The Red Cloud chief., 1875-06-17
sssry b . seAilier Pa.eas.s.

silsf Hexter. 40 Intelligent German
Qho vss passenger on the steamer
Schiller. wrecked 81 the scilly Isls,ds.
tells this story:
The voyage vas pleasant until Sun
day. - ID meant whom ther o.
viie "a. Afershss nothing ooeurrsd
Of moment until Friday soos. when .
fog. set in, and BY degrees became
thicker; bat the ship Kept At fall spssd.
with the sails up until $50. ! was
then staadiag q the engine, and the
officer ON 10 bridge rang the sngias
bell, and the boat . esduoed -
halt speed We ksps going u hall
spssd usdl osso. hs fog IL ~ dr.
Was 70 thick that we could hardly zee
hands before our eyes. The bell was
rupg again. just As the hell rang, ]
heard the ship strike, and fel, her bump
ing on the rocks; then the humping
increased and the sea began Ia break in
on the deck. Before she struck Q gres,
many male passengers were on the deck,
looking for land. The officers told us
We should see land about I o'clock.
which caused US 10 look for II. At the
moment the vessel struck the women
and children were down below. l did
not hear much noise on deck. l in
stsntly ran down TO the second cabin.
The women and childen were screaming
and running out Of their cabins all over
the ship. I noticed n lady ciasping
Mr.. Morris and exclaiming, "Oh, We are
lost" He said, mo. it's all right" and
he turned as pale as = sheet. l then got
frightened myself and ran again On deck.
but there were n lot Of people cream
ing. l could hardly see anybody because
of the fog. / ran then to the first cabin
20 get q life-freserver. but some Of the
men there said they we're all gone. I
returned again to the deck and jumped
into q boat, and the men in her drove me
out again. got in sgain, but Mr..
Williams. an Englishmsn, from Burning
ham, had n liie-preserver on. He came
to me, and at his request | helped him
10, but I Jumped out myself, because we
could o get the boat of the deck, and
q; this time the sea commenced To break
on the deck and the ship war bouncing,
and men, women and children were run
ming about screaming. Iran to the frs,
cabin again, and there saw a man l
knew from New York, standing there.
l heard another man tell him not to leave
because it would be the best place on
the ship. His wife and his two children
were standing by his side, and each Of
them had a life -preserver on. ! think
his name was Rosembluem. I then ran
to another boat on the quarterback. and
there ! saw nv friend Marks Powertee,
q German, with a life preserver on.
asked him where he got 1t, and he SAID
from under his pi low. / ran to the
stairs of the first cabin TO get q from
my berth, but went back sgsin. ran 10
the boat where l was before, and placed
ny hands on it. One man in the boat
said: IF you don't let go l will cut
your hands off," He SAID this in Ger
man.. I then went TO another boat snd
got into il. There were seven mep IN IL.
At that time the boat was swinging, but
it could not be let down, because the
rope was fast. think one Of the OH
GERS cut q of the ropes, and our boat
fell into the water. At that time . big
wave came up, filed the boat with wster
Immediately, and drove US right under
the ship; but another succeeded and
d owe US out again. Our boat got full
of water. We commenced bsiling i,
out with our hands, our hats and euI
boots. One Of the men In the bosi
shouted to . man on the deck, l think l,
Was one of the oficer, to throw him
bucket, but he did not do ".
We kept rowing about the ship all th'
time until 8 O'Clock in the morning. Al
this time the fog was very thick, and
We could see nothing bu. the lights il
the cabin of the ship, and all this tim,
the screaming ~ heartrending. But
we could see nobody On board. Ths
screaming lasted till about 4 O'Clock
and the last screaming that / heard, ant
which l shall never forget, was the voic,
of q little child, who VA, Ne believed
in the first cabin. The lights in III.
cabin, and all except he mast hest
light, went out. Mixed up with tn
heartrending screaming vas the lous
cracking Of the ship as wsve after wav'
broke upoo her. The reports soundet
like thunder. We continued BY the shil
till about 6 O'Clock, when the for<mas
with the light fell, and then We coui.
see nothing more of the vessel; but ~
could hear the water breaking oves II
and the spray dashing ovef the hull
both the at and the chimneys havis,
disappeared. We then rowed svsy
keep od the breaken- The fog By thi
time had cleared somewhat We ker
rowing, but did not know which way y
we're going - We had No eoopsss. "
continued rowing till about Q o'elocl
when the fog began TO clear, and the
Ne beard . noise, and upon Iookin
round int - nskad I'D ~