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|nn oi iinn ore ior me :jNortn umcago ironing Mill j sait ror sneooygan. was ooiigecu to put oacK lor ;chr Merrrimac, from Escanaba, with V shelter from the fierce gale. Tine schooners Lizzie 1,700 tons of iron ore j for the North Chicago Roll- ^ Law and* Scotia made anchorage. The steam-ill Company; ; echr Annie Tontine, from 1 barge Manistique reports renderiing aid to the tug Haven, with In umber; schr "William Smith, / Vulcan, with a large raft, off IPorfc Austin. She ' ma Milwaukee, lighti, »i»*«"i i ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ i iwi.l parted a new six-inch hawser, aand, for want of a ;\ illiaam left Milwaukee yesterday \ line, was unable to do more. Thie captain thinks PASSJSXGERS' > ^ morning, bound for Miuskegon. It was found im- to make thatt port, and so attempted to run Into Grand Havessn and South Haven in turn, but with life results. Finally, alter being temped for twentty-four hours, she made the harbor abonnt 5 o'clock this morning. The crew related that 1 they nevi r experienced such an ordeal in all theeir previous seafaring lives. The vesselhas only aa capacity for 45,000 feet of lumber. The crewv consists of three men, one of whom was a metre lad, who was sick continually. Heavy seas I broke over the deck almost constantly, and the i spray made it almost im-I o discern anyyl hing at all, even the shortest distance. All the < damage done, however, was the losing oftheflying-jjib, which was close-reefed, 'j and the only canvas carried. A schooner was I twenty miles off beyoond Grand Haven, which appeared to be in very haard luck, but no assistance could be rendered. Tlhe Annie Tomine came in I here with an anchor ' lost, her jibboom broken, I and her mate washed i overboard and never seen nor heard of since. SBhe is now aground on the & east side of the Calumnet River, where she was ac- ft day. --------A Milwaukee, Wis., : May 21.—Off this port last night six of the crew ( of the schooner Petrel deserted the captain, ; and taking a yawl boat attempted to reach the shore, thinking the schooner would founader, but she did not. They had gone but a shaort distance when the yawl capsized, and three oof the crew were drowned. The others clung to tfclie bottom of the boat and were saved this morninng. The cainain was picked up off the wreck by a I rug. The schooner Margauret Dall, of Chicago, arrived this morning totally dflismasted. The vessel ashore at ;¦ Bay View proves to be the Sailor Boy. The crew .' were saved. These, with the schhooner Lillie E., which went ashore on Jones' Islaand, with a crew of seven saved, completes thee list of disasters known in this vicinity at the p'reesent time. Cleveland, Ohio, May 21.—High winds and heavy rains visited thiiis section late last night and to-day. Several vessecls sought shelter behind the uncompleted breakwaater at this port, but no serious marine disasters is reported. The highest velocity of the wind t on Lake Erie was twenty-eight miles *ni hftpw --------<---------Wwr<mii *""" "•"¦mm*1 j, i^q """""TN ^^^^^^^__ "FKOM PPOET HUK0N. Special Telegram to The; Inter Ocean. Poet Hubon, Mich..., May 21.— The marine interest has suffered considerable loss by the heavy , gale from the northeeast, with pelting hail. At ; noon to-day it blew att the rate of sixty miles per hour. Four lumber baarges went ashore this afternoon near the river, 'i The Wyoming, with a crew /of six, struck the Canaadian beach at 4: 'SO o'clock. She is lumber-laden >. from Bay City. Up to dark the crew was inn the rigging. The weather is cold and 'blowings; hard. The Orontis let-go her anchor near . Port Sanilac and dragged ashore at Lakepom. Her crew was taken oft Captain Meiveel, of the tug J. P. Clark, rescued the ccrews of the barges C. G. Meville and St. Josepph, and great credit is due to this gentleman for hiss heroic work to-day. The Orton came in the riveer all right. The schooner L. Hanna came down vwith her fore boom and bulwarks