Maritime History of the Great Lakes

J. W. Hall Scrapbook, 1876-, p. 20

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Foundered off Providence Manitoulin Island. Bay, Twelve out of Seventeen of her Crew Drowned. Terrible Sufferings of the Five Survivors. The List of the Drowned—Ten Men and Two Women Lost. pect of any more vessels being able to get through, unless a thaw sets in. Several of the vessels which' have been •cali^ht ifl the ice are preparing to lay up where they are. It is snowing heavily to-night. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Collingwood, Ont. Nov, '24.—The schrs City of Chicago and Ostrich, from Chicago last week, are laying up nere, unable to get away on account of r.he storm. The weather to-night is some-(Vhat r/dlder, but still snowinir. Spec.a! Telegram to the Inter O^ean. ' Sarnia, Ont., Nov. -J L—The schr George Mar-ray, crn-laden, from Chicago for Buffalo, which ran on die beach near Point Edward yesterday, was to-night pui'ed off bv the tugs blocking . mm and Motratt, afl mg part' of her. cargo into schr Trade, which had been towed 1 ¦MJ to Captain Van Llew and others of the tag Grayling by the Detroit, Merchants and Manufacturers* Exchange have been received, and the captain and his crew feel deeply grateful. Accompany :ng the valuable presents was the following communication: Detkott, Nov. 4,1830. Captain Franfc Vai Liew and crew of the tug Grayiingj Gentlemen: The Merchants and Manufacturers' Exchange of Detroit have caused lo be prepared the following articles for yourself and others interested, viz.: For Captain Frank Van Liew. one gold watch and chain: William lUshop, one si ver watch ami chain; David Thompson, one silver watch and chain. You will please accept the same as a reminder that, the merchants ,. „„„,,*- *-_ *.>,„*. ~„mttH of Detroit acknowledge ;md appreciate the value1 JJ-lwWM tf iiVT mflifiiWIlitm of your great services in aidintr to rescue the, passengers and crew of the Marine City when destroyed by fire on Lake Huron, Aug. 29, 1 880. Very truly yours, T. H. Hinchm.an, President. Captain Van Liew, for himself and crew, re-ponds as follows: . II. Hindi mini. President ot the Merchants and Manufacturerel E*xc-naug«. Detroit, Alien.: I am in receipt of your elegant present of a watch and chain as a remembrance of the fatal occurrence of Aug. 29, at the time of the burning?! of the steamer Marine City. And I am joined in, most, heartfelt thants to my stranger friends of j Detroit by my comrades, Wm. liiwhop and David Thompson, who, with me, appreciate the motives that actuate you in your kind presents and vonr truly hearty expression of the same in your accompanying letter. We trust that we did our duty, and that we may always merit the esteem-tnat your letter guarantees us. Respectfully yours, Frank Van Liew* Captain tug Grayling.* 6 Collingwood, Nov. 30.—To-night's Daily Messenger contains the following full report of the lost propeller Simcoe :—At last we have definite news ol the fate of the Simcoe and her crew, and while the loss of life is fortunately not as large as was feared, still the story of the wreck is sad—exceedingly sad. Out ot a crew* of seventeen only five return to tell the tale of •ilisaster and death. This morning the Georgian Bay Transportation Company sent the Northern^ Belle in search of tidings of the Simcoe andl their other two boats, for whose safety they; felt apprehension. About three o'clock, this; afternoon a despatch from Owen Sound an-i nounced that the three steamers Manitoulin, I Mmerald, and J5e/£« were in sight of that town, and it created intense excitement in Collingwood. The Montreal Telegraph office was besieged by an anxious crowd, swayed by mingled hope and fear, eager to hear news from the wreck. About four o'clock came the news that five of the crew of the Simcoe had arrived at Owen Sound, all the rest having met a sad and sudden death in the treacherous waters of Lake Huron. THE SAVED. The following are the names of the saved :—; Captain James Parsons, 1st mate ; John Neft-bitt, chief engineer; Robert McMeney, wheelsman ; Matthew Noble, fireman j Edward Pea-croft, deck hand. LIST OF THE BROWNED. The following are the names of those who: ^^—. Went down to a watery grave with the ill-fatedl as follows: To Buffalo — Props St. Louis, Port-§ steamer:—Captain R. Hill, Master; Robert J! age, wheat on through rate; schrs Donaldson McNabb, 2nd mate ; Ben Milward, wheelsman;] corn at 6c; E. M. Portch, J. G. Hasten, corn on] John Henry, fireman ; Thomas O'Hara, p. t. To Erie— Props Delaware, Alaska, corn onf Thomas Levey, Peter McDougall, and Donald} through rate. Capacity — Wheat, 58,000 buj Cair, deck hands; George Patton, porter ;j corn, 178,000 bu. 5£k?. Ju^a C-ibson, ladies' maid ; Miss Lydia] The rate on corn to Buffalo at the close was called fie. Lumber rates were almost nominal as follows: Muskegon to Chicago............... $2.37*2 Ludington to Chicago............... 