Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-09
The Steamship Schiller, Of the
Hamburg Line, Wrecked Oft
the Bishops Rock, Near
the Sciily Isles.
Over Two Hundred Passengers
Supposed to have been Lost,
and Only Forty-Three
Known to be Saved.
Intense Excitement in London
Names of the Saved and Lost
Immense Amount of
Mail Natter Lost
Etc, Etc.
FIRST TIDINes OF THE DISASTER.

FIRST TIDINGs OF THE DISASTER.
LONDON, May S.-The Eagle line
steamship Schiller, Captain Thomas
which sailed from New York on April
2Sth, for Hamburg, by way OF Plymouth
and ChesbOurg, has been wrecked off the
Scilly isles, and 1t is reported that two
| hundred persons have perished.
! 1890 p.m.-AdditiOnal particulars re-
ceived from the wreck of the steamship
| Schiller show that the disaster is fully 50
terrible as at first reported. The accI-
dent occurred at ten o'clock last night,
at which hour the steamship struck on
dangerous ledges near Bishops Rock,
heavy fog prevailing at the time.
A boat belonging to st. Agnes, the
sOuthermost Of the Scilly islands, has
| landed some of the survivors of the
wreck at st. Mary's island, another of
the Scillys. These survivors were picked
up while swimming with the tide. They
had several narrow escapes from drown
ing, and were number of times washed
off the rock to which they attempted to
cling. They declare the number Oflives
lost by the disaster to be two hundred.
A fearful sea is raging, and it is scarcely
| possible for boats engaged in searching
| for the survivors to live. The Scilly
life-boat has put off for the wreck.
p.m.-Up to this hour, in this city,
only five passengers and two Of the crew
of the steamship Schiller are known TO
have been saved. The captain and Sec
ond mate were drowned. The steam
ship is now lying broadsiGe on the rocks.
| She is under water, and her mainmast
| is gone. A steamer and several boats
are cruising about the scene Of the wreck.
The disaster was owing to the dense fog,
which prevented either of the Scilly
lights being seen.
GREAT EXCITEMENT.
p.m.-The wreck OF the Schiller
causes great excitement in this city.
Extras are published containing all the
particulars at hand. Later dispatches
| hold out the hope that some Of the pas
sengers and crew may have reached
ready mentioned.
2:3Op.m.-Up to this hour it is known
that the following persons have been
saved from the wreck: H. Killers, chief
officer; a seaman; Lempke and Boiling,
stOkers; Gouldberg, Wallis, Peterson,
and Peck, sailors; Louis Rederer, cabin
passenger, of New York; Kern, prObs-
bly, F. J. Kern, cabin passenger, of
Shenandoah, Pennsylvania; Kuhn,
probably E. Kuhn, cabin passenger, Of
New York; Peste, probably Leo w.
Peste, cabin passenger, of Philadelphia,
and F. .Schilienberg, steerage passenger,
Of New York. The bodies Of two dead
passengers have been recovered by the
steamer and liteboats.
p.m.-A dispatch just received here
from PieTsance, Cornwall, says lifebOats
and steamer left here at half-past one
this morning for the scene OF the wreck.
The sea is still rough, preventing the
small crafts from going out. The Pie
tarrieTe ledges, on which the Schiller
struck, is barely one-third of a mile in
side of Bishop rock, and the steamship
should have heard the Bishop fog-bell.
p.m.-rwenty-six of the persons
who were on board the Schiller, in ad.
ditiOn to those reported saved, have
been landed at Trs soon and Bryer
islands of the Scilly group. Among
them are the second, third and fourth
officers. The captain is certainly
drowned.
PASSENGERS KNOWN To HAVE BEEN
SAVED.
The following passengers are known
to have been saved: First-class psssen-
gers-Henry Stsr, Of New York; Leo
West, of Philadelphia; and Karl Kusin.
Second. class and storage passengers-
Charles Holster, Charles Thsre, Karl
Dsntzin, Marcus PapWitzer and Charles
Jones and wife. Four other Storage
pagsengeIs were saw, /, but their names
have not yet Ecen eIceTtainCd es they
are in a state of ins ensibility. The fol
lowing membeis of the crew are also
saved: BlackhOuse, Rehrberg, Jensen,
AdamsOn, Hanmann, Blaun, Jurge-
Jensen, Werneckle, Fahler, Hoffman,
Ernst, Pierson, Piel, ZWensch and
SchWeinske.
ADDITIONAL.
9p.m.-Up to this hour but forty-three
Of all who were on board are known TO
be saved. Twenty-Five sacks of mail
matter have also been saved. Several
bodies have been picked up near the
wreck, among them q woman with 3
child clasped in her arms.
LATER PARTICULARS.
A dispatch just received says that
Richard Williams and Charles Henry
Percy, steerage passengers, we're saved.
Nineteen corpses and some bales of hay
and other portions Of the cargo. had been
saved. The survivors and portions of
the mails have reached Pensance, and
will be forwarded from that place to
Plymouth by the first train. Those who
are going to CherbouTg and Hamburg,
will be sent to their destination by the
steamship POmerania, of the Ham
burg and American line, now on her way
from New York, and expected to reach
Plymouth to-day.
WHAT is KNOWN OF THE STEAMSHIP IN
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, May S.-The Schiller
sailed from this port with one hundred
and forty-nine passengers. The agents |
here Of the Eagle line say that Captain |
Thomas, OF the Inflated Schiller, was
the oldest commander in the line. He |
was for many years in the service OF the |
Peninsulsr and Oriental company, and |
occupied high place among British |
sailors, and was with difficulty induced |
to leave the British service to enter that |
of the Eagle line. The Schiller was one
Of the newest and best boats in the
trans-cOntinental service, large and
strong, and constructed on the latest
pattern. She was built on the Clyde 10y
Robert Napier d Sons. Her sister ship
is the LessiDg. These two vessels left
this port for home densely crowded, be-
Ing the first TO take advantage of the
opening Of travel for Europe. They Were
the last two steamers that sailed under
the flag Of the Eagle line, which has
been consolidated with the Ham burg
and American line. Previous to the de-
parture OF the Schiller the company 3
vessels had gone out with light passen-
ger lists.
The Schiller is said to have been built
according to the requirements Of the
Lloyd marine insurance company, and
% have possessed every known appli-
snce for safety. She was valued at
seven hundred thousand dollars, aHd
vas insured for her full value. Ghe
rev consisted Of one hundred and
.wenty.four men, including officers.
She carried six kegs containing three
lundTed thousand dollars in gold,
shipped by E. d. Bollin & Co., bankers,
If "A Exchange place this city, to F. s.
8Ollin d Co., Paris, and two huc dred
md fifty mail-bags containing the en-
ire continental mail, together with
arge Australian mail. Her cargo con-
listed OF general merchandise, including
light hundred aud sixty bales Of cotton,
wo thousand five hundred and thirteen