gone. The schaooner Azov lost her deck load. The schooner I Unadilla, with lumber, lost part of her deck load,; and a small boat this morning. While the tug CIdark was rescuing the crew of the St. Joseph aa heavy swell struck the barge which sweept the captain and cook over the side into ( the lake, The woman was drowrned, and the captain saved. She lived at Marine Cfity. The captain was badly hurt about the head. The crews of the Orontis and Meiselle were sawed. ..The D. P. Bobbins is at anchor Off Leximgton. The schooner F. A. Georger is off the riwer to anchor, with her hul-. warks knocked out. There is a small white i schooner reported atshore nine miles up the Canadian shore. The propellers Clyde, Montana, : Sanilac, C. H. Greein, H. J. Jewett, Osceola, schooners Colonel Elsworth, D. S. Austin are in port w i n dbound. The barge Clematis is making heeavy weather of it six miles , from the river. AU omie side with the deck load is 'i gone. The Wm. Rayynor broke from the Wm. Cowie's tow, and is re"] ported ashore below Lexington. Nothing is knowvn of the safety of the crew. _;, The propeller Ontonajsgon is reported ashore ami u full of water at Port Hiqne. the raft must have gone ashore.;. No shore boat to-day. The Metropolis is reported to have put back to Alpena. It isreportedl the steam pile-driver Bay State was driven ashcore at Fish Point. Special Telegram to The inter Qceaan. East TAWAS, Mich., May 21.—A severe northeast gale has prevailed since yyesterday. There are seventeen craft at anchorag-.ee. A large black steambarge (supposed to be thlie Rust and two barges), the schooner Michigann, the sidewheel Canadian steamer Meteor (with i a lighter in tow), a steambarge (supposed to be the Salina), and the steambarge Manistiqne (witth eight cars for the Detroit, Bay City and Alpoena Railroad) arrived during the night. .a to The, Inter Occam. Deteoit, Mich., May 21.—UIp May 20—Props Mineral Rock and barges, Temipest, and barges. Down—Props Donaldson and barges, N. Mills and barges, M. M. Drake and comsort, Anna Smith and consort, Arizona. Up May 2J1— Props Henry Howard, Russia, Buffala, Columlbia and schr Camden, Gordon Campbell and oaonsort, Atlantic, Alaska, schrs H. C. Richards, J. K.Noyes, Nassau, Jamaica. Down—Props James Davidson, Handy Boy and barges, Johnson and 1 barges, Allegheny and barge, City of Concord amd consort, New York, Arotic, 'Nevada, Inter (Ocean, St. Louis, schrs Minnie Davis, H. Dudley, Unadilla. Wind-North gale, rain, snow, and sleetb. At about 9 o'clock last night ithe schooner R. P.] Mason, with cedar posts from Sutton's Bay ton Chicago, struck the exterior breakwater. The captain ordered the anchor dujwn, bat the erowJ fearing for their lives, refused tto obey. The vessel'. Thumped heavily, and her headgrear and deck load* went overboard". Three of thie crew, supposing1 that she would go to pieces,leapeed upon the breakT water. Their names are Martin Augensi Andrew Anderson, and Martin JJohneon. CaptuirM John Lisk and the three remaaining men of thJ crew stuck to the ship. She worked around the end of the crib and came drilfting toward the! '.arbor (the exterior breakwaterr is some distance^] off) and brought up in an equalliy dangerous . tion on the outer wall of thee basin. The sead made a clean break over lner, and it was! hazardous work for the tugs top go near her. The Satisfaction rinally got a line from her, however, and towed her inside the inner harbor. The lift saving crew, Captain St. Peter1, went out and rescued the three men from their perilous position on the cribs, and they remained! at the life statioi: Douigcun x>»y, ana whs uei-riuieu xevuiai uwuro wc- fore a tug pulled her off. The scow Speed. Loaded with cedar, with sail set ran ashore at the canal this morning and punched a hole in her hold, and immediately lilted with water, lint the cedar is keeping her up. The fleet wind-bound at the canal during the last storm loft this morning. Wind-hound at Sturgeon Buy: Schooners Lottie May and Cecilia. Loading at Hon:' Schooners Duncan City, A. M. Beers, and Carrier. Wind blowing a gale from the north. CHEBOYGAN, Special Telegram to The Inter Occnn. Cheboygan, Mich., May 20.