore at Elk Rapids, ,is insured as follows: Thames aud $5,000; State of Pennsylvania. $2,500; Union of Pennsylvania, $2,500; total, $10,000. No news was received by the underwriters concerning the schooner Marquis, which was reported in peril at Charlotte. She is valued at »12,500, and is insured. The Boston Marine has 85,500 on her hull. The schooner George C. Finnev, ashore near Oswego, is insured for $9,000 in the Thames and Mersey, the Buffalo, and the Unl phia. The freight list Is insured for .$050. The Finney got $1.75 the trip on coal from Charlotte to Chicago. .'. i elegram from Captain McLeod says that the schooner Johnson, which is stranded it Cleveland, is a bad wreck. She is broken' in wo and botli ends have dropped down. She will -rove a total wreck. She is insured for $18,000 Shoe and Leather and Boston Marine. The propeller St, Paul, whTch tbok hreat Detour, arrived down this afternoon. She did' not go any further than the Sault, where she discharged her Sault freight^ returning here with the balance of her up freight, which is in bad shape, as she had 1,350 brls of lime in her liold which caused the fire. The balance of the freight consisted of 160 tons of acids, 2r» tons sand and general merchandise, which is all mixed together. Her deck frames are burned; also the ceiling, etc. She was burning forty-eight hours and was scuttled early Sun- , day morning, where she lay until Wednesday '-j f-----------ST! PETER AND "WADE. LOST WITH ALL HANDS. There are no tidings of the schooner St. Peter She is supposed to be lost with all hands. There is little room left for doubt as to the fat of the schooner James Wade, and those wb sailed from Detroit with her. The spars see near Bond Eau have been described to* those ac rfuainted with the schooner, and the opinion i; strengthened almost to a certainty that she is th] ill-fated vessel. Andrew Forbes, President the Detroit branch of the Chicago Seamen Union, furnishes the following list of those o l board: Captain—D. H. Brown, of Detroit. Mate—Eli Bushaw, of Detroit, Steward—A. B. Sharkey, of Detroit, Sailors—N. Baucbnecht, of Buffalo; Louis <?e? nack, of Detroit, and Richard Fry, of Florencf. Ont., and a sailor named Martin. Captain Brown was an old sailor, but for sei iral years was engaged as turnkey in the priso X, Jackson. The mate was a Detroit man, an« eaves a wife and family. Fry was a married id a letter, probably from his wife, nowwaits him at the Seamen's Union Hall. 'I I ,s insure^ f"-$fipf>ft_ _________¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - Aiior.ner vessel now missing that may be sunk near the same place is the J. N. Neelon? which left the canal for Detroit six hours ahead of the Blazing Star. Pout Colborne, Nov. 19.—The tug Mary returned from Long Point la*st night. She reports having been to the schooner F. B. Gardner, which is lying at anchor there. The Gardner has lost nearly all her sails and is leaking badly. The captain thought he would be able to get to the river without assistance. The tug then went to a waterlogged barge in tow of the Howard and put the crew aboard of the steamer. No other vessels were under the point. The captain of the Gardner said he left the schooners Skylark ahd St. Peter at anchor under the Eau, when he was forced to run back to the point. The Skylark is heard from in safetty. . LOSS OP THE FLOSENCE HOWARD. SHE GOES DOWN OFF SALMON POINT. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Picton, Ont., Nov. 20.—The schooner Florence Howard sunk this morning about four miles west northwest of Salmon Point. The Florence Howard took on 5,000 bushels of barley at Wellington and left there yesterday afternoon to go to West Point to finish. Shortly after leaving Wellington it was noticed she was leaking. When off Salmon Point her anchor was dropped and her pumps were manned till 11 o'clock, water all the time gaining. About 11 a light breeze sprung up from the southeast. The anchor was at once weighed and all sail made, with a view to running into Weller's Bay or Puosque Isle, and beaching her, but when about four miles west northwest of Salmon Point she was again becalmed. The crew stuck to her till 6 this morning, when it was found impossible to keep her afloat, and she was abandoned. The crew landed at Wellington. .The Howard was built three years ago, and was lasscd A 2^. She had capacity of 7,000 ushcls, was valued at $4,000, and Insured in he Continental. The barley belonged to W, D. 'atthews &, Co., ot Toronto, and was insured. j J^ —.--------1---------- -_--------------------.