The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-16
SEA BIRD DISASTER.
ONLY THREE HEN SAVED
Additional PARTICULARS.
OF A. G CHAMBERLAIN.

We give below the full statement of A.
G. Chamberlain and the material facts
related by the other two who were saved
We are pleased to state that some of
those mentioned in our extra as having
been aboard were fortunately on terra fir
ma at the time of the disaster. OF those
who embarked at Sheboygan, VIM. g.
Mallory, Mrs E. E. Sharpe, and DR.. E.
Hahn, went ashore at Port Washington: ::
and H. A. Gaylord and wife, ID. G. Dag
get and Miss Sprague remained in Mil
waukee. Mrs. E. H. Stone, Miss Bemis,
and Geo. Merrick were not on board, as
was reported.
Among the names of the crew not Civ
en- heretofore are the following: Sol Lab
risky: William Green; Charley, barber.
Miss Annie Fisher, the two Misses
Carroll, of Detroit, and Frank Cargill,
of Chicago, were among the passengers.
as was Mr.. L. F. Gaylord of Chicago.
Mr.. Gregg Hurson states that the
number of passengers known to be on
board was thirty-fve, while the crew
numbered thirty -four-making about
seventy souls in ALL
ALBERT C. CHAMBERLAIN S STATEMENT.
| went aboard the steamer Sea Bird at
3 O clock 2. III. ,on the afternoon of We'd
neSday, the Sth inst, at Sheboygan
There was very heavy sea at the time,
so much so that the hands aboard were
unable to get gang plank to the shore.
They threw the baggage on and off the
boat with the greatest hurry and dis
patch, the captain frequently saying,
Come, hurry up, men, hurry up. T"
About ten passengers got aboard the
steamer at Sheboygan, all bound for Chi
cago. Three ladies got aboard here, only
one of whom | knew. Her name is Miss
| Sprague. and she belonged in Sheboygan
Falls. She was on her way to visit some
relatives of hers at La Crosse.
We reached Milwaukee at halfpast 9
o clock on Wednesday evening. Here
we took aboard passengers and freight.
among the latter valuable horse: | be-
| ieve that about 80 passengers got on here
| but | understand that similar number
got off We got away from Milwaukee
at half past 10, and reached kenosha al
midnight. At this point the weather
was quite moderate, and the sea not al
all boisterous. We got away from Keno
sha IN the course Of half an hour. As
near as | can judge, there were at least
one hundred passengers on board whei
| took passage at Sheboygan. | estl
mate the number of passengers from the
fact that the tea table, which would com
fortably seat SO, had to be set three time.
/ The two first times it was well flied, ano
a goodly number sat at the third.
/ think that, with the crew, there were u;
souls aboard We reached Racine at :
0 clock a. m. There we took no passen
gers. When we we're in Racine | was il
bed. [ slept in the forward cabin, state
room No. %. The taking off and put
ting on of freight at Racine [ shoult
judge occupied from fifteen to twent.
minutes.
i THE FIRST ALARM.
i When we were off, about as near as
can reckon, eight miles southeast Of Wau
kegan, | was awakened from sount
Sleep, BY an intiistinct rumbling noise
At first I thought the crew we're 6ghtin.
and so hurried on with my clothes as fas
as possible, so that / might be on hant
to see the fun. When [ opened m,
state-room door, I found everything il
the direst confusion. The tables hat
been set for breakfast, and everything
was all ready for an early meal. Ih'