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Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== THE LUDINGTON DAILY RECORD, Ludington, Michigan Thursday, October 7, 1880 VOL. XIV. OLD SERIES, NO. 5 VOL. I NEW SERIES, NO. 19 LOCAL MATTERS: -------------- The schooner GESINE, of Chicago, is getting a new foremast here. The schooner CHALLENGE has just made a remarkably quick trip. James Crowley sold a cargo of cedar posts to the schooner EMMA LEIGHTON this week. It is calculated that the new propeller CITY OF LUDINGTON will visit this port for the first time by November first. Now that the schooner MERCURY is entirely out of the water, it is found that she cannot be repaired in time to do any sailing the present season. The upper works on the fish tug KITTIE GAYLORD have been greatly improved and made comfortable for the coming winter fishing. They have already commenced operations and find a ready market for the fish at Chicago. It is reported that the Northern transportation company boats will commence running here by the 15th of the present month. The Sault St. Mary canal will be closed for the season on November 15th. This is earlier than usual and will ensure a greater amount of freight to pass through Ludington than at any previous season. The local inspectors of steamboats have concluded their investigation of the burning of the MARINE CITY on Lake Huron, August 29. They suspend Capt. Comer, Mates Smith and Doney, and Engineers McClure and Winship. They say: "From the evidence we are of the opinion that Capt. Comer and Wm. Smith, first mate, neglected their duties in not exercising the crew in the use of the fire pumps and all other apparatus for the safety of life, and assuring themselves that all the equipments required by law were in complete working order, at least once a week, as required by rule 57, adopted by the super- vising inspectors" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE LUDINGTON DAILY RECORD, Ludington, Michigan Thursday, October 14, 1880 VOL. XIV. OLD SERIES, NO. 6 VOL. I NEW SERIES, NO. 20 LOCAL MATTERS: -------------- The schooner ROYCE made her last trip to Chicago and back in 56 hours. Inspector J. A. Mitchell, acting under instructions from May Harwood, is taking soundings with a view to having the harbor dredged out to accommodate the large winter commerce of the next four months. NEWS OF THE WEEK MICHIGAN ---------------- The supplying yacht STARLIGHT, of the Detroit, Mackinaw and Marquette R.R., is missing. Three Frenchmen named Noah Beyeur, Frank Markham and Elmo Lamond, and two Swedes, names not known, were on board and are undoubtedly drowned. They were last seen at Sucker Bay and were all drunk. Bigelow Bros. dock at Muskegon fell and let 500,000 feet of lumber into the lake, involving a loss of $1,000. At Marine City, Gilbert, 10 year-old son of Nelson Gillette, chief engineer of the propeller MORLEY, fell through the dock and was drowned in the St. Clair river. MISCELLANEOUS: -------------- Lake Freight: Detroit to Buffalo, wheat, 3-1/2c; Chicago to Buffalo, wheat, 5-1/4c; Muskegon to Michigan City, lumber, $2.25; North Bay to Chicago, posts, 9c, ties 7c; Erie to Milwaukee, coal, 90c; Port Huron to Buffalo, wheat, 4c; Cleveland to Chicago, $1; Cleveland to Marquette, coal, 75c; Toledo to Buffalo, corn, 3-1/2c. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE LUDINGTON DAILY RECORD, Ludington, Michigan Thursday, October 21, 1880 VOL. XIV. OLD SERIES, NO. 7 VOL. I NEW SERIES, NO. 21 LOCAL MATTERS: -------------- A telegram from the MARS says that they reached Chicago with the loss of boat and sails. The schr. LILLIE PRATT left here last Friday evening, and was out during the gale of Saturday. She reached Kenosha, her destination in good shape. About noon on Saturday the schooner ECLIPSE in attempting to gain the harbor, missed and ran high on the beach about a quarter of a mile north of the piers. The crew got ashore without difficulty. Saturday afternoon the edging dock between the P. M. L. Co's mill and the elevator, took fire, presumably from the tug ALDRICH lying there at the time. The hose attached to the pony engine at the lumber company's mill was promptly put in order and did