—The'schar J. I. Case, coal loaded for Chicago, had her canvas blown away Friday night at the head of the Beavers, and the tug Winslow was notii ed by Captain Casey of the Champlain, and the tug started last night to tow her to Chicago. A heavy northwest gale has been blowing all day with occasional snow squalls. A large fleet is sheltered at, Mackinaw City. MILWAUKEE. Special Telegram to The. inter Ocean. Milwaukee, Wis., May 20.— A heavy northeast gale is ragirtg to-night, and a large number of vessels have arrived, among them the schrs; Moonlight, Porter, Marengo, and Joseph Paigre, and the steambarges R. A. Packer and Oeeamea from below. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. M.-UiQUETTE, Mich., May 'JO.—Arrived—Prop Smith Moore; schrs J. K Card, Payette, Brown. A northwest wind has blown the ice back Special Telegram to The Inter Or v.u. EAST Tawas, Mich., May SO.—A heavy northeast gale prevails. A steambarge, supposed to be the Salina, with six barges of lumber, has just made anchorage. One barge is displaying colors. Other craft are coming in. The schr J. 11. Mead, loaded with salt for Sheboygan, cleared this morning. The schr Snowdrop arrived from Port Huron. .^t^^iMMSaeiHWMMlMMM AT MANISTEE. *^Vn Milwaukee, Wis., N ay 20.—The schooner 1 ¦illle E., of Manistee, laden with 180,000 feet of '¦ [umber, went ashore at a late hour to-night mile south of the life saving station. [er crew of seven men, Captain Charles Brooks 'of Chicago, were rescued by the use of the breeches buoy of the Life Saving Station. At an early hour this morning another large unknown vessel went ashore live miles soutli of the E. oil night Marine Horrors Accumulating in the .. Keigliborhood of Chicago—Sacrifice of life. The Vessel Sunk Off Evanston Proves to Be the Large Schooner Wells Burt. Capiain Fountain, His Son, and a Crew . of Nine Men AH Find Watery & Graves. The Captain's Children Identifying Wreckage from the Vessel on the Beach, Fears that Two Other Sail Vessels and a Propeller Also Went Down. A Collision Probable—The Propeller City of Traverse and the Schooner Newsboy. * Special Telecram in '!!"¦ ; Inter Ocean. MARQUETTE, Mich.,, May 21.—Arrived—Propeller Cofhiibery, witth Guido Blister, H. R. New-comb. Cleared—Prop idler Smith Moore. Passed up—Propeller India. Passed down—Propeller J. .pe^affegr'am to"PhM lnHeFUcHlll! ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ Detroit, Mich., Ma*y 21.— The barge OrontesisyB ashore on the Canaaxla side four miles above Sarnia, The barge Whn. liaynor, water-logged,.is lying above Lexingtoon. The crew aboai not been rescued yet. The cook on the barge St. Joe was washed overbboard and drowned. A number of others are repported in trouble. The tug Swain with steam punnps and hawser are at work releasing the schoonerr City of Green Bay ashore J at Thunder Bay Islanul. Snowing hard and blowjfT ing a gale, , , ,m,m mir m ....."....."r umumT* I |i .....'"*~~T'T" II ' 1 l 1 ii- Special Telegram to Time Inter Ocean. East Saginaw, Mitch., May 21.—The barge B. M. Baker, while comhng up the river this afternoon, in tow of the ttug Tom Dowling, run a foul of the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad bridge and sunk in sixteen fteet of water.- She had 278 tons coal on board. Tflhe Baker is owned by Frank Empy. A heavy wintd has prevailed all day and the river has not beem so rough in twenty-two years. Therivor line1of steamers was obliged to stop running betweem here and Bay City. NEWS FBG0M POUT HTJIiON. PoutHueon, Mich.., May 21.