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JU~ x»^ -J- U JL %^ %*J$ J| rfc> fin p AUGUST. N" o ._/£:<£___i BLOWN INTO ETERNITY. .,., JUNE. FREIGHTS UP AGAIN. COURSE'OF THE MARKET YESTERDAY. Grain freights opened .oyesterd&t morning-with a firmer feeling" among" vessel agents; still some of them accepted 4c on corn to Buffalo, the figure that ruled on Thursday. Others, knowing the supply of vessels was very light, while the demand for them was urg-ent, held off till the adjournment of the morning hoard and until the afternoon, when shippers allowed them an advance. The schooner Moonlight got -l^gcon corn, the Michigan, Nellie Gardner, and E. A. Nicholson got 4A±c, and the Pathfinder got 4-'sc. The rate the Hercules ana one' other got to Kingston was not made public, but is understood to be 8J4c. Following are all thechar- MORE NEW STEAMERS. TWO PROPELLERS AND A STEAMBARGE. The Detroit Dry Dock Company have been awarded the contract of constructing two passenger and freight propellers for the Lake Michigan trade between Milwaukee and Ludington, in connection with the Flint and Pere Marquette Railway. The boats will be of the following dimensions: 140 feet length, 30 feet beam, and 14 feet and 6 inches hold- The work will be done at Detroit, and the boats ready for sea September, 1882. ff-- | . . ~ ,.nfan-------m— ¦MWrt^rewsteam barge Business will be launched at Milwaukee Saturday. Her dimensions are as follows: Length of keel, 102 feet; over all, 205 feet: breadth of beam, 34 feet; depth of hold amidships from base line, 20 feet. The engine and boiler, though second-hand, are said to be in good condition. They were formerly in the propeller City of Toledo, and have been overhauled. The cylinder is 26x36; boiler 18 feet long by 7*2 feet. She has three masts, but only two are provided with sails. The third is to be used as a derrick to unload her cargo. Her fore-boom is 35 feet long; main boom 45 feet with about 50 feet hoist. She has five hatches. She is supplied with an Emerson patent windlass and capstan, and has all modern improvements. Her windlass is on the second or main deck. Her anchors are on the third deck. The keel of the barge was laid in March last and she is now ready for launching. It is expected that she will be completed and ready for sea by Sept. 1, It is intimated that she will carry 1,200 tons. If not sold before her completion she will be run by her owners. It is likely that Captain Anderson, now in charge of the wrecking tug L< will t.gftf o^n <UL*:h^- The Boiler of the Steam Tug of Chicago, Explodes. 'Ward," Three Men Killed and Two Others Injured, Perhaps Fatally. A HEART-RENDING SCENE- (Special Despatch to The Globe.) Chicago, Aug. 20.—The tug A. B. Ward was blown up this morning in Chicago River, and three men on board were instantly killed. Five men were on the tug at the time, Captain Framk Butler, engineer Ole Wilson, fireman Mikte McDonald, deck-hand Wm. McDonald, and Fred. Wanager, cook. The Ward was sterni-towing the barge Georr/e W. Adams when the explosion occurred, and was in the river midway between the Clark-street and Wells-street bridges. The noise was terrific, and nothing could be seen for a moment but smoke and flying'debris, A TERRIBLE RECORD. Captain Butler was thrown fifty feet and landed on one of the barges ahead of his tug. His skull was fractured, and he is otherwise seriously injured. Engineer Wilson was thrown into the air like a ball, and disappeared in the water. His body has not been found. No traces of the deck-hand McDonald have been | fouti J since the explosion. Wilson had a wife and two children living here. McDonald leaves a wife and one child in some eastern city. Fireman McDonald and Fred Wanager, the cook„ were found in the water clinging to piecess of timber, and were rescued. The formier is badly cut and bruised on all parts of' his biody, and may not recover, and the latter is nott expected to live, his injuries being internal! and very severe. The boiler of the exploded tug was thrown 100 feet back towards Clark;-street. THE TUG SANK mmwdiately, going down stern first. The iver is being dragged for tha bodies of Wilson ,i>d McDonald. .i THE LOSS OF THE COLUMBIA. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Hamilton, Ont., Sept. 12.—The following is summary of the Information received so far: The steamer Columbia, of the N. E. T. Line, was cansht in a gale on Saturday nieht, and shifted her careo, and went down in a short time about six miles west of Frankfort, Mich. The casseneers and crew jrot away in the small boats just as the steamer sunk in" deep water. A heavy sea was running and some of the boats were swamped. The one containing the captain and engineer was capsized. The following are known to be lost: Captain Maicomson: Robert Malcolmson, first mate; Leyi N. Crossley, first engineer: William Mepham, second engineer; G.. Benten, fireman; Harriet Sims, ladv's maid; Miss Fitzgerald, a passenger from Chicago; W. F. Griffith, a passenger from Chicago, and seven others names unknown. The bodies of the captain, first and second eneeineer, Miss Fitzgerald, and "W. F. Griffith have come ashore. The saved are John Moore, James Wright, David McFee, James Eeakle, John Faaan, Thomas Lee, and Frank Hanrahan. „ Collingwood, Ont.. Sent. 12.— The steamer Columbia, which founded off Frankfort, Mich., Saturday night, was 629 tons gross, 408 register'length, 1 37 feet; breadth, 23 feet 6 inches; depth, 13 feet 5 inches. She was built at Hamilton in 1373, and overhauled this spring: classed A 1 and valued at $25,000. bhe was owned bv John Fairgrieve, of Hamilton. Of those lost Captain J. B. Malcolmson belongs to St. Catherines, and leaves a wife and seven children, four girls and three boys. One of the latter. Robert, was first mate of the ill-fated vessel. Another. George, is captain of the propeller Ar-gyle. First Engineer Crosslwr leaves a wife and one small child. Second Engineer Mapham leaves a wife and several children. Both belong FRE3IGHTS. THE KAEKEET YESTERDAY. The grain charters resported yesterday were as follows. To Buffalo—Schoonerr David Stewart, corn, at 4c; propeller Conermaugh, wheat, at 414c; schooner Ida Keith, flaxseed, at 4140. To Sarnia—Schooner Fellowcraft, corn, on p. t. There is an increasing firmness in iron ore freights. The fact than the vessels that are considered exclusively grajn-carrlers, but have been placed in the iron tradie because of the low rates on corn and wheat, will now be drawn out of this trade and placed back in the grain trade, has a tendency to make owners and agents of vessels suitable for tore carrying more firm in their views, and it is Qgnite likely that a considerable advance in ore freights will be demanded shortly. WEBCKIN8. The towbarge Northern Light, ashore at Har-risville, has been abandoned as a total wreck. It has been found that tine huil would not stand lifting, the chains drawing through her in many places. The Port Huron Wrecking Company will commence work on the sunken propeller ^gMia.lVlvggJJffiBTompany have taken steps to obtain legal, title to the schooner Nairade, abandoned biy her owners on account of the cost of wreckitng having exceeded the value of the vessel. Tine wrecking bill amounted to upwards of $8,000. jam^^**^^^**** it. HITS. i Ulil unUn TnJenewsTeambarge Amboy, building at tEt Milwaukeeship yard, will probably be launched one week from Saturday. She is of the following dimensions: Length of keel, 150 feet; breadth1 of beam, 30 feet; depth of hold, 9^ feet. She is supplied with 5 inch frames. Here planks inside and out are 4 inches. Her engine and boiler, though second hand, are in the best condition, having been thoroughly overhauled. She is supplied with a double eneine. Her machinery was formerly in the tug Muir. She is owned by the Milwaukee Tug Boat Line. Her cost complete will be $45,000. She will run in the lumber trade beetweeu East shore ports and Chicago. She will carry about 350,000 feet of lumber. She will be commanded by Captain Dan AT MANITOWOC. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Manitowoc, Wis., Aug. 13,—The large three Imasted schooner the Thomas L. Parker was Jlaunched here this afternoon. She was built by ¦Houson & Score at a coat of $5,000 for Elpercke [and Thomas L. Parker, both of Chicago. Her [dimensions are, length, 185 feet; breadth, 33 Ifeet: depth 13*2feet; with a carrying capacity of GOO tons. M______ .....Illl IIIIIIMI..........Mill Sullivan, brother of Captain Dennis Sullivan, of i the schooner Moonlight. p JOHN PRESTON". John Preston, who died in Oswego Saturday, at the great age of 91 years, was one of the old residents, having lived there since 18-15, and being in active business over thirty years. He leaves six children, Captains John and William Preston', of Oswego; George Preston, of Chicago, and three daughters, two of whom live in Chicago and one in Syracuse. * SEAMAN DBOWNED, Captain Eccles, of the schooner Philo Bennett, which arrived here yesterday from Desoronto, reported the loss of Archibald Woods, sailor, about 9 o'clock yesterday morning, six miles south of the main Ducks. Woods and the mate, ] Richardson, were washing out the yawl. The end of the davit-tackle fail got loose and let flie ; boat drop some, throwing Woods out backwards. The mate had stepped out of the yawl a moment before, and at once threw some boards to the man, who did not appear to make for them. Captain Eccles ordered the vessel brought head to wind and the boat lowered. It was manned by two sailors who put off for the drowning man. When the boat was sixty or seventy feet from him he sank and did not come up again. Woods was about IS years old.—Oswego Palladium. —O*-__ PASSED AWAY. DEATH OF CAPTAIN JOHN M'LEGD. Captain John McLeod, a well-known lake gailor, had been in the Marine Hospital in Chicago for some time past with a fever sore leg. Amputation had finally to be resorted to^ndon Saturday the patient died. The case seemed a hopeless ones and before the operation was performed it was known to be doubtful whether ho could stand it, The funeral took place from the hospital yesterday. Many friends will sincerely regret to learn that Captain McLeod is no more. AN OLD SAILOB'S SUICIDE. CAPTAIN M'HAKBT, OF OLD MISSION. Captain McHarry, lightkeeper at Old Mission, took passage on the propeller City of Traverse, Baying that he had business in Chicago. When outside the Captain deliberately leaped overboard, and was either killed by the fall on the tvaterorwas drowned. The body floated, and 'be crew of the propeller recovered it and Drought it to Chicago. Captain McIIarrv was an old man, past 70, and was an old-time sailor and navigator. p , HIGHER EKEIGHT& AN ADVANCE OF A QUARTER CENT. With a scarcity of vessels and a good demand for them, grain rates were firmer yesterday, on the basis of 3i±c corn to Buffalo and 2c corn to Sarnia. The only engagements reported were as follows: To Buffalo-rSchooner J. I. Case, corn. To Sarnia—Schooners Mediator, A. Mosher, and Lady Dufferin, corn. EDWARD EITZG-ERALD. Thie Inter Ocean's dispatch 'of yesterday, givera under the head of "Casualties," announcing tihe death of one of the Fitzgerald brothers; of thte Anchor Line, at Erie, was correct. It was Edwiard Fitzgerald that was killed, and not the captain of the propeller Philadelphia, as some o^ the papers state. The unfortunate man was horribly mutilated by the cars, the head being entirely severed from the body. Edward Nichols, about 32 years old, q, tugman, about 3 o'clock on the morning of the [ t., lell out oi a window m the rear of No. 230 South Water street into the river and was drowned before assistance arrived. Yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock the body was recovered bv a couple of tugmen named Joseph Gor-man and John Lvnett, of No. 220Soutn Water street, near wnere the body fell into the river They recognized the body, which was removed to the Morgue, and the Coroner was notified. FREIGHTS. THE MARKET YESTERDAY. Grain rates yesterday were called 1 %@2c corn and 2 ^4c wheat to Buffalo; flaxseed, 232C On wheat to Montreal, G^c were received by the propeller Prussfa. The engagements)were as follows; FREIGHTS. THE CONDITION OF THINGS. On corn to Buffalo the rate was 234C, and on wheat, 21»c; corn to Sarnia, l34c; wheat to King ston, 5%C The following were the engai ttfiftki THE TACOMA. * The steamship Tacoma, launched at Cleveland, is four