The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-05-19

LEL nDAAI 49,
ven If thew had been successfully
illcd. The whole number saved Is
forty-four.
Dorrua smith, ofthe Sicily Islands,
writes to the Times that many sddi-
ional lives were lost because the
guns and rockets fred from the
Schiller were thought to be merely
ordinary signals Of arrival which
have frequently beea~the cause Of
false alarms.
LoNDeN Nav 9zEvsning Forty
three survivors Of the crew anu
passengers Of the steamer Scaihef
| lare arrived 1t Penzance. VI lhe5e
birtv-three have gone 10 Plymouth
| The remainder are too III TO DC mo
ed.
.soouSrs FROM WV YORK
vrw YonK. Nay 8-Duriag The
nitro dav there was a recurrence Of
7rrawfaI scenes al the Office here Of
tho acep 5 oe the line to which the
schiller belonged. Friends Of those
,n board The ilI-fated steamer, male
and female, kept coming il q contin-
uous stream 10 ascertain anything
bad been heard in regard to those
they sought and upon being answer
ed In the negative, as was generally
the case. gave vent to their grief in
loud lamentations. In many cases
fathers made inquiries touching
their wives and children, who had
embarked for the iatherland on a
visit; In others. brothc's for numer-
Gus sisters. and il others, children
| for their parents. Ia the abseece Of
definite infUrm-tion regarding the
saved and lost, all those who have
/ friends on the vessel are 10 the deep
est distress. Eagle Steamship Line,
Of German transatlantic Steam
Navigation Company, was organized
in 1872. us capital stock was about
$4,000. 600, and has been held
chiefly in Germany, although a part
is owned in this country. The com
pany has very recently beer CONSOLE
dated with the neutrality-suspicious.
Packet Company. The news Of the
ratification Of this consolidation by
the stockholders was received from
Hamburg week before last. The
Leasing, The sister ship Of the Schil-
Ter. which left this port on Tuesday
last. was the last steamer to sail un-
der the flag of the E-gle liae. The
name Of the consolidated company
has not vet been announced.
The ageats 10 New York Of the
Eagle line say that Captain Thomas,
OF the Schiller, was the Oldest com
mander in the line: that be was for
many years in the employ of the
P~eninsular and Oriental Company,
and that be occupied a high place
among British sailors He was with
great difficulty induced 20 leave the
British service TO erter that Of the
Eagle line. The Schiller was one Of
the newest and best boats ia the
trans-coutinenta service, large and
strong, and constructed on the latest
pattern.
Her crew consisted Of l2i men,
including officers. She carried six.
kegs. containing $500, coo, gold ship
ped by f. S. Bailen e Co. Of "a
Exchange Place, in this city, TO I. S
BALM & Co, Paris, and $50 mail
bags. containing the entire continen-
tai mail, together with a large Aus
tralian mail. Her cargo consisted of
general merchandise, including 500
bales Of cotton, 2,5l3 barrels ofrosin,
1000 bushels Of corn, and a large
/ consignment Of leaf tobacco. The
officers Of the Company in this city
were besieged during the morning by
! friends Of those who sailed 10 the
vessel, and the scenes of distress
which resulted from a confirmation
ofthe news that the vessel had been
lost were pitiful TO behold. One man
who had a wife aud W children on
board fell into q fainting fit on being
informed Of the fate Of his family,
and loud wailings were to be heard
on all sides.
The anxiety to learn details Of the
dreadful disaster IS very great. The
/ Office Of the Eagle line was visited
soon after the news first arrived by
friends of passengers on board the
lost vessel, who were encouraged, 10
the absence of particulars, to hope
for better tidings. Many refused to
believe that the loss oflife bad been
so great as at FIRST reported, and
strong men appealed to the officers in
attendance to be told that there was
some terrible mistake in the nature of
the report.
One gentleman came in hastily
AID read the telegraph;c slip an
nouncing that but four passengers
were known 20 be saved. He then
staggered blindly from the counter
and dropped upon n Of the sofas
near by, and passing his hands across
his face, he suddenly burst into tears.
He was a brotber-in-law Of Mr.
KornblGm, Of this city, who, with bis
wife and three children, were on
board the Inflated steamer and were
lost.
TIE sCILLT ISLES.