THE .MARINE RECORD. . 6 [Concluded from l$t Pane.] Bomo papers In Chicago havu tnken'timn by the forelock and'come out with voluminous " roporls of season's disasters, IiiisqiI ns Is . .claimed on wreck reports, which anyone no qitiitntcd with statements,' know U not strictly reliable^ even in nluu Cnscs outof ' ton. j . ' Tliero life qut(o a number ol lake skippers In port just now, pome of whom aroen route ,' to their reapccllve homi'S, wllilo others, be. longing here, feel quite content to reliro to their families, thankful that they hnvo had their Jives spared while others hiivo.unfoitii- ' nntely ftono down totho dep(hs'wlih those . left behind but poorly provided for. There nro some, however,.who, during"tlio winter, visit the sail lofts to spin out tlie yarns wlrich accumulated dtirliig the season, mid mrrrnte . many narrow escapes which have passed, The last arrivals front the I.nko Superior regions wero tlio Niagara mid her consorts, laden with ore. They caniu through In good shape with the exception of one of the iiiim- . her, whic'li stranded in the Snult river and ' threw overboard twenty-three tons uf ore before bIio was liberated. The barge S. D. Ilungerlord, it Is conced¬ ed, 1ms gone down with nil bands In Lake Huron. Slio was freighted with lumber from Georgian Buy and, with others, broke adrift from the steamer which luid her lu charge, since which nothing bus,been seen or heard or her. The others were afterwards recovered mid got into port. The Hunger- -.ford was n'craltot 207 tons burden, nnd had beA nllont seventeen years, and for several years vvns a Hue looking schooner. Of those on b'onrd but Utile is at present known. She wns in charge of Cnptnln William Moore ' with John Beck ns mate. The steamer Manitoba will doubtless re¬ main where she fs, ashore at Southampton Lake. Huron, for the winter. She cannot very well be reckoned among tho total losses "of the senson as sho'is well protected from gales which may arise, uulll dually relented Several vessels which hnvu retired at lids port nre rucelvln'g grain for winter storage. Tlie United States revenue steamer lessen den is preparing lo lay up at This port. Shu lies at the Michigan Cent nil dock, and when prepared will rcnuilii in'charge of .n shlp- kucper .luring tlie winter. , • The barge Menominee, which passed through a rough time during the late gales, will, during the winter,' he provided witli nil engine, nuil another senson will be Independ¬ ent of outside aid. The steamer Northwest is snugly moored at llutching's dock be¬ tween Shelby and Griswold streets. The ' hienmer City of Detroit Is at present going through tlie usual .process of going Into win- teripuirtcrs. Both of these steniucrs hnve been liuuBiinllv fortunate in meeting Willi . no serious accidents. '■ The damage sustained by the tug Castle nt I'ort Huron the other day will amount to fi.UOO. \Tbe aunualconvciiliun oM[be iuteriinliou- nl .Seamen"s Union c'irniTtPTTa.'d its niillngs intbiscity tills (Monila)) morning vviib n full unci diluce of delegates from all the re¬ spective bodies mound Ibe lakes. Kichard rowers, of Chicago, the president, being un hand, congratulated ihe members upon so large n rcprey-cnliilLon aml-upon [he sntl-dao- nn-y condition of the organization. .1. D. .Murphy,ol Toronto, was chosen secrelnry. Tlie various coinmitlees were appointed af. let- considerable delay, '1 be Union iiuuiliers over's,111)11 members, mid ibey will continue lliclr -iitings for eight or Ien days. The