masted and of the following dimensions; Length of keel, 261*2 feet; over all, 278 feet; beam, 38 feet 6 inches; hold, 23 feet. Her custom, house measurement is 1,879 tons. She has a single compound engine, whose high' pressure cylinder is 28x48, and the low pressure cylinder is 52x48. Her engine and boiler! were built by the Globe Iron Works of Cleve-' land. The vessel is diagonally iron strapped, and has an iron arch on the outside of the frame and another on the outside of the ceiling, bolted through the outside planking, frame, ceiling, and both arches. The joiner work will be similar to the work done on other steamers of this class. The steamer is fitted with a Providence steam windlass, the second on the lakes, the other being now in use on the steamship Iron Duke. She was built for Captain Thomas Wilson and. others, and will cost about $125,000 when ready for sea. She will be commanded by Captain John ijowe, with Sol Hay ward as mate and Granger Burk first engineer. COLUMBIA, OUR FRANKFORT LETTER. Ep *JftI Correspondence of The inter Ocean. Pbankfoet, Mioh., Sept. l(i,—It has beenj blowing a living- gale all day, and parties have] been out patroling the shores of Lake Michi-gan in search of the ill-fated Columbia's dead. This evening four more bodies were washeu upon the beach near Point Betsey. The Coroner and jury are there holding an inquest. I have no particulars as to who they are, but probably some of the crew lost in Captain Malcomson's boat, which is supposed to have struck the corner of the harbor piers "vviiile trying to make the harbor on thatf wild Saturday night and capsized, sending the occupants to watery graves in La! Michigan's sandy beds. The bodies of Captain J. 33. Afalcom son, Robert Maicomson, L. N. Crossly, Wm. Mippen and Fred W. Griffiths are en-| cased in metulic air-tight caskets, and oj board of the United States revenue cuttt Andrew Johnson, which was to start for DL troit tnis evening, but she will wait till Sunlj day, to take along the bodies found to-nightj us soon as uhey are identified. Any information I can give to friends of the! lost ones of the Columbia will be cheerfully! given. We have traced out that the second cook,1 who was classed among the "unknown" ' Horace Mason, of Chicago. His father is baker. Also, one of the "unknown" deck hands that shipped in Chicago had formerly been an attache of Barnum's Circus for the! past four months, in the capacity of cook- Fiye or six persons are said to have gone down with the steamer; the rest took to the boats, and as is known only one boat reached shore. The boat was saved only through the e; cellent Beamanship of James Wright, I Hamilton, Ont., who has been on the watl all his life, once as owner and captain of a tine whaler on salt water. He has been wrecked six times, and had some terrible experiences at times, which was of great help to them in landing in the surf this time. They made strenuous efforts to save Ha'r riet Sinis, the stewardess, who was chnginj. to a part of the hurricane deck, but couid not reach her, and were forced to leave her. John Moore, a survivor, says: "I feel &a though I left iny own child" when we left poor Harriet vainiy appealing lor help, poor girl.'> Miss Kittie Fitzgerald, of Chicago, wss found clinging to a timber, and was hauled into the boat boat by John Moore, only to be lost in the heavy surf by the capsizing of th< boat a few hours later. The family of Malcornsons seem to be fated. Four of them have met with sudden death by drowning, and there is only one of the family left now—that is Captain Maicomson, of the Merchant's Line propeller Argyle. It seems strang'e that no use was made of the life preserver;*, although they hud sev eral hours' warning. Not one ever thought to get a life preserver, which, if done, migiu havesaved the lives of a few at least. It is thought that seventeen is the number of lives lost by the foundering of the Columbia. The Columbia was a stanch new vessel of 400 tons burden, but, like all other craft that have suddenly foundrea or never oeeu heard of, she was one of those unfortunate canal-style built boats. The immediate cause