Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-10
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Terrible Disaster on Lake
Michigan! .

CHICAGO, September 9.--In addition to
those reported lost yesterday, on the Lady
EEgin, are; Frank Chamberlain, Mrs. Sarah
Brecomb, Mrs. Thos. Kennedy, Mrs. Susan
Hanlan, Miss Ann Bulgin, Patrick Hanlau,
VIM. Foley, Paul Foley, Edward Malone,
Stephen Cuddy, James Gilroy, Otto Lev
erens and son, Miss Amelia Ledden and
niece, Chas: B. Mclaughlin, Thomas Ewes
ton and wife, Bessie Tanning, Kate Tanning.
Alice Pollard, John @. Pollard, VIM. HAYES,
Mrs. Jno. Jervis, Miss Agnes Keogh. Mary
Q. Duffy, Mr.. johnson, George f. Oakley
and wife, Capt. Barry, Union Guards, Thos.
Bohan, wife and child, John Kelly, Samuel
Brown, policeman; Dewers Smith, Delaney
Schicker Hoffern Rice, the latter with his
whole family; Antoine Rice, Michael Nc
Grath, Martin Dooley, Frank CASHIER, VIM.
Wilson, Mr.. Rapp, James Smith, D.
Downer, Mr.. Mcmahon, daughter and son,
William O'Neil, Terrence 0onley, Alder
man Crilly and family, G.. Mccormick
and sister, @. OBrien and family, John
0'Grady and wife, Mr.. Rooney, A. Corbett,
Constable Fairy, John Hoonan, Stephen
Hof, Hugh McGarry, Constable Burnon,
Edward Burke, George Churchill, William
Churchill, Charles Evarts, Edward Horner,
Chas. johnson, r. e. Commonford, Morrtz
Parsons, NJ. Fitzgerald and sister, Peter
Lynch, VIM. Pomeroy, Thos. Sheehan and
wife and two children, John Cosgrove, JAS
Smith, Henry Persons, F. Hameier Thomas
Neville, Philip Best, Patrick Conley, James
Conley, Saml. A. Downer, Eli Plankington,
Harry Bishop, Augustus Bishop Patrick
Welch, N. Keeper, Jr., all of Milwaukee;
Bridget Foley, l.. T. Winston and wife,
Margaret Codd, Bridget Codd, Chicago; e.
Cullen, Elizabeth Mclaughlin, of Water
town.
No accurate list OF number of persons on
board can be given, but the following esti-
mate is nearly correct:
Excursion party, 3OG regular passengers,
fifty; steamers crew, thirty-ive. OF these
butninety-eight are saved.
Captain Malott, of the schooner augusta,
in his statement, says when be discovered
the steamers lights, both red and bright, he
supposed it to be from quarter to half a
mile distant, and steering between north
and northeast. 1t was raining very hard
at the time. We kept our vessel on her course
east by south, until we saw a collision prob
able, when we put helm hard up, and struck
the steamer two or three minutes afterward
just abaft the paddle-box, on the port side.
The steamer kept on her course, the engine
being in full motion, and heading the At-
gltsta around to the north side of the steamer.
We got separated in about a minute, when
the augusta fell into a trough in the sea. All
the head-gear, the jib-boom, and stanchions
were carried away. We took in sail and
cleared away the anchor, supposing the YES
sci would fill. After clearing up thewreck,
we got up the foresail. We succeeded in
getting before the wind, and stood for
lannd. We lost sight of the steamer five
minutes after the collision.
Mr.. Beeman, the second mate, states that
"at halfpast two squalls struck us. In five
minutes more, saw the lights of vessel one
point off port-bow. l sang out hard-a-
port The vessel seemed to pay no atten-
tion and struck us Just forward Of the pad
dle-box, on the larboard side, tearing off the
wheel, cutting through the guards into the
cabin and hall. We were steering north
west by west, point to the windward. Our
| course-wind at that time northwest; after
striking us, the vessel hung for moment,
then got clear. l went below to see what
damage was done, and when got back the
vessel was gone." ..r
When intelligence of the loss of the steamer
with the excursion party reached Milwaukee
| yesterday, it spread like wildfire throughout
the city. The telegraph office was thronged
! all day with relatives and friends of those on
! board, many of whom were presented with
! dispatches in tears, and the most intense
anxiety and excitement manifested in the
countenance of all. .. 81.
In the First Ward of that city, it is said
there is scarcely home or place of busines:
! that had not lost some inmate or employer
| All the survivors unite in according to Capt
Jack Wilson, the commander, great praise
for his bravery and daring throughout He
was foremost in confronting danger. He
was drowned within 100 feet of the
shore. Nearly 100 persons arrived within
| fifty yards of the beach, but were swept
back by returning waves, and lost. Up to
nine o'clock tonight, only twenty-one bodies
were recovered, most of whom have been
recognized by friends as residents of Mil
waukee