The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-09-14

folhh near W ankegan, mat the final catas TO-
| pre- was brought about by the dropping OF the
engine, walking beam, / c. through the bottom
Al the point above named, all that part Of the
null abatt the mtdShips on the iarboaTd side
| les upon the beach-a fun fourth of the hull
from the plank shear to the keel. The most
rational explanation OF the disaster is that the
| coiiiding vessel carried away The iarboard
wheel, and most OF the engine braces on that
side, and that as soon as she rolled Il port, the
| engine. walking beam &c, having nothing to
| sustain them, carried away a large part of the
| hnll and went out on The larhoard side OF the
| keel, producing the catastrophe which all the
| saved describe as very sudden. Il ~ probable
hat he first violent roll after the collision did
| the fatal work. On no other hypJ thesis can
| we account for the separation of the hull, and
| explain the positive testimony Of some of the
| Ulcers that the waikin & beam went down be-
| fore The upper works hOated off
| STATEMENT oF LIEUT. HARTsUFF.
| Mr.. Hartsuf Is a Liruteuantin the United
| States Army, and Is stationed at Fort Mackl-
/ u1w.
| / was on board the steamer Lady Elgin
| when she coIlided with the schooner Angus ia,
3sieepIn my berth. / Immediately jumped
| from nay berth, and saw the schooner floating
| away. bid not think auy serious damage had
I been done At first, butsoon discovered thatrhe
steamer was settling. l immediately LETT my
berth, which was IN the after cabin, aud ran
toWSTd the pI!Ot-hCuSe. where found Capt.
wilson on the hurricane deck. / asked him {
| ~ thought there was any danger, aud he re-
piled that he thought she would float. He
ioIu me Hner4 there were NE S-pFeSerNSTS on
the hurricane deck, and ! went and passed
them down 10 the passengers in the cabin till
they were abOnt exhausted, when took one
myself aud waited on the hurricane deck
while here quite a number came on the deck
only n teW OF whom were females, but how
many came up l could not say, As 1t was very
dark. From a quarter 10 halt an hour after
she was struck she broke up, the hurricane
deck n0aIlng of and the hulk going to The
bottom with a tremendous noise. As she
broke l jumped with my life pTeseryer-a
board six or eight teet long, aud about one
wde-into the water, which was at this tine
only few feet below us, and pulled with all
my might 10 escape from the mass of the
wreck.
| Alter the confusion had somewhat su sided
| heard the voice of Captain Wilson cheering
and encouraging the people the wreck :;
telling them that the shore but n few
miles of, and that, If they kept calm and
obey ed MS directions, they IN ghJ all be saved.
heard him speaking in this manner for per
| haps Ten minutes, and then / had separated SO
| tar from the hurricane deck, on which the
| Captain and large rnmber were, that heard
no more. All around me were nun nbers of
persons heating on pieces of the wreck, uutIi
| IL became dayiIgh When Il became 50 light
| that | COuld see some distance, | discovered Il
| large mass Of tue wreck little dis lance 10 the
| windy OF Us, covered with people | then
| got on qulte a large piece OF the wreck u hiCh
| was floating near me, and which contained 10
other person, and 10 person got on IL after /
| did. The large mass TO the Windward, of
| which have gust spoken, now began 20 sepa-
| rate. l then lett the piece l was on, and got
| on large piece Uf the hurricane deck, on
| which there were four other persous-dOu' t
know who they were. Ga this fragment l re-
mained until We reached about quarter OF a
mste 4 the shore, when our raft broke up,
| AID TWO Of the four on II with me were wa he'd
of and irOW ned. moment at ler the remain
der Of our party were was he'd of by a heavy sea,
| and one more Of our little party crowned VI Y
| remaining companion Coutrtyed 10 regain the
| raft, aud agaIn took To life pTeseryer which
| found aio1t, and on this nDated 10 the shore
| Iusc below The bluffs. From the tme l was
| >Wspt from the rIIt, until l reached he shore.
| | was several times hurled deep under the
| waves. When close In 10 the shore L was
| thrown from my life preserVer and went 10
| The bottom, and although the water was not
| more than three or four teet deep l was So
| exhausted As ~ be unable TO rise, aud cIaWled
| t. T some distance under the water until
| reached dry land
| Early III the morning l discovered Il frag-
meut of the wreck snort distance from me
| on which was A woman and three men. She
| was SO much exhaus Ted that she seemed una
| bIr to keep from dropping 20 sleep although
| the e1PrtIOnS OF the three men were CUutln l.
