The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-22
THE LOST SCHILLER.

HOW THE STEAMSHIP COMPANY TREATED THE
SURVIVING PASSENGERS AFTER THE WRECK
INTERESTING FACTS FROM mr.. LEO wEsrE-
AN EXTRAORDINARY ELL OF oHARGEs-THE
CAUSE OF THE WRECK CRIMINAL NEGLI-
GENcE.
PHILADELPHIA, July 20, 1875.
One OF the passengers on the faed Schiller the
German steamship of the Eagle Line whose ter
ribe destruction on the Sicily Isles many OF our
readers have only TOO good cause to remember,
was Mr.. Leo Weste, OF this city. HIS good fortune
IL was TO be among the very few saved, and he
owes his preservation to miracle almost. He is
now in Philadelphia, whittier he has returned to
settle up ais AFFAIRS preparatory TO returning to
Hanover, where ne was born and where his father
and brothers reside. ~ have nothing but sor-
row here" he says "why should 1 stay ? My
wic was torn from nv arms and Killed in the
wreck. My daughter was swept from my side
aud drowned. have no ties here nothing but
sorrowful recollections and scenes which remind
me OF my dead wife and daughter.n
MIR. Weste is a large, fne looking man, OF thirty
years. When he took passage on the Schiller his
hair was Jet black; now IL Ia streaked with gray,
ana his face bears the MARKS OF the terrible
scenes through which he has passed. Hc Is the
son OF general in the German service, ana Is a
horse trainer by profession. His brothers are
officers in the German service, and equerrles and
horse trainers In the stables of their royal master
He kept restaurant, noted among downtown
merchants, until his marriage with the lady SO
soon to be torn from him, ana is well known In
this city. He has trained horses Tor Barnum,
Lent, O'Brlen and other showmen and circus
managers. He is gentleman OF intelligence and
refinement and In his native tongue tells a,
graphic story OF the shipwreck. lie first saw his
daughter, charming young lady well known in
Philadelphia, swept overheard and drowned.
Then his vile was Killed in his arms when he and
she were thrown with the terrible force OF q
gigantic wave against the bulwarks or the
sinking ship. She was instantly killed by blow
on the head which her husband could not shield
her rom. After this loss he climbed into the rig
g1ng, whence he dropped into the sea, to be
picked up unconscious, bruised and nearly dead
by boat from Scllly.
The story OF the wreck has been told in these
columns in the words OF eye Witnesses but the
manner in which The survivors were treated alter
the occurrence has not been sufficiently investi-
gated In view OF this fact, therefore, the follow
ing particulars, briefly compiled from tae MARIA
tive OF MI. Weste, may be or INTEREST,"
AFTER THE WRECK.
When his almost 1Ieless body was taken ashore
II WAS coayeyed TO the house OF a nsherman and
mere Mr.. Weste awoke 10 Consciousness. All that
the agett OF the steamship company did was 70
was in1ebtei for al the subsequent attentions
he received TO Mr.. Doirien Smith, the Governor
OF the ISLANDS. He was taken care OF by this gen.
tleman, who provided nurses and had his bruises,
which were serious and painful, attended to by
surgeon. ON the morning OF the third day after
tie wreck, Tuesday, Mr. este was laid on boards
covered with cushions and carried to the funeral
OF his wife, whose body had been washed ashore,
and who was buried In the country churcEyard
separately from the other bodies, and vita less
haste, because OF the Governors friendship for
Mr.. Wesle. On Wednesday morning he was sent
on board a little steamboat by the agent, in COM
pany with other surviving passengers and con-
veyed to Lanns End which they reached that
night. Thence they were conveyed by rail- TO
Plymouth and then to London Mr. Weste and
the rest also, PROBABLY, had not cent or money,
every farthng OF $4,000 which he had on the
steamer having been lost. In LONDON he was
given some money by the agent of the company,
how much he does not know, not understanding
the value OF English money very wei, and told
that II was sufficient to pay his passage to Ham,
wnFULLY DECEIVED
by this Official as ne very quickly found, for she
amount just SUFFICIENT TO carry him TO
Cologne, without permitting OF mis- purchasing
any food on the way. For ali that he had 10 eat
dependent on the generosity OF his fellow passen-
gers on the cars, Wno as soon as they learned
that ne was survivor OF the Schiller could not
do too much Tor nim, that, so Tar comforts Of
this Kind went, he had an eDtOGrTa9 du riches.
Had 1t not been for this good fortune he might
have starved, aud MIR. Weste does not consider
that the steamship company deserve any credit
for preventing his death by starvation ashore,
alter his narrow escape rom drowning In the
waves. AT Sicily he received the following bill,
which is interesting. as showing how the Inisior-
tunes of some people are made profitable 10
BILL OF CHARGES.
LLoYD's AGENCY OFFICE, ScILLY, May H. 1874
FEA's BANFIFLD & soEs Merchants and Ship Agents
Consulate Tor Russia, Italy, Portugal, Germany and
Mr. Westc-
Salvage Of box a5 oO 90
Expenses burial of wiic OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IL
Commission. l6