principal topics under ciiiisldfrntloti will le- Iale to lite inspection of hulls'which, ns at 'Spreseul cnrvlf d oh, is thoroughly condemned. That also of ibe eii'p'ovincut of men on Auierleaii vessel-, which nt |fruseiit requires the employment ul only one Aincilcin, ilie Captain or mnsier. This native citizens deem nn Injustice, nud Iliu Union will demand that at least two-thirds uinployed shall lie A'lner- . Icnns iih well as residents, and that skillful , "men shall be eniplnyed on' board of biifgcs ',«8 jtujl Iib uthcr craft. ' ,.4'he bodijs of.Cnptnin Z. O. Quick nnd Ills' son Houort, who have been missing since W 'ilncsday last, were loiind on llro shore of , I.nko Kilo neiiF Hoiuuey. They belonged on l'oint an l'eleo ljdaud.i ' ('aptali^McAiThur, of iho.steninbnrge Sl- lieria, afrlved'at St. lgiiaav Mich., reports having n rougli experience on Unku Superior n few days since. Shu- wns struck by a heavy gale off Keweenaw Point, carrying nwny her rudder and placing her. In tho troughs of tho sea for eighteen hours. Her cabins wero damaged and much of her out¬ fit Lost.' She managed lo'gct to Mjelilplco- tcn (slnud nnd anchored In sixty fathoms of water. Sho Itnnlly reached Huiilt St. Mario nnd. there awaits orders. She had on board 7'2.00n bushels ot wjient, ol which about 11,- 000 bushels is damaged. She will, bo got through If possible. •Murphy Brosi have two of their .large wrecking steamers out engaged In life and property saving, nnd Uiclr tnsk Is not com-, pleted until compelled to yield to tho clo- nienta. One of these, 1 tie Bnllze, Is engaged In Iho herclitean task of saving the steamer Enterprise nnd iier valuable cargo, s.tranded near Georgian Buy. The mission w.ould hnvo been accomplished efi) tills hut for the ndvuufo weather, which has continually pre- .vnlied. Another.nl their steamers, Ibe Kate Willlims as, is well known, hns-in hand tlie rescue of Ihe Monitor, ashore on tlie North Mniiitou. As'iu the previous case, Ibe expedition bus been opposed by northwest gnlcs since tlio commencement of operations, but those In charge do nol de¬ spair In their efforts to got her afloat aml'ln- t6 harbor. -• I.nter—Tlio tug Battzo lias arrived -with ihe intelligence that While en route with the steambargo Enterprlze In'tow, and When oil' I'ort Agstln, the barge Bigunlled that they were in n sinking condition and to come lo. their resotie, and in-three niinutes thereafter she went down with eight 6f those on bonrd. Seven of those on bonrd wero picked up by the Bnlizo, one of whom, the- engineer died afterwards. KKNOSIIA. Sjicrinl to tilt! .Vtirfiie 7.Vri>ril. ' ' Captain Edwnril Johnson, of the schooner E. M. Stnutoii, (rf Clilcngo, wns mnrried on' Monday December loth lo Miss • Kmiua llyerstofl", nt Kenosha, Wis., at the residence of the bride. 1'AST 'l'AV?AS. Tile propeller Oconto cleared for Detroit. If the weather, is good she will return olherwi-e she will-lay 'up. The tug Lark wns raised .out ol Sable riier, leaking^ . ** imri'Ai.o. ■% Sptclnl rorrctjitsii/ciicc Murine llriartl. The Clyde built steamer Athabasca loll for I'ort Colbprue yesterday, where rbe cabin work will be put on. The Alberta <aiul Algoma will follow as soon as llieTivetlng is coinplcted. 'I'he owners of the steamers save n duty of 10 per'ceut. by'lhls move. ClIl'llOVCAX. Tlie last vessels mi under -frill were Ibe Daiifortb and lCllen,ASpry,on December 'uii; last steainer, propeller Clmiiiplaln, December 10lb'; through steainer from ' Buffalo, propelli'r New York, December 2d. Tlie last down wns ihe schooner Donald- sou, November 110th; propeller W. I,. I.'resl last through slimmer lor Ogilensliuig at the siime lime. MANITOWOC. .