------«—^ The Large Schooner Hazard G-oes Ashore with. Her, but Is Quickly Eescuetd. The Propeller Conesto^ja in the Storm— The Origin of a Startling1 .Rumor. Explosion of the Boiler of the Tug Erie Belle —Four of tine Crew Killed. THE MANISTEE. IS THE MISSING gHBAUEB LOST? The propeller Manistee, of Leopold & Austrian's Lake Superior Line, plyimg on Lake Superior, which has been noted as overdue aud "missing," has not yet been heard from, and fears are strengthening that she fomndcred and that her crew of twenty men periished. There were no passengers on board. The ohicers were as fol-] OWB; OFFTOEKS ANTJ> CREW. MaBter—Captain John MicKay, of Cleveland. Has a wife and family. First Officer— Carrtain Amfirew Mack, of Chicago. Single man. Second Officer—John Stottt. Unknown whether family or not. Clerk—George L, Seaton, of Wyoming, Iowa. Married. Chief Engineer—P. Cullemt, of Chicago. Married. Second Engineer—John MacDonald, of Chicago. Single. There were fourteen otihers composing the crew. .___._.^—— ^*~**t***>**emM THE KIV^KS. Special Tekram to The Inter Ocoa a. Detroit, Mich.. Nov. 20.-Nov. 10: Up-Pchr Erastus Corning. Down—Prop City of eonooxd and consorts. __ _ rt Nov «J0.—Up—Props Buffalo, Newburg, Osceola Waverlv. Hiawatha and consort, H. J. Jewett a and schr G.'S. Hazard,- Forest City and barge, mormnu'. She will unload and repair here. She " v.,han+ anfi aChr Porter, Missouri and barge reports rive inches of ice inMnd Lake, NO TIDINGS. THE BARGE IOWA. Special J&iegram to The Inter Ocean, Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 19.—John Kelderhouse states tha.t he has heard nothing of the whereabouts oil' his barge, the Iowa, which was let adrift by the steainbarge Oregon on Saginaw Baj last Fridaiy night. Fears are enter' aiued that she has foumdered with her crew. She was lumber, laden, an<d bound for this port. She has six men. KEAk«:H FOR TUK rOWA AND START.1 . Special Teilegfam to The Inter Ocean. Goderhch, Ont.. Nov. 1.0.— The weather has faired up and it is hoped the present favorable weather \will continue. The schooner J. G. Koel-fage was ;got off the beach to-day, and is now in , the harboir. She did not sustain much damage. \\ The riverr tugs Andrew J. Smith, Kate Moffatt, " and John Owen left early this morning for up the lake- Tine John Owen is in search of the missing barge Iowa, of which nothing has been heard since she broke away. Nothing has been heard nt the Starliight. She had four men on board. One ot the tu;gs will proceed north of Saugeen along the peninisula, hoping to be able to get some trace of her, but the chances are she has gone down. The late storm has caused quite a bar to fiorm across the month of the harbor, so much so tbhat the river tugs report having struck bottom doming in. THE IOWA REPORTED ASHORE. Special Ttrilegram to The Inter Ocean. Owen Sound, Ont., Nov. 10.—The American ! barge Iowa, from Alpena, is reported having ran j ashore during last week's gale, on Greenough "^nt, Georgian Bay, ^No particulars yet re WELLAND CANAL. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean PORTCOLROIiNE, Ont., Nov. 19 —PttWrt Down Schr Goshawk, Cleveland ST'££^^25^ H Rounds Detroit to Ogdensburg, wheat; Mary Oopley Jtaedo to Oswego, wheat and com T R Merritt, Toledo to Kingston, timber; E P Bmln Detroit to Ogdensburg, whear; Havana and Florida, Loram to Brockville, ooai Up- Meambige Niagara, Toronto to Toledo, barley »««u"u*ige The schooner Gleniffer, from Toledo to St Catherine-s, arrived here to-night laden with wheat m tow of the tng Frank Moffat. The ist week and is badly aahlr Pelee all diuring the Nelson Mills and barges, D. K. Rose and barges Passaic aud barges; schrs C. A. King, Star of Hope. Down—Props Chicago, Montana, A. L. Hopkins, Conemaugh, China. Glasgow and barges, Winslow and barges, George L. ColwelF and barges, Philadelphia and schr Annie Sherwood; schrs Theo. Voges, Argus Smiuh, T. W-Palnier and consorts. Wind—Southwest, brisk; cloudy and rainy. FROM CHEBOYGA^r Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Cheboyg.vn, Mich., Nov. 20.—Arrived—Schrs Mary Collins, Rising Star, and prop L.awrence. The latter experienced very heavy weather, and losi, her anchors last Thursday at the South Manitous. The captain reports several wrecks on the cast shore. She will recover her anchors on her way back if possible. She is out two weeks from Milwaukee. Easterly wind, gentle; thick and raining. The propeller Van Raalte, of the "Soo" line, will lay up. Ice is reported live inches thick on Mud Lake. ST. IGNACE. gpeoial Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Bt. Ignace, Mich., Nov. 20.