, 1860-09-10

psared to BE- not serious. The Captain thought
that BY Listing her to starboaEd she would not
Leak. ~ the d2unaze appeared to he above tie
.Ater line. l TIM vent and locked dc "a :be
fireman, had discovered leak. By con-
for some mattraszes with which to ..ep
the water flowing in. With the assistance
OF couple Of passengers, threw down eight
rtea mattresses into tbs The bold. then
vent b'ck through The cabin; The ladies aod
gentlemen wsre gathered in It's cabin, but sp-
peafed to be neither alarmed nor excited.
taen went to the plot house whers remained
minute. The wheel wla put hxsd l. -starbosrd
Tbs haat headed for shors. l then ran dawn
again to the freehold aad aaw water within \
loot Of the furnaces I went aft Immediately
and met Mr. CarJl and told him about th- dan-
gsrous 1e.k- &c and ! wen. forward imuedi-
ately to the freehold aud saw water rash-
MT the Cap:aiu. Do appeared to b.
cool a:d collected. He ordered the after ,a~l
to b. iows1ed. / took the bow tackle, aud
aImebody, know not who, ~as 1t tie a'ezu.
Into her from t . promenade deck d" not
know *ho they were. As the boat struck The
water, the tackle Was unlocked and / swanx of
BY the ropes INTO the bo2t- Mr. CarJl theE
jumped in and one or two deck hands, Ths
Captain ordered rs to go around to the
oo1to sloo "neEs soo ma oeea sfac1.
with nAttrssaea which he said they would
throw o1er to US We had but one oAr.ia the
boat and though We asked repeatedly for au-
other there was nobody 10 hand It to rs. The
Captrin ha' lef: thst plaee and TIE peop:e
confused. and scrs1ued "Come in With
the boat Come in With boat!' We
could not sgain get along siie. Tho steward,
~ Rice, jumped of the main deck into the
Ha1er to help u With the bnas. He swana to
Us, SID 10 took him in. We hen holtoaed for
lias to be thrown to us, but did not Let it.
We seulled around a. well ~ We could With ore
in the meantime continually sak,cE for
another oar or for lue- Bur no
attention was paid to VI. Finally some orc
threw rs IN oar but it was carried of By the
sea By Extraordinary exertiens We neared
the gin somewhat, when man jumped Oft
the promenade deck, aud We took bum into the
boat Ihc wind then biaw Us sway still flr,h-
stner spproach. After lying of lite
while, tho distance between the E Ria
Ind ourselves constantly growing grea:er. We
Pu. the boat before the wind, and with thrtseu
persons, myself included, started for atore.
We saw the lights Ct the El8in after we had
Ruling heavily. After the expiration Of that
tins, she appeared to sink betz cen two heavy
swells- When We rose on top Of 'he wave We
sAW her no mors.
We got ashore near Wynetka about six
o'cloek l. H., worn cut and exhausted by the
nights danger and fatigue. We suppose tbs
accident happened aboat ten miles from the
land. ws lid great difficulty in landing u d. +
the bluff. 0ur boat was capsizet, but I'll the
party were szred- After an hour or two au-
other boat came ashore containing eight Fer
sons. In landing she WAS upset in the surf and
four Of her passengers were drowned
mingled freely with the passenger, after
We lett Caicag'', and su Of The opinion that
there w-re II lea2: 33o eoo1s, including the
crew, on board. Atlsr we se: out the greatest
good feeling IVES manifested by the party, and
dancing and other forms Of merrIment were
kept up until q Late hour. When the accident
happened most Of the party had gone to he'd,
though there may have been a lew still up
in the saloon and other parts OF the
up to the time Of leaving the vessel, but little
fear WAS felt amoox either pa2senpers or c'-r.
There we're not macy cries or NH waallng
a'nopg the ladies Of tbs party. Our geing
a"aY was against our ,.,ll. Wi,h but on= oar
IN snch ho-.- ~ ours, aud in suea eea, ne
eeola - nothing but Keep ouz craft before the
WIND ! know nothing Of any rat beng
m2de, though one nigh: hare been
constructed Atta- left the steamer.
STATEMENT OF EX.ALDERMAN GARTER.
WnErxA, S<pt- ., 1eta.