-—A strong northwest gale which spravng up during the night is driving everything intto port. The schooner A. J. Covell, which left Sai urday night, bound up, was driven back, having stripped some water. The steambarge Allpena, bound down, and the Bay City, with lumber,-, lost barges off White Rock about 3 o'clock this miorning; stayed with them; all got in. The tow-line of the steambarge Cermania parted this morning on the way down, and the barges went adrift. The Spirague and Orton sailed in. The "Wyoming is still out. The steambarge Coirrey lost her tow off Forrester at 1 o'clock this morming. The Stewart sailed in; the Ransor is still otvtt. The schooner Unadlilla, bound down, at 9 a. m, had five feet of wateir -in her hold. The steambarge Turner, with tow, is waterlogged. The Arondis, of Clark's, luad tow broken up. The Lexington lies in the trorugh of the sea in a helpless condition. A tug willl be sent to her assistance. An unknown schooaner, supposed to be the Melville, is ashore on thee Canadian shore, near the entrance to St. Clair lU-vcr, stuck hard. pfEnLEGfRAFH RE3PORTS OF DISASTE LOST, ¦WITTH ALL HANDS. t| slo ;| Special Telegram to Tkeu Inter Ocean. V _ Sarnia, Ont., Mayy 21.—One of tho highest / |i winds that has ever vrisited this part of tho cbun- . BETWEEN THE TltEHS. violent were the wind amd sea that tiig which had picked up vessels dtown the lake could not get them into the harbor vthrough the main entrance. Several had narrow (escapes from going on the south pier and then putt out again, went around the breakwater, and camie up through it, and then into the harbor. Tlhe great propeller Yanderbilt, of the Western Liine, ooming in with a valuable general cargo of merchandise, feli away and hit the pier. The tug Hood was at baud, however, and she canree safely in. The VandcrbiLt measures 3,303 tona, rates A 2, and is valued at $75,000. Her cargo is worth not less than $50,000. Neithur hull nior cargo sustains! At about 30 o'clock last might the scn*oon' Persia, html er loaded, struck tlhe exterior brea" water and, as in yie case of the Mason, drit'tei and pounded around the end off it, and, driven b; the.fierce wind and seas, soon lurought up on th outer wall of the basin. The ccaptata, clamhcrei out on the end of the- jibbaoom, and, watch his chance, dropped .on the timbers. I His endeavor was to gett a line fast so i as to save vessel and crew.. He succeeded in \ fastening the line, but it parte"!, and the vessel [went pounding along. Trie, liit'e crew procured [another line, arid the tug Haoikley followed the ¦vessel with it and finally got ome end of it aboard. It was a fearful struggle with tbhe wind and sea. 11. r.t the Hackley is powerful, amd she finally sue- I ceeded in getting the vessel's head around and an hour later towed her into the harbor. The HacMley and Persia are ¦ 1 he tug and schooner seen laborrlng in the sea off h Eighteenth street during the might. The Persia is damaged to a considerable extent and her deckload was lost overboard. "Vessel and crew ¦ had a narrow,.c^'-nTYi...... im " ' ,; '......nimu.jm^ The schooner Ottawa, which was at anichor off Twenty-second street, and, with the B... J. Conway, was so anxiously watched by peopho from the beach, got safely into South Chicago. A private dispatch so announces. She had a icolHsion there with the steamship Ketcham, butt, did not sustain serious damage. CONWAY BEACHED. The Conway was not so lucky. She got out to sea in the evening of Monday, as the Ottawa did, but went ashore yesterday morning at Fifty-ninth street, being beached by Captain Smith for safety. ]?| Inspector Neweomb and one of the life-saving crew took the apparatus on a wagon to the scene, but found vessel and crew all right. It is a sandy bottom and she is in no danger. The crew remained on. board. The Conway measures 9t> tons and is owned by Baron; vaiuedat $3,000. Her cargo ot shingles,,lor Chicago, is all intact, even the deckload. Word that the vessel had come ashore w;ts received at the life station in Chicago at 8 o'clock, and Inspector Neweomb was 611 the ground with the apparatus an hour and a half later. During the gaic the life-saving men. under the directions of Lieutenant Neweomb. have done EXCELLENT SERVICE and shown themselves to be skilful as well as faithful find watchful. All the time the'Ottowa and Conway were dragging at Twenty -second street, Lieutenant Neweomb and a portiom. of the life crew were ready on the beach. Yesterday morning, while Neweomb waw at the Conway, Captain St. Peter and a portion of his crew went out to the Fullerton avenue oarib, and rescued three men who had been lnrjprisoned there since Sunday. The sufferers wercs found nearly dead from exposure and starvation... »......'mum.....