The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-24
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BUFFALO, August 23-9A A. II.
About iftefn bodies, with clothes marks by which
they could be identified have been up th
evening.
The following arc additional Of parties savet
from the Atlantic -
Thomas Taylor wife, and four children, Albany T. G
Brtton ard r. G. Britton of Walpole, N. H. Mrs. i,
Dlackmore Jericho VT Eugene Marshall, North Bridge
water Mass v. II. Burst. schira, N. Y; Mrs. Rangec
Montgomery, N Y j. Poosood and wife Ressellaer Go
N. y; George Fisher, New rhGyer, Vt Peter Casella
Abraham McCann, Mary McCaun, VIM jewell and wife
Oneida Co.. N. Y; Thomas Myers and Ellen Chap
Monroe Co.. n. Catherine. Ellen aud Margaret
o'Noil, West Troy; john Thompson Uxbridge, Mass
B. + Field wife, and two children reported lost all
fortunately saved having been picked up floating
Mr.. Laugdon cadet Of West Point is safe lie was
supposed 10 be lost and was SO reported.
Among tho5e lost arc-Mrs Thomas Lewis Of Der oft.
whose body. with that Of little girl picked up yes
terday. by the st Louis Mrs. lie ~is is recos
ngcd by ring she wore. Also Mrs Marks Whitestowa
Miss Elizabeth Van HoveDburgh, Hafmoon, Saratoga
county; Mrs. Williams; and Mr. and Mrs. Spanks, New
York
little girl nine years old from New York. was going
to friends IN Milwaukee and put under the cha
strange gentleman. When retiring for the night, she
told the chambe'msid she was very nervous travelling
with her mama and asked her IL the
egch other in tbe lake they cid in the rivers au1n
20 the loss Of the Cay) rhe cham bermaid told her
she was the lake all the time and with
sccident yet The child then consented 10 lie down. but
would not be undressed. She after the
collision and II supposed to have been drowned in her
berth II ia supposed she left New York by the six
O'Clock train on Thursday morning.
BIr and Mrs Lyman Birch. Mr.. and Miss Van Hoven-
burgh and Miss Nhebe Birch all on board After
the collision. they took five life preserving stools and
MIR Birch exhorted them all to be calm ana told them
how TO the stools and not go into the water until he
told them Miss Birch nearly dead with terror but
when the signal was given plunged into the water AMI
rcgned her presence Of mind whom she found she could
hoot yel with The stool The others Of tho patty fol-
lowed Mrs Birch lost her stool and chung to Miss Van
Hovenbureh Mr. Bircoimmediaely tried TO assist them
when al three went and lost Mr. Van aover-
burgh ard Miss Birch saved.
MIR. Almon Coffin late Of Geneva n, had ami~acu.
lous escape lie cast into the water al first by the
collision and could not swin but got rold Of rope and
hung 10 1t. Soon come fifty sixty persons came
pouring over the eide of the boat on his bead He
sunk but sgan and got hold Of the rope lie then
felt bis legs cluched by dozen hands under the
and he bears the marks Of scratches nnd wounds
whore the Dss Of the dying buried in his flesh lie
subsequently fell fom the rope, exhausted and knows
mot how he pulled toto the boat.
schooner loaded with timber for cof and dead
house. together with steamer and small slooo, have
been dispatched to the Of the calamity by the
Of the Atlantic pick up and bury the unknown
dead and preserve the bodies which Dc recognised
Numbers have also proceeded to the SPOT in hopes Of
finding their missing friends.
when the collision took place the frst mate was in
bed lie sprung MP and when he found the beat was
cut right down 10 the bold be seized the lead to cast for
soundinRa. His horror great to hni the rope slip
through his hand, fathom after fat until in Tie dark
he felt the large fifteen fahom IN h hand and then
touched no bottom. lie did not wait to po he rope in
again.
An investigation has been entered upon by commit
tee into the Of the disaster and Examination OF
the officers and Others Of the Atlantic il going Th-
eots and up to this hour nothing important has been
elected.