2.;;712 Manistee to Chicairo................. 2.75 'White Lake to Chicago.............. '2.50 Straits to Chicago.....................2.75@~.00 Alpena to Chicago.................... 3.25 CANADui^ PORTS. Special Telegram to The Inter Oo^an. Port Dalhousie, Out., Nov. 24— Arrived— Schr Mystic, from Kingston, barley-laden for. Milwaukee. She left Kingston in the early part of the week, and had to run back there fori shelter, starting again on Tuesday morning. She will hardly get tnrough. q to The Inter Ocean. Parry Sound, Ont., Nov. 24.—Heavy wind, ac eompariied with snow, set in from the southing morning and still continues. About two feet on a level has fallen. The steathi Northern Belle left for Collingwood early this morning but experienced a very heavy sea- and returned here for shelter. The harbor here " yet perfectly free £roin ice. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 24.— Five steamers am thirty-four barges belonging to the Ottawa flee arc frozen in at various places betwer this cit- and Onehen. FREIGHTS. Charters were reported on 'Change yesterday! THE CARRINGrTON. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov- 16.—The recounts re garding the loss of the schooner Carringto and crew are very meager. In relation to tluf crew, a special dispatch to the Sent hy el fro: Oconomowoc gives a list as follows: Thomaj Sands, captain, wife and two children resideni at Amherst; Jens Sands, mate, and brother the master, single: Chris Oiesou, Oconomowoc! leaves a wife and one child. Besides these were!1 M. filugen, a brother-in-law of the captain, who? ¦ leaves a family, and John McSweeuey, botrf residents of Milwaukee. The scow. (Juristit which kept Carrington in view from the tim she saw her signal of distress on Sunday nigiij until 2 o'clock Tuesday morning. Ran clos| enough to observe one of the crew at r.he pump and others shoving the deck-load of lumber in the lake. They had reduced the load to the top of the rail, and were still actively encaged. Thai Captain Sands did not shorten sail, and permi tne Onristy to run within speaking distance, clines tne commander of the latter's belief hi oould make shore, while desiring the Christy ti i--."! Hi^i.' bv !..-j a-wi . :'. :u '¦-.'¦¦¦ ¦ ¦;•; i ¦¦¦¦ .>-..[ . ER W. TILTH RD A TOTAL WRECK. bpeciai Telegram to Xiie inter Ocean. St. Joseph, Mich., Nov. 7.—The schooner W H. Williard, of Milwaukee, bouud from Muskegon to this place, loaded with lumber, struck the end of the north pier about 2 o'clock this morning, and drifted ashore. She total wreck. About fifty feet A sailor named Gonyeau fell from the mizzen crosstrees of the Canadian schooner Oliver Howatfc, while the vessel was on Lake Huron on the evening of the 2d inst., and striking upon the roof of the cabin, suffered a fracture of an arm and leg, besides being badly shaken up. -He was landed at Cheboygan on Saturday last for treatment, and will recover. On the morning before the accident Gonyeau was washed from the vessel's jihboom, but managed to save himself by grasping the bowsprit shrouds. CAST ON THE BEACH. Special Telegram to The inter Ocean. South Haven, Mich., Nov. y.—The body of a man, five feet nine inches high, and about 22 vears old, was found on the beach seven miles lliorth of here on Sunday morning last. He had . on a cotton suit and new shoes; the figure of a woman, in blue India ink. was marked on his fight arm. The body had evidently been a long ime in the water, and was not identified. SAILOR KILLED. •Special Telegram to The Enter Ocean. M ,-skegcn, Mich., Nov. Ifl.