Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-21
Ia IESI NEWS.


80 r''s aud Loss OF Life "a Lake IA ,scrior.
naive already stated that the steamcs Superior
VI Io,f ou l,ke superior IN the 2ath nj, during IL
>i'iH ahd ttat hrir-iiee sonls persisted on the oc-
sas1a L Is nov believer ihat in, lives were It
Inc Lake Superior Journal hi, the following Incl
deits Of the DISASTER
Ihe anchors Mere thrown over sou4e time before
She struck vito the hope fat they would touch bot
iam md hold her Int tire water is ,cry deep AT this
lare and they did not tlhc hold untl just before she
sssith. The first sea thu came up after she struck
parted the anchor chain and carried her further ON
thrlpak the second sen swept her cabin of and the
thiri one dashed her in pieces. All this occupied
less time thnn 1t has taken 10 relate it.
The snow was falling fast during the night rem
dcring 1t intensely cold aud slippery upon the deck
and d1rk that II was imposs hle to discern any
thing. Capt jones in ascending the plat- house
slipped and fell hrusig himself erely vet he re-
aNed not his efforts IN the least, At another time
Whlie siendIrg near the panEway. heavy sea swcpl
him overheard but fortunately itrctdrcd and brought
hln back, but at length he met watcry grave. His
body was found by the survivors nj daylight. having
been washed ashore before the other bodies WERE
From this fact II was thought that hr must have near
~ reached it alya
Mr.. Ernst, the porter, informs us that Captain
Joaos came into the eabn where he MIS- sitting aud
said Boys, want you to stick 10 the boa, as long
n there Is anything left her this is the fourth bont
have lost, but shall not probably lose another
II any Of you get ashore want yoa 20 aud tell my
mother that done all could to save the boat
The lst engineer, Mr.. stephen CoOahau. informs
usthal It with difficulty that he was saved. lie
went from the deck through the cabin aud met the
chambermad, who asked him if he could not save
her he said he would see. They went aft the wheel
house 10 the tWl-baat, in which were seated two
ladies'. They managed to get ii afoat, but it soon
capsizea in the surf and all lost except himself
and he har lily knew how he came ashore. Charles
Ernst the porter, attempted to swim ashore but was
much bruised by the floating timbcrs and nj hast the
He-boat struck him on the head, injuring him Sc
verelv, but he managed 10 grasp tue boat and was
washed ashore with several others.
The next morning nothing visible but the
wheels which being strongly made and anchored
fast by the engine and heavy machinery, bad not
been swept away. Upon th"se sron elnging
the bodies of seven men, among them the two clerks
nul the first saloon keeper As they but three
four rods from shore. their cries could be heard
distinctly calling to those shore to come with The
boats and save them But this WAS impossible, as
the surf beating on the rocks would have svamped a
good boat almost instantly, AMI those that were
washed ashore We're almost like the steamer, wreck
One by one they dropped off into the waicr until
all were gone. The scene is described rs painful be-
You'd description, the sur, iyors were within -peah
ing distance, vet without the power to render as,S
lance The ed suffered extremely from cold and
were more less bruised. Three days they We're
weather-hound, and not only this but rock-bound
too the bluff At this point rises nearly three hun
dred feet and almost perpendicular presenting an
impossible barrier.
III this imc the sea suhsilcl sufficiently for them
to reach Grand Island. They patched up the bonts
aud started. going part of the way land aud part
water Two boys died on tue way from exposure
The saved were obliged to subsist during this time
upon snch articles as chance threw on shore-rlw
vegetables, raisns, and flour being the principal ar
tices The number OF saved was Is.