effective service. The city fire engine was taken to the scene of action as soon as possible, but alas for democratic economy, it had suffered neglect so long as to be worse than useless. It was as dry as a cracker. NEWS OF THE WEEK MICHIGAN ---------------- Capt. Joseph Sawyer, of Detroit, Superintendent of the Life Saving Service of the ninth district, and Capt. Feeban, chief of the Forty Mile point life saving crew, were drowned in Lake Huron on Wednesday. The sail boat in which they were was struck by a squall and filled with water, so that it sank. Capt. Sawyer attempted to swim ashore, but sank and drowned, so did also Capt. Feeban. A sailor named Valentine, who was with them, clung to the rigging and was rescued by a boat from Rogers City. Capt. Sawyer leaves a family of children, his wife having died recently. A wreckage thief on the beach above Holland has collected a pile of plunder, in which, with most monumental cheek, he has affixed a notice reading as follows: "Don't nobody steele this." MISCELLANEOUS: -------------- The great gale which swept over the entire chain of lakes Saturday and Sunday seems to have been of unusual severity. Despite the fact that the cautionary signals were displayed at all points from Duluth to Buffalo as early as Friday, notifying vessel captains of the danger of leaving ports of safety or harbors of refuge, many appear to have disregarded the warning in the belief that, by crowding on all canvas, they could run away from the winged winds. Mariners and signal service officials agree that the storm was the most severe of the present sea- son, and predict that it will prove to have been fully as disastrous as that of September, 1879. It is believed that the steamer ALPENA has foundered on Lake Michigan with all on board -- about 30 persons. The schooner BELLE HANSCOM was wrecked at Colchester, Ont. The schooner GRENADA is ashore at Muskegon four men being still aboard of her at last accounts. There are also 13 vessels, including the EBENEZER and CONTEST, in various stages of wreck at and near Sturgeon Bay. A telegram from Holland, Mich., says a body of an unknown man and woman with a portion of the ill-fated steamer ALPENA were washed ashore there. News from the Manitou Islands says the ALPENA is not there and no doubt is now entertained that she is at the bottom of the lake. All the shore steamers on Lake Huron are safe, and also the Lake Erie fleet. Two bodies of persons lost in the ALPENA disaster have been washed ashore near Holland, but are not yet identified. The shore is strewn with the wreck, and a line of pickets are watching for bodies. The schooner AMERICAN and propeller EUROPE are missing. [note: the page was damaged on this paragraph prior to microfilming. Illegible items/letters are replaced with * in this transcription] Six bodies have thus been recovered from the ALPENA disaster. Additional names of persons supposed to have been on the boat are presently being forwarded to the searchers **** list now numbers 40 passengers. One more body has been recovered from the ALPENA wreck, that of a deck hand, not yet identified. The following new names have been reported as missing, and supposed to have been on the ALPENA: Blanchard Huntley, Grove, Ill.; Frank Pope, St. Johns, Mich.; Miss Sarah M. Bragg, E. A. Angell, Chicago; Andrew Murdock. The Canadian propeller EUROPE has arrived at Chicago safe and sound. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE LUDINGTON DAILY RECORD, Ludington, Michigan Thursday, October 28, 1880 VOL. XIV. OLD SERIES, NO. 8 VOL. I NEW SERIES, NO. 22 [Transcriber's note: The front page is very faded and mostly illegible] Page 2 THE ALPENA ---------- List of the Lost Passengers and those Recovered. Considerable pains have been taken to present a complete list of the passengers, officers, and hands on the ALPENA, and the net result is presented below. As stated heretofore, no duplicate list of the passengers was kept, and the register of the boat went down with her. As far as can be learned there were 27 passengers, as follows: Montgomery Crossman, of Grand Haven. Mr. Crossman was the second son of one of the oldest settlers of Marengo, Calhoun County, Mich., and formerly