, 1860-09-10

after cabin cane ashore. Until Il reached the
surf line man was e:en slinginE to one Of the
legs. He disappeared in the breakers.
Among the rubbish Of the wrect, csme ashore
numerous kegs Of spirits, wines, bier. &c., from
the bar-keeper's stores. We re8ret to note
among the incidents Of the day 1ts use to the
to the extent of creating q drunken fight among
some Of the thore party.
Many Of the survivors ars sadly bruised and
cut by fragments Of tho wreck dsaned against,
them. :. - -
h large civil posse was pronpte set ut work
to guard tho property that should come on
shore. =;
From various evidence it would appear that
al uoususl degree of self control and absence
of confusion characterised the unfortunate pas
sengsrs. Had ths accident occurred in q
tmooth ees, hundreds must hAya been saved,
vino a,ated securely on RATS urtil they vera
c4r1is1 into the breakers. ;:
No accurate list or number of persons on
board aan bs giveu, but it is zsarly n follows:
Excursion Party (about). 300
Regular Passengers (satimated) ).;....-.... 81
Crew Of Stexmer... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 50
Total. tal.....................,
4 special train to leave on Sunday morning
will farEish us with further details Of bodies
sa7ed, VII eh will appsar in our Neaday'4 sec.
ond edition.
STATEMENT. OF LIEUT.. HARTSUFF.
[Mr Hartsuffis Lieuten ant in tho U. S, Army,
and il stationed ct F3rt MsckinA1,
lwas on board the steamer Lsdy Egn when
ste collided with the schooner Augusta, as,ern
in INF berth. Immediately JUMPED from nv
berth autt saw the schooner a1asthE array. Did
1ot think any serious damage had been done at
first, but so6n discovered that the ate amer was
settling. Immediately left my,berth, which
was IN the after cabin, and rau toward the pilot
house where :oupd Capt. Wilson on the hur-
ricxns deck. l asked him it he thought there
WAS any danger, and he replied that ho thought
she would a1a.. lie told me vheEa tro:e were
life preseryers on the hurricane deck. and
went aad passed them down to the passengers
in the cabin till they wers about exhausted,
when l took one myself and waited on
tile hurricane deck. While there,. quite a nnm
bsr came on the deck, only few Of
| whom were females, but how many came uo,
quarter 10 Lasf an hour after she was struck,
ahe broke up the hurricane oeek floating eli,
| xnd the hulk gong To the bottom, with tre-
me1dous noise As abe broke, Jumped with
my life preaerver-a board sir Or eight feet
long aud ab3ut one wide-into thu water, which
| WAS At .lis Ii" only Il lew feet below Us, and
pulled with ail my might 10 eEcape from lAe mass
ofthe wreck. Alter tue confusion had somewha.
subsis sj, heard the volce Of Capt il,on cheer
ing and encouraging the people On the VT eek,
teitlng them that tne shore Was but few miles
ctt, aud that if they kept cain and obeyed h.s
dlrecnous they might nil be saved. he4rd
him in ,hia lLAnner ior perhaps ten minutes,
| nd han hA6a III m III fhA h%,+r,
| cane deck on which the Captain and
large number were, that heard no more.
Al! arount me were numbers ot persons
Htatin2 on pieces Of the wreck, until it
| became Daylight When it became 60 light
| that couIu Zee soma distance, l discovered
large mass OF the wreck little distance 10
tue wtaiw4rd OF us, covered with peopl-.
then got On quito I large plecs o. wreck Which
| was Hu4tiDg near me, and whlGh' ccsta;r.o n"
other pefson, aad no person got On 1t after
| did. The large massto the ~iadrard, u. which
| have just spoken. now began 10 separate.
then lett sLs piecs l was On and lot on
large piece oi the hurricane deck, on
which there were four other persona -doe's
kaow who they were. un this frag-
ment l remained until We reached within
when our raft broke up, and two of the four gu
! i: with me were washed ct and drowned. 4
moment stter the remainder of our party we're
Nashsd eli by he, ,ry sea, and one more of our
little p4rtY drowned. Ny remaining compan-
ion contzavsd to regain The raft, and sxain
took to Life presef'er which found aaost,
aud on this fosted 10 the shore j:st below
the bluffs. From the time I Was swept from
the RAFT, until reached tho shore, was
several t!me1 buried deep under the waves.
When elose in to the shore, | WAS thrown
frou my life preserver AID went to the bottom,
and although the water VAS not more than three
or four feet deep. Was ~ exhausted - to be
unable to rise, and crawled for some distance
under tue waler until reached dry laud.
Ea1ly IN the morning discovered u fragment
of the wreck short distance from NE On which
was a wosnan AID three m=n. She VAS 80 much
exhausted that ahe seemed unable to keep IRON
drop NJ to sleep, although The excruons Of the
three men we're continually ID use 10 prevent it,
She Was finally dEo.ned while remaining On
the wreck, being unable to keep her head from
tie water. Hsr body remained On the fray
caept + the wreck as long ss it was in sight 1
saw many pieces Of the wreck containing from
two t, four persons caps zad, almost invariably
| drowning all thxtwere on them. To avoid the
capsizi5g Of our frail bark, instructed
ito mea with me 40 to ait On it ~ to
keep the edges under water. This prevented
US capsizing, and ut the same time enabled us to
aoat faster, we hariog in this way passed many
Of the otter rats. l saw one woman alone
1disco1ed her, the table caps1ed and she dis.
appeared under mater for seYeral seconds. but
hnasly reappeared Oh the surface cl!nx1ne t.
the table, and eventually, by great exertians,
she regslned her seat upon the table. When
last saw Ter she Was nsar the sh4re. AID as
hexrd Of woman being saved shortly afler !
Was taken ahouse near Dy, I presume ahe must
hare BEEN the one. By my Instructions, cur
party most Of the time turred our faces from
lbs shore, aad thus faced the waves, and in this
way were enabled to watch the breakers as hey
csme towards us and be prepared forthe In
| nxny& fS1Y4on l..
iax washed of, whl:e almost every one near u:
we1e carried from their frail barks and persisted,
Under one piece Of the wreck which vas Hoat.
ing near US were ;oar dead cattle fastened to it.
On this were two or three persons. The buoy.
apcy Of The dead bodies OF tie cattle kent TIL.
pieca Of the wreck aimort entirely out Of wa
Ter, and when last seen. this peculiar life-boa,
was very near the shore, and The persona On il
were doubtless saved.
When passed through the cabin On nv ysy
10 the pilot hou'e, Immediately after the col,
{ lsiou, there was much confusion there. Macy
of the passengers, owing 10 ths scarcity o.
berths, were asleep on the door, and when The
collision took place. the vessel listed 10 muck
that all rolled in pila On oce side OF the cabin
T1is caused much confusion, and ~tEn ptrsoul
from above commenced passing down life pre-
servers, and those belor commenced pulfiup
down the doors and other floating material, tht
at1iety to obtain these preservers w4s grea
indeed. About daylight taw one boat badlJ
ttoye, bottom up, ak or seven men cllnpipp L
it. Whether or not they we're eaTed e4ano
when reached the shore, every attention
which beartfelt sympathy could suggest, Va
+ paid to me and tbs other survivors. One gen
tleman pulled of his coat and Gsya; !. n ~. .n
sno1her his boots H. r.e1cr. Of The b. I hdsm sn
!. House, clc@g was one Of the J1st to reacl
the Gene OF disaster, snd his efforts for III
t comfort an: safety Of a'l were unceasin9.