¦.......^MMfiin^im |"*°~Thedreadfnl results of the great, storm continue to transpire, and it is greatly to be feared that the end is not yet. The vessel sunk off Evanston. proves to be the Wells Burt, owned by James SA Dunham, Esq., and Captain Fountain, hisAI son Daniel, a boy of 1 #, nT'H jSJ. crew of nine men are all lost..,) There is also ! wreckage from two oth ;r sail vessels and a propeller, and it is concluc 3d that all hands perished with them. The fine propeller City of Traverse and the schooner Newsboy are known to be overdue. h : City of Traverse, not yet h ,n I,, JTAGOIE THOMPSON. The third vessel to strike tune exterior breakwater was the schooner Maggie Thompson, lumber loaded, from the cast shore. She sustained damage, and also brought tip on the south pier, One of the V. O. T. tugs went out to ner, and, utter a hard struggle, got bcr imto the harbor. TWO IM !'¦ '¦¦ '¦ VI' P "INTK. There are two importanl ; lints to be stated in tins ornneetion. One is that line lights on the exterior breakwater (if they were: lit) could not be seen Inst night in the storm aiud thick weather. * Another point is the risk t-haftt a tug takes in 1 a vessel that is on the breakwater or pier, or is in danger of going on. Iff the tug succeeds in rescuing the vessel it is all riaght. "Well done," j says vessel-master. But if thlae vessel sustains damage while in tow of the tugs her owner can recover from the tug. Such is tlhe decision of the court*, in view of this fact tug;--owners, it is seen, take great, risks. OTHER PORT,'3. Special Telegram to The inter 1 >c Port Calborne, Ont., May 30>.—Arrived do^n to-day for the canui—Schooner Siberia, from Port pert with her ,- ports that the damage chain while the vessel The \Vr'.i Citv of Rome, and Wo- If -¦j from sii . e \b.sy Uft |^ The large" schotner Marion W. Page, In bohstays, etc, gone, re-to her was done by the f/as lying to anchor and try has been blowing; from tho northwest since last night, and continnues unabated at 7:30 this evening. A barge, ^apparently about two miles above litis point on thhe Canadian side, is waterlogged and drifting i on the beach. Heavy seas Huron; Jessie, from Cleveland; Bteambarge D. C. Whitney and consort Wayne, ro a Chicago to Ogdensburg, corn. The whitne ~*e cargo of 61,- 000 bushels of com is the largewt cargo that lias arrived bore for the canal. Special Telegram to The Inter (¦ Escanaba, Mich.. May -20.—Arrivals—Eseaunbn, Monohanaett Columbian, schomner Metacomet. Departures—Propellers Butteronii, 11. P. Ranney, Monehansett, Escanaba: schoaoners Teutonia, Negaunee, City of Cleveland, SHonterey, M. F. Merrick. Wind blowing a galei from the north. Snowing during the clay; two incches of snow fell forty miles north of here. Special Telegram to The Inter Orcm.!. Detroit, Mich., May 1!'.».—Up—Prop Robert P. Holland and barges. Down—Proms Clarion, Fred Mercur, Chicago. Up May 20—Pacific and barges, Sanilac and barge, Mary Pringle, United Empire, C. A. Green and bargees, J. W. Bennett {(fid barge, Osceola. Music and Iwarges, Mary Miller and barge. Clyde, Montana: ;-schrs Thomas H. Howland, John Magee, C. B. Bemson,; stmrH. J. Jewett, Salina and barges. Dowm—Props Benton and barges, Ogemaw, W. II. Batmum, Roanoke, Wind northwest, brisk: weather cloudy. JSpeeial 't'elecrism to The inter Occam. Buffalo. N, Y., May 20.—Thie harbor to-day was comparatively destitute of bioats of the larger class. During last night and tto-day the following craft arrived: From Cnicagio—Prop Ir.