Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-11


mainmast, and at quarter tC
eight the foremsst, both OF iron,
fell, then two Of the st. Agnes boats
came and rescued thefew who had man.
aged to keep afiORt. IL was reported yes-
teTdsy that there were one hundred and
three women on board. The survivors
were taken to-day from Peuzance 10
Plymouth, whence they will be sent for
ward to Hamburg, where the greatest
excitement prevails. 1t is asserted that
life-saving oels were issued to the
women; ii is certain that most OF the
passengers found none. An order was
given that the first boat should take the
women and children but this boat was
capsiZed. Palemsn says seven boats
were launched and only two lived. The
others were STAYED and swRmped i'm
mediately. The cries for hep lasted
until three o'clock, and
THR LAST VOICE HEARD
was that Of little girl in the cabin.
The sea Is too heavy to-day for boats
to approach the wreck of the steamship
Schiller, and no cargo of any import
ance has been received Fisherman re-
port the Schiller as firmly settled on a
rock, and will not fall off into deep wa
ter. Although it Is difficult to approach
the wreck now there will be many days
in summer when salvage may be ef-
fected. There was life belt in every
one of the Sehiller's berths when the
disaster occurred. Captain Thomas is
sued orders that one should be fastened
to every woman, but they were drowned
by the heavy sea. Boats running III
the vicinity OF the wreck continue to
,.ak- Il h.
steamer left ST. Mary'5 island to-day
nearly fifty had been found, and seven
mail bags in addition to those reported
San Francisco and Auckland newspa.
pers.
AN INQUEST.
An inquest was held to-day at st.
Mary's, on twenty bodies from the
steamer Schiller. II. Hitler, first Off
Ger Of the Schiller, testified that at the
time the vessel struck, Captain Thomas
with another officer were on the bridge,
two men were looking out forward, the
others were at the bridge with the cap
tain.
The jury rendered a verdict Of acci-
dentally drowned, coupled with the re-
commendation that q telegraph be es.
tablished between Bishops lighthouse
and the shore. They express the Opin-
ion that if such communication had ex-
listed all on board the Schiller would
have been saved. Officers Killers and
Poleman concur in this opinion. The
remains of Mrs. Hermine Weste were
privately buried. After the inquest the
bodies unclaimed Were also buried.
The funeral was attended by DOrTiep
Gnnifh Of hn SnillTT :clon1g hn
coroner aud members of the jury, and
nearly all the inhabitants OF the island.
The bodies were first numbered, and 3
careful record was made of the valua-
bles, marks, etc, found on each. They
were then inclosed in separate coffins,
aud two graves dug, each twenty
FIVE feet long; in these the cof-
fins were placed in two layers. Si ce
the inquest fifty more bodies have been
The total number now re-
is ninty-one. The following
have been identified: Miss s. Dimeck,
Mrs. Clara ] lust, Mrs. Anna Eisener, Mrs
Susanne Duckfield, Mrs. Gilman, Mrs.
Augustus Munter, Mrs. Lines, Augustus
Menter, Henry Friend, Herman Spritz,
2. o. Pulzer, RabTo Sayers; also the
doctor, butcher and third engineer Of
the Schiller.
THE NEWS IN NEW YORK.
New YORK, May "A cable dispatch
by the agents of the Eagle line |
this morning, gives the following cor |
rected list of passengers as far as known |
to have been saved from the steamer
Schiller: Leo Weste, Henry Stern, |
John Joens, Mrs. JOens, Jean Riak, s
Hexter, G. Frahm, Carl Kuhn, Marcus |
Powitzer, r. Scheltenburg, c. Jansin, |
Ludwig Reiderer, Charles Henry Percy, |
Richard Williams, and Joseph Legen- |
pre-; the latter name, the agents state, is |
not in their list of passengers. The |
HeTGtd'S cable special supplies the fol-
lowing additional particulars OF the dis |
aster to the Schiller, under the date o. |
London, May 8th: The survivors and !
the dead arrived to-day in Penzance, as |
follows: At eight O'Clock there came
boat with seven persons; at ten O'Clock, !
two boats with seven persons, two OF |
whom were dead, and at eleven O'CLOCK |
here came two other boats. Twenty |
IiX men and one woman reached FresCo |
sland in two boats. The st. Agnes's |
BOAT subsequently picked up the bodies
)f four men, two women and little |
BOY. One man was found at Smiths |
,ound floating on a piece of wreck |
At late hour of the day three bodies, |
lne a female, were found forty |
.hTee persous are known to have beer |
Javed. Nineteen bodies have been re |
covered.
A VIOLENT SEA is STILL BEATING
IN the meTciless shoals, and thus pre- |
vents the rendering of efficient aid |
When finally the boats reached the |
leighborhood Of the Roctarriere ledge |
he last mast Of the Schiller went over
IOard, and scores OF people who We're /
;linging to it were drowned after endur-
ng the most agonizing suspense during
he night.
New YORK, May 10.-Tbere were but |
ew visitors at the office of the Eagle
inc of steamships. This morning about |
| dozen friends Of tie lost passengers
we're present, but soon left on hearing
he following cable dispatch read which
vas received
"PLYMoU TIL, May 10.
To Consul Kuhn, New York:
"Only fifteen passengers were saved
rom the Schiller, the names of which
we're telegraphed you yesterday from
3cilly. We are doing everything to re-
,over and identify bodies"
ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 1O.-Miss
JBroline Cross, Of this city, one OF those
Ost by the Schiller disaster, was a niece
# the wife of Senator Edmunds, of Yer
mont, with whom she passed the winter
u this city. She was a highly accom-
'lished young lady, and was on her way
o Europe to spend two years with the
amily OF Minister Marsh aud study art
u Italy.
mother Marine DIsaster-sfxteen Lives
Lost.
LONDON, May l0.--The steamship Ca
liz was lost near Brest while on trip
rom Lisbon to this city. Sixteen per
ons were drowned.
The Wheat Prospect.
WASHINGTON, May l0.-During the
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