The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-09-19
Alrhmonn pispattb,
WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPT. 10, l5e,
The Lady EIsin Disaster. More Bodies
HpenyeraI

Recovered.
The Chicago papers contin ne the melancholy
details of this great disaster. The total utn =
ber OF bodies thus far recovered is sixty.foQr.
According TO the best estimate that c.la be
made Of the number of persons on board the
steamer. there are about ls0 bodies still III tho
lake. II is believed that few, il any, of those
in the lower cabin (about All of whom were
lad ies) escaped. One of the rescued states that
Just before he boat went 10 the bottom, he
looked down in the cabin and beheld many
ladies running wildly about in their night
robes, having apparently just come from their
berths These doubtl still remain with the
wreck.
All the bodies found yes sterday were in a far
adyanced sage of IMPOSITION and some OF
them could with difficulty be Identified Dy
anything but the garments upon them. One
the body of a woman, had por te- mon ale fas-
tened in the hair by pocket handkerchief
The porte -monnaie Contained nifty ceAts in
silver.
n noble Newfoundland dog has been of great
assistance III recovering bodies, but he utterly
refuses any reward III the shape of caresses
from the hyStandeTs, Swapping and snarling
at them when any such demonstrations are
offered. The animal has displayed more soul
than the lana pirates who have made the
wreck q means of robb ry.
The remains Of Hsrt Nrt Iugraham, ESQ, left
this cIty last evening for luehec. from " hch
port they will ts At once forwarded TO Eng
land. 1u ali probability, the remains of Mr..
lngraham will | . conveyed to England in the
same steame- in which he came out As a pas
senger. The body of his son has not yet been
found. Mr. lugraham was one of the mes
en- terprlSlug men of The age, and of all the
English journalists the most partial TO this
country He leaves wife and six children
10 deplore his loss.
The propeller Acme reported that she passed
seventeen bodies, floating on the lake, about
fifteen miles north OF the harhor and six or
seven miles of land. The tug McQ ueen was
Immediately dispatched by Capt. Prinde Vile
III search OF them.
The schooner Racine, Capt. Brown, passed
near WaukeSal on Thursday evening, and re-
ports having seen about one hundred bodies -
he wind was so high that IL was inn BILE
ior lin T. recover them.
The whole number of Independent Union
Guards who came 10 Chicago on the Elgin was
80 muskeus, with five officers, and ohiy Serea
We're saved alive. The entire company was
pretty much wiped out of existence at one
Tell blow. Also, the Mil ilwaukie City Band
was nearly all destroyed, as only two, we
thluk, were saved alive.
The tug McQ ueen returned about O'Clock,
| bringing eight additional bodies which were
found noauug III The lake stweeIi tfros Point
and Lake Forest. Two We're also brought III
by parties searching along the beach.
The body OF Capt. Wilson was identified by
over dozen persons. His name was also
found Written upon the watch fob of his pan
falcons. A broken silver pencil and gold pen
were tOuHd upon The body. The watch stopped
at ~:iJ-probably run sitter his body went
down. The body of Capt. Wilson was found
about two mile> north OF Gros Point. The
body Of Capt. Wilson will be forwarded TO his
family at CUid water, Michigan, to-day. The
flags OF the shipping Will be dls played at half
mast, and other public demon stations Of
mourning Will mark the event