District Court, N.D. New York May 17, 1894 (The C. P. Minch)

COXE, District Judge.

On the 19ih of September, 1893, the three-masted schooner O. P. Minch, having a cargo of about 639 tons of stone, set sail from Portage Entries, a port on Lake Superior, destined for Buffalo. Her crew consisted of a master, mate, cook and four seamen. There were also on board two passengers. On the afternoon of the 21st she reached Whiteftsh Point.