, 1860-09-08
Fearful Collision on the
kxL Lake ! a-->s=.r
LOSS OF THE STEAMER
LADY ELGIM
300 OR 700 LIVES Lost!
Military and Fire Conn
4 panics Of milwaukee,
iamenS the Lost.
SEVERAL OF THE SOUTHERN ExCuR"
St0NlSTS ON B0ARD.


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Particulars of the Dl:aeter.
STATEMENT OF THE PORTER.
4 most appa!l!ng calamity hEs b7rst upcn OUT
ctmq,uaity and the other ccmuucitice Sc: to be
thrilled With the intelligence Of disas!c. Which
A,s ius. occurred en- the lake, without parallel
in cur marine annals.
The schooner Augusta eaue into our por:
this morning, ard report d thai last r'gaf
shout midnight she had collidsd with o large
steamer OF this lake, few ziicc oct Of this
atty. rhc Augusta had suffered serlous'y IN
the encountcy from the lois Of hrt headgetr,
and ~. lc.kipg badly. She had 4 full cargo of
lumber. which had SHIFTED IN the collision, in
which sic struck head On. TIE Csptaiu kncw
nolhiug o! the extent of The disaster to the
other vessel The ros! care, full 5000, :ndtear-
fai. in On intelligence which filed cur streets
With anxious eEquirers.
The other vess in the encounter YES the
Steamer L.dy E'gin, Capt Jack Wilson, which
lefs this port la4t night for Milwaukee,. on her
returu Of The Military Excursion from Ail"au"
kee tes:ezisy morning. She had on board
nearly four hundred souls. Of whom less hEn
G{1y were eared.
When the collision look place there we're
lAsxc number Of ladies in the cabin, and when
informed by Capt Wilson that ths steamer wks
sinking. none Of them seerned to fnlly realize
tho awfulia:e impending, ind there was conse'
qucntlI comparative quiet. until tho moment
that she was swallowed up, when an awful
scxeam Of despair went up from that scene Of
sHp.iing death
The Lady Etgln was d first class s*esme1. be-
belopEing 70 tho Chicsgo and Lake Superior
Line, and has been running between this aad
the Lake Superior ports dasizg the past sum.
saer, ca1rTirg large numbers Of our e'tizens to
xcd from tie 1ske-
Cant. John Wilaon. the well known Com
1n.nder Of the Lady Elgin, was last eesn on
mt. few rninutes atter the disaster. H;s Tate
is uncertain. We are not without hope that he
sad many others nsy have saved themselves
Among those sa,e1 are Ar. Ca1y1, The clerk,
xr. Rice. the steward. and porter, An Irish
msp, name net known. Mr. oBsiec. formerly
Ci!y Marsbal Of Milwaukee.
Amoug those On bosrd ths iu-fated steamer
were tie Onion Guards, Cspt- Barry. Of Mil
waukce, acx Impaired by Gen. Best aud stad,
de Black Yeagezs and Green Yeagers, and Ri
ae,. .oee:he7 with several Fire Companies. and
the Milwaukee City Band. They spent the day
yesterdoy in frierdly iptercoprss with our mill
tcry. fttmeu and citizens, and left last night On
board tie E'ein Al late horr.
hon. He,b,r. 1ograhnm, member Of the
British Par.ia1:tnt and sou. proprietor Of The
LGQdCp ltts.T4stA &stAs. 4AsJ "GA1 u sA1'A
~.5 10 ST. Paul BY way Of Lake Superior.
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VIA. Garth and wife. rezis. KY; Amand.
c..h .nd M;,, tnn. Gartb. Of The same n,..e
John Jacobson, New York
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char.e. McLaacb1ic, formerly Of Tatertow,
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Miss Acc.,a Lcadea, Of Milwaukee.
Mia. pfe.dly. M;lsaulce.
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Mr. R-ssi:er, Milwaukee.
And,c1 ua:ey, Milwaukee.
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