Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-12-09
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THE DEUTSCHLAND DISASTER.
STATEMENT OF THE CAPTAIN.
LARGE FIRE IN NEW YORK.
SINKING OF THE DEUrsCHLAND.
Graphic statement of the CNnlAfn.

NkM YORK, Dec. "A London dispafch
ssys: The captain OF the Deutschland makes
s me iol,ewins statement I'VE len Bremer-
maven sunday morning, a strong northeast
gale with snow prevailed. Monday mornine
we threw the lead every half hour The last
lead we threw showed II fsthoms. We saw
a light which we took for the north hinder
IRE ship, which all agreed with our reckon
ings. At four O'Clock We had slackenea
we felt n moderate shock. Our lead showed
during the previous hour from p 10 ~ IA
thoms. The engine was backed Immediate
~. out after few minutes a screw was lost,
and consequently the machinery stopped.
The snip commenced 10 strike heavily. We
signalCd several vessels which paSSef, even
steamer not noticing us. / ordered the
boats 10 be made ready and all were swung
out, but II would have been impossible aud
useless TO lower the boats, the sea being too
high. Boat No. was lowered against my
Orders ard swamped with six persons IN NJ.
Boat No. :, with the bcatswain, was 10 yerei
at the same time. but
THE TREMENDOUS SEA
washed many overheard. The shin fllet
slowly, the passengers behaved coolly. Au
were provided with life preServers. Toe
deaths were caused by the high sea aud cold,
many falling beuumbcd from the rigging. 10
blew hard Monday night Immediately after
Striking. sails We're set and the donkey en-
CINE pumps worked, but they were aban-
doned on Monday night, aud ~ two O'Clock
all the passengers were ordered 10 the rig
ging, the upper decks being two feet under
water. Many OF the passengers i'm the wheel
house and ON the bridge were savei in thu
morning. With the ebb tide the water fell.
and the passengers descended from the rig
ging. tug boat arrived AZ 1870. All of the
mails were saved, the purser having brought
them INTO the cabin. The purser afberwari
fell from the rigging and was drowned. The
ship probably broke her back.
Other details say:
ONE MAN COMMITTED Suicide
by cutting the veins OF his wrist. 4 Swede
saved from the wreck OF the Schiller was
drowned. Mango those rescued are severely
frost-biiten and cannot recover. TIE first
signal was seen by a coast guard at O'Clock
Monday morning. Tue sea was then very
rough. Harwich is the only place along that
shore which is without a life boat. Several
coast guard men searched for volunteers 20
go with the tug Liverpool, OF Hsrwich, but
all refused. The people thought the signals
were nom only q collier, and state that had
they known there were passengers on board
they would have gone ont There were some
fearful scenes connected with the wreck.
one woman hanged herself TO the roof Of the
cabin. AT Daylight ON Tuesday the five
nuns were seen roating face upward, dead.
SAVED.
LONDON, Dec. S.-The following eleven ad-
dluonal names Of passengers saved from the
deutschland are furnished this morning
First cabin, Karl Diederrick; second cabin,
Pfocopi kadolhof; steerage, Flariam Bau-
erie, George Dretiert or Freldrlt, Auna HuD-
ner, Wilhelm Surge, Maria Siearnagel. T..
schuster, Anton Teichy, Georgiana Frank,
ana johann Gass. IL Is probable that some
others are saved and not identified on ac-
count OF the confusion of names in trauscri-
bling and telegraphlng. The child of Anna
Smolek died ON the steam tug after leaving
the wreck o. the Deutschland
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED USACCoUNrED FOR
Altogether about forty of the passengers
and MY OF the crew are unsccOunted for.
The steamer WILL probably become a total
wreck.