The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-05-10


under the date of London g. The sur
VivOrs 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 per-
sons, two of whom were dead; Mt eleven
| o'clock there came two other boats, with
| twenty-six men and one woman, which
reached Fresco Island. The st. Agnes
/ boat subsequently picked up the bodies o!
! four men, two women and little boy.
/ One man was found at Smiths Sound,
| floating on piece Of wreck, at late
hour of the day. Three bodies, one Il fe-
male were found. Forty-three persons
are known to have been saved. Nine
| teen bodies have been reCOy-
cred. A violent sea is still
boating on the merciless shoals, and thus
prevents rendering efficient aid. When
/ finally the boats reached the neighbor-
hood of the Retarrierre ledge, the last
mast of the Schiller went overheard. and
the scores of people who were clinging
to it were drowned, after having endur-
ed most agonizing suspense during the
night.
Additional Particulars.
I LONDON, May 9--F orty-threc 'urvi-
vors Of the crew and passengers Of the
steamer Schiller, have arrived at Penzauce
and SO went to Plymouth; the remnin-
ing ten will be provided for.
/ The following additional particular of
I the disaster have been received: \ heavy
/ fog prevented observations on board the
/ Schiller since Tuesday; in consequence of
/ the fog the engines were put at half
spea nd sail reduced, at one o CLOCK on
/ Friday; attcn o'clock the same night the
/ ship struck the ledge. 4 great panic
prevailed. Captain Thomas is highly
praised forhis conduct during the terrible
scenes which followed. Two boats were
! flied with men, who refused to come ont.
| The captain fired his revolver over their
I heads, to drive them out, and then fired
| at them, but without effect Afterwards
/ the ship was washed with ner broadsidc
/ to the SEA, and all on board these boats
perished. The tackle at the Stcrn- war
released too soon, leaving the boats su,-
pended by the bows. Three boats then
got away. One, Il lite boat, was so badly
injured that she sunk and eleven people
on board were rescued by heothcr boats.
/ The fog lifted an hour after the steamer
struck, 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 deck house, crowded with people,
WAS swept away at two o'clock thi,
morning. The captain gathered some Of
the survivors on the bridge but all were
gradually swept away by the food tide
which took the doctor and captain last.
The rigging which remained above the
water was crowded with passengers and
crowd all night The main mast fell at
7:30 this morning, and, being,ot iron, sunk
with ali those who had taken refuge
on it, The foremast gave way soon after
ward the liteboat and wreck stun saved
the lives of some who driitcd miles away.
One man was rescued after being in the
water ten hours. Two boats from st.
Agnes arrived short time before the
musts fell, but were unable to approach
the steamer ON account of the shoals but
picked up the struggIers in the water.
The passengers say Captain Thomas left
the bridge at 3 A. NJ. to assist those on
deck and when he reached the deck he
was swept away by heavy sea. All
concur i'll saying he exercised the greatest
care, and was not abcd for five nights
previous to the disaster. The sea began
to break over tbs vessel half an hour
after she struck, and the tide rose % feet
before day-break. Only one woman was
saved. The survivors who landed ut
Trescon escaped in'the Schillcr's long
boat
NEW YORK, May 8 A Herald ca
bic special, from London 9th, says All
day long details of the Schiller disaster
have been coming to the London Office
from the Heraid correspondents at PEN
zance, the colteous American Consular
Agent ut the Scily Islands, Mr.. Buxton, |
and ordinary London sources. Unfortu- |
nately no more persons are reported 10
be saved. Bodies are constantly being
picked up. Among the recovered are /
those of George Leonhardt, Carl .
Schmidt, Mrs Reiderer and child, Mrs .
Becker, Mrs Ridgeway and Mrs.
Herman West and five men,
five women and two children Altogeth- F..
er q bodies have been found and the |
total number Of lives lost are 81. The .
HcrdidS correspondent succeeded in /
interviewing Mr. Palmer the second .
officer of the Schiller, Henry Stern and /
Mr.. Frahm, first class passengers, and /
from their narrative we gather that the /
voyage was moderately good until May !
4th The last three days it was impOssI- .
bic 10 take observations, The ship was /
within half a mile at the time Of the .
catastrophe. Captain Thomas was on 4
deck night and day for four .
entire days. AT seven o'clock on .
the evening of the eth, there was .
n dense fog and the sales were taken in, .
the engines put on half speed and the .
fog bells used Bishops light WAS uu- (
seen, though only q half mile distant. .
At ten O'Clock We struck on reef and .
after four bumps the steamer settled .
down. There was q violent sea and the .
tide was rising and the darkness was in .
tensc. Most of the male passengers were
awake and there was the usual rush for .
boats, but nearly all the boats were .
.toved. One boat with a few sailors lef. .
the ship, cowardly refusing aid. Two .
boats were saved The captain ,
endeavored to compel obedience by firing
Il revolver ever their heads, during the .
hours six cannon shots were fired when
distress signals, rockets and blue lights
were unanswered. At midnight the iog
lifted, revealing the lighthouse. The
waves were sweeping the decks aud car
rying away victims every minute. At
two o'clock the deck-housc in which We're
the women and children was swept away.
The cries were heart rcndng; tnen fol-
lowed n ghostly silence aft the smoke
stack lei; two OF the boats were carried
away. The remainder followed the cap
tain to the forward bridge Each sue.
ceeding move took fresh victims. Some
persons sought refuge OF the main mast
and some on the lore mast. At three
o'clock the captain and two other officers
,,,nrn on III. Lril.,a Tho c.,t,;, L..