New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-13
COrOner's Inquest ON tho Lady El-
gin disaster.
CBlcAoo, Wednesd y, Sept. -. 1850.

CHiCh00, WboDtsu " oept. IL, iOOV.
The Coroper's Jury yesterday COMMENCED the inves-
tigs into the cause Of the wreck OF the Lsd' Ean
John JeIvis Of Milwaukee, a passenger, testified
Just before the schooner stuck was s'audng At ihs
uidole gapgwa,; cav the schooner shout TWO mtou ei
tefore the colisionj she appeared to DO comIoB
tOwfrd us at an sfgle Of forty 'hH d'g ets,
abopt half a mun before she srIck
In tie 0arQwsy: Capt Wilson at tbs after
QeI Qu ay and asked some on the schoon'r u my
wanted 10 come aboard; the reTiy was tney oio not
,bit they were ioiured and would stay wnere snTy
were; the schooner was row dropping att lsaW
EoIt en- The schooner before the collision, bat none
afterwards | went down to the coai-bunker, wnere
the water was coming 10 very fast; then W. nj over
10 the break the steward there trying 70 stop th
leak with mattresses The vessel had before oeen s'ou
up; the captain stood at the edge OF t0e seutie otoe
10, the Cd to fire up fast p, sslbe thsn went
oft the captain went al the same time ahd gave ORDERS
that everything loose be thrown overbohdi o cap
tsI Wien next cav him, was coming IRON tne DOW
| then went below TO zee how long We cou "a Keep
sAOat: when q 10 the eDgiuefoom, tho eLgiGes n
inst stopp. wept back to the cabin, the NOD oelOR
then half full of water; the captain aud myeef tn-n
got ON tw enty 10 twenty live lidls up on 10 the
hurricane dee the boat went do n IN Two mlnu eS
afterwards; there were between twenty and tnlrty
chilcr.n on the forward part of the hurricane rof II
WAS very dark and raining at the time; the b IL com
en-, I'd ripRp0 ri once after the coils on add tee
wb-,le CON uenced blowing at the sane nge' ,,,
Thomas Cnn mnts, who was on the La y r gin,
fPEtlUeQ u al INC SCDOOutT lihV h"S
auareIrg but at right apglss she square into her
toe steamer 10 uOvi z IBrntd the schooner i0na'i
thu k We were abe Ut two miles from shore saw YES
eel light after we left tie seamer thtk coqd nave
a. IN light in vessel THREE miles OFF; old not see tho
s,hooI er after sbe got clear of ue; saw that all the
steamers head lights up the SCHOONER was ru IN
il cue cas- When she sru u.s. there iia rule that
going TO Milwaukee should pass all vessels on the
lar board side think vessel uo dor that Uind and
htadWay could have avoided the steamer if within
twenty rods of her by great exeroo even if the YES
sci wss bot three times her length from the steamer,
she could have avoided doiOP serious damage by putting
her helm bard up had the schooner 90. the steamer
half mile or fhe could OF have struck rer except by
krOss egieeDce IL me that the helm OF tne
sci u.t have been pm down ms cad OF up aod that
the Of be Disaster the sc ooDer could have
laid within mile CT US after The colon with per-
feet safety. 1t was not very dark, alJhougn raining
heavily.
Jobn VoIce, frat mate Of the Augusta says: AT the
time OF the collision il the captains watjh; the
second mate dec6 when the squal came up, and
cstd toe captain v IN got deck lnst as tho uall
truck u.s. about onethd Of the foresa and fourtn
OF he mai Fail up when we stru the g amer;
when | saw the steamers lights heard the captain
sIg out hard up; the steamer was then crossing oar
bow; the schooner showed white light from 20 IL;
don know whether che dd at the time OF the ison
or not; esTd the hemsman answer the order "harj
up" but did not no ice any change in the vessels
cIuIse the Augusta steers wild that Is, will not ans Yer
her helm readily it not two minutes at the odtsde
after he order TIL the vessel struck we beard no noise
bate yer from the stesmer after the coil sion.
George Bulge, second mate If the Augusta, says:
1t was the captains wach; was on deck; the ls3ls
was south by east, under foil sal, except the
a gail topssIl we showed white light; 6rs;stw
the steamer igls about ten minutes before called
tie captain, ole point on the weather.bowi it was
about twenty minu es before the collision, when
calico The capsin; calico the captain because IL looked
squallyi when he up showed him the lights; oe
rsn forward and looked at 1t, bat male DO remark 10
ne about it; from three 10 tige minutes before we
struck he steamer he ordered the helm hard up but
The vessel old the belm did not hear any noise
on the steamer after the collisions the wind blow
ING 60 hard that we con not hear ourselves fom
end of the vessel to the other of the schooner
crew who was att ned forward as a lookout, swOIe
that be did the steamer lights uLt ust as the
captain o dered the helm hard up.
Up TO tr morning forty BODIES have bean recovered
most of " HON Iesioed 10 MILWAUKEE,.