—A sailor named i Andrew Johnson was instantly killed as the j schooner Delos DeWolf was landing this morn- i ing. He jumped on the dock to make the line of the end of the north pier just sticks out of I fast, and the schooner struck a lumber-pile, water, and the pier is about 600 or 700 feetf throwing it onto him, breaking his neck. % Williams, cook : is unknown. and a deck hand whose name. BEFORE THK DALE. The Northern Belle arrived in port at five o'clock, haying on board Captain Parsons and one other of those who escaped from the ! Simcoe. Immediately on her arrival a reporter interviewed Captain Parsons, first mate of the Simcoe, and obtained the following particulars of the wreck :—The steamer Simcoe left C'1', cago bound for Collingwood at 12:15 a. m. oiij Kovember 19th. and hail favourable but cold weather down the west shore of Lake Michigan and was off Twin River Point at 11 p. in. steering north-east for the Manitous. Oajj Saturday morning a heavy westerly gale with}' snow set in. The harbour of South Manitou wast reached at 11:30, where the steamer was wooded] and lay until midnight on Monday. On Tuesday, the 23d, they had a smooth run through the Straits and passed Cheboygan at 3:o0 p.in. with a gentle wind from the south-West. At midnight the wind was south and the lake was not rough, the steamer going on her course in good shape. On Wednesday at 2 a.m. th Duck Island and light were passed the usual ¦ riiatonce off. _______________ TSE"ra.MiJJUMk The Sentinel. Milwaukee, says: "The scow Christe;, which was in company with the ill-fated schooner E. M. Carrington, arrived here at an early hour Tuesday morning. Her master knew nothing of the disaster, having last seen the light set in the Carriagton's rigging at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning, the Christe then being s.uine eight miles away. When the Christe discovered the signal of distress Sunday afternoon, she bore down and passed under the Car-rington'j stern, as stated by Captain Maloney, of the schooner Phoenix, and saw some of the crew at the pumps, while others were engaged in throwing lumber overboard, and had got the tiers forward ana aft down nearly on a level with the rail Like Captain Maloney, themasterot the Christe cannot account tor the actions ot thoseou the Carrington. Had r.he vessel been in ahe dis-tress they think she shomd have shortened can-¦a.u »Tiri nemif.^ tnem to come within speak- longer than the south, where the light is. The Captain, A. P. Lawrence, who is the owner, by this accident loses his all, and by his statement, given to your correspondent, makes the, government to blame. All vessel captains! should take warning that when they are coming! from the north or northwest they should not try" to enter this harbor by taking the two lights in; range, as this will always bring them up against the lake side of the north pier, and beach them, as the main light is about thirty rods south of the south pier, pretty near on a line. This is the second vessel this month that has been beached by doing this, and it looks as if the, government should surely have some kind of aL light on a pier where there are two or three newl cribs that are not finished, and that are covered with water half the time when there is a sea. KILLED AND MISSING. SAD CASES. A dispatch from Captain H. C. McCullum, of the schooner Belos DeWolf, at Muskegon, to President Powers, of the Seamen's Union, announces that Andrew Johnson, a seaman on the vessel, was accidentally killed yesterday* but whether outside or at Muskegon is not stated. Johnson's badge was No. 3,117, and he boarded at the Svea Hotel, Bremer street. Mr. Powers will leave Chicago for Muskegon today. Cap-tain Thomas O'Maley, the mate of the schooner John Miner, who disappeared at Cleveland just before the vessel left there, is still missing, and Captain Dall, of Chicago, the owner of the vessel, fears that he was accidentally drowned or met with foul play. He leaves a wife and family in Chicago. Captain O'Maley was not a drinking man, and was a most affectionate husband and father, and Mrs. O'Maley is distracted with grief. He had sent his money home here by mail, and, without doubt, intended to "ioin the Miner again at Cleveland. His effects were all on board, and his relations with the sailing master were the most friendly. He was about 5 feet 5 niches xa height, heavily built, and had dark hair and mustache, hair turning Stay. FREIGHTS. Grain freights were steady yesterday on the basis of 7c .corn to Buffalo. Charters were reported on 'Change as follows: To Buffalo—Props Bussia, wheat at 7%c; Buffalo, corn on through rate; Pridgeon and schrs E. L. Coyne, Champion, B. F. Bruce, H. C. Kichmond, Moonlight, and Fitzgerald, ail corn ac 7c. To Erie—Props Alaska, Con-estoga, and Lehigh, and schr Allegheny, corn on through rate. To Collingwood— Prop Columbia, corn on through rate. Lumber freights were firm, with an upward tendency. PORT COLBORNE. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean, Port Colborne, Ont., Nov. 2o.—About all the vessels lying wind-bound here have paid their crews off and are laying up. The weather still continues cold and making plenty of ice here. The schooner G. C. Trnmpff, after lying some time at Long Point, ran back here this afternoon. She was bound to Milwaukee with coal from Buffalo. She will go into winter quarters here. _ . * and permitted ing distance. As this was not done, they both are of opinion that Captain Sands expected lie would be ule ! to bring his crate through to the west shore, but wanted some one near him to renuer assistance in case ot failure. When it commenced to storm, it did so wioh a vengeance, and when the trying tune came, those upon whom he depended for succor wore obliged to look to their own saftity. As stated in Tuesday's bent net, no one saw the Carrington go over She disappeared within the few moments tua" Captain Maloney was engaged in getting his ves> sel into position to permit of another reef bein; put into tiie mainsail. From the position of th Carrington, Captain Malone? holds she cool not net out of signt.within an hour, and nor sud den disappearance makes him so positive tha! she rolled over." \\ ..........n. ii in iu 1.1.I'll in Uumiw '"¦¦ Oconomowoc, Wis., Nov. 17.—When the news of the siuking of the schooner Carrington near Milwaukee, witn ail on board, was first received here, it was suspected that there wen; some Oconomowoc saiiors aboard, but nothing definite i was heard until last night. There were rive w aboard, three of whom were from this place. ™ The Captain, Thomas C. Sand, moved from here to AmherSt last February, and leaves a wife and children. Christ Oieson has a home here, and leaves a wife and child. J. band is unmarried. THE FOUNDERING CANALEES. VtOS-^G^ *.STILIj ANOTHER GOES DOWN. •J The canal style of craft continues to furnish tin horrors. Other craft go ashore, are dismasted; waterlog, sink, etc., etc., but the only craft that go down with all hands are the canalers. Up to last evening nothing had been heard from the canal propeller Zealand, and unless the di; patches bring some tidings this morning it will! be concluded that she foundered, and that the! officers and crew—eighteen or twenty in number—all found watery graves. The Zealand] measured 28-1 tons. She Wae built at Hamilton by A. Bd. Robertson, in 1874, was owned by E. Zealand, of Hamilton, the master, classed A l1;?, and was valued at $30,000. She was rebuilt from the bottom of the propeller Chatham. Hull and cargo insure ONE MORE CANALER. THE KNIGHT TEMPLAR ON THE ROCKS. Private dispatches received here yesterday by the officers of the Mackinaw Lumber Company announce that the schooner Knight Templar went ashore in the snowstorm Saturday morning on Fisherman's Reef, near K,ock Island, in P*ith's Door—the entrance to Green Bay—and is full of water. The vessel was bound for Black River, with a cargo of supplies, consigned to the Mackinaw Company's mill there. The tug Leviathan has gone to her from Escanaba. She is on a rocky bottom, and lies in an exposed position. Her cargo is worth $6,000, and there is no insurance on cargo or hull. The Knight Templar is a canal vessel, measures 290 tons, was built at Oswego bv George Goble in 1865, rated B l]e. and was valued at $7,300. Being a canal vessel perhaps had nothing todo with this disaster, but it may be stated, nevertheless, that the K. T. was (or is) a canaler. The crew are supposed to be safe. CLEVELAND-. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 26.