The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-22
THE scHILLEh.

THE SCHILLER.
MELANCHOLY DETAILS OF THE FATAL MARINE
DISASTER STATEMENTS BY PERSONS WHO
WE'RE sAvED-THE INQUEST on THE BODIES
or THE DEAp-cAPTAN THOMAS ''Goop-BY,
OLD FELLOW. REMEMBER ME TO MY
FRIENDS"
from the London Standard, May Ill
The steamer queen OF the Day arrived AT Pen
zance yesterday at two O'CLOCK from 81. Msry's,
scny. she brought seven bags 81 mails which
have been recovered since sunday IRON the
wreck.
THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED rHE wRECK--nis
STATEMENT OF TIE kvkNr.
MI. OBADIAH Hicks Trinity ooatman. 81 -.
Agnes Island, who was the first 70 discover tue
wreck, has made the following ssatement:-Bo-
tween twelve and one O'Clock ON Saturday heard
4 gun, apparently from the westward, tnere being
i shick log at the time. / concluded II 70 be- nom
a vessel III distress On account or it, being 80
dark anu the high | thought proper 10
wait TIL dayDreak, ana ao0ut l0ur O'Clock / went
on IN boat with six men to the western rocks.
we Went round most OF the rocks ana saw notn
Ing. About two hours atterwar0, when the
point oil giving 1t up the o. hlteo up litile ana
we observed Two masts and the SANS OF vessel.
We IL niediately pulled TOWARD It, We mad not
been approaching IL long wnen we found that one
mast was gone.
MS Jones, VINO was saved Vas thrown into the
ooas by her husband, and when the boat was
swamped she was Que among those Rescued IN tue
comniete darkness py another boat.
The engineers and stoSers did very pucky
thing. After the snip had struck rpey went be-
low, smut Oh steam and put out the ire, 50 as to
prevent an EXPULSION. Pernaps TINS goes some
way 70 eXplaln now IL Is that no engineer and
only one stoKer IS among those saved.
Ine manner IN wnicn the women chung 10 the
captain was most neArtrenoing ana wnen duty
compelled MS atter dance IN another part Of the
Saip ne aad To u~e main. ofce TO Gear himself or
them. NAM oeueved that the snip, beng new.
would hold together till hetp came. but the sea
was roo heavy or The strongest IRON vessel.
Several made the mistake of lasning themselves
TO the iron mass ana rigging, - rnat when the
masts went tn2 people were carried TO the bottom
without Any cnance OF r.sing.
Mr.. sTEHNs STATEMENT.
The narrative o, Mr Henry stern. commission
agent, New YORK ana Berlin, 4 saloon passenger,
Is exceedingly interesting. He SAID, IA audit N
10 his statement already pnblIsaed IN the cable
despalcnes 10 Inc HEKALD:-
rne captain fired ms revolver over the heads or
the peup.e 10 Keep them quiet. 1 think II had
been IA MA pace s.uuld have shot at them. |
ihln1 IL mgnt have oeen better. Tue captain was
on the bridge, trying TO save tue women and Gull
dren. VINO were naii the souls on board wnen he
and the doctor AMI the Chief en- .lneer were washed
overheard. Tnls was aooul , O'Clock IN the morn
ing. ABOUT midnight, when Was in The rigging
the fog clearer, and saw tine lisnt at the Bishops
Rock. Dullng tnese TWO hours, ana alter We hrst
struck, We. bumped several tlmes before hnatly
settling. Altogether about ten guns We're fired,
put tnen tue poSd Dec me damp ana We coald
/ do nOthIn lurtner 10 mat direction. ne q was
bre aklns over tae vessel ana she RAPID fiIug.
assisted In lhunChlnB lfuf uOat-, Oul mere was
sncn crush anu saca Tremendous sea running
! that they were swahped almost immediately.
Between one ana Two o'.locK III the morning the
pdYilon over Inc saIuon, IN wnicn the Nomen ana
children were all nuddled together, was stuck
by heavy sea ana washed away with the unloT-
tunate Lcople.
then tooS TO The rigging, where | renamed
until nearly daylight. Tue iOrsmasC ana tnr rig
RlnE 10 when chung was then carried away, and
all who We're on IL were lett struggling IN the
wa er. 1 commenced TO swim. anl succeeded IN
Keepng myself anOat untll was nlcGed ~ uy
tisn.ng BOAT. IN wmch Were two boys, worked
anu pulled with bravery wnca could moi ne eX-
celeu. Tne women aud cudren uau no cnance
wnen che washed away the pavilion ano tue
Only wonder 10 the Is that Mrs. Jones vas saved.
