The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-20
The EIein Disaster.

number of persons on board the Lady
Elgln, when she left this port, was
three hundred and ninety three, includ-
ing the crew. OF these one hundred
and fourteen are reported as saved.
This would leave two hundred and
seventy-nine~ lost, of which the bodies
of only sixty seven have been reooy-
cred up to Thursday night.
&, The Milwaukee Sentinel says there
are now about thousand orphans in
that city, rende so by the Lady Ell
gin disaster. Many of these children
are thrown upon the charity of the
community. 49,, q-e.xr ~
A private letter received in Adrian
states that the pastor of one of the Mil
waukee churches went into one section
of that city on Sunday, wherefrom
many of the excursionists on the i'll
fated Lady Elgin had gone, and found
in different houses no less than one
hundred children -bereft Of father and
mother, and wondering why they did
not come backloa seuboTq % osla 5Bc
The Chicago Democrat, in noticing
the number left orphaned and widowed,
says: This is probably the largest
amount of distresses that any city in
the Union has ever known, if we ex-
cept the city of Lawrence in the Law
renee Mill catastrophe. sol ssnsnag3T5-
On Thursday AFTERNOON the Coroner's
jury went on . special train procured
by Hubbard and Spencer, to Daggett's
Pier,. 20 miles North of the city, for
the purpose of examining that portion
of the wreck of the Inflated steamer
which had come ashore there. With
the jury wentthe Inspector of Hulls at
this port, Capt. Davidson, Capt. Prin-
deville, Capt. Kehoe, and others. They
found on the beach, 1.-THE point named,
the whole of the stern of the steamer,
Lady Elgin, which had parted in two
lengthways, and foated to the shore.
TThe wreck twas examined carefully, and
found to be very sound. The finding
of these portions ofsthe hull negatives
the opinion heretofore entertained, that
the lower cabin went down without
breaking to pieces, and carried down
those in it. These two pieces of the
hull, which embrace all the vessel from
the keel to the main deck, abaft the
wheel, were found close to each other.
Among the incidents connected with
the affair, it is stated that noble
Newfoundland dog has been of great
assistance in recovering bodies, but
has utterly refused any reward in the
shape of caresses from. bystanders,
swapping and snarling at them when
they offered any,. The animal display
ed more soul than the land pirates who
have made the wreck means of rob-
berry. agoebq 70 s3etalT = gas ~ z
| Messrs. J. G. Parkhurst, Ex-Gover-
nor Coe, A. Chandler, r. f. Mockridge,
and H. Robinson, of Coldwater, Mich,
(the bone of Capt. Wilson,, who were
sent as a-committee to receive and
bear home his remains, have returned,
arrangements being made for the for
warding of the body as soon as re-
covered. H4 -i3atE 7oH esG .Ti
THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER TO BE
INVESTIGATED. - At meeting of the
citizens of Milwaukee on Monday even
ing, resolution was unanimously
adopted, that Chief of the Police Beck,
be authorized to obtain the assistance
of able shipmasters, shipbuilders, and
others, and make Investigations as to
the sea-going qualities of the Lady Ell
gin and the conduct of the Captain o.
the schooner Augusta, which was the
cause of the disaster. 5ai iFd .t9'
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