Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-09-12

Of the Lady Elgin, copied irom tue chicago
Press. The statements Of the survivors pos
sess peculiar interest, and most viyidly depict
the scenes of peril and death.
THE sHoRE AT WINETKA.
When our reporters reached Winetka, at
10 A. NJ, the surf was rol ing in heavily, and
breaking in thunderalong the beach, the gale
having risen to a fearful fury, from the north
east, and thus nearly on shore. The shore
there is an uneven bluff, ranging from thirty
TO sixty feet in height with narrow strip Of
beach at its base. At some points the heavy
surf made directly against the bold bluH.-
At most points, however narrow tract
inlervened unwashed by the waves, and so
aiiording place and foothold for the operl-
tons for rescue
The whole beach for three miles we found
strewed with fragments Of the light upperpor-
tious Of the ill-ated steamer, and out to sea,
where the waves were rolling more heavily
than is usual seen even in our September gales,
the surface ofthe angry waters FOR miles in ex-
| tent, as far as the eye could reach sea-ward,
was dotted with fragments Of the wreck, and
RATS and spRrs with what were clearly made
out TO be human beings clinging to them. At
this time 10 A. NJ. }, various authorities make
out that from eighty to one hundred persons
could have been counted driving at the mercy
Of the maddened elements, towards the high,
rolling breakers and surf washed beach and
bluff, whence thousands with straining eyes
watched their progress. and with pale cheeks
noted as uiHs, too many, met their futv in
the waves.
r-,rlr .,r roecs,a hro,sr, abntnf 6va a NJ
little north of Winetkil, near the country
seat of Mr.. Gage, where the earliest intelli-
gence was received by the survivors who
came ashore in the steamers yRwl, among
whom was the Steward, Mr.. Rice, to whose
appended narrative we refer This boat was
followed by another, the last reaching the
shore a little later The wind not being
directly on shore, carried each later arrival a
little further south, and now RATS bearing
human beings were seen nearing Winetka,
where the country residence of Ex-Alderman
Carter of this city occupies the high bluff
Parties of men were on the alert and ready
for the work of rescue. Word was sent to
Evanston, and citizens and its entire student
community came up in force. Attention was
first directed to a large raft coming in steadily
but bravely over the waves, upon which were
standing large group of human beings, since
known to have been some .ffty in number
Around and beyond it on all sides were single
survivors and groups oftwo or three, or more,
but painful interest eentered about the fate OF
that larger raft. 1t neared the seethmg line OF
surf With a glass, those on shore could see
that the company on board seem to obey the
orders of one. That ladies and children
were there-hearts on shore forgot to beat
for Rn instant, and then saw the raft break
and disappear in the seas. OF the entire
number on board only fifteen names appear
in our list Of the saved.
The work of rescue, however, did not
pause in the agony that wrung the hearts on
shore. Men. residents of Winetka, and
Evanston, stripped of all supeThuous cloth
ing, and with ruDes tied about them, held on
shore, dashed nobly into the surf and only by
such peril wrested the saved of the wreck
Where many wrought so well we cannot here
particularize, but we accord the universal
sentiment of the day to the assertion that
the theological teachings of the Garrett Bib
lical Institute must include liberal smountof
'HitsrRlar CIiristanitJ,' for Messrs. Spencer
and Coomhs Of that institution were fore
most among the heroes Of the day.
OCCASION OF THH EXCURSION.
The Union Guards of milwaukee,, not long
since were disarmed and disbanded by the
Governor of the State for some action held to
be in derogation of the sovereignty Of Wis
consin. We do not remember the precise
cause; but believe lit have been partly po-
litical-a series of resolutions in relation to
the conflict between Wisconsin and the uni
- eath loose in which the
After the disarming, they continued their
organization and bought arms on their pri-
vate account. In doing this, they had incur
red considerable debt and to pay this offby
an excursion, the profits of which were to 20
to the company, was the main object in view.
The Captain OF the Guards was a candidate
for Treasurer in Milwaukee, and to get his
friends together on the trip and make
strength for himself was prominent though
L OF leading idea. Hence most of the excur-
sionists were of the Democratic party; hence.
as the Guards were an Irish Company, it hap
peus that large majority of those who set
out were of that nationality.