Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-09-10
THE LATESTNEWS
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TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT CALAMITY.
SINKING Of q steamer with Three Hundred
AID Fifty Passengers On Bssrd-Gres'
Lsss Of Life.
CHICAGO, Sept s-The steamboat LADY Elgiu
which was run into this morning by q schooner
| on Waukegan, and sunk In % minutes, bad up
ward Of $50 passengers on board, including seye.
| creates intense excitement here.
me military companies on board the unfortu-
Yse., ,es ss Were the Black Y.gers, the Grsen
companies from Milwauiee who had beer on =
VISIT here and Were returning
ne names Of those saved are 40 follows. n s
w., lei ftedetiek Rice, steward; Edward
w esuake, porter; Robert Gore, Thomas Murphy.
nnnomss Cunningham, Micbsel Conner. Johf, n
Hobart, Milwaukee; Thomas Shall. Tim %, Isryas'
VI, w. a. pstnsy, Mr Wildnsn, Of Ohio; Elymsn
Cpdike, OF w aupun, and - lnsraham member
OF the Canadian Parliament -
The books and papers Of the steamer are all los.
AMER the collision with the schooner the ,,~nue,
noateo south 70 w meta, where abe soon sunk
HEAkrRENpTNs PARTICULAR
The Clerk Of the steamer LADY ElRin m,l.s a..
following statement:
Tn. Lady Elgin len Chicago at half p.., \,
O'Clock Friday night, for Lake Superior. kraoas
the passengers were the Union Guards. Of NJ
waukie, composing part Of some $50 excursionists
from that city. AT half past o'clo- II this mona
ing, the schooner Augusta, Of oswego, came iR
collision with the Lady Elgin, when about ten
miles rom shore The vessel struck the steamer
amidships, by the gangvsy ON the iarboard side
Inc Two vessels instantly separated, and the Au-
of the collision there was music and dancing
going on In the forward cabin In an instant
aftcr the terrible crash all still and in half
an ho9r the steamer went down. passed through
the cabins the ladies were pale but silent There
was not cry or shrtek--no sound but the rush OF
the steam and the surge of the hesvysea whcti
er they were fully aware Of their danger or
wresher tneir appalling situation made them
A boat was lowered at once with the design of
going around upon the larboard side 70 examine
longing TO the boat, but lust nj that moment some
person possessed himself Of one Of them and we
In the boat were thus rendered powerl.s< 20 man
age II We succeeded, however, In reaching the
W ssel, butwere quickly drilled away and thrown
upon the beach al Winetks. Only two boats were
left on the steamer One Of them contained thir
teen persons, all Of whom were saved The other
bore Gig BIT persons but only four Of them reached
the shore alive, the -four others being drowned NJ
the beach
Before left the steamer the engines had ceased
70 wofk, the fires having been eHtinguisbed. The
force and direction of the wind was such that the
boats and the fragments Of the wreck were driven
up the lake, and would reach the shore in the Vi
clnly OF Winetka As stood upon the beach
drifted, l could see, in the gray morning Iisht.
objects floating upon the wafer and sometime..
thought i saw human beings struggling with
tne waves. N g. CLARYL,
Clerk Of the LADY Elgin
The NAMES OF THE VICTIMS
The following persons, who left the fremont
House last evening aud took passage on the steamer
Lady Elgin, are supposed 10 have been amongst
r "A. Lumsden, wife, two children and servant
OF New Orleans; w Garth and wife, Miss Anna
Garth and Miss Amanda Garth, Of Paris, IN; r
Hall and lady, OF Aurora, Ill; Mr.. Sentellen,
Of the hrm Of Smith & SentelleD; q = Hand; Mr.
Pearce, of the Arm Of Goodman & Pearce; Mrs
Barrow and Isaac Ringley, of Milwaukee; James
Z o:srove, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Of kenosba, Wis., Mrs.
ketts and four children, Mr. Bond and two chill
dren, James Bellows Of Mineral Point wis; A
J. c. Pollard and lady, J. Fitz-
gerald and lady, Michael Conegan and lady OF
Herbert Ingrsham, member Of the
British Parliament, aRd proprietor Of the London
illustrated News, and bis son Herbert Edward
w Lite, Fanny Burns, Charley Smith, Of Chicago;
Mr.. Joliet, Mr. Locke, of Sbeboygan; Qua lie,
vernice and wife, Mr.. Nickle and Mr. Phillips
Of Milwaukee; John Koran, Deputy Q. 5. Marshal
Of w isconsin.
None of the above named have yet been heard
from.
The SAVED.
The following are the names Of those saved in
addition 10 those already mentioned Charles
May, Michael McGrath, Peter WEIGH. George
furlong, VIM. Elwood, John Regan, VIM De
mar, James Mclnis, John Murray, Frederick Hal
pier, John Roper, T. Pritcbsrd, John Evertsen
md wife, John Doyle, Mr.. Waldo. Isaac Kings
ey, John Gilmore, Mr.. Burke and wife, John
Mckinley, Frederick Snyder, J. n. Willard H
w Ounnlson, Peter walsh, VIM LeDyer, Fred
rick Devesky, Bridget Rehoe, John Rooster,
Z De Bar, James Rogers, Frederick Fettmeyer,
E. Poners, Mrs. Rivers. Of Milwaukee; Ferry
crothes, Patrick Maher, fireman; Mrs Simonds,
jeorge Davis, Patrick Myers, Of Chicago; Jacob
Cook, Of Fon du Lac.
Ii Is not stated how these parties were rescued.
SECOND DISPATCH.
CHICAGO, Sept. I0-The following Ia the esti-
mated number Of those board: Excursion pas
engeu 800; regular passengers 50; crew35; num-
yer saved 9s.
Capt. Jack Wilson was drowned within 100
eet Of the shore. Nearly 100 persons arrived
within nifty yards Of the shore, but were swept
,ack by the breakers and lost
Only ~ bodies have been recovered. They
we're mostly recognizeda az residents Of Milwaukie,
more than l2O of whom are known 20 nave been