New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-05-11
DISASTER.
Additional Details OF the Los. of The
Steamship schiller - Tie scene on

Steamship schiller -Tde scene &
board.
LONDON, May "a, DAY long details
the Schiller disaster nave been coming j
Unfortunately no more persons are repor't
to be saved. Bodies are constantly beir
picked up. The ship was ont n ner cUulr
at the time Of th" catastrophe. Caplai
Thomss we on deck Eisht and day iOr Iou
entire days. A. sever o'clock n he ev.
ming of the seventh t.ere was de- g 5ny
Sails were taken il, engines pat q. Ia
speed and Jog bells u-ed
Among the bodies recovered aye ;hu5r L
George LeOnhard. CsIi t,chni1t, Ml.
Riederer and child, Mrs. Becker, IN.
Ridgeway, Mrs. Eernm.ne West. and .iy
other men, five women and children. 4
together twentyiOuc bod.e5 have bee
found. The total nunibet oI ives lost i
81.
Mr.. POLICEMAN, second officer Of tie Scbil
Ter, and Henry Stern ami Nj. Frahl, first
class passengers, have been !nteryie we'd
From their narratives We gather that I'll,
voyage was moderately good until May
The last three days IL was impossible !,
lake observations.
Bishops Light was unseen. though only
h&if mile distant. 1t ten ociock she
struck on the reef. ami after four bump:
the steamer settled down. There was d
violent sea and the tide was rising.
The darkness was intense. Most Of the
male passengers were awake, and there
Ta7 ano usnal iusn 40: ooaIs' oIt nearly all
sno ooa.s "Gle sloso ~ one posf' "ith a
10" 60 ''ors, Iei. inc snip co"aro4y refusing
~ ~, w ooats - s@'o".
ne captaih elheav0.eu 10 coAHpei ooeGi-
Inuo w ,tIins h.s e'o:net over their heacs
go h wv no"as sa tauuon s3o' were
~ So So .As po"N'. n9eniio I'd haStd'
ne ". So ,,,' aua1s, ."'AetS 'Ao plue
A. ,n M .ba &C. I;r.o,
,ave.l;,% ths Eahthn,,so 80 ~ . "a
80, 10 5a LILY 80 rn; .Do Na'es sweep
ms 'No -. .no ann ool ~ a""y us VIC
srb;nh ,r,ra H., 49,, 80 aI:,i nou'e' III
800 -, m, "on..i ON. en- was
"a, 80, 80. -. :. 81 'i'n9 VI tug
"oio neai' iTTlau1Ds' theh lolioWel
r,tssh;nn S 80, ane ~ H. 10 shioAg STACK ieii'
80 , soIo =. 10 LAS anu TWO others
$500 oa'''1 FL amay, Tue .eHIahder soon
Ln;Is o ."pla.u ven " INC iof"ard
'o'i"s
Some persons sought refuge on the main
mast and some on the foremost. At three
O'Clock the captain and two other officers
were on the bridge. The captain tried for
moment to render assistance and was
swept away. Thus persisted a brave man.
Mr. Stern says at this time about ten per
sons were chngmg to the rigging Of the
iualunlast ana thirty TO that OF the fore
mast as
me snip nad careeIed, her yards touch
.ng'the water ana the tide was rising. At
I'VE O'Clock the log lifted; the survivors
shouted' DlC thelr cries were Unavailing.
AT seven O'CLOCK the malnmast. and at
uaiter 10 elsht the foremasf, both of iron,
feA. Then two of the st. Agnes boats
came fnd rescued the few who had man
aged 70 Keep ailoat. 1t was reported yes.
terIay that there were l0'5 women Or. board.
mo SURVIVORS were taken to-day from
Z enhance 10 Plymouth, whence they viii
be sent forward TO Hamburg where the
greatest excitement prevails. 1t is asserted
that hie-savlng belts were issued to The |
women. IL is certaln that most OF the pas
mat the hrst boat should take the women
'nd ch'idrep. Tins boat capszed. Pole |
nan says seven boats were launched, and
'niy Two hSed' the others were stove in and /
~amPed immedlate!y The cries for help |
as Ss 1nSli tnree o CLOCK.
une ias0 VOICE heaTu was tlat OF a little l
nliu III tnS CABIN. II 10 hot probable the |
'oaIs coulu nave nVeu even II they had
zen success.uliy n!ied. Inc Whole number
a'eo ID Iorty-iouf. rory DodleS have
zen recovered.
hI. II. oih'th, on the ociiiy Islands, writes
the !iMeS mat many additional lives
we're iost because the guns and rockets fired
lom me Schiller were thought to be merely
40 ordinary signals OF ARRIVAL which have
'e4uentiy peen the cause of false alarms.
among the BODIES rescued and already
ientitied are those OF George Leohardt,
owne, Lverchne, Andre, Petersen, Schmidt,
r. hlsaerer asa daughter, Mrs. Becker,
: ~ :. eNioseNay anu n;rs. " est
Fifty corpses from the Schiller have come
more or oeen landed at st. Mary's alone.
lo dead are very Much INITIATED. Sew
ity-six man oags, including twenty-seven |
on {, New Zealand. We're saved from,the
1l
Inc steamer fomMeTan!a sailed from {
ymonth during the night Tor Hamburg !
thout taking any Survivors OF the Schil.