The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-13
Fearful Disaster ON Lake Michigan.
THE LADY ELGLN SUNK

O0e HUUUfeU anu rory VUF 1GT-
sons are kroaon to be L0st.-Ninetu-
eight k,soson to be Saved. -Ss5 Per
sons supposed to haue been ON board.
Capt. Jack wilson Drosoned achile
endeavoriag to Rescue Others.
Chicago, Sept. s.-The steamer Lady
Elgin, of the Lake Superior lige, which
left here last night, was. run into by
the schooner Augusta, off Waukegan,
at half past two this morning, striking
her abaft the Wheel. The steamer sunk
IN twenty minutes, in three handred
feet Of water Only seventeen persons
are known to be saved, including the
clerk, steward and porter From three
hundred and fifty to four hundred per-
sons are said to have been on board
among whom were the Black Y ayers,
Green Yagers, and Rifles, and several
fire companies, from Milwaukee, who
were on-a visit to this city. Col
Lumsden, of the New Orleans Pea
yune, and family, also on board, are
supposed to be lost. At the time of
the accident the schooner was sailing
at the rate of eleven miles per hour
The steam tug Mcqueen left this
morning for the scene of the disaster.
The names of those saved, as far as
known, are as follows: III. j. Caryl,
clerk; Fred Rice, steward; Edward
Westlake, porter; Robert Gore, Thom-
as Murphy, Thomas Comings, Mi
ehael Conner, John E. Hobart,
of Milwaukee; Thomas Shae, Jim
O'Brien, w. A. barnes, Wildman
Mills, of. Ohio; Lyman Updike, of
Waupun; HI. Ingraham, member of
the English Parliament. 8r ...fsra
The proprietor of the London Ne,cs
and son, also on board, are supposed to
be lost. W
Books and papers all lost.
After the collision the steamer f1oa-
ted South to Winetteka, where she
sunk. at.r. as.
THE CLERKS STATEMENT.
The Clerk makes the following state
ment:
The Lady Elgin left the port of Chi
cago at half-past eleven o'clock for
Lake Superior. Among the passen-
gers were the Union Guards of Mil
waukee, composing part of some ESQ
excursionists from that city. About
p o'clock this morning the schooner
Augusta, of Oswego, came in coils
ion with the Lady Elgin, when about
ten miles from shore.
The vessel struck the steamer at the
midships gangway on the larboard side.
The two separated instantly, and the
Augusta drifted by in the darkness.
At the moment of the collision there
was music and dancing in the forward
cabin. In an instant after the crash
all was still, and in half an hour the
steamer sank. ~ 20
! passed through the cabins. The
ladies were pale but silent. There was
not cry, nor shriek-no noise but the
rush of the steam and the surging of
the heavy seas. Whether they were
not fully aware of their danger, or
whether their appalling situation made
them speechless, / cannot tell.
Boats were lowered at once with the
design of going round upon the lar
board side to examine the leak. There
were two oars, but just at that moment
some person possessed himself of one
of them, and we were left powerless to
manage the boat. We succeeded once
In reaching the wheel, but were lifted
away and thrown upon the beach at
Winetteka.
Only two boats left the steamer.
One of them contained thirteen per-
sons, all of whom were saved; the 9TH
err bore eight, but only four reached
the shore alive, the others being drowned
at the beach.
3 Before ] left the steamer the engines
had ceased to work, the fires having
been extinguished and in 80 minutes
the Lady Elgin disappeared.
The force and direction of the wind
was saeh, that fragments of the boat
were driven up the lake and would
reach the shore in the vicinity of Win
ctteka. As l stood upon the beach,
helplessly looking back along the route
we had drifted, could see in the gray
of the morning objects floating upon
the water, and sometimes, I thought
human beings struggling IN the water.
(OlGueuJ II. VI. CARYL.
4a Clerk of the Lady EIgin.
The following persons left the Ire
mont House and took passage ON the
Lady Elgin: ioH t'i'as 80
F. A. Lumsden editor On. O.) Plea
y,sne, wife, two children and servant,
New Orleans; w. Garth and wife,
Miss Anna Garth, Miss Amanda Garth,
Paris, KY; b. f. Hall and lady, Au-
rora j. c. Hanna, Mr.. Pease, of the
frm of Goodman & Pease. Mrs. Bar
rows, Isaac Kingsley, Milwaukee; JAS
Cosgrove, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Kenosha,
Wis. Mrs. ketto and four children,
James Bellows, Mineral Point, Wis. :;
A Buckingham, j. c. Ballard and lady
j. Fitzgerald and lady, Michael Goni-
gan and lady, Milwaukee; Herbert In
graham, ESQ.,, M. F., and proprietor of
the London Illustrated Ne,cs. and son
Herbert; Edward White, Fanny Burns.
Charles Smith, Chicago; Geo. Norton.
Superior City; Geo. l.. Simons, Joliet;
Mr. Locke, Sheboygan; Otto Levoller
and wife, John Koran, Deputy u. S.
Marshal, Wis. None of whom have
yet been heard Of
The following dispatch, dated late