of the loass of the steamer is supposed to have been the shifting of 2,000 bushels-) of corn carried on fleck m a bin, a custom, practiced in summer time with safety, but witn great risk during fall or stormy time of year. Alter thus shifted it caused the grain in the hold to dto so likewise. The crew haid no idea that she would founder so suddenly. The fireman was in the hold firing mp two minutes before sh sunk, and her engine was. running "wid open" when sine disappeared beneath th waves. Charles Burmeister. I THE FIB1ST VESSEL. It is proposed to senid the first vessel through the new Welland Carnal next week. It will be the barge Enterprise. She is very nearly, if not altogether the full srize of the new lock, and if loaded, it is expebtedl that her passage through will give the new canall a very fair trial, and will make apparent any aehect that may exist. THE DAVID DOWS. -. HER ARRIVAL AT BUFFALO. {J Special Telegram to The I nter Ocean. Buffalo, K. Y., Sept. 13.—The schooner David Dows, which collided with and sank the schooner O.K. Nims, in the passage between Point au Pelee and tine islands Saturday night last, arrived in port thiis morning in a somewhat dilapidated condition and looking very badly, necessitating the woriking of all her pumps to keep her free. Her bo wspirt and jibboom were gone, together with maaintop mast ana the whole of her head-gear. The foremast was broken off half way, and nearly all of her sails are torn. Captain Sheldon,, of ithe Dows, savs that the squall struck him ab>out 8 o'clock Saturday hight, five or six miles; from Point au Pelee Island. The wind come oro suddenly and furionsly without warning, the might being quiet before the squall. The vessel was going at the rate of about nine mites an hour with a fair breeze from the south wared, when the wind commenced blowing* fast. Had taken in some sail when the Niins was sighted coming tovward and working across my bow. I endeavored to change my course, but before it could be accoimplisaed the Niraa struck me on the starboard sidle with her port bow, and immediately passed awmy from us. The forward rigsgjttg of the Dows came down with a rush, and alt the crew who were forward escaped accideut by hugging closely unaisr the rail. I called out to the Nuns to know if any assistance was needed, but got no response, as she went out of hearing distance. As soon as some of the wreckage could be cleared aw.'uv the anchor was let go and she came head to. 'The pumps were sounded and it was found there were twenty-two inches of water in the hold. We lay at anchor at the point until 8 o'clock Sumday night, and was then taken in tow by the tug Owen and brought co this port. The damages too the vessel will amount to several thousand dolhurs. She is loaded with 78,000 bushels of corn, 'consigned to A. P.Wright & Sons. The cargo is tJhought to be damaged' some. THE OCEANICA, THE NEW STEAMSHIP' ARRIVES IN POET. The new steamship Otceanlca, as briefly announced yesterday, is in port on her first trip, the cargo being salt fromi Bay City, where the craft was built. Captain Davidson insists that the Oceanica is really a steamship and that she must not be alluded to a.s a steambarge. And experts agree fully with him. The dimensions are as follows: Length overall, feet..........................265 Length of keel, feet.........................250% Breath of oeam, feet......................... 38J4 Depth of main hold, feet..................... 12*4 Between decks, feet......-................... 7*2 Measurement, tons...........................1,500 She is constructed throughout on the plan of an ocean-going craft, and model and workmanship are pronounced perfection itself. In themachinery there ;are many improvements that cannot be fully described in the limited space of a daily newspaper. She has a compound engine 36x54 and two steel boilers 9x16 feet. The cost of the Oceamica has been nearly $110,000, but Captain E>avidson considers her cheap even at that emormous figure. Iron-strapped and as strong as wood ana iron can make her, she rates Al*. She is certainly a most important and valuable addition to our lake marine. Last FOUNDERING OF THE REGINA. Special Teiecram to The Inter Ocean . Owen Sound, Ont., Sept. 12.