The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-24 00:00:00

THE CATASTROPHE

LAKE MICHIGAN.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

COLLISION OF THE STEAMER' LADY ELGIN

AND THE SCHOONER AUGUSTA.

SINIti4G OF THE STEAMER,

LOSS •d THREE UND'RtD PERSON*

INCLUDING I. INGRAM, ESQ., M.P.

HEROISM OF THE LADIES.

INTERESTING INCIDENTS OF THE WRECK.

The steanier 1,4 let the harbour of Chicago
at half-past eleien o'clock'on Septtrtber
the 7th, for a pleasure excursion to
.Lake„Snperior.
There were about 250 excursionists from Alil*adkie,
Wisconsin, on board, and among them the Union Guard
of that. city. About half-past two o'clock on the
morning of the Bth instant, the schooner Augusta, of
Oswego, • collided with the steamer when sho was
about thirty-five miles from Chicago, and ten miles from
land. The collision took place at the midships'
Tangway, and on the larboard side of the steamer.
The schooner Augusta was running at the rate of eleven
miles per hour when she came in contact with the Lady
prodiicinff, such a fracttire in her, that she drifted
helpleislv for half an hour in the' darkness, and then
sank in 800 feet of witer; *hen some thirty-five miles
from Chicago, The fearftil scenetbe sinking
of the Lady Elgiii f'fightens imagination from picturing
what it was. All on board, with the exception of some
fifty or sixty persons, were, it appears, simultaneously
engulphed in the waters of the lake.

When the collision occured the saloon was the scene
of music, dancing, and general festivity. Who on
board that steamer, in her brilliant saloon, joining in
the mirth and jollity of their last festival, and enjoying
the deliglits of the popular and graceful Terpsichorean
art, imagined for a Moment that they were at that in-
stant on the brink of ah eternity lino Which all but a
small fraction of them were to be precipitated within
half an hour afterwards ?
The crash startled all on board. The ladies, in an
instant, were pale, motionless, and silent. There was
no cry, no shriek on board, no sound of any kind
bat that of the escaping steam and surging waves.
A boat was immediately lowered, for the purpose of
examining the leak, which soon made itself known; but
there were only two oars to row it with, and unfor-
tunately at that moment some one had taken possession
of one of them, and the boat was consequently useless.
Thee 4ereOtily Ora
.other boats on the steamer. One
of these took thirteen 13066 trdin her; all of Whoth
were saved. The other loaf (OA eight Refeons, but
only half that number reached land alive, the other four
being drovined on the beach when the boat drifted there.
The wind was blowing bard, and iu such a direction as
to drift the boats. Bodies of the drowned and fragments
of the wreck were expected to be washed ashore in the
vicinity of Winetka. No accurate list or number of the
persons on board can be given, but the following is esti-
mated as nearly correct:—Excursionist party, 300;
regular passengers, 50; steamer's orew, 35. Of these,
but 98 are saved. The Lady Elgin was a Canadian built
boat, and was constructed some nine years ago. She
was named in honour of the wife of the Governor-Gene-
ral of British America, Lord Elgin. She was a boat of
300 feet in length and 1,000 tons burthen, and had the
reputation of swiftness, which made her a favourite with
excnrsionists and travellers generally.
When the intelligence of the loss of the steamer with
the excursion party reached Milwaukie, it spread like
wildfire throughpitt the city., The telegraph office was
threnged all day,With itlativeS, and friends of those on
board. Many Who presented despatches Niere in teats;
and the most intense anxiety and excitement was mani-
fested in the countenances of all.
All the survivors unite in according to Captain Wil-
son, commander, praise for his great bravery, and daring
throughout. He was foremost in confronting the dan-
ger, and earnest for the safety of the passengers. He
was drowned within a hundred feet of shore. Nearly
one hundred persons arrived within fifty yards of the
beach, but were swept back by the returning waves and
lost. _

All accounts represent the city of Milwaukie as
shrouded 'n ii rdottiningi and business seems to be entirely
siisperided. .
Gardiner S. Hubbard, owner of the Lady Elgin; has
libelled the schooner Augusta for 542,000, and the vessel
has been taken in charge by the United States Marshal.
This will bring out a full investigation of the affair.
The body of Mr. Herbert Ingram, M.P,, has been
recognised, and taken in charge by' his friends : twenty-
seven bodies also have been recovered.

