Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-09-14

OthQr rats. i saw Que NOWan hlOue nOhliub VI
table and short time after discovered her the table
capsized and she disappeared under water Tor seVera
seconds bat finally reappeared the surface cingng 10
the table, aud eventually, by great exertions she regain
ed her seat upon the table, When last saw her she was
near the shore and as heard Of woman being saved
shortly after was taken to house by, presume
abe must have been the BY my instructions, our
marty most of the time turned faces from the snoe
and thus faced the waves and in this way we're ehaeu
10 watch the breakers they towards us ana De
prepared for them. In this way were several tunes
saved from being washed of, while almost every one
near us were carried from their a barkS and pershed
Under one piece of the wreck which was floating near
us were four dead cattle fastened TO It, On TINS were
two three persons The buoyancy oil tne ueau poue
of the cattle kept this piece of the wreck almost entirely
out of water and when last this peculiar hieooat
was very near the Shore and the persons on we're doubt
less saved
When passed through the cabin, on my way to the
pilohouse Immediately after the collision, there was
much confusion there Many Of the passengers, owing
TO the scarcity Of behs asleep on the oor and
when the collision took place the vessel listed SO much
that all rolled in pile side OF the cabin This
caused much confusion When persons from above COM
menced passing down lifepreservers, and those below
commenced pnIing down the doors and other floating ma
ter the anxiety obtain these preservers was great n
deed About daylight saw boat badly stove, bot
tom up, six or men clningng to it. Whether or
not they were saved cannot say.
When reached the shore every attention which heart
felt sympathy could suggest paid to me and the 9TH
er survivors One gentleman pulled of his coat and gave
il 10 me- and another his boots Mr. Pierce OF the Adams
House. Chicago Of the first TO reach the scene
OF disaster aud his efforts for the comfort aud safety oil
all were unceasing
During the time was on the wreck contrived to
keep myself by hreshng my arms, catching pieces
of wreck, &C. aud in this manner | saved myself from
suffering from the cold which proved so fatal to macy
THE MoURSERs TRoX MILWAUKEE,.
About IL O'Clock yesterday morning. large and
train dOWn Milwaukee to Mlnet-
ka having board great number OF the friends oil
both saved and lost. They principally Irish. Dis
trbutng themselves along the shore in mourning groups
they spent all the middle Of the day in whiting for the
waves to give up their dead Moving to and fro, on the
high banks searching with anxious eyes every inch oil
the beach below and every breaker that rolled in they
were sad sight Aged mothers in quest OF sons or
daughters wives looking for husbands and husbands Tor
wives, little children brought down to see all that re-
NAMED Of parents, sympathzng and fearful friends
these kept up the unayang hunt from Wnetka to Evan
son going many times the ground and continuing
their pous labors until night drove them away.
Reports of bodies found eagerly seized upon and
at times the most exaggerated rumors prevailed But
the most distressing the hope that buoyed many OF
them up. We heard one woman say, 81 know he's safe ;
he was so cool in dagger that he could not be lost No.
no. he's saved he will come ~ her answer TO all
Hope doomed TO dsappointmen-we knew that her huS'
bandwas dead.
From the Mlvdukee Sentinel Of Saturday
The dreadful lntelDgence Eprehu Ike VIII uTe anu
the city agitaed by feelings of suspense aad
apprehension. The newspaper Offices were besieged the
telegraph office thronged knots gathered on the
corners and business for the moment stood still. Then
came the statement; "Only thirteen saved" Out OF the
four hundred happy pleasure seekers who had left
CITY, only thirteen were saved Then the excitement
rose aud broke through conventional bounds. Fathers
had sons sisters had brothers, and mothers had families
aboard There Aldermen aud other city officials
Persons from ell portions OF the city, and almost every
position.