-com-From Ludington—Schr Dionaldson. From luth—Props Empire State, Stt. Paul, and Win-slow, Cleared for Chicago—Pro;us Russia, Scotia, and Avon. The schooner Wm. S. Crosthwaaite, recently dismasted, has been repaired, and vwill begin loading coal to-morrow. Coai shippers predict a reduction in rates to-morrow; 60c is tthe frieght named by them to Chicago and Itlilwaukkee. f_/7 ^. THE CITY OF GREEN BAY. The schooner City of Green IBay, coal-loaded, The H. B. Burges is a total wreck. The Lind is all in fragments, The Kate Howard, in tee basin, is badly wrecked. Her mainmast parted company with the hull yesterday morning. The damaged schooner It. P. Mason was not towed in until last evening. The captain supposed the three men who deserted him had been drowned. Part of the Peck load is lost. The sceoouer Guido, for FrarhpQrt for Kenosha, with hardwood lumber, was driven in here leaking and has gone into the Vessel Owners drydock. The M. B. Cook and Adventure come out of drydock yesterday. The school.er Sunrise, in the storm Sunday, ran from Milwaukee to Chicago in rive hours. The Nellie Gardner, S. L. Watson, Northwest, and W. 1. Wilcox were the only vessels at anchor off Chicago last night. The schooners Mystic and Maggie Thompson went into dry-dock a Miller Brothers yesterday. The East Saginaw's third barge was brought inside yesterday afternoon. The Tacoma leaves this morning. The Manitowoc is damaged in outfit and has a •roken rudder. The barge Powers is fitill outside. She is an ugly thing to strike in a storm, but she probably! did not strike the Wells Bnrt. She is 30 miles down the lake. There are three men on board. The Colin Campbell offered them a line but they' refused it. Thieves are carrying off all the wreckage that comes ashore. None ot the bodies of the Jenny Lind's crew have come ashore. The schooner City of Green Bay has bren rescued, and the tug Swain will tow her through to Sheboygan, She is Leaking badly, ami a steam pump is on board. The barges Carpenter, Lone Star, and Kate Dar-ley are safe in the harbor. The Colonel Kl!swonh, corn loaded from Chi-cago, ia on the river bank near Sarnia. The D. E. Bailey lost her bowsprit and jibbom in the harbor yesterday. The J. E. Gilmore lost her toreboom, g'afT, and foresail. The Lone Star's rudder-head was twisted off. TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS. FROM SOUTH CHICAGO—T1IK OTTAWA. Special Telegram 80 The Inter Ocean. South Chicago, May 22.— Arrived—Schr Regulator, from Ludington, with 285,000 t'cei bcr tor A. It. Beck & Co.; schr Nancy Dill, from Ludington, with lumber for Geo. W. Spencer & Co.; schr A. J. Mowry, from Lincoln, with lumber and posts for A. R. Beck & Co. The schr Annie Tomine, which was ran ashore on the east bank of the Calumet River, opposite Ninety-third street, was taken off this afternoon and lowed to Hammond with her cargo. The schr Ottawa arrived at 1 o'clock this morning.. She was compelled to slip her anchor, and set sail from off Twenty-third street, where she had been at anchor part of yesterday to seek refuge here. On entering the harbor she collided with the propeller V. H. Ketcham , and broke her bowsprit. She is bound from Mus-7 kegon to Chicago with lumber. She is not water- sBurt was- haden with 1,540 tons 63J coal for Chicago from Buffalo, consigned to Hed; storm. A: Co. Those on board were as follows; LIST OF THE LOST. Master. Captain Thomas Fountam Passenger, Daniel Fountain Matje, Captain William Cody. Second Mate, White. Seamen, T. Hickey, Thomas George, Jeff Powers, Wilkie McCarthy, and two names un-V known. Cook, name unknown. I in all. \ 1 Jeff "Powers is a brother of Pachard Powers, President of the Seamen'fe Union. In giving this name there is some guess-work, as it is not post- j tlvely known that he left! Buffalo on the Burt, I though Mr. Richard Powers fears that he did. CAPTAIN FOUNTAIN leaves a wife and five ehihiren. A little son of 1 about 1-4 made his appearamce in Captain Chan- ; non's store last .evening, anil asked for his father. ! The little fellow's piteous tqne and anxious eyes