—P. Larklns. dredge No. 4 and the tug Erie Belle arrived here this a. m. from Southampton, where they have been lying for some davsfor shelter, in charge of Captain Cannon. He reports that the schooner ftegina, lade n with salt, from Goderich for Owen Souud. foun tiered oif Cove Island on Saturday night in the gale, aud went down with alt on board. Th e following are the names of the lost; crew : Captain Amos Tripp, of Collingwood, who leaves a wife; John Young, Collingwood: Wm-Lawrence, Collingwood : John Oaks, Port Hnroni and one man whose name is unknown. He snipped! from Owen Sound on the vessel's last trip. A clock belonging to tiv- Regiua was picked up on the shore to-dav by some fishermen. It had stopped at 1 o'clock, which would indicate that hour as the time when the ill-fated vessel went down. She now lies in seven fai.homss of water, with her topmasts visible. The Kesgida was IIS tons, classed B 2, built at St. CaUhanni's in I860, and valued at $2,000, and witth a cargo uninsured. She was owned by \Y in. I'1 oster, of this city. —*+>------ THE NEW STEAMSHIP COLUMBIA, ' The steamship Columbia, launchedat Presley's yard, Cleveland, draws an average of six feet five inches of water. The dimensions are as follows: Length of keel, 236 feet; overall, 250 feet; beam, 35 feet 8 inches; depth of hold, 19 feet 8 inches. She is double-decked, has three masts, amd is schooner rigged. She is substantially built, rates Al, and will register about T!,30O tons. A wooden arch of oak, six feet by four inches, extends from the bilge aft of the engine to the upper deck and forward 140 feet. The engines were built by the Globe Iron Works;, and are double condensing, with cylirjtders 36kt36 inches. The boiler is 12x IS feet. She is mrovided with all the modern appliances for moisting cargo, pumping ship, and extinguishing fires, and has such conveniences as arc essential in modern vessels of this class. The stteamship was built by Messrs. Presley & Co., for Messrs. J. C. Lockwood, of Milan, Ohio; George A. Tisdale, W. B. Guiles, and Captain J. D. Peterson, at a cost of about $120,000. Her nnaster will be Captain J. D. Peterson, with IFred Grover as mate. Jerry Havelock will be chief engineer and his son Frank will be firstt assistant. ¦the ^uTvlvWiy1 UJIuJtaT mgnt (Sunday nighit} The Inter Ocein cd the following dismatch dated Sturgeon *,-,, the 17th: ' The largre schooner D. A. Van Vaikenbertr ran on the norith point of Whitefish Bay about 7 o'clock in the evening of Sept 15 She was bound from Cb.ica.go to Buffalo loaded with corn. Her crew consisted of: Captain Keith ana son B.obert,who was second mate. Geo. Curtis, mate. Geo. Harlow, steward. And five sailors, only none of whom, Thomas Breen, remains to tell the sad story of the disaster. VESSEL AND i CARGO- The Van Valkenberg meaasured 539 tons, was built at Tonawanda id 18*66 by A. Little, and was owned by Hood & MaacMillan, of Chicago. She had new decks, sonie ibeams and other repairs in 1878, and was also* overhauled the past spring. Her rating was B 1 and her valuation $16,000. The insurance is> as follows: Boston Marine........................___„ $3,000 Philadelphia Underwriters;............... 3,000 New England Underwriters.............. 2,000 St. Paul Fire and Marine........«..«.... 1,000 Greenwich Company....................... 3,000 Total hull insurance...................$12,000 The cargo consisted of corn, shipped by Armour, and consigned to Buiffalo, which was insured in the Chicago Pool ftor itR full value. Last fall, when so many nine vessels were lost in the neighborhood of Whiitefi3h Bay, the Van Valkenberg escaped with diismasting. That she was notr lost then with thte others was owing wholly to the seamanship oif her master and to the strength of her own goojd hull. THE JENNIE STJT3T0N BUBNED. Traverse City, Mich., Seept. 12.—The passenger steamer Jennie Sutton ccaught fire and burned to the water's edge at 4 a. I m. yesterday at Eik Rapids. No lives lost. Time steamer was owned, bv Dexter Sz Noble, and valhued at $8,000; totai