\'/*cl'.ll la lltr .Vtl, in.- /,'t'i.ir,/ The schooner M. I.. Collin-, which' weni ! ashore at Sister Bay about Ihree week, -luce, Is In Kami & Burger's drjdock. >bf gels nu eiitlie ncvv^keel, niitl holtoin plaoketl, al¬ so will lie ealketl, which is Ilie ' insurance job. Tlie owners arc going to haven new deck put In her. Tile .1. I. Case i» vudxlt^g. lo go In duck. She appears lo be in lin'd slinpu and will havu |o receive a liiorougli overhauling. Shu had iilioui "2(1,1)00 bushels ot corn here which ha- been sold lo one ol the owners, T, M. Kunpp. The corn i- not worth much but the,most ot It can he sold for something. AMiii'.nsiiit'iii:. The Kclio says llial on the 3d In-t. word wnsTeeelved of tlietlrovv'tillig of three tncii at l'elee'Island anil partli'iihiui wereobialuetl by thu Dresden. It appe.ars Hint Captain '/,\ O. Quick, ager) ahou(,.r>n,,audhls son Kohert, nged 10, were eugnged In llsldug jind wsre assisted by.a firnner iinined G. Crtivjin, nbqjii 23 years of age. They bad lifted their" pound nuts nnd hud gone to the east sldo and put their land on Iho steamer t.ouisu, after, whluh young Quick and Cowan left their bonf nt Brown's dock. Mr. Brown's marsh iiap- pe.ued to bu on lire and lie accused the •two young men of having sinned it nud sel his dogs on ilium. On Quick inlorniiiig ids father of this, iiu thought they had better' get their boat away from Brown's 'dock lor lear/if her holng scut adrift, and they with Cownn went and got Into her thero nnd that was the last seen of any of tho three." The wind was northwest, and would probably car^yHhcJ/ bodies out Into tho lake. Onpfaln Quick, many years ago, sailed tho steamer Valley City, tho first boat on the river route. He has lutely carried on an extensive fishing business on.the Island and had n' largo vine¬ yard. ■ , SAUQATUCK. Tho launch of tli6 new ttonmcr for Mcsars. 'Rogers & Bird took place this afternoon In the prcsenco ol four .hundred people. She has been nnmed tho A. B. Taylor, In honor of one of Snugatuck's moat successful busi¬ ness men, a gentlemen loved by alTT The boat is 111) feet long, 10 feet beam, and 8 feet depth.nl hold; steel boiler fl by 10, with a, water bottom; engine 10 by 20, built ot Mon¬ tague's and a I'uiirnon wheel (!)£ leel; vessel men here state she Is Hie handsomest boat ever built here. She Is calcjiliitcd to make dally trips ln.'tweo« here and Chicago, and her builders say Hie onn do tills with case, especially during fruit time. The flrst work was done September 10, so' no rime has been lost. Shuis to be provided wllhlvvodceks, tlie cabin being placed nu the nuilii deck. Accommodations for thirty passengers will be made., She Will be coiuniiiuded by Cap- lain H. T. lingers, and the veterans, Gray Mtirelnnd and Henry ' Allett, will act ns engineer nnd pilot respectively. These throe gentlemen nre .well known through their connections with the.steamer J. S. Senverns, which formerly run over tlie-rotttc. TIiocobi of tlie bout will be fully $12,000. It hi the intention of her owners to-make a trip Willi her about the lalter-end of February If there is nol toq much ice in Ihe lake. She will liiuil nt O'Connor'^ I.nwier's dock, below Hush street bridge. ' A body tliouirht to bu that of the- boy Willie, of the steamer Akeley, washed ashore here and is in charge