November Gales

Whüe laavinjf port at Abli tabula, O., In a heavv northwest (jale, the steel teamer Roman of the liimnii. Heet was cauarht in a heavy sea and dashed ajrainst the bottom of the lake, almost brkinfr the strong, stanch ship iu two. It was only by a miraele that tug-s were able to g-et the Roman back into the harbor before slie foundered. The Roman had just passed outside the piers bound for Milwaukee with a load of eoal when suddenly a big sea seemed to run out from under her, dropping her heavily upon the bottom of the lake. The steel plates and frames were cracked and broken by the crash at a point nearly in the middle of her length. The break extended from tha water line through the rail and oven to the hatch on deck. The stenmer struck bottom but once. Had shc suffered another sueh blow it seeins iinpossible that she could have bee:i saved. Schooner Crotón Sunk. The schooner Groton, of Detroit, Capt. John H. Christie, loaded with slack coal, was caug-ht in the srale and carne to anchor 12 miles west of Port Stanley, Ont., where she foundered. The crew, consisting of six men, took to the yawl boat and were discovered by Capt. William Berry, of the life boat station, who hastily g-ot his crew together and rescued them. The vessel with her cargo will be a total loss, as ghe lies in about 30 feet of water. Un Went to the Bottom The schoooner Una sank in the harbor at St. Joseph, Mich., and the se ven men aboard were taken off by the life saving crew after a narrow escape. The Una was dashed against a dock and had a big hole stove in her huil.