The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-08
THE DEUTsC HLANs.Dl1.
Losr IN THE NeaTH Sc A !.
soy Lives supposed Lest. ]

/, osnau december The Eloyds, pgent
Il Rnchester reports this morning that boas
,,an,e ashore In that vicinity from the steamer e
1es.tschiard, or the North German Lloyns
line IRON, Bremen December 4 for New 1ork.
The bcat contained one man arld the aeaa
i,odies Of two others. The nan feporla thai
The deutschland Is aground somewhere 10
the North ses. & IS s. e 's !,
~ The Lioyds' agent az Sbecrnesa, nearer the
month OF The Thames, confirms the neWsa
tha disaster but gives no further details. The
tvys rref, rerished frena Dong exposure, nag
ing been ia the boat thtTsy.eight- hours. {
,Lesr.-The Loyds agent at Sheerness
talegraphs that the person who arrived 10
The boat was o quarteslnaster Of the steamer
Deutschland., His name 10 August. One o.
those vino died from exposure was nasneo
Eereeusseiu,i aud the others name 10 IN
knovgn. August reports that the steamer
str,ck a sand.bapk IN the North seq. One
boar lest the ship before that occupied by
August and his companions. The fate o.
that boat is unknown. The fate OF the
DesstschIand iteeH As sssS unknown. Au'
aust believes she IL totally lost, with OH tne
passengers and crew. They numbered one
hundred and fly ga g..
: Nav Ycsx, December 7.-Oelrichs d Co.,
AGENTS of she North German Lloyds hne,
hSye resolved 30 aispaiches relating 20 tne
disaster 10 the Deutschland. They coasa moi
Tell the names OF the captain ofhoers, OF
crew. az they are all new, the vessel aaslne
besn laid no In Bremen since Fcsrnafy'
Tha agents saw 1t is probable only few pas
sengera were on board, the tide OF tmmagra'
finn az this season of the year being sack.
Thev have te,egraphed to the other side ioi
the passenger-list.
| Second Dispatch. |!
New YosK, December THE agents nave
grave fears and do not conceal them. Ihey
snnnose the vessel went ashore Ia reg
They have just received the following c's'
patch: ~.
aThe Deutschland ran ashore on tne
/ long Sands, Fifty of the passengers aho
crew are reported drowned. A part OF tneu
iands at Harwick this afternoon. Further
| particulars are wanting"
THIRD Dispatch.
LONDON, December IT O'CLOCK Z. Il
The Kentish Knock Sands, Gu Wnicn tue
steamer Deutschland went ashore, are STU
ated few miles off the mouth OF Inc ihanes
CAPTAIN Brickenstein and a part OIL the pas
sengers and crew have just landed at liar
witch. 1t is supposed about nifty OF the pas
sengers and crew were drowned. Ihe
| Deutschland Is now on the Long SANDS, sui
further towards the Essex shore OF England
/ than the Kentish Knock. TWO tug. ana
/ life.boats have proceeded to the scene.
...- rFourth Dispatch
@ToNpoy. December 1.-THE agents of the
German Lloyds Steamship Company state
That the steamer Deutschland had twenty five
first cabin, twenty-four second class, ana
! nipety.seyen s:eerage passengers.
The commander of the British man-of-War
/ Penelope telegraphs from Harwick to the
| Admiralty that fifty lives have been lost. The
remainder of the passengers and crew are
nnder the care of the German consul.
Ouartermaster August, in his statement,
says the steamer left Bremen Sunday morn.
Ing. and she struck the Knock on Sunday
evening. Every effort was made to get her
off. hat in vain, The sea washed over the
shin. carving away much of the gear. The
captain kept very cool, and Immediately after
the ship struck be ordered the life-belts to
| be distributed among the passengers ana
crew. Next morning, as it was thought the
shin was about TO break up, an order was
given to 10 wer the boats. August and two sea-
| men we're detailed to man one OF the boats,
which capsized twice in lowering. When she
rjshted they drifted away FROM the steamer.
They tried to pull back but could not. a
heavy snow.storm prevailed, and the weather
was piercingly cold His two companions
persisted from exposure. !,
August says the crew numbered one hum
dred and thirty. when he last saw the
steamer endeayors were being made to
| launch all the boats. n. - 20