of Justice GUI. He is described as slouily built-, abou'. ii feet tall, had on pants two shirt»,-a-g»od pair ol boots white handkerchief witli red border around bis nei'k. Tile upper teeth stood out quite prominent. The body wns badly decoin-' posed and nothing was touiitl on or iilioui iiilli liV which lie could lie idenlitietl. It'is though! lie, was 1-1 or lo years of age. The hotly,of Captain Strech, wns aNo found. Neither emit nor pniitjih.....s were on the body, lint a ve-t of good elolh vvas buttoned up all rigid, in Ihe pockets of vvlilcb was an open face silver watch, and attached to it a gold chain. l'tinr ut'iuiN*. /Tiie^propeller S. V. Hodge anil Teciiuiseh pns-eil down herefrom I.nko Superior on the 1Mb, being the last boats nu', ami iliu season dnsed. One of the most lerriblu disa-tcrs ot the season ocMineil on Lake Huron on, ihe inorutiig of the 10th liisl. A wrecking outlii on tlie mg Bnllze left Detroit lo release the sleainbarge Knterpri-e, vvldeh Weill nshorc aboiil lour weeks ago near cnckhiirn Islainl, Willi a cargo ol' nieltiianilisc lor I'ort Arthur. The steamer wan lighieieil ami pulled oil. Kxira cure was laken by placing I wo huge caii'vns jackets under her hoin.tii, and (Ids being-done the I.....I did not leak enough to keep one nl the I wo sleam pump- going. All Holif well nlilI] the llali/e, towing ihe Knler pil-e, arrhed oil' l'oilit I'.alitdl's light, hear lug snulliwc-r, at 2 a. in. w hen 1 aplaiu*!. ,1. Item-ill n, who I mil charge ol tho-niillil, beard the slt'liin vvljislle I'loui the pump lilovvilig. lie nllsnered the III..... call-.-111.1 had Ihe male ol Ihe Bnli/e slop Ihe lug. Allhalld- vvere called In gel ihe hii'il down. The low' line Was ylll I'loui ihe lug, and eveiy -ell'iirl wit- iiiaile In get alongside of ihe « reek he , lore -he Weill dow n. Ju-I hel'oie Ihey .iilihl gel ill on lul the barge slink from -igln. Kverj line on the tug was made icnilv In throw lo ihe men clinging to Ibe rait- ol the ilouling wreck/ I'at Quiiir, ol.Dcii'i il, vveM/tuow n on ibe hike-, was the llrst lo rcaiii' the side ot tlie 'tug. The poor fellow I Jul been ,il work at thestenm pumps nud lufd grease on his clothes' nud hands. Tile rope slipped through his lingers twice. The third time', "one of llicscrevv of lie: Bnllze rencbed down It; pull hlin up, Qulnu holding lo the rope \vilh his icelli tuilil he was m ibe .bauds ol this nian.'wljo had hold ol Id.- iackc.1, when a sea struck (Joinn and he slipped through Ids grasp nud tell liackiino Ibe water and was seen no more. The following wcie lord : J. M, Grnw, of Oawego, and Bocond-cnjitneer of tho Enterprise, Charles Carboy, with Murphy's steam' pump. . Dan L. .Tones, Windsor,'with Odelt's steam pump. Charles Winiams, Chicago, deck hand. Two llrcmen on the Eulerprls'e, names unknown. Mrs. Petal's, cook on tho Knlerprlsc, did not get on tho wreck„but took passage on the Ballzo ' and waa saved. William Sampson, ot Windsor, engineer of tho Eiitcrprlfe, picked up by ihe Bnllze yawl andsaved. Frederick Wagner, ot Hiifl'ulo saved hy tho Bnllze. Peter I.yon, of Snrnlii, badly hurt nbout the head, chest, light arm, and hands, picked up more deild thnn nllve by tho' Bnllze yawl.. This man Is delirious at ii o'clock, Arthur Metger, of Corotiln, Out/, wheelsman, saved by thu Bnllze yawl. William Bush, of Lind¬ say, Ont.; wheelsman, saved by the yawl. John -Carboy, father of .Charles,'with the steam pump, vvns rescued, hut died lu five minutes after gelling on tho tug's deck. His