resided in Marshall, that ****. Although less than 30 years of age he was well known throughout the State by his many mech- anical inventions, conspicuous among which were his improvements in wind mills. He was foreman of the Stevens Manufacturing Company. He leaves a wife in del**** **** **** years old, Sidney T****, Esq **** **** of him. V**** **** **** **** Haven, Mr. [last three lines of this column, on this page are illegible] Mrs. R. F. Curies, the wife of a prominent lawyer of Grand Haven. Heber Squier, Jr., of Grand Haven. He leaves a wife and three young daughters, whom he was going to Chicago to visit. Mrs. Newton Bradley and her daughters, Miss Lou Bradley, and Miss Kate Bradley, of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Fred Spaeth, of Grand Rapids. G. Hettinger, of Grand Rapids. C. Kusterer, of Grand Rapids. Mr. Kusterer was a lawyer and a very wealthy citizen of Grand Rapids. H. Landreth, of Muskegon, a brother of Geo. Hubbard of Grand Haven. Mrs. S. H. Cole, of Ottawa, Ill. H. T. Locke, agent of Hill Bros., New York. Rev. Farrell Hart and wife, White Pigeon, Mich. - Rablinsky, a dealer in old iron, Chicago. Harry L. St. Clair, of Lawndale, Ill. T. D. Peyton, of Philadelphia. John Osburn, wife, and three children, of Chicago. Neal McGillvray, of St. Joseph, Mich. Mrs. DeCondres, of Evanston, Ill., who had been to Grand Haven on a charitable mission. Mrs. Vandecar, of Chicago, was the wife of a machinist employed in the shops of the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne railroad. The following list comprises all the officers as far as can be ascertained at the present writing: Captain Nelson W. Napier, of St. Joseph, Mich., who leaves a wife reported to be crazed with grief, several sons who are well known tugmen in Chicago, and two minor children. First Officer, J. H. Kelley Second Officer, Alvin Patten First Engineer, Robert Johnson, of Grand Haven Second Engineer, Robert Patton, of Grand Haven Steward, William Shepherd, whose brother Harry was drowned at Muskegon about two years ago while acting as steward of the ALPENA. Clerk, Arthur Haynes Porter, Thomas Lynch, of Grand Rapids, who leaves a mother and sister at that place. The young man who was a general favorite, had $2,000 coming to him, and is said to have expressed great fears of venturing on the last trip of the ALPENA, owing to having been through a storm about a week ago. Fireman, Harry Falls James Bayne, of Grand Rapids Fred Perry, of Chicago, who was acting as cabin boy for pleasure and experience. This makes a total of eleven men. The usual compliment of officers and hands is thirty, of whom eight or ten are deck hands. The latter change so often that it is next to impossible to tell who were on board. The same may be said of the steward's crew. Allowing thirty as the officers and crew, this would make fifty-six souls who went down on the ALPENA. The bodies thus far recovered are those of Fred Spaeth, of Grand Rapids, M. Crossman, of Grand Haven, Mrs. S. B. Cole, of Ottawa, Ill., T. Locke, of New York, a son of John Osburn, of Chicago, and a colored boy supposed to have been one of the crew. It is now stated that the condition of the timber coming ashore is such as to warrant the belief that the ALPENA was unsound. A thorough investigation will be made by the government inspectors. NEWS OF THE WEEK MICHIGAN ---------------- A body came ashore Tuesday morning at the mouth of the Muskegon harbor, supposed to be one of the unfortunates of the fated ALPENA. The body is that of a large man apparently 30 years of age. The Chicago Tribune reports Captain Edward Napier, son of the captain of the lost steamer ALPENA, as saying that recently, while crossing Lake Michigan, the ALPENA "sprung her arches at the ends so that the bolts securing them were drawn into the timbers about an inch. After the steamer reached port, he says, the ends of the arches were secured with iron straps firmly bolted to the hull. He adds that his father lost confidence in the boat's staunchness after this mishap, yet continued in command, as he had only a few more trips to make to close the season." ===========================================================================