j as he scanned the faces about him was too much for the strong men congregated. Mr. Dunham, \ the owner of the vessel, turrjed away in tears, and all were affected. No one cc aid comfort the boy, and he went away cryin ^bitterly. Up to this time the terrible news bad 1 ot been made known to the widow. Mr. Dunham and his family would call at the house in the even ng. Captain Fountan was about -18 years of age, and bad sailed most all his lite. He was m te with Captain Arthur Atkins in the bark Northwest, and afterward commanded the scho mer Marquette, William Crosthwait, bark Boar 1 of Trade and Pen-saukee. When the Bpart of Trade was lest he took, the Pensaukee, and fi am her went into the Wells Burt. It will be remembered that the underwriters made a great !uss over the sinking of the Board of Trade, btv it never transpired that Captain Fountain did anything in the least dishonorable. The disaster was one that might and does befall any master. He was an excellent navigator and had hosts of friends. His family reside on Church street, on the North THE WELLS BURT measured SOO tons, was built at Detroit by the 1 Detroit Dry-dock Company in J.873J rated A 1 '-j, and was vaiuedat $85,000. She was insured as follows: Continental Company..................... $5.000| Western of Toronto....................... 3,000j Boston, Marine............................. 5,00<M md Mersey....................... 3,700 State of Peunsvh. aula..................... 4,000/ Union of Philadelphia..................... 5.000 ^ have been breaking over her since she first struck icwhieh got ashore on Thunder EBay Island, Lake on. There is no question IHnrou, was not ill bad condition . at last, account's. at 5 o'clock this afterrnoon. .....«.„ „. — ^------------ _ but all hands are lost.. Rumors of many wrecks [A tug has left Detroit (the Sw?ain) with stc:inr during this storm arc'coming in. | £urnp,_ hawsers, and a diver to 1 rescue her. The fJOTrEoTE Special Telegram to The ; Inter Ocean. Detroit, Mich., Ma>y 21.—It has been blowing ¦ m : he north i since 6 o'clock last night. Raining hard all the forenoon, with hail, sleet, '. all the afternnoon. AU the tows passing up yesterday are at anchor in St. Clair wind bound. Wcstcott's ilgght ship and the government buoy are both di tagged out of position. The schooner Unadilla, in tow of the tug Crusader, arrived this noon, havving lost her boat and had her cabin stove in by sseas on Lake Huron, Some of her deck load wafts washed overboard. The propeller St. Louis brce.Re some of her machinery off Point Aubarques, but managed to get in all right. She ia leaking aand will have to be docked. Captains report the laargest seas in Lake Huron they ever saw City of Green Bay is a fine three-imasted schooner of 346 tons. She was built at Gireen Bay by Anderson iu 187*2, rates A L', and iis valued at $10-000. Captain C. W. Elphicke, otf Chicago, is the owner. Vessel and cargo are inavured. WHITE CAPS. The steamers City of Milwaukee and Wisconsin arrived at Milwaukee safelyy after the storm. The steambarge Schrigley amd the schooner Penobscot were also among thae arrivals there. The propeller F. & P. M.'No... 1 tows to Milwaukee from Ludington with a Iforoken wheel. Special Telegram to The Inter Oceaiiu. Cape Vincent, N. \"., May 11212.—During last night's severe gale the sloop Benic'ia Boy w;ts driven ashore and sunk. The fetrry steamers and Van Home remain here to-night on account of the storm, which still continues.. THE EKIE 31ELLE ASMOKE. Special Telegram to The Inter Oeeai . Owen Sound, Ont., May 22.-—During a severe northeasterly gale Sunday eveniing the schooner Erie Belle, lying at Lyons Ileaid, Georgian Bay, dragged her anchor and went, asshore. She lost her rudder and sustained eonsidccrable other damage. The tug Cherokee will go up to her assistance as soon as the weather moderates. The Erie Belle was chartered for ties to Clhicago. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Y \\ Detkoit, Mich., May '22.