The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-05-10
OCEAN STEAMSHIP WRECKED.
Loss Of the Schiller on the Sicily
Islands.
Nearly Two Hundred Persons
Drowned.
Sad Scenes at the Company's Ofice In
New York.
THE NAMES OF THE SAVED.
A Dense Fog the Cause OF the
nSSnSfar.
THE NAMES OF THE SAVED
A Dense Fog the Cause OF the
Disaster.


| that 200 persons have persisted.
1890 p M'-Addtional particulars thus far
| received of the wreck of the steamship Schiller
show that the disaster is fully as terrible as at
| first reported.
The accident occurred at 10 o'clock last
night at which hour the steamship struck on
the dangerous Retarrirere lodges, near Bishop s
Rock. A fog prevailed at the time.
A boat belonging to St. Agnes, the southern
most of the Sicily Islands, has landed some of
| the survivors of the wreck at st Mary's Island,
another of the Scillys. These survivors were
picked mp while swimming with the tide Ihey
had several narrow escapes from drowning, anu
were several times washed off rock They
declare that the number lost by the disaster ID
200.
A fearful sea is raging, and it is scarcely pos
sible for boats engaged in searching for sur.
vivors to live. Ths Scilly life boat has put of
for the wreck
Up. Mp to this hour five of the passen-
gers and two of the crew of the Schiller are
| known to be saved. 1t is known that the cap
| tain and second mate were drowned.
The steamship is now lying broadside on the
| rocks. She is under water, and her main mast
| is gone A steamer and several boats are
| cruising about the scene of the wreck, search.
! ing for the survivors. The disaster was owing
to dense fog which prevailed, neither Of the
| Sicily lights being seen.
err caused great excitement in this CITY,. Extras
| containing all the particulars at hand OF the
| disaster were issued by several newspapers.
Later dispatches hold out the hope that some
persons may have escaped and reached other
| eff the Scilly Islands.
| A despatch just received here from Peuzance
| Cornwall, says life boat and steamer left
| there this afternoon for the wreck. The sea IS
| still rough, preventing small Craft from getting
| out
| The Retarriere ledge, on which the Schiller
| struck, is barely mile inside of Bishops Rock
| and the steamship should have heard the Bsh-
| op fog bell.
LONDON, May 8, p NIT is known that
| the following persons have been saved from the
| wreck of the Schiller: Fl. Killers, chief officer;
| berry, Wallis and Peck, sailors, Louis Reider-
rere cabin passenger of New York; = Hern,
| probably DR.. f. j. Kern of Shenandoah, Pa;
- Khun. probably Mr.. Kuhn, cabin passenger
of New York; - Peste, probably Geo: Weste,
cabin passenger of Philadelphia; and F. Schil.
lerberg, a Storage passenger of New York.
| The bodies of two dead passengers have been
landed. Steamers and life boats are still
searching for survivors or bodies of the drown
ed. The steerage passenger list comprises l0O
adults 16 children and infants.
LONDON, D. m.-Twenty-six in addition to
those before reported saved, have landed at
| Tescow and Dryer Islands, belonging to the
| Sicily group. Among those are the second,
| third and fourth officers. The captain is GER
tainly drowned.
$50 D. m.-The following members Of the
crew of the steamship Schiller were saved, in
Tackendorff, Weisner, Dan Blackhouse, Rhi-
berg Jensen, Adamson, Hammaun, Fahler,
Hoffman, Erast, Pierson, Ziel Kinche and
Schwinske.
Up. m.-The following passengers on the
| Schiller are known to have been saved: First
| class passengers-He Stern of New York,
Geo. Weste of Philadelphia, and Carl Kusin.
Second class and Storage passengers-Slas
| Hoester, Chas. Thraw, Carl Dautzeu, Marcus
Pammitzer and Chas. Jones and wife, -Four
other steerage passengers were saved, but their
| names are not yet ascertaned as they are in
| state of insensihility.
9p. MP to this hour but 43 of all those
| on board the Schiller are known to be saved
| Twenty sacks of mail have been saved. Sever
| al corpses have been picked up near the wreck.
| Among them are the bodies of a woman with
a child in her arms.
| LONDON, May 8, 2 a. ma despatch just
received says that Richard Williams and Chas
| Henry Percy, both of New York, steerage pas
| sengers on the Schiller, were saved. Ninetee n
corpses and some bales of hay, and various
| other articles Of the cargo have been recovered
| The survivors and portions of the mails recov-
| cred reached Penzance and will be forwarded
| from that place to Plymouth by the train this
| Sunday morning. Those going to Cherbourg
| and Hamburg will be sent by steamship Pom.
merania from New York, which is expected to
reach Plymouth to-day.