| ally in use to prevent it. She was haalIy
| drowned, while remaining on the wreck, Del Z
| unable to keep her head from the water. Her
| body remained on the fragment OF the wreck
| IS long as 1t WAS IN siEht. / saw many pieces
| OF the wreck, Containing from two TO four
! persons, capsiZed almost invariably drown
| Ing all that were on them. To avoid the cap
| SIZng OF our lIali DARK, L instructed Inc men
| with 10 sit on ii Is TO keep the edges un-
| der water. This prevented lis from cap9IZiug z
| and at the same time enabled US 10 lOat taste
| we having III this way passed many other
| RATS | saw one woman alOue floating on q
| dining table, at d = short time after dIscov-
| cred her The table cApsiZed, aud she dIsap-
| peared under WaJer for several seconds, but
| finally reappeared On the surface cliuging to
| the table. and eventually, by great cXertious
| she regaintG her seat upon the table. When
| last saw her she was near the shore, and as
| heard of a woman being saved shortly after
| was taken TO q house near by, presume she
| mus have been The one.
| By my instructions, our party most OF he
| time turned our faces from the shore and thus
| faced the waves aud ia this way we were en-
| ahied to watch the breakers they caue to-
| wards and be prepared tor them. In this
| way we were several times saved from being
| washed oil, while almost every one near us
| were carried from their traIl barks and per-
| ished. Uudtr one piece of the wreck WhIch b
| was tioating near us, were four dead cattle
| fastened TO it. On tiAls were two or three per
| sons The buoyancy OF the dead bodies OF the
| cattle kept this piece OF the wreck almost en-
| urelY out Of The water. and when last seen,
| This peculiar life-b0at was very near the
| shore, and the persons on 1t were doubtless
| saved
| When | passed through the cabin, on nv
| way to the pilot house, Immediately after the
| collision. there was much confusion there
| Many OF the passengers, owing 10 The scarcity
| of berths, were asleep on the floor, and when
| the collision look place the NtssSl listed 50
| much that all rolled in pile on one side OF
| The cabin. THIS caused much confusion, ana
| W hen persons from ABOVE commenced passIng z
| down life preserveTs, and those below com
| Inrucea pulling Jwn The doors and other hJa /
! ing material lhe anxiety 10 obtain these pre-
| server. vas great indeed About daylight l
! saw Cne boat, badly stove, bottom up six or
! even men clingIng tolt Whether or not they
/ were saved, cannot say.
When | reached rhe shore every atteA ton
| which heartfelt sympathy could sugges: was
| raid 10 me and the other Survivors One gem
| tiemau pulled of his coat aud gave 1t TO me,
| aud another his boots.
Nr Pierce, OF the Adams House, Chicago,
was one OF the first to reach the scene of DIS
aster, and his efforts for the comfort and safe
| ~ OF ali were uuceasing.
THE BODIES.
During Sunday nearly thirty bodies were
| picked up along the beach, between Evans ton
aud Lake View. They were brought TO the
| ctty anu placed in the aute- room of the Old
| Marshal's office, under the court house
Wenty- -hye or twenty-siN human bodies were
| here arIayed side by side, and so closely was
the apartment packed, that the bodies of in
! Ltuts had To be placed upon those of adults
| There Wele grey-headed men, matured Wo-
| men, yoNth and infancy; some faces which
| seemed only sleeping, calm and white wers
| they Others swollen, distorted and backened;
| some dressed in rich garments, others in a few
rags and shFeds--all thdl was left in that ter
| rible conflict for life. Que sweet little child,
| whose experience OF lie embraced scarce half
| Il dozen winters, had smiled In diving and
| death had imprinted the smile upon its beau
| tiful face. Here a fair young gIrl, cut of In
| the pride of youth and hope; there a strong
man, upon whose locks the hand OF time had
spriukIed lis early SHOWS. Youth and IN fancy
age and strong armed manhood, slept side by
side the sleep of eternity. 1t was dreadful
picture of the Bestroyer-such an one rs no
living eve can behold without feeling the pre-
sence OF Him who holdeth in his haEd the
der TIMES of us ali.
AN AWFUL DEATH.-On the 18th OF August
an awful occurrence took place in front OF st.