—Arrived—Props Lawrence, Messenger; schrs H. Fitzburgh and Lafrinier. Passed Down—Schr Morris. The prop Lawrence lost both anchors under the rg in the late gale. Wind—East, light and raining. TAWAS. Special T«legram to The inter I EastTawab, Mich., Nov. 20.—Southwest gale; rain and fog. In Harbor—Steambarges Mary Mills, "iosemite, schrs Drake, H. It. lirovra, Colonel Cook, barges Worthington, H. P., Baldwin, scow Sipican, The mail steamer Arundal, bound from Bay City to Alpena, (the second mate in chance—captain to supper), mistook Harinan City light for Alabaster, and ran aground on the rocks. She telegraphed here audi the tug Sprague went to her assistance. She refmsed to be pulled off, and waited for the arriival of the steamer Metropolis, for Bay City, wfliich transferred the freight and got her oif this nnorning. Damage unknown. The propeller Pridtgeon takes corn to Sarnia, • the propeller Milwaukee*' corn bo Buffalo, aud the-propellor Northerner?.corn to Ogdensburg. Tho rate to Buffalo is '•)!- The steambari chartered for iron from „ _________________^_ - __ OAT EXPLOSION. four MpA^rjjfflEb. Special Telegram to The-fiAer 1 > Kincardine, Out., Nov. li 1.- Vbout 3:30o'clock this afternoon a loud "report likce the discharge of a twenty-one pounder was hoard in town, and while citizens generally were conjecturing the cause, word was received that tflhe tug Erie Belle owned by Odette .fc Wherry, of Wiudsor, whicl arrived at this port on Tuesda.y morning to takt off the beached schoonrar Carter, hat blown up aud that all hands were lost. THE NAMES OF THIF, CREW on the tug when the explosion] took place are as follows: Captain, John Tobin; mate, Wm. Tobin first engineer, William Osgocode; second engi neer, Frank Frkenhurst; fireman, William Johnson and William Sayles; watclhman, Daniel Fin layson; deckhands, Henry Po<cock, Frank Con roy, Isaac DreWi Shaw, Lewis Smith, a cook formerly employed on the tuc Haoket, name unknown. The following lost their lives: Wm. Osgoode, of Loraine, Ohio; Frank Eikeiuhurst, of St. Louis, Mo.; Engineer William Sa:yles, of Detroit, the fireman and the cook. Captain Troy, James McGaw, .J. Montgomery, On going to the scene of the disaster it was found that the boiler of the tug had exploded, and the vessel itself was shattered to pueces, but fortunately the lives of eight of the enrew of twelve had been saved. What caused the accident will never be known. It is supposed that pumps supplying the boileir became choked in some manner and this was mot noticed by the ftrsi engineer, who was In ohanne. The water got low, and when the water did finid it's wav into the boiler, it had the same effect upon the hot plates. as a spark of tiro would have tin a powder-magazine. C. G. Ammond and J. Komphi manned the Kincardine life boat and picked up the crew, wno Wre struggling in the water. < FILLMORH AND PE1NSATJKEE. THEY ARRIVE IN SAFETY. The schooner Millard Fillmorre was heard from yesterday in safety. She arrived at her destination in good shape. She has grain from Chicago. The schooner Pensaukee, sgrain-laden, from Chicago, which left here just previous to the setting in of the late succession of gales, arrived at her destination yesterday. T'he following explains itself: "Fort GRATIOT. Mich., Not. 21.—J. S. Dunham, Chicago: The PensanJEee arrived this morning. Lost mainsail, spliir, flying jib, and split foresail. Will take five days to make a mainsail here. The cargo will be discharged on Friday. O. J.. L.arsen, Master." The rnains;iil of the schoonter A. Mosher was shipped bv rail hist evening tto the Pensaukee. The vessel was out in all the Ifoad weather, and yet, so far as learned, ' -s not wet a bushel of her grain, . _ A SHOKE-MISSING. THREE VESSELS. Crosby & Diraick were advisied yesterday that the schooner Sir C. T.Van Strainbenzie was ashore at Point Prophey, Lake Superior, with her rudder gone. The barge Corisande ha<d broken from her tow on the same lake, and hadl not been heard from. The schooner John Wallters was ashore in Georgian Bay and a total loss. WELLAND CAHAL. Special TelecTam to The Inter Ocoani. PORT Colborne, Ont., Nov. 'Jl.-Passed Up-SchrJ H. Mead, Milford to Milwaukee, barley; Stmr Lawrence, Fairhaven to Detroit, coal- Samara, Charlotte to Chicago, .coal; prop Cuba, Toronto to Erie, barley. Down-Schr Ganges, TofedotoOgtfensbr fa wheat; F. D Barker, Detroit to Oswego, wheat; L. Seatom, Toledo to Os-Aego wheat; Aiigus Smith, Chiceago to Ogdensburg, coin. .____

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