LONDON, May 10, a. nifty six mail
| bags, including q from New Zealand, were
| saved from the Schiller. The steamer Pomer-
| ania sailed from Plymouth during the night for
Hamburg without taking any of the survivors
| of the Schiller. Statements made by the offic-
ers of the Schiller add nothing to the particu-
| lars already teegraphed. All accounts agree
| that the panic which followed the striking of
| The ship was heatrending and terrible beyond
| description.
Euening-Forty-th survivors of the crew
| and passengers of the steamer Schiller have
| arrived at Penzance. Of these SO have gone to
Plymouth. The remaining ten are too ill to
| be moved. The following additional particu-
| Jars of the disaster have been received: Heavy
| fog prevented observations on board the Schil.
Ter since Tuesday. In consequence OF the fog
the engines were put at half speed, and the
sail was reduced at 9 o'clock Friday night. At
| 10 O. clock the same night the ship struck the
ledge. A great panic prevailed. Capt Thomas
/ is highly praised for his conduct during the
| terrible scenes which followed. Two boats
were filled with men who refused to come out
i The Capt fired his revolver over their heads to
/ drive them out, then fired at them, but without
effect. Afterwards the ship was washed with
her broadside to the sea and all on board these
boats persisted. The tackle at the stern was
released too soon, leaving the boats suspended
| by the bows. Three boats then got away, one
| of them a life boat was SO badly injured that
she sunk and eleven of the people on board of
| her were rescued by tie other boats. The fog
l lifted an hour after the steamer sunk and the
lights were plainly visible. Two of the boats
ON the steamer were crushed by the falling of
| the funnel Rockets and guns were fired from
the steamer until the powder became wet.
The 1eck house, crowded with people, was
| swept away at 2 a. m. The captain gathered
some of the survivors on the bridge. but all
were gradually swept away by the flood tide
| which took the doctor and captain last The
rigging. which remained above water, was
| crowded with the passengers and crew al!
night. The main mast fell at 7.30 a. M, and
being of iron sunk with all who had taken
refuge on it. The foremost gave way soon
| afterwards. The life boats and wreck stuff
saved the lives of some who drfted miles away.
| One man was rescued after being in the water
a short time before the masts fell. They were
unable to approach the steamer on account of
| shoals, but picked up the stragglers in the wa
ter. The passengers say Capt. Thomas left the
| bridge at a. NJ. to assist those on deck and
when he reached the deck was swept away by
a heavy sea. Ali concur in saying be exer-
cised the greatest care and was not abed for
| five nights previous to the disaster.
The sea began to break over the vessel half
an hour alter she struck. and the tide rose 25
feet before daybreak. Only one woman was
| saved. The survivors who were landed at
Tresco escaped in the Schier's own boats.
NEW YORK, May The Schiller sailed from
this port with 149 cabin passengers, according
to the list published i'll the Times of April
| 18th.
The agents here of the Eagle line say that
| Capt. Thomas of tie Schiller, was the Oldest
commander in the line; that he was for many
years in the employ of the Peninsula and ORR
entail Company, and that he occupied high
place among British sailors. He was with
great difficulty induced to leave the British SER
| vice to enter that of the Eagle line.
The Schiller was one of the newest and best
boats in the traps-continental service, large
and strong, and constructed on the latest pat
tern. She was built on the Clyde by Robert
Napier & Sons. Her sister ship is the LEASING.
These two vessels left this port for home dense.
| ly crowded, being the first to take advantage of
the opening of spring travel 10 Europe. They
were the last two steamers that sailed under
the flag of the Eagle line, which has been con-
solidated with the Hamburg-American line.
Previous to the departure of the Schiller the
company's vessels had gone cut with light pas
| senger lists
The Schiller was valued at 100000, and in
| sured for full value.
Among the cabin passengers of the Schiller
were the following: William Leach German
| Consul at Havana; Mrs, VIM. Leach. Miss
| Margaret Leach, Mr. H b. Achman. Mr.. M.
Wesserman, Mr.. Henry Stem, Mr.. g. Gregory