Ti;e7i:aii Elgin is insured for $24,000.
Numerous incidents are told showing great heroism,
or the total want of such a quality, on the part of the
drowning people. It is said that one man, a passenger,
whO tfds ga.'!',ed in oriel cif,the ,boats, left his wife and
child on the vessel, eiid, iti his abject fright, did, rlct
seem to thiuk of them until he was himself Safe do laird.
It is a pity some worthier person had not been saved in
his stead.
Mr. Eviston was with his wife on the pilot-house,
and his sole care seemed to be for her. When near
the shore, a huge wave washed her off into the lake.
Her husband instantly left his place and swam 0 her
assistance; Seizing lier,in his arms, he struggled back
turougli the Waves, add, great exertions;succeeded
in placing her again by his side on the iillut2houser
Bath were saved.
Such a deed reflects more glory upon the doer than is
achieved by him who conquers nations by the sword.
The inmates of the houses in the vicinity were very
kind, and provided all the necessaries for the recovery
of the exhausted ones who were reseued.., Especial
praise is due to Mr. Jared Gage, of Wynetka, whose
efforts to succour and relieve the distressed rebound to
the nobieiteg.4 of his heart,
Not less than fourteen persons Bete saved at the pier
in front of the house of Artemus Carter, sonic df Whom
07e their lives to the daring of Mr. Carter himself, and
all of them are under lasting obligation; to Mr. Carter
and lady for the kind care and nursing received at their
hands.
Prominent among those who perilled their safety in
their efforts to save the unfortunates were Gordon S.
Hubbard, Coroner James, and policemen Prince, Pil-
grim, Alexander, and Macauley.
San Fifrloeg;
when Alm boat bean to break up, suc-
ceeded in finding x cabin rider; with vThich' he threw
himself into the water. A man who gite his eltr!e as
Gough from Indiana, made his way to Furlong's raft,
which proving insufficient for both, and Gough refusing
to relinquish his hold, Furlong left and succeeded in
reaching a cattle pen, upon which he and comrade suc-
ceeded in reaching the shore. Gough was lost.
The tug McQueen, which went out to the scene of
the disaster, was unable to get near enough to the shore
td render Arty material assistance. She cruised about in
the vicinity seVeial liduk, during which time the
dead body of an infant was picked up

THE FOUNDER OF HOMEOPATHY IN
FRANCE, AND THE EMPRESS EUGENIE.

• (FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT.)
• At the ball given at the Hotel de Vile at
f-ipycing, id lio'entir cif the Emperor and Empress,
M. le SenatorVeiSee, teldies: the i3rogres of
Lyons, presented to their Majesties M. le Comte
do Guidi, the introducer of hommopathy into
France. The Empress extended her hand to
him, saying, "You have rendered great services
to humanity." " Madame, listen to the prayer of
an old man, who desires to obtain from your
august htisitend tlitit; in this faculty of medicine,
which his riowerftil will catiriot fail to ereate at
Lyons, there shrill lies chair in which homoeopathy
is taught ; and I, who have only a few days more
to live-44 Who have devoted all My life to spread
• •
and propagate our doctrine!-=I wilt say t'h'en with
Simeon, Now lettest thou thy servant depart in
peace,' and I will employ my last moments in
praying for you and blessing you." Encouraged
by the reception which he received, M. Guidi
addressed to the Emperor a petition, contain-
the follewing passages, among others, which
have en interest for many of your
Liverpool readers
At this Moment, England, Germany, Friissia, Ansttia,
Bohemia, and Hungary have hoinceopethy hospitals, s
Wace of instruction, chairs and professors. The two
Anierices. petifess openly the doctrine of Hahnenran.
France alone, the nation which is so often at the head
of the intellectual movernent, allows herself to be dis-
taireed by her sisters, and, in the path of Medical prro-
greis, pauses undecided, distrus ul, and diseeuraged.
Aud yet public feeling is with us, as in England, and as
in Germany. The enlightened class adopt us and.
patronise us (prote'fiont). Without Government sup-
port, without the means of clinical practice, without
hospitals, without any other judges than our enemies,
we are increasing each day, and on the 15th Feb., 1853,
the chief editor of the Union Medicalo uttered the
frightened cry-e" Homoeopathy gains ground ; the flood
is rising, rising visibly: whither are we going ? whither
are we going ?" Sire, Lyons was in France the cradle
of homeopathy. Be you the man chosen byProvidence
to protect our new creed. And in this faculty of
medicine which your powerful will is about to create,
I entreat the favour of yon to institute a chair for the
homwopathie teaching, in order that Lyons, the first city
in France, enlightened by our faith, may be the first to.
possess a chair for our doctrines, a place of instruction
for our science, and professors for those young students
who will follow very quickly our road when they shall
be enabled to choose between the old system of medicine,
founded upon the uncertain opinion of men, and which,
like it, changes! and homceopathy. founded on the irre-
fragable experience which nature confirms every day,

ROYAL COLOSSEUM TUBA:TM—It is with unfeigned
pleasure that we refer to the attractive programme of
entertainments at this theatre for the ensuing week.
We have so -often and so forcibly commented upon the
general character both of the entertainments and the
audiences, that a further notice of them would be
superfluous. The Colosseum has, by producing first-
class entertainments, worked itself into tne proud and
prominent position it now occupies as the working man's
theatre. In. addition to the dramatic entertainments,
there 'is an. excellent, variety of singing and dancing,
Mr. Townley continuing his attractions as a Lawaithire
ballad singer.