Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-05-14
A Terrible ocean Calamity
300 LIVES LOST.

anoiici Vi thoet dNiui oNN"h N"i''u
tiles occurred off the southwest coast o
England near the Scilley Islands on Fri
day last, recently in the total wreck o
the steamer Schiller, Capt. Thomas
which sailed from New York, April %
for Hamburg, and the loss of over BOO
lives. Among the passengers were many
in various parts of the United States
The only Vermonters name we have no
ticed is that of Miss Crane, II niece o.
Senator Edmunds.
The steamer was in dense fog and
went cut of her course and struck on
the rocks. The greatest praise is given
to Capt. Thomas who stood at his post
and went down with his ship.
HEART RENDING SCENES.
Many heart rending scenes are report
ed, life boat, was so badly injured that
she sunk, and eleven of the people on
board of her were rescued by the other
boats. The fog lifted an hour after the
steamer sunk. Two of the boats on the
steamer were crushed by the falling of
the funnel. Rockets and guns were fired
from the steamer until the powder be-
came wet. The deck-house, crowded
with people, was swept away at 2 A. NJ.
The captain gathered some of the sur
vivors on the bridge, but all were gradu-
ally swept away by the flood tide, which
took the doctor and captain last.
The rigging, which remained above
water, was crowded with passengers and
crew all night The mainmast fell at
7.30 A. M, and being Of iron sunk with
all who had taken refuge on it. The
foremost gave way soon afterward.
The lifeboats and wreck stuff saved
the lives Of some, who drifted miles away,
One man was rescued after being in the
water ten hours. Two boats from st Ag-
mes arrived short time before the masts
fell. They were unableto approach the
steamer on account of the shoals, but
picked up the strugglers in the wa
ter.
The passengers say Capt. Thomas left
the bridge at three A. NJ, to assist those
on the deck, and when he reached the
deck was swept away by heavy sea-
All concur in saying that he exercised
the greatest care, and was not abed
for five nights previous TO the disas-
ter.
The sea began to break over the yes
half an hour after she struck, and the
tide rose % feet before daybreak. Only
one woman was saved. The survivors
who were landed at Tresco escaped in the
Schillers own boats.
OF some $50 passengers and crew, but
A are reported saved.
SCENES IN NEW YORK CITY.
Terribly sad scenes occurred iii New
York on learning of the disaster among
those who had friends on the i'll fated
vessel which was the Eagle Line. The
Office was visited by many who hoped
for better tidings, and that the first re-
ports might prove exaggerations. We
copy the following from New York dis
patch.
One gentleman came in hastily and
read the Geographic slip announcing that
but four passengers were know to be saved.
He then staggered blindly from the
counter and dropped upon one of the
sofas near by, and passing his hands ac-
cross his face hesuddenly burst into tears.
He was brother-in-law of Mr.. Kornblum.
of this city, who, with his wife and
three children we're on board of the i'll
tated steamer and were lost
At three o'clock two working men
came into the steamer office inquiring
for the latest dispatches concerning the
They were the husbands of
Mrs. Fannie Evans and Mrs. Susan
Duckfeld, both of No. 129 Blocker street
who were going home to Bristol, and were
among the few passengers by the Schill-
er bound to that port. Mrs. Duckfield
had four children with her, and Mrs.
Evans was accompanied by her only
child. The fathers were almost dumb
with sorrow, scarcely knowing what to
do or say. They had heard of the dis
aster at noon, and were unwilling to be.
lieve that none of their little ones were
among the rescued.
A middle-aged man, after making
few inquiries at clerks desk in the of
fee, broke down, sobbing aloud, and
was led to a seat by friend who accom-
panied him. His name is II. Furst, and
he is dealer in hats and caps at No.
166 South Fifth aveneu. 1t was ascer-
tanned that his wife, aged thirty-three,
and his only child, little girl three
years old, were passengers in the second
cabin. His wife was on her way to Wis
it her mother, in Berlin.
The Hon. Carl Shurz and family
would have been passengers on this
steamer but for the complimentary sup
per given him in New York which de-
layed him one day.
= The Democratic auguries in New
Hampshire continue to be mixed if not
threatening. Fosters Democrat says
"the superficial indications are favorable
for a turbulent opening of the coming
session of the Legislature" The Com
cord Monitor says g 1t would be use
less to disguise the fact that that we
are approaching a momentous crisis in
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