Several Vessels Sunk And Lives Lost

The very sudden ehünge from torric mninwr to almost freezing autumr brought on a serios of storms ovei the lake región which did a great fleai of clamare on land and lake. Report! of numerona vessels being in troublc have been received and in some case; they were utterly lost and a numbei of persons drowncd. The schooner E. R. Williams, iroi ore laden, from Kscanaba to Toledo in tow of the Santa Maria sank in tin big gale on (.reen Kay. with all on board. Of the crew. only the namci of tapt. Hutton and Maggie Uenuett the stewardess, are known, the crew of flve men being strang-crs. The Williams was owned by L. ). Fav, oi Kl.vria, O. The schooner J. H. Comstock, in tov of the Viking-, foundercd off htandaril Hoek in Lake Superior in 400 feel ol water. Tlie crew was picked up in life boats by the stcamer ,1. .1. McWilliaius and taken to the "Soo. " Capt McArter, of the Comstock, had one leg broken and four ribs stove in. Th rest of the crew are uninjured. Thf lost boat was owned by A. VV. (om stock, of Alpciiii. The schooner C. H. Johnson went ashore at (ir sse ('ap. near ht. ljrnacc. and was totally wrecked. She was g-oinp to pieces before she struck and the crew took to the yawl which at once filled. A distress fjuu roused Ambrose Corps and two sous, fishermen, who bravely put off and saved the sailors. The roman cook was nearly dead with cold aml fliffht, and had leapo.l from the schooner half naked. The sailors lost all they possessed. The big steamer C. W. Klphicke, with ore frora Dulutli, almost found cred in Iake Sviperior. The cabin and boiler house were stove in, the boat torn from their davits, a hatch wrenched loose, the hold half filled with water and the steering grai broke, but she managed to reach Marquette. Alpena sheltered the Tasmania and the J. S. Richards after the canvas had been torn to shreds. The ore laden Marquette went aground near Toledo. The steamer Hicko.x struck a reef off ürand Traverse lijfht and ís badly injured.