, 1860-09-14
The LADY ELGlN CALAMITY.
The Scenes at The Court House,
Eighteen Iuquests Yesterday.

Eighteen Iuquests Yesterday
l VISIT 70 TIE s80RE OF yIsEIkA
Fragments Of tho Wreck Ashore.
4 great calamity falls upoa the community
to:nsdo, Il great railroad disaster, OF horro,
like tha! Of tie llf4ted steamer. Fer tim.
all hearts are aroused, and beat in sympathy
but short time sufflces for the ordina-y rres
cure ard purzri|s of lie to draT aside AID K
otaer matters a!l not directly iuteYestsd c.
sufferers and mournerf, tutth surface actually
swept By thetornado, the he.rts to77 and bleed
1cs By th. great casualty, :oag relain tht
marks Of such visitation.
Ore week ago, this Friday mo.-ing, the gooi
steamer Lady E!eia lefs cur sister city Milwsu
kee for pleasure excursion to Chicago. Il
Lad been lorg anticipated, tti1 excursion patty
and tbs steamers saloons and decks we're
crowded with happy pleasure seekers. They
sang, they deac:d, they gtvo themselves up ia
tfe enjoy ms1t Of ths hour, While their ucb1e
vessel carried them swiftly aad safely onward
A run Of nicety miles, On bright day in early
full, along thcre il sight for the entire dis.
tance, had nothing in it to inspire doubt Of
awaken fear. There WAS nothing Of the 40.
parcctl; greater p=sil Of dis7ser in mid-ocean,
leagues from land.
Their day in this city ras passed in the puz-
su:t OF pleasure. Tney were military men, md
rect3vcd as such by their bretLsen in arms.
They we're firetneu, snd rcceiyed the hospi.ality
OF orr Fire Department. They we're relatives.
friends, and social intercourse VAS pursued and
enjoyed 10 its height. Erenirg came, md on
bos:a tie Goa. in our river, they we're jovial
canyi7i=l ard merry. Their friends in this CITY,
1Haa: cf :;ism, went on board to while axay lie
hoas until elsven O'Clock, a1d tbs eteamc-,
among the gey parties ahe has seen, las reye,
known ner1ier.
The hour OF departure caEe, as such will
come, end 1uath to leave, nnmbcrs of onr own
Residents nc: half wny ths opportunities oI
Cousins a;d aeqaa:n!a1ees to accompany tben,
home 10 milwaukee,. The excursion tickets un.
Sid were given cut with a free hand. This &c.
counts Tor the rumler Of Chisaso residents On
'bncrd Tho stesn.- 0A
HTss, however, regular trip Of The boat On
her way to Lake Superior. aod she hEd a large
passenger aaa freight list for ports o. Ibis 20
the upper laks. So sho dropped down tbs river
aweek Ego to-1ight, reade-, her cabi.s ablaza
with 1joht md taa cl,sb;,r s...a ~
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