New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-10

Col. Lomsden, Of TIE Nep-Orielns Picayune and
family were board and are supposed 10 be al ong
the lost
AZ the time Of the accident the schooner WIS sailing
at the rate Of elsven miles an hour.
The stesmtUg McQueen left this morning for the
eoene of the disaster.
NAMES OF THE PERSONS REPORTED SAVED.
The names Of those saved as far as kno wn, are as
follows:
]. H. g. CARYL, Clerk. 80. Isaac KINGSLEY.
2. FRED. RICE, Steward. 80. Mr.. BURKE and wife.
3. EDwIS WESTLAKE, 81. JOHN MCKINLEY.
Porter. 81. FREDERICK SNYDER,
4. ROBERT GORE. 80. j. III. WILLARD.
5. Thomas MURPHY. 81. II. W. GUAaIsoN.
6. Thomas CUMMHGs. I35. PETER WALSH.
7. MICHAEL CONNER, &c. WIN, LEVER,
s. JoHS Z, HOBART Of 81. FRED. DEyERcsKY,
Milwaukee. IS. BruDGET KEaoE.
9. TIN 0'BRYEE. 80. joan RossITER
10. w. A. DAyUI5. 40. L. DEBAR.
IL. WuDmAS MILLS of Al. JAMES ROGERS.
Ohio u. FKEDERICK Eel
IL. LYMAN UrDRE of MEYER.
Waupan. 10. L. j. POWERS.
10. II. ISGRAHAM, member IA. Mrs. RIVERS Of Nil
OF the Canadian Par waGkeo
lrtmert. 10. TERRY CROTHER.
IL CHARLEs MAY. &c. PATRICK MEYER Fire
Is MICHAEL NcGRATH. man.
is. PTTER WALCH. A.. Mrs. SMoEDs
IL. GEORGE FURLoNG. lS, GEORGE DAVIS.
10. WIN. ELwooD. 10. PATRICK MEYERS of
10. JOHS REGAE. Chicago.
90 WIN. DENAR. so. JACOB COOKE of Fond
q. JAaEs MCMANUs. dGLac.
%. JoHS MURRAY. 81. Lieat. GEo. JARrsUFF
%. FREDERICK HALPIER. Of lonsckmack.
"a. john ROPER. 81. JAMES ROGERS.
25. T. PRITcHARD. 50. Gsr.asu woman,
20 john EyERTLos aid name unknown.
wife. 81 JoHs JACOBSON Of
q. JOHN DOYLE. New-foIk
9S. Mr WALDO. 3d. PETER WALSH.
NAMES OF PERSONS KNOWN TO b. ABOARD
THE STEAMER.
The following persons left the fremont House last
evening, and took passage the Lady glgin;
A LUnsDFN, wife, two children and servant Of
New-Orlesns.
w, GARTH aud wife, Miss ANNA GARTH and Miss
AMANDA GARTH, of Paris, Illinois,
Pr. HALL and lady, Of Aurora, Illinois.
Mr. SESPTELBEN Of hrm of SMITH & SsNPTELERN.
7. G. HAMA.
Mr. PEARcE Of the firm of GOODMAN & PEARCE.
Mrs BARROW.
Isaac KINGSLEY Of Milwaukee.
JAMES COSGROyE.
Mir FITzPATKcx Of KeDosha Wisconsin.
MIS- KETTs aud fOnr children.
Er BoND and two children.
JAMES BELLOWS Of Mineral Point, Wisconsin.
A. BUCKINGHAM.
j. C. POLLARD and lady, Of Milwaukee,.
j. FITZGERALD ard lady, Of Milwaukee.
MICHAEL GoNEGAH and lady, of Nil Tausee.
BrRBlRT IsGRAHAM member Of Parliament and
rroprietor of Tie London Illustrated herS, and his
son HERBERT.
EDWARD WHITE.
FANNY BURNS.
CHARLES SMITH Of Chicago.
GEORGE MoBToS Of Superior City.
GEe. L. SiMPsON Of Joliet
MI LOCKE of Sheboygan.
.OTTo LEyEmNcE and wife.
Mr.. NICREL.
Mr. PHILLIPS Of Milwaukee.
Jous KORAN Deputy U. S. Marshal for Wisconsin.
None Of the aboyenamed nave vet been heard Of.
The books and papers Of the steamer are all lost.
Altar the collision the steamer hoated south TO WI
ue,ka where Phe sank.
STATEMENT OF TiIL CLERK OF THE BOAT
The clerk makes the following statement:
Tho Lady Egn lett the port OF Chicago at nal-Pas'
eleven @ clock iOI Lake Superior Among tbs pa5seh-
GERS yy ere the Union GCaFd, Of Milwaukee, composing
a part Of some two hundred aud hity e2curs2hloes
from tina; city. at about haf-past two O'CLOCK 'als
morning the Schooner Augusta, OF Os~ego, Came IA
collision with the Lady Elgin, when about ten mSs
from shore The ye,sel struck the stea ner At the md
ships gar gway tie larbOard SIDE Inc Two Vesavi7
"a ~.
darkUesg At the moment Of The collision there WIS
nufic and dancing going IN the forward cabn; la
an instaIt after the crush al was stl aud il nan an
hour The steamer sank. passed through the CABINS
Tho ladies were pale, but client. There was not CRY
or a shriek-nO sound bat the rusi OF t9e steam aLu
the eurge Of the heavy sea. nether they were nos
f,Ilg ware of The Danger whether their Appalling
a;,,,s,1on INSIDE them epeechiess i cannot tell a
boat ayas lowered at once, wjth the uessh VI eOius
rou.d mon the lGTbosrd SIDE 70 eXahihe yle
Issk There were two belonging 70 tne oo1' .ut
mat ST mat moment some pc son possessed bis3" ~
Cre az Them and We were p0wfrless 10 manage sue
hat We succeeded once III reaching the wneei, Dut
were Quickly drifted away snd THROWN upon the oeaCl
Il WnCka OILY two boats we're i5tt on tle s.eaii7i
One Of them contained thirteen persona, AL V "Oih
were saved. The other bore eight rersons hut Only
four Of them reached che shore alive, the four others
being drowned the beach. Before lei, t"e steamer
the engine had cesssd 10 work. the fires having oeon
eAuugdzhed. The force and direction " the VIVA "ao
such that The boats ana fragments Of the WICK were
driven up the like and wOuld reach The shore IN iDo
vicinity Of Winetka AZ upon the beach, hope,
iesslT looking back upon the route we had dIl'ted,
could see IN the gray Of the morning objects hoaubg
upon the water, and sometimes thought human beings
struggling with the
THE STEAMER LADY KLGIN.
FACTS COECEKHING HER AND HER CAPTAIN.
Mr. Ed Yards, who lived for n BuIGJer Of years on
fbe shores of Lake Michigan has kindly furnished az
itb sgnCy particulars in regard 10 Inflated steamer
adv ElRln and her captain. They viii DO doubt bs
Tesd with lively interest III connection with the loss Of
tbgt unfortunate craft ard Der immense human freight
Inc LADY Elpn was built ia Cauada about nine or
80 ,'esrs 800 and named after the wife Of the then
Ccyeroor.General OF British America, Lord hg'n she
.,ros a sids.whee mail steamer, OF about $40 ieet IN
IL, o,b and 600 tuus burden. She was last and
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