Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-08-24

VIC uuv0 Jubt 4pScisSA OAuShhou puPotb
Of last SATURDAY., and as they contain impor.
tant news, we delay our publication In order
10 give the, foil wing intelligence:
Awful Steamboat Disaster.
ERIE, Pa Ang. 20.-The steamer Allan.
tic and propeller Ogdensburgh came in col.
lision al 2 O'Clock this morning, about six
miles above Long Point, Lake Erie.
The propeller struck the Atlantic forward
Of The wheel, or the larboard side, but as
the engine Of The propeller had been reversed
before the boats came In collision, it ap.
peared that The officers Of the Atlantic did
no, apprehend much dnnger, and continued
on their course, and after having proceeded
abou, three miles, the fires were pu, out by
wafer, and il was found that the boa, was
sinking rapidly
The propeller had stopped TO make re-.
pairs, and as soon as she had done so. pro.
ceeded TO the assistance Of the Atlantic, and
found her sinking fast, and the lake covered
al around with persons cliDging to floating
fragments.
The officers Of the propeller made every
possible exertion 10 save the passengers; bu,
i, is supposed fully TWO HUNDRED AND
FIFTY ARE LOST. The Clerk Of the
Atlantic los. the irip.sheel, end therefore
canno, Tell the exact number Of passengers,
but estimates that there we're from FIVE to
six hundred aboard before the accident. The
Propeller picked up fully two hundred.
The Atlantic was running in the Michi.
gan Central Railroad Line, and was bound
from Buffalo 10 Detroit. The greater por.
ton Of the passengers were emigranis.
SECOND DIsPArcHs-When the collision
took place, the passengers were all in bed,
and a scene Of confusion and alarm ensued
which canno. be described.
The passengers were mostly Norwegians,
and many ofihem Immediately jumped into
the wafer. The water gained very fas. and
soon ~ex,inguished the fires. Ii was soon
generally understood that the boat was rap
idly sinking, and then The shrieks and fran.
tic terror which proceeded from. and was
manifested by The emigranls, who could moi
understand a word spoken 10 them, is de.
scribed as ofthe mos. horrible and terrifying
nature. The cabin passengers and Others
who could Fndfastand The exhortalions OIL
the officers were comparatively calm, and
/ furnished ihemselves with seiiees. chairs
and beds, all Of which were patent life-pre'
/ servers, and saved a large number.
The emigrants jumped over in scores, and
r found q walery grave, and amidst the shrieks
E Of The passengers the boat seuled down ant
sunk beneath the waters Of Lake Erie.
a The Propeller did all in her power tt
render assistance, in saving the lives o
hundreds Of human beings who were slrug
Cling in the water; The whole number sht
/. saved was $50, all Of whom were brough
10 this place; a large number OF them lef
on the steamer Su,tana for Cleveland, ant
: many of them went down On the cars Il
n Pittsburgh. From the best information WI
could obtain, we are led 10 conclude that ih'
number Of lost will fall bu. little short 0
q three hundred.
o The Clerk OF the Atlantic saved nothing
L nearly all the cabin passengers were saved
as well as the officers and crew, with tn,
exception Of three walters.
. Uhe following are the names Of a few o
the saved:
Mrs. S H Harris. Detroit D s WaIbridge
is Kalamazoo; RIM Smith, Penn Yan, N. Y.
L Reid, Pennington, ILL.,; A G Ellis, Sand
wich, G. w; Miss Myres, Utea; E.
Everett, Greenfield, Mass Mr.. Bukway
4. Konosha; Capt. Turner. Oswego; L D Grip
l. pen, Coldwaler; Mrs. Lester Buckley, Ba,
lie Creek, Mich; A Calkins, Belvidere, III
is ] Id Bissell, Mobile; J J Brown, do;
q. Graves. Hamburger, N. "; A Calvin; do;
$ Shawken, Clifton, N. "; James Russell
to and L. Sia,esburgh, N. Y; George HARLEY
Lasalle, H.; r White and Lady, Orwell
VT; w } Hall, Albany; G E Bushnell
Green Co., NY.
,d A Coroner's inquest is now being hel
over one Of the bodies which has been n
! covered. Some say the Propeller save
!. three hundred; but il impossible 10 tell ii
= exact number OF the saved or lost. III
~ Clerk thinks there were near six hundre
aboard, and all who did no, get on the Pr
= peller were lost
The receipt Of the above intelligence
he Cincinnati, says the Gazette, diHused a gel
eThl bhunoSb OVet bHo WuOio SO"ihiu.hes
he Many conjeclured the loss o. friends.
he
!. Al noon on Wednesday the locomotive Q
3. the upward Irain from Springfield WI
thrown from the track by o wedge lyir
be across the rail, and almost entirely broke
up. The damage cannotbe less Than lhre
u ihousand dollara. The passengers and ca
were uninjured, but the track was Torn =
for some dislance.-Gazette, dug. 30h.
SCoTT CoNyENTIoN--MAcoN, Aug. 49,
Oh The Scott convention was organized by Il
d selection Of William B Fleming Presiden
An electoral ticket was appointed, when u
convention adjourned.
or Convention of ihe Friends of Webster
nd MACON, (Ga) Aug. 18.-The Conventic
Ill of the Friends Of Mr.. Webster re.assemblt
st. this morning.
ew The special committee appointed lyesie
he day, reported that the effort 10 harmonic
ION with the convention Of the friends Of Ge
AN Scot. now in session here, had failed; II
he committee therefore recommended the mon
, a ~ina,ion Of a new candidate and the adopiit
OF a Wing platform.
en-. An electoral ticke, was reported. to su
port Mr.. Webster for President and N