Ny first informatioa Of the wreck was at $
O'clock in the mprnioR, when news w-s brolght
Lady Egin WAS wrecked, and persons dTonch-
lng had l.nded there and wanted clothes and
food. We Immediately began 10 VA eh from
the blrff for any aigns Of the wrtck. Very or
~e could sse small objects 10 shs northeast
floating. or ra,her pitching Ind tossing on the
1A4 A. -. ~
shry VIE fragments ef the steamer. and
fretghted with huuao beings-soms with oar
pesson, son:e with two, three, or d. ten per
| sons. An inteusa excitement prevailed in The
whole neixhborhood. People began to rally on
! tbs shore with ropes, al excitement, md the
excitement increasing a. the raf.s@ppro4ched
the shore. The 6rsr raft whi>h reached the
shore WAS small one with two women upon
it; As IL came in it broke u2, and one only o
| the wGmen was saved. Thla was Mrs Rivert
| OF Milwaukee, The other was LADY friend oI
hers. who wa Of delicate constitution, and
coGid not h1ld on to quite reach the
| peach. Mrs. Rivera WAS Fescued. brought up
The bank (hefe 50 # hikh) pIAcsd on bsd and
| supplied wiki dry clothing and auch attentions
| ~ she needed through the day and 1t nine
o'clock in the evening vent BY ears to Ailwsu.
kee. she Was bruised, and cut, and lame, and
| sore, but bad strong constitution and bore up
| admirably. Her companion On the aft W2s
lady friend whom Mrs Rivers helped by aliow-
ing h-r to cling to herself, buI, Mrs. 4. aays,
her friend said II length she cauld h.ll on no
| longer, aud feared, too. rho shuuld carry Mrs.
r. down With her. This abe would not do. Sh
let 20 her hold when pretty near the sliore, and
was instantly inguiphed and eeen no more.
Very near to this small raft. md arriving =. The
sams time aud p:ace with it, Was laz.s ra.,
these WAS Captain Wilson. About twelve Of
thirteen Of these were saved and the resi-
drowned in th4 surf when within 4 few rods oi
the beech. Can't. wilson on this RAFT had b.
hAyed admirably in cheering end directing The
latte coupany how 10 hoist and hold doors and
loose planks 10 ~ to make sails and
ri ldefs OF them to direct their course
saT, alter All his skill, eooIness and n,n1iness
In directing and cheering othert, when this raft
| broke up in tho surf near the beach tha gallant
captain was lost Though fourteen Il believed
| OF the tile company Here brought in and Te
stosed, the gallant captain sunk aud was seen
no more. Phe peEsona Eeseuad from these ra:ts
came into the houses Of Ar. S'oat and my se!t,
and Ill were in condition to 90 to their houca
Ia the course Of Saturday. No sooner had the
thrill Of excitement oecasioutd By the laadinR
Of these passed, shan anxiety was alive again
with reference to several oseer fragments OF the
wreck with people clinXlug & to them. Tha wind
WAS strong from tho noita, and = tremendou,
!
with theig respective cargoes Of huGa-..;tv war
dancing about upoo shs ~ayes. ..a, dzlitipr to
wards shs sauss aud .:arda The ehore. II
company on tho and was rapidly increasing il
nunoer, I'll ready to do what they could, bu
Nothing could he done except to watch tor an
follow the little ra'ts, and when any came +
ths beach, rush out AID grab sha persons ircn
them a1d bring them up the ba1k into tt
houses, where they could be washed, rubbed
i d. fkAA EaA ~
ri res. 'i IN Beds. al s5at WI ~ers p's s.re
from rats we're saved between th
hours Of aius in tho forenoon and 6vs In II
afternoon, md between ny pier 1t Wiuetk
and SpeeF's old hrick-yard, abuut three mile
sooth Of It, vsry ne.f what sailors know
Of Them N pretty good condition, 'ha: u to taJ
they were not generally dangerously brui,e
| nor far gone in exhaustiou, or chilling, Q
drowning. Mrs- EvBson, the wife of III. Job
". ETis on, City Se4les VI All1 sukee, Wax tt
only marked exception to this. She vi
IVES very wesk and WAS very rearly drownea
It was With the most ak,llful And A@siduous raj
biug and appliance, by the County thys;c1a
and several women that this woman's lite v,
sa.ed. She ~as restored 80 far ~ 10 talk = |.
tie towards evening, and Was brought TO u
house to be with hor hushs1d, wnele both
them now ara doing well. Al that we're sase
At and near Wltetka went to their homes I
places Of destination laat evening, e1ceptin
this Mr. and Mrs. ETistco. NJ one who did u
vitueAs tue coming in and tho landing Of th
couple can conc. ire Of tho excitement Q
! shore in new Of Il They h4d bee
watched By many eyes Tor halt an hour. 4
first we thought shis man WAS carrying in h
arms = little child; then We sAw as be cam
nearer that it WAS not \ ver, sn I'll person; the
from the hsiplessness Of tho lady We though
the mau xas holding in bis grasp the lifsior
bodT Of friend. Near tho shore she shpFs
fror1 his hold md fell of the raft. HI s14ngs
aft<T 1er. 40: Axr, and mounted to Ai< pest on ii
ralt {. part Of The ewaeelhouse) again A. the
n.ared The shore, 4 brave aad generous fe'lo'