The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-27

| thanks to God Almight>- ior our oellVer
ance. We were about hsl' an ncur osior
we reached the beach. Upoi getsing ssnoI'
we hauled the boat on to the ssIu anu sIu nano S.a
our way toward the house. Dire'' 70,
| leaving the shore we discovered lnas W.
were in village, and we theA' sepa!a.0ee 0
and went to the different houses, %neLe W.
were kindly received, and food ano ciosne'
were given to us. This was about 9 clocf @
10 the morning. The following is the nA rs &c
| tive of Edward Poglmanny, the second on 4
Ger of the Schiller: It was IS near as can
say about 10 o'clock on Friday night, when.
as was sleeping on my sofa in my cabin, /
was suddenly swoke by hearing the steam
pipe whistle sharply blown. L thought at
once that the weather was very thick. L
turned round and almost at the same mo-
ment heard and
FELT THE SHIP STRIKING.
jumped up in moment to rush on deck
but before 1 had got up few steps met the
first mate, who ran down exclaiming that
we were shipwrecked. In a moment we
were both on deck again, and ran 10 the
bridge where the captain was. When
reached him he had just telegrsphed down
into the engine room to go astern; but the
water rushed over the deck, and, seeing that
the lore compartment had filled, l told the
captain that to go astern would be of no
use. The ship then keeled over to star
board and the captain ordered the boats, of
which we had eight, to be got as quickly as
possible. / ran to the quarterback, and
we lowered the two quarter deck boats,
dVy 10 which there was Immediately
rush. I then went to the main deck, where
t tle chief officer was launching one Of the
boats. 1t was very heavy. Of the
eight boats we launched seven. There
was very great difficulty in launch
ing most of them on account Of
their weight and the way in which the vessel
lay, with !he waves dashing over her. At
length We succeeded in launching No. ), and
We're then ordered by the captain TO take
charge. There also had got into the boat
three male passengers, woman, and seven
OF the crew. AS / went over the side Capt.
Thomas called out, "Good-bYe, old fellow,
remember me to my friends" He afterwards
again called to me, but although / heard
him could not reply, being so exhausted.
AS the boat was being lowered big wave
came and swamped her, end We were all
capsized. We managed, however, to re-
cover the boat, and KEEP; her up as much as
We could. She was, however, iull Of water,
aud we had to stand In her all the time.
For three hours we beat about at the mercy
OF the waves, utterly unaware where we
were so dense was the fog and so dark the
night, till, at leHgth, we saw
CLEAN OF LIGHT OVERHEAD,
and recognized the Bishop light. We were,
howe yer, utterly unable to make either the
light or the wreck, which we saw, as the
day dawned, long distance off. Both
mssts were then in her, and were crowded
with people. All our efforts to reach point
OF safety were unavailiDg, and we chiefly
tried to keep clear of the rocks. Eventually
the fog lifted little, and saw s.. Agnes.
Before we could reach it the fog fell again,
and we were drifted long way by the cur
kn to- efC1 F,rn
selves under the same rocks of which we
had to keep clear. Then We rounded the
islands and came to a spot where a ship
was at anchor. Shortly after which we
landed at Tresco. Mr.; Henry
Stern, commission agent, New YORK
The voyage from the start seemed
unfortunate. We left New York
on the 18th, but the pilot
would not take her off the bar at Sandy
Hook till noon next day, and then soon af-
ter fishing net got entangled in our screw,
and that delayed us, but for three days after
that we had the wind greatly in our favor,
| aud the captain pushed on, taking every ad-
vantage of it. Then thick and heavy
weather set in, so heavy that there was no
glass or crockery left, and for two days none
of the passengers came to meals. A great
deal of sea was shipped. On Friday the
weather ~ as tolerably clear till Z or in the
evening, and about 10 the fog became SC
oense that nothing could be seen beyond the
ship. The captain at once did all man
could do. All sail was taken in, the engines
were reduced, and the lookout was III
creased. TIE wind was blowing rather
heavily from the southwest, with a high ses
running but it was not that, but the fog anC
tide, that did the mischief. got into thu
forecasts to look for the Scilly light becaus'
we knew pretty well where we were. W.
were going very slowly when
THE SHIP STRUCK HEAVILY
on some rock Capt. Thomas was on tn
bridge at the time, and a very larg
proportion of the male passengers were OF
the deck. Some of the women and children
were in their berths asleep. 50 were few o
the men. Distress guns and rockets wer
fired. The greatest excitement prevailed
, but o clever gentleman and better sailo
than the captain there could not be, yet h.
. could do nothing in the panic. Forty peo
!, pie rushed into boat that would not hol'
J half the number, and it saved none. Tn
} captain fired his revolver over the heads o
: some to keep them quiet. think If
had been in his place / should have sho
at them. think it might have been better
The captain was on the bridge trying L
3 save the women and children, who were hal
, the souls on board, when he, with the docto
, and chief engineer, were washed overheard
This was about 2 o'clock in the morning
About midnight, when / was in the rig
D ging, the fog cleared, and L saw
!. the light at the Bishops Rock. Durin
!, these two hours, and after we first struc
Q we bumped several times before finally SET
| tling. AS to our distress signals, altogethe
j about ten guns were fired, and then th
!. powder became damp, and we could d
p nothing further in that direction. The sc
Q was breaking over the vessel. Capt. Thoms
!. then ordered the boats to be launched, an
J. 1 assisted in launching four, but there wa
J. such crush and such a tremendous sc
d running that they were swamped almos
Immediately. Between l and . o'clock
the morning the pavilion over the salool
in which the women and children were a
huddled together, was struck by heav
5 sea aud washed away, the unf5rtunal
d people being, of course, washed overboai
Z with it. At 2 o clock Capt. Thomas was c
" the bridge. when he was called down TO sa,