The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-11-26 00:00:00

THE CHANNEL SIGNALLING ARRANGE-
kIENTS.-THANKS OF THE SAVED.

No further bodies from the wreck of the Dutch
steamer W. A. Scholten were recovered along the
coast on Tuesday, as far as could be ascnrtained from
Dover, and it is the general opinion that they will not
be picked up until some few days yet. A matter of
very great Importance to those who are travelling on
the sea has been brought to light by the disaster to the
Scholten.
,Its not publicly known that so little d iffer-
VICO. is observed betweensignals to indicate a collision or
anythingehethatitisnotpossibletodiitinguishbetween
them. It appears that the signals made by the Scholten
wore,.heard by some boatmen near the Admiralty Pier,
' but they were not regarded as anything very serious,
and as they were some four or five miles off they did
not trouble to put off. There also appears, according
to the experience of seafaring people at Dover, where
an enormous traffic passes daily, to be no strict rule
about showing of lights, and rockets, especially,
,lmongst some of the foreign ships. Had there been
some unmistakable signal, assistance could have been
,-kendered easily to the Scholten, as on inquiring, it
appears that the want of such signals was the reason
, why the London and Chatham mail packet Wave,
which left Dover on the night of the disaster, did not
stop, as she could. easily have done, having had to pass
not far from where the ships were lying. The signals
were taken to be only of an ordinary character. On
Tuesday a strong south-east wind prevailed, and. the
,Channel being very clear, one of the masts of the
Scholten could be plainly seen above water. .Several
'boats put out early on_Tuesday morning, and posted
themselves around and in the line of the wreck, but
, were unable to find anything, not even a vestige of
wreckage. The foremast has been broken away as
_though a vessel had passed over it. he lies right in
the way of the navigation of the Channel. Through-
out the night the bodies of the Hebrews were watched,
according to the Jewish custom, by a watchman, and
on Tuesday night the duty of preparing the corpses
_for interment was proceeded with in the shed where
they were removed to on being landed. The body of
- Mr. Goldschniidt, a London merchant, was identified
on Tuesday. The following was issued on Tuesday morn-
ing on behalf of the survivors: "In the name of all those
persons who were rescued from drowning at the ship-
wreck of the steamer W. A. Scholten, which sailed
on the 19th inst. from Rotterdam, and who were
overtaken by dreadful suffering before the end of the
same day, we, the undersigned, beg to offer our most
grateful thahks to the authorities of the Sailors' Hcrne,
and also to the inhabitants of Dover, for the generous
and warm-hearted reception accorded to us by them,
as well as for the liberal gifts and great kindness
which they have showered upon us, and to assure
them that it will never be forgotton by any one of u..
May God reward them a thousandfold.—Signed by
Guiseppe de Bertolini, Ferdinand Baron de Cies,
Mamertus Reich." lt was decided on Tuesday, after
r4li consultation with the representatives of the company
to which the Scholten belonged, to delay the departure
of the survivors for Rotterdam.
THE RESUMED INQUEST.
The inquest on the bodies recovered from the W.
A. Scholten was resumed on Tuesday afternoon at
Dover, when the purser of the vessel gave evidence
as to the steps he took to assist the passengers after
the collision by serving out life belts, &c. He spoke
very highly of the conduct of the captain and crew
of the Ebro. E.-W. Franz Moritz, the second mate,
who was on the bridge at the time of the collision,
but not in charge of the watch, said they saw what
appeared to be an anchor light about a quarter of a
mile off:- The Scholten's .helin was put hard a-port,
and she seemed quite clear of the other vessel, which,
he alleged, steamed on and struck the Scholten on
Volt bow.; The inquiry was adjourned until next
. . .
morning.

THE SOENE IN THE DEAD-HOUSE.
Twenty-one bodies of the passengers and crew of
the steamer Soholten, Which sank in the channel,
were on Monday night lying at Dover. Nineteen of
these were placed in a large shed used for salvage
materials on the quay, owing to the insufficiency of
the ordinary Mortuary, and they were guarded by a •
le---of --members.- of - the- Borough-police force.
During the day a crowd of people gathered round the
building, and the police admitted a large number of
perm:Mil-to set one of the most melancholy of sights..
Of the nineteen, five were women, 'varying in age
from 25 to 40., They
.were laid together in a row on
some cleanitraw, and' bore numbers, which had been
placed on them by the police, to assist in their
identification. - One yo,u,pg woman, the stewardess,
was.just.about to be miirried. .In another case, the
woman's . husband ley tinder' the seine ro9b. They
appeared to be of the poorer class, but were...all wia
elothid: All the women were ..completely.. clothed,
exce)pt that 'one or two Were barefooted, and. 'another
'bad olia'boot.bff; The bodies • of the men occupied
one side of the building; they were more or less.
ionipletelY- dreinied ; the fades - had that fresh-
ness of colour, peculiar to tho4r-who have been
*owned:recently ,in„. cAld. weather; hut', for the
mournful . surroundings -;oliik ',Might' easily imagine
that they -ware, lying asleep.:
~ Many -hi i 4 - yidr coats
buttoned up, and their collars ti;rne.d.. pi, is though .7
to. 'protect themselves from . the. bitter „ cold. of tkat '
terfible.night. • Miong thedead.was,a .c..hu0)37 little'
halo* about six years of age. He, was fully dressed,
and appeared to have belonged AO well-to-do.parents.
He was lying between a man named Goldsmith, said
.to have :been a-wealthy merchant,, and. anuthpr first—
. Bass painienger:-In one or it tvo 'natal: earl 'victims
appeared td have struggled barci-with death. - 'All the -
'men had their bdots on except one or ttfcti'autl Boma
. .. .
were wee,ringleavi boots," i ...
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"•:°!.'THE„I3A.VEII'AT THE -SAILOR'S' HOME.,
Everylt .t` ' ' —afforded i a en ion was .9 the. poor creatures
Irbo7..Wereat the Dover Sailors' Home. .This institu- -
..tionliasibeltericrmatiiittndredunf ehiPwreeked sea-
' Man, And in. anticipation of an OrbergePoY •,there - it's ,
always a stock of provisions and clothing kept. it the THE 'JEFFRIES'. CASE. .. .. ;
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sources, iihdrAtAifvel 7144 Veeplifl,*et4-- elothed'.l4 - At the-Illiddleserrfleeitibiiiiin Monday; before the
charitably-dispOsa -Persons; . thinf Of '' whom wbrer • "Assistant-SudgevAlaryTrances..leffries;72,:deseribed
attracted toltie..-goine.ott .ISionday..-i.A.Some-took 1 the-. '')ws'ini hotel keeper, 'who was'eonvicted last sessions of
men away .vd,:dltithed. the*-oi.hifkititlieliebehtribute4 'keeping and maintaining a disorderly. house, .NO. 15,
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people WOO all seated-togetho fo'it,,tpfir.nfeiiiii in one : 'against her riviliT,:lrift" that she Was teen :to isit it
of the large towns. • The itfilliiik,pli4s'ed - iti itch !, of ' onu swreral, occasions, -4n4
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provided iii the smoking-room, while others strolled A -4.
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.antli-the. fireman at AlielliWthr. vail
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party which was recovered. Xiigttrireltiffger had labourid-Allesehten‘Affirinistirwoukt sboolLumonthe
saved .£2OO, and was on his way to join his wife in imprisontr.ent as a second-class misdemeanant. She
America; he lost the whole of his money. would be liable in addition to psy the £4OO surety
THE INQUEST AT DOVER. taken at the last trial and now forfeited. The prisoner
The inquest was opened at Dover. on Monday? I
was then removed to the cells,

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