The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-13

other and held the children in his arms
till other portions of the wreck struck
him and swept all under and out OF
sight" =
1t is said by all present that the surf
was terrible, overturning and breaking
up everything that came into it, and
here it was that more than two-thirds
of the lives, of those that floated from
the vessel, were lost.
A train leaves at o'clock tomorrow
morning for the wreck. shall 90 with
Col. Adams and others, and will try to
be back by three p. M. and then give
you further particulars.
H. E. SARGENT.
Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 90 p. M.
No accurate list or number OF persons
on board can be given, but the follow
ing estimate is nearly correct: Ex-
cursion party, three hundred; regular
passengers, fifty; steamers crew, thir-
ty-five. OF these but ninety.eight are
saved.
STATEMENT OF THE MASTER OF THE
AUGUSTA.
Captain Malott, of the schooner Au-
gusta, in his statement says: He first
discovered the steamers lights, both red
and bright, supposed to be from quar-
ter to half mile distant, and steering
between North and North 1t
was raining very hard at the time and
we kept our vessel on her course East
by South until we saw collision prob
able, when we put our helm hard up.
We struck the steamer two or three
minutes afterwards, just abaft the pad
die box on the port side. The steamer
kept on her course, her engine in full
motion, heading the Augusta around
North alongside of the steamer, and
got separated in about minute, when
the Augusta fell into the trough of the
sea. All our head-gear, jib-boom, and
staunches were carried away. We
took in sail andaclared away anchor,
supposing the vessel would fill. After
clearing the wreck we got up foresail
and succeeded in getting before the
wind, and stood for land. Lost sight
of the steamer five minutes after the
collision. r.
STATEMENT OF THE NATE OF THE Ell
GIN.
Becman, second mate, states as fol-
lows: At half-past two o'clock a
squall struck us, and five minutes after
we saw lights of a vessel one point off
the port bow. / sang out "hard q
port" but the vessel seemed TO pay no
attention, and struck us just forward
the paddle box on the larboard side,
tearing off the wheels and cutting
through the guards into the cabin and
hull. We were steering Northwest
by-West, a point to windward of our
course. The wind at that time was
Northwest. After striking us the yes
sci hung for a moment and then got
clear. l went below to see what dam
was done. When l got back the yes-
sci was gone.
When intelligence of the loss of the
steamer with her excursion party
reached Milwaukee yesterday it spread
like wild6re throughout the city. The!
ttleStdpu -OHuCc Was IllTOiScu all udy
with relatives and friends of those on
board. Many who presented dispatch
es were in tears, and most intense anx-
iety and excitement was manifested in
the countenances of all. In the first
ward of that city it is said that there
is scarcely house or place of business
that has not lost some inmate or en-
ployee.
All survivors unite in according to
Capt. Jack Wilson, the commander,
great bravery and daring throughout.
He was foremost in confronting danger
and earnest for the safety of his passen-
gers. He drowned within one hundred
feet of the shore. -.~s
Nearly one hundred persons arrived
within fifty yards of the beach, but
were swept back by returning waves
and lost.
Up to nine o'clock tonight only
twenty-onc bodies had been recovered,
most of whom have been recognized
by friends as residents of Milwaukee.
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