Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-09-12
the ground, and continuing tlsslr pious labors
until night drove them away.
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W. ANNlA MAAlA u kNhAANlAhA WV NaNAaAHA
to take the body Of Hon Herbert lngraham
from the water, that the corpse was quite warm
when discovered, and physicians gathered
around him under the impression that life
was not extinct. The discovery, however, of
a severe wound on the back part of his head
showed that there was no hope OF resuscita-
ton, and the probability is, that be managed
to keep ahoat till he reached the fatal break
ers, when he was injured by the timbers which
were dashed hither and thither on the waves
with such fearful velocity.
Mr.. lngraham and son were here on visit
to the country, having come across to witness
the reception OF the Prince OF Wales in Canada
sTATEMENT OF LIEUT. HARTsUFP
Mr.. Hartsuff is Lieutenant in the U. S.
Army, and is stationed at Fort Mackinaw.
was on board the steamer Lady Elgin
when she collided with the schooner Augusta,
asleep in my berth ! Immediately jumped
from my berth, and saw the schooner float
ing away. Did not think any serious damage
had been done at first but soon discovered
that the steamer was settling. ! immediate
ly left my berth, which was in the after cabin
and ran toward the pilot house, where
! found Capt. Wilson on the hurricane deck
asked him il he thought there was any dan
| ger, and he replied that he thought she would
float He told me where there were life pre-
servers on the hurricane deck, and went and
passed them down to the passengers in the
cabin till they were about exhausted, when /
took one myself and waited on the hurricane
dvvb' While there. quito a number came on
/ the deck, only a few OF whom wvIv ftrrutlvs,
but how many came up could not say, as it
was very dark. From a quarter to half an
/ hour after she was struck she broke up, the
/ hurricane deck floating of, and the hulk go
| ing to the bottom with a tremendous noise.
As she broke, jumped with my life preserv-
era board six or eight feet long and about
one wide-intO the water which was at this
time only a few feet below US and pulled
with all my might to escape from the mass of
the wreck After the confusion had some
what subsidized, | heard the voice of Capt
Wilson cheering and encouraging the people
on the wreck, telling them that the shore was
but a few miles off, and that if they kept
calm and Obeyed his directions, they might
all be saved heard him in this manner for
about ten minutes, and then | had separated
so far from the hurricane deck on which the
captain and large number were, that heard
no more. All around me We're numbers of
persons floating on pieces of the wreck, until
it became daylight. When it became solight
that l could see some distance | discovered a
large mass of the wreck little distance to
the windward Of US, covered with people
then got on quite a large piece of wreck |
which was floating nesr me, and which con- |
tanned no other person, and no person got on |
it after | did The large mass to the wind |
ward Of which l have just spoken, now be-
gan to separate. l then left the piece l was |
on, and got on a large piece of the hurricane |
deck, Jn which there were four other persons |
don't know who they were. On this frag /
men. [ remained until we reached within |
quarter Of a mile of the shore, when our raft /
broke up, and two of the four on it were |
washed off and drowned. \ moment after, |
the remainder Of our party were washed of /
by heavy sea, and one more of our little
party drowned. My remaining companion
contrived to regain the raft, and again took
a life preserver which found allOat, and on
this | fOated to the shore just below the /
bluffs. From the time | was swept from the /
raft, until l reached the shore, was several |
times buried deep under the waves. When /
close into the shore, l was thrown from my /
life preserver and went to the bottom, and /
although the water was not more than three |
or four feet deep, was so exhausted as to be |
unable to rise, and crawled for some distance |
under the water until | reached dry land.
Early in the morning l discovered frag- /
ment Of the wreck short distance from me, /
on which was a woman and three men. she |
was SO much exhausted that she seemed un-
able 10 keep from dropping TO sleep, although /
tfottueil WllIl6 FemailTnQ On rae VTral7Ilg ~
ing unable to keep her head from the water.
her BODY remained on the fragment of the
wreck as long as it was in sight ] saw many
pieces OF the wreck containing from two to
tour persons capsized, almost Invariably
drowning all that were on them. To avoid
the capsizing Of our frail bark, instructed
the men with me so to sit on 1t as to keen
the edges under water. This prevented rs
capsizing, and at the same time enabled rs
to hoat taster, We having in this way passed
many Of the other RATS l saw one woman
alone floating on dining table, and a short
lme after | discovered her, the table cap
sized and she disappeared under water for {
several seconds, but fnall re-appeared on the {
surface clinging to the table and eventually.
by great exertions, she regained her seat upon t
he table. When last saw her she was near t
he shore, and as heard of a woman being
iaved shortly after was taken to a hou.e I
lear by, presume she must have been the t
lne. By my instructions, our party most of '
he time turned our faces from the shore. and c
hu5 i7ced the waves, and in this wav were
'nah.yd to watch the breakers as they came
oWuds us and be prepared for them. In
his say We were several times saved from q
'einS washed of, while almost every one a
lear US were carried from their frail barks a
nd perished. Under one piece of the wreck ii
' Inch was floating near US were four dead "
attic, fastened to it. On this were two or n
aree persons. The buOyancy of the dead o.
odies OF the cattle kept TIL piece of the y
'reck almost entirely out of water, and when At
'st seen, this peculiar life-boat was verv 10
ear the shore, and the persons on it were Ii
oubtess saved. h
When passed through the cabin on nv to
'ay to the pilot house, Immediately after the ii
lllIslOn, there was much confusion there OF
any of the passengers, owing to the scarcity cl
berths, were asleep On the door, and when dC
le collision took place, the vessel listed so
uch that all rolled in pile on one side of be
le cnoln. This caused much confusion. and to
hen persons from above commenced pass. do
g down life Preservers, and those below fir
pulling down the doors and other fir
'ating material, the anxiety to obtain these tn
eservers was greatindeed. About daylight ff
saw one boat badly stove, bottom up, six gu
seven men clinging to it. Whether or not su
ey were saved cam, say. we
When | reached the shore, every attention siz
lich heartfelt sympathy could suggest was bu
id to me and the other survivors. One wi
ntleman pulled off his coat and gave it to but
?, and another his boots. Mr.. Pierce. of mir
2 Adams House, Chicago, was one of the We
st to reach the scene of disaster, and his dis
orts for the comfort and safety of all were bac
ceasing. swi
During the time was on the wreck. I wa,
lTived to keep myself warm by threshing in
arms, catching pieces of wreck, &c, and maj
this manner saved myself from suffering mai
IN the cold, which proved so fatal to
ny.
Statement OF BI-ALDEREAy cIRTHR. &c.
WIxETKA. Sept. 9. 1860. sew
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