—The tow barge Wissa-hickon, one of the steam barge Salhia'.s tow, which was anchored in Lake St. Clair, draggeom ashore on the Canadian shore below Stony Point™ >-iA tug will go to her in the morning. The steal barge Tempest and. tow came very near all goinjMj Jashore. The Tempest had both anchors dowifij Kand worked with a full head of steam all SundajT fciight and Monday. The prop Alaska collided gwith Westcott's light ship, doing serious damage! The ljght ship tilled with water. The keeper ancfil assistant were forced to keep pumping all nighti)} The tug Oswego towed her in this morning. Slug] will not be ,iiaccdfors|^||d|^|js.------------------ Pop/fHUHON, Mich., May 22.— The, storm is i ::i raging, with snow and sleet. y ^ The barge Clematis is waterlogged about seven guiles out in the lake off Lakeport. The crew, sisting of Captain Lockhart, his two sons, two KailorS, and cook, came ashore at the lighWiouse in the yawlbcat at 8 o'clock this morning. The tug Champion" went outside to assist the Clematis, but Just as the tug rounded to the barge'-. went to pieces. Large quantites of lumber andj ineces of the wreck are floating down*the river. It is reported that two scows were foundered! off Port Austin yesterday. The .telegraph wires? are down, and there are ho particrU |*¥u«umij MUM !>nwn-^e;imba:^ consort, Butteroni. Total..................................$25,700,' The cargb of coal is also insured. Mr. Dunham will visit the Evanston wreck on a tug this morning, and a diver will probably bt taken along. TIIE RTVEBS. Special Telegram to Tho Inter Ocean. DETPorr, Mich, i32.-r-D.own, May 21 — echr Leonard Hanna. No tips. Up, May 22— Props Conemauah, James Fisk, Jr., Torrent, D. W. Powers and barges; schr Consuelo, prop Onoko. Down—Props Escanaba, MUwaukt e, George King and barges. Continental ami censor!. D. Lentz and barges, and schr S. Neelon, Thomas W. Palmer and consort, Empire and barge*. Wind north, brisk. Weather cloudy and cold. WELLAND CANTAL. Special Telegram to The Inter ¦ Pout Colborne. Ont,, Maj 22.- Passed Up— Schrs Ilobnken, Oswego to Chicago, coal; G, C Trumpff, Oswego to Milwaukee, coal; J. M. Scofct, Oswego to Chioago, coal; General Pram Ogdensburg to Cleveland, or< ; George B. Sloane, Oswego to Chicago, coal; Hainana. Fair Haven to Chicago, coal; Grantham, Kingston to Detroit, light; West Side, Oswego to Chicago, coal; Belle Mitchell, Oswego to Toledo, coal; prop NorWj-erne r, Ogdensburg to Chicago, general cargo. The schooner Hartford, laden with coal, bound from Charlotte to Chicago, and the schooner -Jessie, laden with stone, from Cleveland to Toronto, collided this evening about a mile below here in ^he canal when near St di: ¦ Bridge. The Hartford lost her bowsprit and jibboom, an'd the Jessie sustained damages to her rigging. Sperml Telegram to The Inter Oe^ae PORT Dalhousie, Ont., May 22.—Passed Up— 'Schrs King Sisters, Oswego to Toledo, coal; Fleet-wing, Toronto to Toledo, light. Down—Hercules, Bay City to Collins Bay, staves. ! ^tiimwuur Bupealo, N. Y., May 22.—Coal freights iir.n at 75c to Chicago and Milwaukee. Engage Schrs Sophia Minch arM A. Everett, for Milwaukee; schr 1 Wm. Home, Eacine, 00c; Mediterranean, Kenosha, 90c. The combination entered Into by coal shippers here to reduce freights to UOc to Chicago and Milwaukee .has already taken the form of a farce. ¥ {Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Cleveland, Ohio, May 22. —Vessels are scarce, and it is claimed there is not one in port : be chartered. Coal remains scarce, and'the rates on coal remain nominally unchanged, although not as firm as a few days ago. on :ieeeunt of the threatened cut at Buffalo. No change in rates offered for carrying ore. Charters reported today are: Schr SliSa Gerlach, lumber, Pine Lake to Detroit, $2.50 per thousand: steambarge Everett and consort, echr Sophia Minch, hard coal, Buffalo to Milwaukee, 75c per ton. Schr Specular cleared for Marquette light to-day. The only arrival was the prop Avon, from Buffalo. Lake still very rough.