The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-09-20
From the Dubuque Times
TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT
On LAKE MICHIGAN.
STEINER LADY .ELGIN SUNK !
STATEMENT or THE CLERK.

Cnfc,ao, Sept. 9.
The steamer Lady E'giu, Of the Lake
Superior line. which lett here lar, night
was run into about two q clock this morn.
ing of Wankeya" BY the schooner Au.
, :n,,., .,rik,n. her abaii the y heel h"n-,
The steamer sunk IL iwchty minutes il
three hundred feet "l water. Only scv
eaiccn persons are known 10 DE saved
Including The clerk. steward and porter
From three hundred and fifty t. four per.
sons were said ~ be on board, among
whom were the Back Ya."rs. Green
Iagcr., aud R,Ae., an several FIRE com,
ranies OF Mlw .uxce, who were on via.
i i tn,tll, city. Col. Lumsien, Of the new
Orleans Pir"yunr, and family were also
on board, an supposed 70 be lost.
AZ the time Of the accident the schnn
ner was sailing 1T eleven miles ~ hour
The steam.tny Macneen left this NOR
Meg for the scene Of the disa ter, aud We
will have further particulars on her r.
turn.
Names ofthosc saved rs follows, TX &
Caryl. clerk Fred. Rice, steward; I'D
ward WestLke, Robert Gore. Thomas
Murphy, Wiiiman Mills. Of Ohio, l.y
man 'lpdikc, Of Wanpor. Il. tngraham
~ c.l - n. ~
proprietor Of the London Neus' son on
toarl. AMI supposed to be lost. Books
aud papers lost.
After the collision the steamer Aoated
south TO Winnetkn, whore she sunk,
In addition to those reported saved
! are the tulIowins;
Charles May, Michael McCrath, Peter
W.lsl,. Geo turlay, Vim E'wool job"
Renan. Wm Dsnar, James McN.nns,
Jno. Murray, Fred. IIalpier, Jn". Raper.
J. l're'charl, Waldo, Isaac Kinsley, j.
| Gilmore. sir Burke AMI wife. John
Mckinley. L. Snyder, J. X. Willard
| II. G. Gnrncsnn, Peter Walsh. W" Lar
Ser, Fred. D-vaisky, Bridget kehe, J"o
Kossitcr, f.. Debar, james Rogers F.
J Fetman, j.. J. Power, Mrs, Rivers, o.
! Milwaukee, Jerry Crother. Pat, Ma'her,
fireman, VIM. Simonds, Zen. Davis, Pat
Myers, Chicago; Jacob Cook, F"n dn lac /:
/, Lieut.. Geo. Hartsh"ff, Mackinac; JAS
Rogers, young woman name unknown,
John Jackson, Walsh.
The clerk makes the following state
mcnt
Lady Elyin left port chic's" Iii
o'clock last night for lake Superior.
with between 800 aud 100 passengers OF
board. Among them wrie the Juno"
Guards Of Milwaukee. composing p'r' II
some two hmnh. ell cxcu, .ipni>'S from
the city. Al,ut . "'cl"ck this MIR"
! ing the schooncr Augusta IT Oswe.o.
came ii edison with the Lady E'.in
| when about ten miles frnim shore -
The vessel struck the steamer midsl,ii.
vancway On starhoard side The tw"
sci Grated Instantly, and Augusta dr.it'd
! ~ !. lu,Aurs-. At moment ~ cn,ts'"n
| there were music and dancing IL forward
cabin IL nj inrtant after the crash
u, w,s stil,. and ia half m hour the
steamer sunk. passed tbr"".h tn.
cabin ladic we're pale but ,iIen' There
was not i cry mr. shrek; u" s"und hn,
H.. rmsh of steam. and surge Of heavy
seas. Whether they were not THY
.war. Of their danger, or whether their
APPALLING situation made them specifies.
I cannot tell. The boat WAS l"werth At
once with tho design Of going r"n"u
larbonrd sda to oxamine the leak -
rhere were two oars, but just ~ the mo
ment some pcron possessed himself It one
,,f them. and We were lett povcr!ess :"
..,,,,,cc tn. bnat. We succeeded once
i, rc,chin. the wheel, but wc'c driffed
away and thrown upon beach at y in"e'
ka. Only two boats lett the steamer
~. ~ wi,;,. contained Is persons, al 81
vh.m were saved; tho other bore ciSh''
Int four 81 whom reached shore a''Se'
rho others being drowned at the beach
Before left tho steamer the cne'"t
had ceased to work, the fires we're cxt'n