The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-05-22

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OF New York; Kern, probably DR.. Z. j.
Kern, cabin passenger, of Shenandoah,
Pa; Kuhn, probably f. IL. Kuhn, of
New York; Weste, probably Leo Weste,
cabin passenger, of Philadelphia; aud
r. Schlllenberg, steerage passenger, Of
New York.
Inc following passengers are known
to have been saved: First class passen-
gers: Henry Steine, of New York; Leo
Weste, OF Philadelphia; and Karl Ken
sill. Second class and steerage; Silas
Hester, Charles Thron, Carl Dantzer,
Marcus Panwilzer, and Charles Jones
and wife.
-Four other steerage passengers were
saved, but their names have not yet
been ascertained, us they are III a state
of lnsensibility.
The following members of the crew
are also saved: Blusiner, Packendorff,
Weiser, Dan Blackhouse, Rehberg;
Jensen, Adamsen, Hanmann, Bloum,
Jurgelensen, Wernecki, Fanler, Hoff-
mann, Ernspiersen, Piel, Winsch and
Schweinski. Also, later dispatches
state that the following were saved:
Killers, first officer: Palemann, second
officer; HeintZe, fourth officer; Jansen
and Packendorf, boatswains; and Hirsch
sallmaker, are saved Also passengers:
L. O. West, Henry Stern, Mr.. and Mrs
! James, Pasth, Jan, Dunk, Hexter.
frahm, Carl Kuhn, Marcus, Porither,
Schellenberg, Jansen, Reiderer, Lehr,
and Williams; stokers, Smike and Bul-
lg; sailors, Gouldberg, Wallis and Pc
terson. Richard Williams and Charles
Perry, steerage.
The agents of the Eagle line say that
Captain John Ct. Thomas, of the i'll
fated Schiller, was the oldest command
er on the line. He was for many years
in the service of the Peninsular and
Oriental Company, occupied Il high
place among British sailors, and was
with difficulty induced to leave the
British service to enter that of the
Eagle line.
The Schiller was one of the newest
and best boats in the transatlantic ser
vice, large and strong, constructed on
the latest pattern. She WAS built on
the Clyde by Robert Napier & Sons.
Her sister ship is the Leasing. These
two vessels left this port for home
densely crowded, being the first to take
advantage of the opening of the spring
travel to Europe They were the last
two steamers that sailed under the flag
of the Eagle line, which has been con
solidated with the Hamburg American
Line. Previous to the departure of the
Schiller, the companies vessels had gone
out with light passenger list.
The dimensions of the Schiller were:
Length, 375 feet; beam 40 feet; depth
IF hold foot. 600 t,,,o H,r,la,, ,,,,l
5000 indicated horsepower. She was
classed at the Lloyds 100 a |. She
was full brig rugged, and had eight
life boats, and three iron decks. Hel
engine could run the vessel from four
teen to fifteen miles an hour. She is
said to have been built according to the
requirements of Lloyd's marine insur
ance, and to have possessed every
known appliance Of safety. She was
valued at 800, 900, and insured for hen
full value.
The crew consisted of 124 men, in
Guiding engineers. She carried si2
: kegs containing $500, 600 in gold, ship.
} ped by Z. S. Balm Is Co, Paris, and
n $50 mail bags, containing the entire
, continental mail. together with a large
Austrian mail. Her cargo consisted O
general merchandise, including J0(
bales of cotton; ., 80 barrels of rosin
: 600 hushels of corn, and ii cuuaign
, ment of leaf-tObaccO.
A New York Herald correspondent
gives the following particulars:
New YORK, May "a Herald special
says, all day long the details Of the
Schiller disaster have been coming tc
the London office, from the Herald's
correspondent at Penzance, through
the cOurtesies of the American consular
agent at the Sicily Islands, VIM. Bux
ton, and the ordinary London sources
Unfortunately no more persons are re
ported to be saved. Bodies are con
stantly being picked up. Among the
recovered are those Of George Leonard
Carl Schmidt, Mrs. Riederer and child
Mrs. Becker, Mrs. Ridgeway and Mrs
Hermon West, and four men, five
women and two children. Altogether
"a bodies have been found. The total
number of lives lost is 81.
The Herald correspondent succeeded
IN interviewing Mr.. Polemann, the sec
ond officer of the Schiller, and Henry
Stern and Mr.. Fraham, tirst-class pas
sengers. From their narrative we
gather that the voyage was moderately
good until May L. The last three days
it was impossible to take observations.
The ship was out of her course half
a mile at the time of the catastrophe,
Capt Thomas was on deck night and
day for four entire days. At I o'clock
in the evening of the It'll there was a
dense fog. The sails were taken in, the
engines put on half speed, and the fog
bells used. Bishops Light was unseen,
though only half mile distant At 10
o'clock we struck on the reef. and after
four bumps the steamer settled down.
There was violent sea and the tide was
rising. The darkness was intense
Most of the male passengers were
awake, and there was the usual rush for
the boats, but nearly ali the boats were
stove. One boat with few sailors
left the ship, they cOwardly refusing to
aid. Two boats were saved. The cap
tain endeavored to compel obedience by
firing revolver over their heads. Dur
ling two hours six cannon shots were
fred, when the powder damponed.
Distress signals, rockets of blue light,
were unanswered.
Some sought refuge ON the main mast
and some on the foremost. At 30 clock
the Captain and two officers were Oh
the bridge. The Captain descended fol
a moment to render assistance and was
swept away.
At midnight the fog lifted in min
ute revealing the lighthouse. The waves
were sweeping the decks and carrying
away the victims. At 2 o'clock the deck