The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-10
The steerage list comprises 100 adults,
l6 children and 4 infants.


OFFICERS OF THE VESSEL,
The officers OF the Schiller were Johl
G. Thomas, commander; Il. Killers, chic
officer; f, POLICEMAN, second officer; g
Freeze, third officer; r, Heintle, fourtl
officer; L, Fnhrig, chief engineer; F. Con
rad, second engineer; H. ROOnne, thirC
engineer; J. Kunkel, fourth engineer; DR.
A. Boil, physician; Z. Schmettan, purser
Q. Puttarkon, chief steward, first cabin
A. FelskOw, chief, second cabin.
Captain Thomas was man OF middle
age, and was unmarried. His residence
was in Hamburg, although most Of his
life had been passed on British vessels,
He il said to be native Of Germany.
The Agents ofthe Schiller received an,
other dispatch this evening from the
agent at Plymouth. 1t is as follows;
Killers, first officer; Pollaman, second
officer; Heintz, fourth officer, Jensen and
PaCkendrOf, boatsswainS, and HirsCh,
sail.maker, are saved, Also, passengers
Leo West, Henry Stern, Mr., and Mrs,
james Pesth, James Dunk, Hexter,
Frohn, Karc Kuhn, Marcus POeristher,
Schellenberg, Jansen, Beiderer, Fehr and
Williams; stokers, Smike and Bullig;
sailors GOuldberg, Willis and Peterson.
The survivors are expected at PenEance
Tomorrow morning, when we will obtain
q detailed list. ~. A. +. STEVENS,
RRSance Nay 8,
LIST OF NAILS on TILE SCHILLER.
The following Is the list Of the mails
placed on board the Schiller; For Lon
don, 80 bags Of letters and papers; for
Liverpool, II bags letters and papers; for
Glasgow, s bags letters and papers; for
Dublin, II bags letters and papers; for
Cherbourgh, and Paris, l2 bags letters
and papers; for Hamburg, II bags letters
and papers. The total number Of letters
Is $4,000. In addition to these there was
on board the entire tranS-Continental
mail from Australia and New Zealand,
comprising 1872 bags,
It Is remarked that ex-senator SChurz
and family sailed on the Hamburg
steamer Pymerania, which departed April
20, only one day after the Schiller. But
for the dinner and serenade given to him
In this city, he might have chosen an
caller vessel.
NEw YoRK, May 0.-A cable dispatch
received by the agents Of the Eagle line
this morning, gives the following list Of
passengers, so far rs known, saved from
the steamer Schiller; Leo, Weste, Henry
Stern, John Joens, Mrs. Jones, Jean Rink,
Dexter G. Frohm, Carl Kuhn, Marcus
Powitzer, II. Schellenberg, Q. Jansen, Lud.
wig Reiderer, Chas. Henry Percy, Rich
ard Williams, Joseph LegcnOre. The lat
ter name the agents state Is not in their
list Of passengers. ..
A Herald cable special Fupnljea the fol.
lowing additional particulars Oi the disas'
ter to the Schiller, under date Of London,
May s: The survivors and the dead ar.
rived in Penzance to-day as follows: At
8 o'clock there came u boat with seven
persons; at 10 o'clock two boats with
seven persons, two Of whom were dead; ut
II o'clock there came two other boats.
Tweuty-six men and one woman reached
Tresco Island in two boats. The 81. Agnes
boat subsequently picked up the bodies Of
four men, two women and little boy.
One man was found at Smiths Sound,
floating onn piece Of the wreck. Alta late
hourOf the day three bodies, one female,
were found. Forty.three persons are
known to have been saved. Nineteen
bodies have been recovered. A violent
sea isstill beating on the merciless shoals,
and thus prevents rendering efficient aid.
When the boats finally reached the neigh
borhood Of the Retarriere ledge, the last
mast Of the Schiller went overheard, and
scores Of people who were clingiag to II
were drowned, after having endured tile
most ugonizing suspense during the night.