Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-12

Steamship LOst-EcarfuI Loss
of Life.

Steamship LOst-Fearflul Loss
Of Life.
LONDON, May S-The Eagle Line
Schiller, Captain Thomas,
which sailed from New York Apri!
18th, for Hamburg via. Plymouth and
has been wrecked Of Schil-
ly Islet. 1t is reported that 200 per-
sons persisted.
NEW York, May s. The Schiller
sailed from here with 149 passen.-
gers. A list Of the passengers Is pub
lished on the 10th page of the New
York Times OF April 18th.
LONDON, May s IL :30p. M.-Addi-
tional particulars of the wreck of the
show that the disaster is fully
as terrible as at first reported.
The accident occurred at ten o'clock
last night,at which hour tho steamship
struck on the dangerous Retariorro
lodges, near Bishop Rock. A fog pre-.
vailed at the time. A boat belonging
to Stagnes, the southermost of the
Schiller Islands, landed some of the
survivors at st. Mary's leland anoth-
or of the Schiller's survivors was
picked up while swimming with tide.
They had several narrow escapes and
were washed of the rock q number of
times. The survivors declare the mum.
Der of lives lost to be two hundred. A
fearful sea was raging, It 10 scarcely
possible for boasts In searching for sur.
vivors to live. The Schiller life boat
has pat off for the wreck.
LONDON, May 8, l r. Mp to this
hour,in this city, only five Of the pas.
sengers and two Of the crew of the
Schiller are known to have been saved
The Captain and Second Mate were
drowned. The steamship il now lying
broadsidc on the rocks, she is under
water. The disaster was owing to the
dense fog which prevailed and neither
of the Schiller's lights being seen.
Later dispatches hold out that some
of the crew may have reached others
Of the Schiller 1slsnds, than those al.
ready mentioned.
NEW YORK, May 8-The agents Of
tho Eagle Line say Captain Thomas, oi
the Ill fated Schiller, was the oldest
commander on the Line, and was
many years in the service OF tho Pen.
insular and Oriental Company, and
occupied high place among the Brit
ish sailors.
New YORK, May 8-Among thu
cabin passengers on board the Schil
Ter, when the vessel left this port. wert
Joseph Schlots, Henry Friend ani
vito, NJ Stein, J Tonform, H Lunkear
wife and daughter and Mrs Marie
Mother and child, Of Milwaukee.
LONDON, May 8, $50 r. M-Up tt
this hour 1t 10 known that the follow
ing persons have been saved from th'
wreck Of tho Schiller:
II Hullirs, chief officer, and . sea
man, Lewke and Bellin, stokers, Gould
berg, Wallis, Peterson and Peck
sailors Louis Reederen, cabin pas
senger, Of New York, probably saved
F j Kern, cabin passenger, Of Shen
sndoah, Pa, E II Kuhu, passenger, o
New York, Peste, probably; Let
West. cabin passenger, Of Philadel
phia, and + Schellenburg steeragt
passenger, of New York.
NEW York, May S-The Erenins
Post furnishes the Following addition
81 particulars concerning the wrecked
steamer Schiller.
The crew numbers 12O. The pas
sengers 254, Of whom l20 were steer
age. Her cargo was general merchan
disc, valued at $4,000; Insurance.
$4,000. The gold coin from Ballier
& Co., was fully insured in Londor
companies.
Ex-senator Schurz was to have
sailed in the Schiller, but was detained
here.
LONDON, May 8 5 r. MA disp Atcl
just received here from Pecesiance
| Cornwall says the Life Boat and stea
mer left there at 2 80 this afternoon
for the scene of the wreck. The scs
10 still rough preventing small crafti
from going out. Retarierro lodges
on which the Schiller struck, is barely
. third Of . mile inside Of Bishop
rock, aud the Steamship could have
heard Bishops fog bell.
LONDON, May 8, 8: p. M.-Twenty'
six OF the persons who were ON board
| the Schiller, in addition TO those re.
ported saved, have been landed .
Tresco " and Bryor Islands of tn,
Schiller group. Among these are tn
second, third and fourth officers. Tn
captain 10 certainly drowned.
NEW YORK, May 8.-The length o
the steamship Schiller ia 375 feel
width OF beam 40 feet. She was val
ned at 100000, and insured for ful
her value. The crew consisted of IL
men. She carried six kegs of coli
containing $500, 900, shipped E S Bal
lein & Co., bankers, of this city, to F.
Ballein & Co., Paris also $50 mail bag
containing the entire Continental mall
together with large Australian cal
60 consistipg of general merchandise
including 500 bales of cotton, $50
barrels Of rosin, 1000 bushels of cor
and large consignment of leaf Ia
bacco.
New YORK, May 8.-The officers Q
the Schiller were John G Thomas
Commander; H Hillos, Chief officer
E Palemoun End officer G Freeze 3r
officer; II Heintgee 4th officer; l
Fahrig Chief engineer + Conrad 2n'
Engineer; H Roeane Sd Engineer
DR., A Ball Physician, E S Chucttal
Purser; G Putfarken Chief steward Q
first cabin A Felsknaw Chief Of sec
ond cabin. The Storage passenge
list comprised one hundred adults
sixteen children and four infants
among the passengers are the fol
lowing:
Michael Msugnen, Detroit; Johl
Ivsns and wife, c. w. Getche ant
wife, T. G. Pashman, Aug. Stracke
Columbus, Ohio; Henry Nooher, Car
Brakard, wife and two children, Fred
Fleutzi. John Brekender aud Johl
Burdick, Chicago, and wilhelm Kerch
| Rockport, Ill.
Ann Eisur, Eliza Lew, Christine
Han, II Wales, wife and two children
g j Schriendt and w Metzger o
Chicago, Mrs August Treiglcr ant
infant, Dora Treigler, Mrs Dora Coins
and Mia Never Of ST. T.Onia.