THE SECOND OFFICERS STATEMENT
The following IS tie narrative OF Edward Pog-
NANNY the second officer oil the ScnIlier:-
II Was, "a near as can say, about zen O'Clock on
Friday night, when, % Was sleeping NY SOFA
IN my cabin. was suddenly awcke ~ nearing tAe
steam PIE whistle Sharply blown. tnous MT at
once tnat tue weather WAS very thick. tuTned
round and almost Ut inc saule moment heard and
felt the snip striking. Jumped up IN a moment
steps met the trst mate, WAC ran down exclaIm-
Ing that we ere shipwrecKed. IN y inonen6 we
we're Dotn on oecE again. anu ram 10 tue pIIdge.
where the capt4in was Wnen / reached aim ne
had Just teiegIaphed Gown into the engine room
to go astern; out ne WAGER rushed over he deck.
ana, seeing tnat the lore compartment mad MED,
l told tne captain that 10 90 as,ern Woulo be OF
me ship then hssied over TO starboard and Inc
captain ordered the boats, Of whlcn we na4 elgnr,
To- os got ready q quickly " pe,s1'e, rae g
uecs boats. down TO wnlca there was Ia n~ai-
atrly rush. tLen went TO the main decx wne,e
toe chief oIdcer was launching one VI tne coats.
II was very heavy. oftne e,gnt boats We launched
seven. rhere was very great difficulty IN la1ncn-
log more OF tnem on account o. rner weight aud
the way IN wnicn tHe vessel lay WI the waves
dasning over ner. At length we succeeded Ia
launcnlng No. s. and were tnen ordered % tne
captain 10 take charge.
there also nad cot into the Goat three male pas.
sengers, woman ana seven OF the crew. As
went over rne sce Captain Taomas called OUT.
'GoodDy, OH Iclow; remember me 10 iny lrlends.'
lie alter sard ugain called 10 me Dut, a4hvuga
I al al % I'm ~.
As tue DV&t was oeing lowered a oig wave came
and sssmped DER, ana We we're al capsiLed. We
manage i. however. o recover the boat ana Kept
ner up as mucn - We could. was, however.
full 81 water, ana We nad 10 stand IL her all me
OF tue wave, utterly unaware where we were, so
denso was IN: iog add 50 darS tue night, I'LL st
length, we Saw CLEAN 81 light overhead and
recognized the Blsaop Light
CHARLES THRAN's STATEMENT.
Charles Inran aged twenrs zone. or DayenE OrF,
Iowa, made .ne following statement:-
was passenger II the second cabin. Al the
time the vessel ST uck Ne were paving dominoes.
Leafu an alarm gwen and we al rushed on deck.
The captain was on TIE bridge at tGe time sac
struck. There sas the gre test exrItement, aud
10 about hall uOur the water began a. break
over tne vessel and 70 sweep some OF the pas~en-
gers on. was on board until FOUR O'clock. The
water was then lead low. Some OF tee sailors az
tempted 10 get on the boats, aud hour OF
nve boats were got OIL. One was sunk az
once. believe there we're some men
got m before the boat lett the vessei.
there MAS terrible excI emenT tue women
screaming and CRYING. A. toe tile cane w., 80
the sea began to break more heavily and wasa the
people OF. About four oclocg Was wasneu owe.
BOARD. / swan aud got hold OF pax alter some
time got mold 81 door. was Ior Iour nours 10
the WAFER; tnen saw.a boat, aaied ana tney
took me IN; IL was one OF the snps boats, auu nad
ten men In her. In about nall an uOur We LANDED
at fresco Island wes.w house and went 70 4.
Toe people gave US everT attention. ana we had
dry clot.e5 and plenty VI i0oG, &C. Many Or the
men on Jaru mad lie belts 0u OUT the water was
very cold. II II bad not been low water IL would
not nave oeeh 50 BAT, but the water came up ana
tie nocd set Ia, aud tnen tue ssI began 70 oreaE
over the shp. for the tue Sc twenty Or twenty
nve ieet The c. ew nad nreu cannon anu sent up
rockets Ny twin brother William wa, drowned.
we were botl washed or TO- ether, and 4 saw no