body, was taken To Detroit. Cnptnln J. .1. Renrdon^of the firm, of Crosby $ Dimlck,' .did, not gtft on the steamer but enmc on the ' tiig, which arrived at noon to-day,. Tho great feature of the case Is the short space of lime the boat sank in. All tlie 'Statements ot the rescue say that shcjtist opened out and went down witli one pluudgc. She wns owned by Melicnnii, of I'ort Arthur, who paid $9,000 for her last August. Site Insured lor $7,000 in the Big Four. ■ MlI.W.Vl-IiKi:. The schooner D. Vance loads 1,000 bushels ol wheat for wit ter storage. TI e loud capacity of ore and grain curriers laid up .here Jb 1,:I72,000 ^ushels; The stock ol wheat lu store is'.i.lijujXiH bushels. The barge I.. (J. Butts'reiiulrcdstrnighten- lug entire refasicnlng, calking all over, a new garbnnr.l streak, new booms, nnd 'con-- sldorablo new canvas. The barge L. CVButts was placed In the drydnck Monday ami found lo lie consider- nhly ilnmnged. Survey was buhl on her Tuesday, the result of which■ we have not" learned. "The schooner- Wonder,- Captain Peterson, w lio had part of ibe cargo ofgrnin of the ,1.11' -' Mead seized for. ilciniirrngc, iiimkr a settle¬ ment Willi tlie consignee to-day released ihe cargo. Thero Is, little prnbiiblliy of llic.llfc saving crew at lids pint being placed on duly "agnui for ihe wlnler inoiilhs, although an etl'oi't was made a vv eetTftr so ago lo have the crews .id this and oilier p(VtK~w-lwie. steamers run regularly kepi oh-during ilie winter, In urdei- llial assl-laiiee nilghi be near at hand • lu case aiiy of Iiu'lunrillililisiistei's (djlie last two or ihrue wiuiVrs he repeated. 'I'he crew- al this station whs discharged on Ihe llrst ol the month, the keeper, Captain Kvonsun, ont-y being reiainetl lo keep charge of Ibe siaiitin and ihe government properly oil Jones' Island. 'I'he crew eon-lsts of eight men, nnd will be on duty again vv lien navi¬ gation opens in the spring.. ITI.VNKKlltl. On Thursday Xovejnber 21), elil/.eiis near lCinpli-e ami sleeping Bear 111 nil's noticed an . iippiuelilly disabled ve-sel ill Ihe oiling. Soiue fanner paitolni.-ui in lite saving service, climbed a high hill m gn a betier'view nl the i-rali, hut on looking around Ihey could -ee untiling t T bl'l- allluillgh Ihey hail a goi i] view iinrili .tiitl-tiiiili Inr mile-. Inningihe day huge qualities olheavy green hunt-wood llliuhiu vva-liod ii|i on the shore. Mr. iJ'Oii-' hnrd Knhr. a member ot 1*...m ItH-yJ life slnlloil, sav - ii I- Ilie genet al oi^jjiim llial the craft toiiii.leieil, ali'.I il there is any ve- 'el nii-siug il i- at IcrL-l a i lew . , mil tillliix. I'lie lepori ilfnt Ihree Mirtivois Iroiuilc Mnlll-lee klinled lleiel- all noll-en-e. TheiC 1-no tiutlr. vvhalever in Ibe seo-alional ; c- cnlluls of people being .-saved lloiii Ihelo-t stcaiuei-. KlNiisIOS. ■ Captain Ji.llli DonneUv ha- jost eoinpleled one ot the ipileke-l ami besl wrecking Jobs tin reeoi-tl. lie eoiiliaelt'il In dtilivcr the sunken sieniuer Conqueroi at Ivlngstnii tor $l,."i00. nnd on TbiirsdaV morning left with ni"c,lltwlings nud tw'o pumps to do the job. ' .After working at .'her forty-eight hours'she was Hunted, and yesterday' morning she ar¬ rived nl Garden Is'laml. Her hut torn Is badly damaged, .-some lime age Cnplalll Merrliuaii contracted to liil-e her lof |l,5tlll lie winked at her loiuleen days and speul "if I .Mm an.I succeeded in gelling.her near the surface, bin through sonic means or oilier she went vlovv n bgaiu, and,lie abandoned the work.