, 1860-09-10

List Of Passengers Saved.
LIST CT TRosD KNOWN TO BE
LOST.
Statements of Passengers and
Officers of the Steamer.


ecnnunitJ, and the other communities yet to be
thrilled with the intelligence Of disaster which
lssjust occurred on this lake. without parallel
in the marine annals of the lakes. Other ves-
se1s havs been lest enid scenes Of horror that
will cause them long to be remembered, but 1t
the had Of lake disasters will ever stand the
fearful loss Of the steamer Lady Eigin, and each
recurrence Of the anniversary OF tbs night Of
Friday, September 7th, 1850, will be long OBJ
served By hundreds Of lacsr6ted hearts with
tears and auguish.
The schooner Augusta, Capt. D. II. Malott,
came into cur por: early Saturday morning,
and reportsd that on the nigh: previous,
about midnight she had collided with large
steamer on this lake, = few miles out OF this
city. The Augusta hal suffered seriously in
the encounter from the loss Of her headgear,
aud Was leaking badly She had = full csrgo Of
lumber, which had shifted in tho eolllaion, in
which she struck hesd on. The Captain knew
nathing Of the extent Of the disaster to tho
other vessel.
Almost simultaneously With her arrival cana
tfdipgs from Evanston thst brought tbs rest Of
the Tale, in m intelligence Of disaster TINT by
eight o'clock 1. II. flled our s!raets and places
Of pubic resor. with 2nxious inquirers, when
it was known that the steamer, in the encoun-
ter with the Augusta Was tae Indy Elsin, Capt.
Jack Wilson, which left this port on Friday
evening in her regular departure for Lake Su"
pcrior, in which line she has run for somc sea-
sons past.
7 A. 11G4 f1Ar IN
last left Milwaukee On I regular charter from
the Independent Union Guards from that city,
and brought shout three hundred excnrsionisss,
gentlemen and ladies, into Chicago, where 4ts
party passed the day in interchange Of hcs1i-
talities s1d socialities usual to such occasions.
On her return she 1e!t - stated on her regular
trip to Lake Superior, tskicg about fifty cabin
passengers for Naelinau and pleasure. points
north, added to the e1cursion party.
The sppalling intelligence eame to hand
that in tho colision the steamer thus heavily
frsightsd with precious life, Vas cut nearly in
two amidships, and sunk ia the lake ab5ut
tvelse miles Of Wine.ka, sixteen miles north
of this eiiy.
Tho early Waukegan train on 1hs Chicago and
Milwaukee road. having on board passengers
from the North, &mong them the clerk and
mate Of the Elgto. broughtths 6rat detailed H.
tsl6genee Of tbs painful disaster. The terribts
news ran from mouth to mouth, and not moIs
than aa hour elapsed before it was heard in the
outsrmost streets Of tbs city. 4 rush to the 4.
ice Of Aessrp. Hubbard i Hunt, on South vs.
ter strest, and that Of L. T. Spencer Co., tt .
-F hnA& ~ f.. -
1isenee got abroad, snd Ill day long they were
b.siegsd by anxious crowds Of those who had
| friends OF relatives aboard, and by the thl u
| sands Of sympAthisers who made the eau.s of
the sufferers their own.
Groups Of men 1t every erect corner, acx-
ioualy discussing the cause and consequences
| Of The awful calamity, we're \ constant featurs
| Of the day. The business OF the town wAx for.
| gotten. oa Change, In shops, hotels, Offices
| and stores, the d!saster WAS the theme. Tbs
saved, As they were sent down on the trains run
On The occasion, were soon surrounded BY in.
qairing crowds. and in many ceses before they
wers permitted to get of their wet clothing,
wese compelled to halt aud repeat the fearful
tale over and OVER again. Every new item, ev.
cry CLEAN Of hspe. every substraction froz
the rumbeT Of thu Lost, was joytullr received
1t tspencer i Co.'S, the Agents, the inquiries
for friends we're most frequent And pressing.
Many hope wAa dashed, many ! heart waa
smftten With despair, and many vail went up
there. Aen, women. and boys, came tumblinQ
in aud went weeping out
The excitement continued to 4 late hour. The
/ ~ H. 1T. ~
AND TRIBUNE, just before noon, containing h.
meagre particulars that had como to hand, only
served to whet the public appetite for more
In the evening, the hotels were filled, and mol
until midnight arrived, and the details vert
thoroughly DISCUSSED, did tue eroxds therei,
senkbly abste. It was a Day that Chicago vii
long remember
With connendabls humanity and prompt
ness, Supt. Baldwin Of the Chicago and Ai!wau
tee RaliroAd, placed at the disposal Of the own
ers Of the E|gin and numerous friends Of tn
passengers, q special train which With the Coro
ner, physicians, and q lsrgs party Of eitizenl
left this city following the regular train \: "a
l. II. for Winetka, OF which tho disaster oc
eu1red.
We dispatched special reporter to Mlwau
kee by the regular morning train, and others +
tho more immediate ssens Of disaster-tt
shore 1t Winetta-whers the train srrivs
ebout ten 4. II.
Ths ev.ning Of Friday sst in with wiz
moderately high, though not such II woul
hays deferred tbs Elgin from ltaviug; Jet it
still likely she would havs lain By, but fur ii
return excursion party, Who hsd mad
no calculations On remaining over. Soon afte
| ste left, however. aDd scarcely could she ba'
got outside. heAYy thunder storm came NJ
.bou. midnight. accompanied By IN inersAse {
wind, which grow to perfect gals. In sueh
eonmotion of ths elements the collision Too
place, ths sea running high, aud tho EAl' II
srea.ink throughout ths night, and almost th
entire Of Saturday.
s'full ars thu details cur rsportsrs hass bee
ABA TO procure from ths statements Of passs1
esf' appended, that we prefer to lssrs ths nai
1s'f1''Fs Of the collision and sinking Of th
1ef 70 b gained from sash ssurcat, Will
+ "'Pee q la1sr sssass scarcely less fearfal II
l nA11oMnE' On The surf.wuhsd shors .of Wiaet
4 q, and 1t Milwaukee wbsrs obyiou.lv tn f.s,
1al calamity vista hundrsds II horu.s.