The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-10
ByFeIegrapR
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO THE DAILY LNTELLIGENCER
STEAMSHIP DISASTER.
THE SCHILLER, FROM NEW YORK FOR
.,., r., HAMBURG, WRECKED.
Over Three Hundred Lives Prob.
ably Lost.
PARTIAL LIST OFTHE SAVED,
Names or the Cabin Passspusrs tom
" New York.

Names Of the Cabin Passengers to-
y New York.
LONDON, May s.-,The Eagle line slean
ship Schiller, Captain Thomas, whic
sailed from New York, April %, 70
Hamburg, by way Of Plymouth and Chez
bourg, has been wrecked of Scilly lsl,
| II is reported that two hundred person
have persisted.
l2SbPsM-Psr Psrticularsr reselYed Of th
wreck d the steamship SCHILLER shoVlhu
the disaster Is fully az terrible as atliirl
reported. The accident occurred at !
o'clock last night, at which hour sh
struck on the dangerous Retarriere ledge
near Bishops Rock, a fog prevailing a
the time.
A boat belonging TO 81. Agnes, III
southernmost Of th0sScilly Islands, a
Iandedsome Oi the survivors Of the wreel
at St. Mary's Island, another OF th
Scillys. The survivors were picked VI
while swimming with the tide, They haC
several narrow escapes from drowning
and were number Of times washed Of
tho rock. They declare the number o
lives lost by the disaster,is Is two hundred
A fearful sea is running, and It Is scarcely
possible for boats engaged in searching
for survivors to live. The scilly life-boa
has put of for the wreck. n
M.--Up to this hour, In this city
only Ave passengers and two Of the crew
Of The steamship Schiller arc known tt
have been saved. ThetAptain and seCOn(
mate were drowned. The steamship il
now lying broadside OH the rocks. She
is under water and her mainmast Is gone
A steamer and several boats are cruising
abOut the scene Of the wreck.
The disaster was owing 10 the denst
fog, which prevented either Of the Scilly
lights being seen.
M.-The wreck of the steamship
Schiller causes great excitement in this
city. Extras arc published, containing
all the particulars nt hand Of the dis
aster.
Later dispatches hold out the hope
that some OF the passengers and crew may
have reached some other Of The Scilly
IsIonds than those already mentioned.
g.SI p, NIP TO This hour Il is known
that tho following persons have been
saved from the Wreck of the Schiller
II. Killers, chief officer, and seaman
Lemke and Belling, stOkerS; Gouldberg
Waliis, Peterson and Peck, sailors; Louis
Reiderer cabin passenger, Of New York
Hern, probably DR.. 4. j. IIern, cabin
passenger, Of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania
Khun, probably E.Kuhn, cabin PasSen'
ger, oil New lOrKi feStei PTopa9Iy heu
Peste, cabin passenger, OF Philadelphia,
and +, schiiienberg, sleerage passenger
OF New York. The bodies OF two dead
passengers have been saved. Inc steam
ers and lile'boats are still searching ior
the survivors or bodie: ol the drowned
ar. MA dispatch Just received mere mere
from Penzance, Cornwall says . iiie-boat
and steamer lett there at hali'past ]
o'clock this afternoon i0r the scene oi Tue
wreck. The sea Is still rough, prevent
ing small crafts from going out.
The Retarriere lodges, on which the
Schiller struck, Is barely n thlrd oi a mile
inside Of Bishops Rock, and the steam
ship should have heard Bishops iog'Dell
6P.M.-Twentyaix 0i !he persons who
were on board the schlller, IN aIulllon
to those reported saved, nave pee" Ia''ueu w.,
at lrescow and boyer Islands, OF he
Scilly group. Among these arc ~ sne sec
Ond, third and lonrth oliIccrs" ihe mP'
tain iS certainly drowned
n Later Particulars , &
Tie following passengers are known u
have been saved: H 3 'Hs
First class passengers-ITenry Stern
of New York; Leo Weste, Of Philadelphia
and Karl Kusin. Second class and steer
npe passengera-Charles Hoester, Charles
Thrau, Karl Dautzer, Marcus Panwitzei
and Charles Jones and wife. BOul
other sleetagc passengers we're saved bu
their names have not been asertained, H'
they are in state Of inSensibility.
The following members Of the crew arc
also saved. Blusiner, PaCkendort, Wei
scr, Dan Blackousc, Rehtbefg, Jensen
Adamsen, lIaumann, Blaum, Jurgenjen
sen, Wcrneckl, Fahler, Hoffman, Ernst
rierson, Piel, Winsch and Schweinske.
j9P. M-Up TO this hour but forty
three Of oil who were on board are knoWi
70 ,',,t,ss ~ s1,v", NY y" alan bsSI snyed,
NV Sovarni Loiiss Lnyo been picked ut
near tha wreck, among them a womai
witi, a rb;iJ clnsted IN her arms, i.iIi