"The steamer LADY ELGIN lying at her wharf at Chicago -- From a photograph taken the day previous to the Collision, by Samuel Alschuler, of Chicago."
"The steamer LADY ELGIN lying at her wharf at Chicago -- From a photograph taken the day previous to the Collision, by Samuel Alschuler, of Chicago."
"John Furlong, finding his cabin door will not support two, is compelled to relinquish it to Gough, who was afterwards lost"
"John Furlong, finding his cabin door will not support two, is compelled to relinquish it to Gough, who was afterwards lost"
Mr. and Mrs. Evison Clinging to the pilot-house of the LADY ELGIN
Mr. and Mrs. Evison Clinging to the pilot-house of the LADY ELGIN
"Steamer Lady Elgin. Wrecked off Winnetka, September 8, 1860, by collision with schooner Augusta. 400 passengers on board -- only 98 saved. From a photograph taken as the steamer lay in the Chicago river, between Clark and La Salle streets, September 7, 1860, the day before the disaster. Copy obtained ...
"Steamer Lady Elgin. Wrecked off Winnetka, September 8, 1860, by collision with schooner Augusta. 400 passengers on board -- only 98 saved. From a photograph taken as the steamer lay ...
Reason: disabled machinery
Lives: nil
Remarks: Repaired
...Reason: disabled machinery
Lives: nil
Remarks: Repaired
...Reason: broke machinery
Lives: nil
Remarks: Repaired
...Reason: broke machinery
Lives: nil
Remarks: Repaired
...Reason: sunk by collision
Lives: 400
Hull damage: $33,000
Cargo: $8,000
Remarks: Total loss
...Reason: sunk by collision
Lives: 400
Hull damage: $33,000
Cargo: $8,000
Remarks: Total loss
...Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Remarks: Got off
...Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Remarks: Got off
...Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Freight: cattle, goods, &c
Remarks: Got off
...Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Freight: cattle, goods, &c
Remarks: Got off
...Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Hull damage: $1,300
Cargo: $2,000
Freight: cattle &c.
Remarks: Got off
...Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Hull damage: $1,300
Cargo: $2,000
Freight: cattle &c.
Remarks: Got off
...Reason: sunk
Lives: nil
Freight: passengers, goods
Remarks: Raised
...Reason: sunk
Lives: nil
Freight: passengers, goods
Remarks: Raised
...Reason: broke machinery
Remarks: Repaired
...Reason: broke machinery
Remarks: Repaired
...Reason: collision
Lives: nil
...Reason: collision
Lives: nil
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