Ii would be utterly impossible to convey any idea to
those who did visit the third ward OF the there
presented Saturday afternoon. Ii seemed as though
sounds OF mourning proceeded from every third house
Little crowds OF women we're congregated along the
walks some giving free expression their grief and
Others Offering coincidence Thousands fastened TO the
railroad depot to await the arrival of the train. Among
the multitude were anxious females, come with their
heads bowed and Others too heavily stricken to weep
We noticed one white-headed gentleman with his hands
clasped in mute despair On his was pale.faced
daughter comforting him in the midst of agony that
she herself felt quite as deeply
A SAD SPECTACLE.
Thirty bodies picked up on the beach on Sunday, we're
brought to Chicago. Tie bodies, says the Times, were
taken 10 the MGrshals office and arrayed side by side,
and 10 closely the apartment packed that the bodies
of infants had to be placed upon those OF adults There
were grey headed men, maturcd women, youth and in
fancy; faces which seemed only sleeping, so calm
and white were they others swollen distorted aud black
eneG, some dresser IN fiCn gnueniS OtDcTs III u lew
rags and shreds-a that left in that terrible conflict
for life Oae sweet little child whose experience oil life
embraced scarce half dozen winters, had smiled in dy
ing and death had imprinted the smile upon its beau
sui face. Here fair yeung girl, cut OH in the pride Of
youth aud hope; there strong Aiau upon whose locks
the hand OF time had sprinked its early Youth
and infancy age and strong-armed manhood slept side
by side the sleep of eternity. Ii dreadful picture
OF the Destroyer-such no living eye can be-
hold without feeling the presence Of Him who hodeh in
his hand the destinies Of us all.
SAVED AND LOST.
Lieut. Hlrisuf, United States Army, saved himself
raft. George =. Arnold Of the Democratic cand
date for Congress in Milwaukee, is reported lost. The
drummer bog of the Milwaukee Guards oated ashore
the head Of hl drum having closed the airvent before
Jumping over board George X Locke, book.keeper for
Long 4 Co.. Of Chicago, was lost.
STATEMENT ALDERMAN CHILLY.
When the boat left Chicago, il was toggy, and when
the collision occurred the passengers in the cabin
menced running about aud screaming in great excite
nent and as she sunk they sent up shreks that
perfectly awful
The hurricane deck ioated in two parts the largest Of
which was the stern part recolec seeing it when il
aoated Charles ESert Frank Mccormick aud sister, and
Mis- Murphy, and James AeMauns and wife, who took
lounge aud loaed for time on it, also saw jas.
Sheany The hurricane deck was very thin and made
very poor raft There we're about forty on il at this
time mean the stern half | Mrs. Rice strug-
CLING the water and caught her by che hair of the head
and succeeded IN getting her on the raft She had her
little infant child under her noticed that il was
alive. She chung the raft till il reached within 90
rods Of the Shore the blood pouring OF her fingers
ends ell the time. When reached the breakers tie
first that struck washed everybody Off but the
Captain and myself | remember hearing Martin Delapy
CRY out Get hold of me, for Gods sake, will be
drowned"
The Captain made every endeavor to save Mrs. Rice,
but IL useless; they both drowned. She must
have gone down about twenty feet from shore holding
on the baby to the last. The wave that struck
broke the raft to pieces l went down and came up
again. cannot swim, and could not see anything TO
lay hold of. | went down again. when came up was
within eight feet Of Tom Keogh, who a piece OF
door, tried to catch hold Of 1t and was almost
knocked senseless by it. and went down again. Ny re-
collection was perfect; made up my mind that all my
efforts useless was however, fortunate enough
piece of door, and succeeded in getting
tho shore, whom Ed. Burke threw q rope to me. /
caught hold Of it. and he erke1 it out of my hands
then gotit between my teeth and he pulled ashore
Captain Barry and Jervis below at the time the
boat went down, trying TO her by throwing over
the heaviest part of the ballast &c. The banks where
went ashore, forty feet high and very steep that
many of those who succeeded in reaching the land
dashed out again by the waves think that Frank
Mccormick aud his ladies all drowned.
MARRIED,