—A telegram was received to-day from the captain of the tug Samson, at Point Au Pelee, stating that the ice hadcuta hole in the tug, and that she sank Monday in McCormick's Bay. She was on her way here, and will probably be abandoned to the insurance. She rates A 2, and was valued at THE STORM ON LAKE ERIE. Buffalo, Xov. 22. — The storm which visited this coast on Saturday and continued throughout the whole of yesterday has been very destructive to shipping on the lakes. The wind after dark, rose to a hurricane, and at 11 o'clock its velocity increased to 40 miles per hour with a minimum temperature of 11 ° . Every vessel that was out was covered with ice, rendering it difficult for the frozen crew to handle the slippery ropes, while the waves literally ran mountains high. On Sunday morning about four o'clock the three-masted canal schooner Falmouth, drove against the Buffalo breakwater, stove in her bow, and went down in sight of the Buffalo docks. The captain, Thomas Murray; the mate, 8. Brecker, and four sailors, which composed the crew, scrambled to the pier, but the cook, a widow woman from Hamilton, could not be made to understand the danger, and insisted on having her trunk taken on shore. Argument was useless, force was ineffectual, and she had to be abandoned to her fate, the vessel going down near the1 north end of the breakwater, in twenty-five feet of water. The Falmouth left Toledo on Friday at noon, with 16,500 bushels of wheat , for Osweso. The gale of Saturday was en- 1 countered while she was off Port Stanley. The same evening a heavy snow-storm off Long Point carried off her foreboom, gaff, a small boat, and split her foresail and mainsail. The gale was tremendous. The cold was intense. The vessel was coated with ice, and the crew were benumbed with cold. The Captain attempted to make Port Colborne, but failing on account of the hurricane, headed for Buffalo. It was hard work shaping her course into harbour, and the tug Compound finally made the connection with a small line to the large ones on the tug. The schooner being covered with ice, the small line parted, and the ill-fated Falmouth crashed against the pier and was lost. The Falmouth was built at Manitowoc in 1873, measured 234 tons, valued at $9,400, rated A2, and owned by Thomas Martin, of Oswego. Her hull is insured for $7,000 in Toledo, and her freight by the Pacific Company. She will •^prove aj-otal loss. , T"*"' .aptain VVMllklua oi tke Life"« aving Station .of the District, by"the capsizing H o0ch 0I October, has been re- but usuaiiy makes his homelier all Norwegians. e. They were AMHERSTBURG, Ont., Nov. SJ2.—There is an ice block in the river here. At 8:30 the propellers Sew York, Japan. Fountain City, and Lycoming all went out, but only two passed through. The New ' York and Lycoming are fast in the ice, but will probably set out through) the night. Tne schooner New Dominion was last in the ice at Bar Point yesterday, but was re/eased By the Erie "Belle. This afternoon the tug Bob Hackett sunk at the dock in fifteen feet of water, caused by the floating ice. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Collingwood, Ont., Nov. 22.—The weather since Saturday afternoon has been intensely cold, with strong southwest gale and snow flurries. The steamer Northern Queen, of the Collingwood and Chicago hoe, which arrived from Chicago to-day on her last trip, reports an extremely stormy trip, and is eoin-pletely covered with ice. Sue was detained two days at Cheboygan on account of the heavy gales. The Quean put into uoro Bav for shelter, and there •>;oked up Captain Craridall and the crew of the wrecked schoouer ("¦:¦ tiich ran on Rob- rt's Islan.'d during the recent storm. Left the chooner Lak^ Erie at Gore Bay, storm bound. r., was with difficulty the Queen reached the ele-ator dock here on account of the thick ice in the ¦ A STISSINO- X/T.AN. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 16.—The following letter was received at the Central Tug Office in this city to-day: Chicago, Nov. 15. Dear Sir: Three weeks to-day the schooner John Miner was loading in Cleveland, and the mate, Thomas Omiley, went ashore from the vessel and went to the railroad depot with his wife's brother, who had left the vessel, and was coming to Chicago. Omi'ey left him to go aboard the Miner, but nothing has been heard of him since. He is a man. about five feet (:¦ ¦. inches in height, stout built, hair turning gr... , and dark-eoinpiexioned. If you hear of any such body being found in the river, please let] me know, as his wife and family are almost distracted about, him. Respectfullv yours, David Dall & Son. To Captain Miller, care of Captain Greenhalgh. PICKED TJP ON THE BEACH. WHAT A BOTTLE CONTAINED. Special Telegram to The later Ocean. Muskegon, Mich., Nov. 12.—Lawyer Holt, oi j this city, has in his possession two life insurance policies for $4,000 each, which were found in a bottle on the-beach near this harbor about The body of Captain George Feaben, of the Life Saving Station, at Forty Mile Point, Lake Huron, who was drowned with Captain Sawyer. Superintend " ""* — »*«* of a boat on covered. CATJGfHT IN THE ICE. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 23.—The continued cold weather has finally closed Lake St. Clair. No water in sight. The suddeness of the ice embargo has caught a large fleet of loaded vessels throughout the chain of lakes. There are 74 vessels bound from Buffalo to Chicago frozen up at different points in Lake Erie. Twenty-eight vessels from Chicago for Buffalo arc iu St. Clair Biver or Lake Huron, arl 21 laden vessels from Escanaba bound for Lake Erie ports. The ! prospects for any of these vessels getting to their I destination are slim enough. On Tuesday, Nov. !>, at Mrs. Iranian's resv-dence on Clay avenue, Muskegon, the funeral ot :: sailo* was in progress. .Levi Beardsley, the PoliceJua city, and and James "Mc- v. lil-kuown lumberman, were present, hotn in au.intoxicated condition. Beards-ley mad'.; soroe consolatory remarks concerning ised. when Mc;Gordon ^!Ktk^; to him iu au insulting and abusive manner, whereat the Justice seized McOordou by the collar, dragged niui to Uae open dour of the hearse, threw him ad directed the driver to "go bury tne loafec." alcGjoxdoh could with difficulty berescued, and wis subsequently arrest"! for disorderly conduct. a week since, and a quiet investigation has been .* . going on. They are taken in the Michigan Aid f „,, ,, TOTAL losses. * ¦ " £ The propellor Canisteo, simiv l:v a schooner, is Association, of Kalamazoo—one by Charlesi a total loss. She measured b>5G tons, was built j Olson, the other by Olef L. Lunquest, and arei at Buffalo by Mason <fc Bidwell in 1862, classed both in favor of Oskar 'L. Stromquest, who! A 2, and was valued at $;>8,500. She received proves to be a Swede, working in Dubois' meat! large repairs in 1S7(>, and again in 1879. She market in this city. His intimate friends 01son| was owned by the Union Steamboat Company. Cargo and hull were insured. It is ventured that the schooner colliding w*h the Canistco * I was a Milwaukee craft, and that she has cargo, on Lake Ontario, is pronounced a total \ loss. It is stated also that the Nabob, on Cana Island, Death's Door, has gone to pieces. this morning discovered on the beach the top of. a small-sized cabin, It is about 16 feet long by 14 feet wide, with a small scuttle. It is thought to be the cabin of some vessel that has been lost w^th all hands. The beach from the Life Station to Sandcatch pier is covered with wreckage. Small hatches, heads of masts, and other portions of vessels are coming ashore, and prove that there have been casualties on the lake of which no news has yet been received. A number of vessels ran into this port during Saturday and Sunday, most of them being damaged by the storm. Among them were the Canadian schr. Lewis Ross, barley laden and the schrs. J. H. Merrill, Acontias, Sam Cool; the Tim Baker, the ffoboken, and the H.M. Scove. At all the ports of refuge and favourable points on the lake vessels put in where practicable, but it is feared that there are other disasters to chronicle. On Saturday night the Wesley, Eldorado, and Bay City, three vessels en route from Buffalo to Saginaw, Were cast ashore seven miles from Erie. The crews of the Wesley and Eldorado got ashore, but the Bay City was too far off, and the sea swept over her all night. The vessel in some manner took fire, but the life-saving crow managed to shoot a line across her, and seven men and one woman were got ashore, fortunate in escaping from burning, freezing, and drowning. The Wesley and Eldorado were not insured, but the Bay '.'it;; was insured for ?5,000. Twenty-seven vessels, mostly propellers, are on the way from Chicago for BaSalo. Some of them, in all probability, bava b*«n lost. and Lunquest were among the Alpena passen-1 The policies are in good condition, except 1 ger that they arc , little watcrsoaked at the top. ¦¦¦ to The biter Ocean. ColCHBSTBR, Ont., Nov." 24.—The tug McAr-thur is here frozen in- Her rudder is gone, and she is badly stove in. A large propeller, bound down, with the Ferry Fortune assisting her, is making BloW progress. The tug Hate Williante is frozen iu. The schrs Page, Monucello, Cum-miugs, and three others, names not known, are all fast in the ice. The light ship is in sight and full of water. The weather is keen and the j ice is increasing iu thickness. *

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