The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-09-18
Very respectfully, S. E. FLANSroAN.


tions are destined to speedy ov"rthrow.
Very respectfully, S. E. FLANSroAN.
Coroner's Investigation or the Late Disaste
on Lake Michgiso.
CHICAGO, Sept. l2 1890.
The Coroner's Jury yester lay commrncet
the investigation Of the wreck of the Lady
Elgin.
John Jervis, Of Miw ,ukie--Jusl before the
schooner struck, was standing at the middle
gangwsy; saw the schooner abous ten min
utes before the collision; she appeared to be
coming towards US at aoNut An angle Of AS
About half minute b,f,re she struck, left
the gangway. Capt. Wilson was at the after
gsngway, and ask.i some one on the schooner
it they wanted to come aboard. The reply
was that they did not think they were injured
aud " "ould stay where they were. The schoo-
ner was now ropping aft. saw light on
the schooner before the collision, but none af.
.erward. went down int, tn, ceal bunker
Saw water coming in very fast. then went
over to the break. The stewards were there
irving to stop the leak with natrasses. The
vessel bad before been listed up. The Cap
tain stood Mt tho edge OF the scuttle ordering
the men TO fire up A. fast as possible. then
went aft. The Captain went at the same
time anil gave orders that everything loose be
thrown overheard; the Captain when next
saw him WAS corning from the bow; | then
wen, below to see how long we could keep
afoAt; when go To the eugine.room the
engines had just stopped; | went back to the
~, h,1J ha,n hal f,,ll of I'll,
C.p'ai and myself then got from twenty {,
twenty. five ,slies upon the hurricane deck; /;
the boat wen, lown Nv, minutes afterwar!s; (;
there was b"tw IN twcn,y md thirty children
Oh h. fprwarl part nf tn hurricane roof; it
vas verv dark sni raining A. tn, time; the
hell commauc"l ringing al a,st At once altar
tn, lil-i1l, an tn, whistle com nenc,l to
blow vt The sa.re ti'nc.
Thomas Cummings. on the LAZY E .ln,
testified that the sch"pner dill not strike To.
steamer JnarterI,g, but \, right angles ran
square into her; thu steamer wIs moving and
turned the scho uer ronni Think We re
about ten miles om >h,r.; .aw vaSs IS
light after wo left the sch>nner; 'hnS W.
could have seen n lig,t on voS-,l tIr'"
mile, oft; III not s-a ;h' sc'iDpl'r lft.r Sh
got clear IT rs; say thai th' .''rnrs h'L!-
lights w.re all up; scn,,nr was runrn. H..
T. ,st about whel she ,.ri'k u t. -,
rule that boats sring 20 alytix' s',t
pass Vessels on tn ,arb' n sida; TO-: =
vessel und." that y.ii srl h"adwN crpl
have avoided the -ir,,o"D, :! w,.h'l W.,
rods Of her hy great ey.rtio.; ev"u 4 49,"
vessel We're but ihrae tan ., iis !anrh iron t.
steamer, she could have avotial iu... Sa,i,as
damage, BY putting h"r helm h.ni up. HsI
the schooner seen the sta,mer half niie ID
she could not have strnck her except by gross
negligence. 1t seems to me thar the helm
Of the vessel must have b,en put d,wu in
stead of up. and that was tho cause of the
Disaster; the schooner could have luii t. with
10 mile of us after the ,l.ion with perfect
safety. II was not very dark although ram
ng heavily.
John Vorce lat mate Of the Augusta-I
was on Captains watch at the time OF the colll-
'ion; I'd mate was on deck, when squal
came up, and called the Captain, who got on
ieck as squall struck us; sbont one third of
,orssail and Que fourth Of ma nssil were up as
we struck the steamer; when | saw the light
If the steamer heard the Captain cry out,
Hard up" the steamer wss then crossing
,ur bows: the schooner showed white light
rom eight to twelve O'Clock; do not know
whether she did at the time Of the collision
" not; heard helmsman answer the order of
= Hard up! but did not notice any change
n the vessels course; tho Augusta steers
Wild, that ;s, will not answer the helm read
"; il was not two minutes at the outside
er the order that the vessel struck; wa heard
10 noise whatever from tho steamer after the
oIlision.
George Bulge, 21 mate Of the Augusta
t was Captains watch; I was on Geek;
he vessels course WAS sou!h-by least, under
lll sail, except main g'ff tnpsail; we showed
white light; first saw the steamers lights
bout ten minutes before called the Cap.
sin, about one point off he weather bow; it
vas abou lw"ntv mInuL 3 before the collision {
rheD | called the Captain; called him be :
luse i, iook",l sqraliy; when he came up I
towad him tie tight; he ran forward aud
Ioked at IT, and made no remark To- me in
gard to it. F,om three to five minutes I've. {
ne we sru,k tn" steam Y, lie ordered the ,
elm hard up; the order W obcysd, but the
ess sl lid not mind her relln, lid not hear ,
ny noise on the steamer after the collision;
he wind was hI wing 40 wa could no, hear
ur orders from one end Of the vessel to tkr
her.
One Of lhr schoon r. crew. who was sta
ioned forward rs lookout, swore he did no'
ee the steamers lights until just as the Cap
ain ordered the helm hard up.
Up to this morning forty bodies have been
ecovered, most of whom resided in M.wau-
ie.
.fE A bald-hesded gentleman in Engla
ss realized b'autiful crop Of down, which I
ids fair to become hair, II it continues o, {
row, from the application of plaster Of parls ,
,r the purpose OF tskiug cast of hls lct. :