The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-09-21

from that city. 1t learns that one
hundred and elk Of these are saved
Tho Sentinel thus describes the Of.
feet Of the terrible tidings in tina,
city:
Saturday morning the fret premo
nitions OF the horrible nows were
whispered about the streets. Cheeks
were blanched and hearts were
hushed at the tidings that the steam
er had gone down with oil on board
The rumor grew into a dread Ger.
tainty as the dispatches began to
arrive. The dreadful intelligence
spread like wildfre, and soon the
city was agitated by feelings Of sus.
pense and apprehension. Newspa.
per offices were besiegcd; the telo.
graph Office was thronged ; knots
gathered on the corners, and busi-
ness tor the moment stood still.-
Then came the confirmation: "Only
Thirteen sayed" Out Of Tho four
hundred happy pleasure-seekers who
had left our city. only thirteen were
savedl Then the excitement rose
and broke through all conventional
bounds. Fathers and cons, sisters
and brothers, and mothers had fam
lilies aboard. There we're Aldermen
and other city officials. Persons
from almost all parts Of the city, and
almost every p .sition.
The a. xiety wss dreadful. A
crowd Of several hundred collected
around the Sentinel Office, and IL re.
quired the presence OF all the Clerks
to pass out to the crowd the slips on
which was printed tho mcager in
telligence.
1t would be utterly impossible to
convey any idea to those who did
not visit tho third ward, OF the scene
there presented on Saturday after
noon. 1t seemed AS though sounds
of mourning proceeded from every
third house. Little crowds Of women
we're congregated along the walks,
some giving free expression to thoir
grief, and others offering condo
lence. Never before has our city
been stricken with such q calamity.
Tho scene at the depot OF the
Chicago & Milwaukee Railroad, at
noon, battles description. Thous-
ands had congregsted there to await
the arrival OF the noon train; aud as
it approached, the crowd, impatient
to learn some tidings OF friends,
could not wait for the locomotive to
stop, but besieged the train.
Then it was that the heart rending
tidings were received BY. broken
hearted parents and friends withpde.
monstrations OF grief that could not
be repressed. Timothy O'Brien was
tho frat survivor who was recOg.
nized, and it WAS doubtful for some
time whether lie could survive the
rude but honest congratulations of
his friends. lie was surrounded, ,
and questions as to this or that one
known to be aboard, piled Tick and
fast, and when the answers we're
given, there were fresh walls and
wringing OF hands.
All about the long depot were snx'
ious females, some with their heads
bowed, and others 200 heavily strick
on to weep. We noticed one white
headed gentleman with his hands
clasped, in mute despair. On his
arm was a palefaced daughter, COM
forting him in the midst oi an agony
that she herself felt quite as deeply
A meeting Of the military OF Nil.
waukee was held on Saturday eve.
ming, to make arrangements for tho
funeral of their dead comrades. |,
was resolved to turn ont in full pa
rade, and to invite all the militsr,
Of the adjoining towns and of Chica
, 90 to participate in the solemn occa
sion. The Chicago military will b
, received at the depot, on their srri
val there.