The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-05-13

he accident occurred At 10 O'Clock last
light, AZ which hour the steamship struck
n Retarr;eve Lefgss, near Bishops Rock.
\ log prevailed at ,he time. \ boat be-
oagins 10 ST. Agnus, the sou;hermost OF the
sicily Isles, has landed some OF the sur
-ivors of the wreck At ST Nary's Island. ar
,;her OF the Sicilys. These survivors were
picked up while swimming with the tide.
They had several narrow escapes from
browning, and were a number of times
washed OF the rock. They declare that the
number al lives lost nv the disaster Is zoo.
\ fearful sea l. raging, and it Is scarcely
possible Tor the boats engaged in searching
Tor the survivors 10 live. The Sicily life
boat has put off for the wreck.
lP. Mp TO this hour, in this city,
only five passengers and two OF the crew OF
the Schiller are known 10 have been saved.
The captain and second mate were drown
Ell. The steamship is now lying broadside
on the rock. She Is under water, and her
main mast Is gone. 4 steamer and seven
boats are cruising about the scene Of the
wreck. The disaster was owing 10 the
dense log, which prevented either OF the
Sicily lights being seen.
, M-The wreck If the steamship
Schiller causes great excitement in this city.
Extras are published containing all Of the
particulars al hand 'of the disaster, and
later dispatches hold out the hope that
some OF the passengers and crew have es-
capped to the Sicily Isles. other than those
already mentioned.
$50 p. Mp TO this hour it is known
that the following lives have been saved
from the wreck; H. Hillers. chief office,
and a seaman named Lenks Falin, stoker
Gonlhberry, Waller, Peterson and Peck,
sailors; Louis Reiderer, cabin passenger, of
New York also probably Dr. y. J. Kerry,
cabin passenger, OF Shenandoah, Pa, and
probably F. Kuhn, cabin passenger, OF New
York; Leo Wisler, cabin passenger, OF
Philadelphia, and +. Schillenberg, pas
senger in the steerase, of New York The
bodies of two dead passengers have been
saved. Steamers and liie-boats are still
searching for survivors or bodies OF the
drowned.
Dispatches received here from Pensance
this afternoon state that life boat and a
steamer left there at l:30 O'Clock this after.
noon for the scene of the wreck The sea
is still rough, preventing small crafts from
going out The Retarrieve Lodges, on
which the Schiller struck, are barely third
of mile inside of Bishops Bar, and the
steamship should have heard Bishops fos
bell
Twenty-six OF the persons who were OF
board OF the schooner, in addition to thost
reported saved, have been landed at Escow
and Brier Islands, of the Sibiiy group
Among these are the second and fourtl
:, 81, a a
MAY 9, A. Mp 10 this hour, but As Of
all who were on board the Schiller ar,
known TO be saved. Twenty-Five sacks Of
mail matter have also been saved. Severa
bodies have been picked up near the wreck
among them 4 woman with i child claspeG
in her arms.
- MA dispatch just received, SAYS
Richard Williams and Charles Henri,
Percy, Storage passengers, were saved. Nine
teen corpSes, some bales of hay, and othe
portions of the cargo, have been recovered
The survivors and portion of the mail
have reached Penzanee, and will be Tor
warded from that place to Plymouth b,
pattern, and was built on the CLYDE, b,
Robert Napier n Sons.
Her sister ship is in Leasing. These tvs,
vessels left this por, for home crowded, lie
ing the first to take advantage of the open
ing OF the spring trade to Europe. The.
were the last two steamers that sailed TN
der the flag of the Eagle line, which ha
been consolidated with the Hamburg Amer
lean line.
length, SO feet beam, 40 feet; depth OF
hull, - feet; capacity, 200 tons burden
and 5000 indicated horsepower The boa
was clas-ed at Lloyd's loo, a. she was full
rugged, had eight large liie-boats and tire
| iron decks. Her engine could run the We
sci from fourteen To fifteen miles per houl
She Is said to have been built according {
the requirements of the LLOYD Marine In
surance Company, and To have possesse
every known appliance for safety. She wa
valued nj 100000, and was insured for he
| full value. The crew consisted OF ia mel
including the officers. She carried 81
kegs, containing three hundred thousan
dollars in gold, shipped by +. J. BALM 4 Co
bankers oi No. II Exchange Place, in hi
city, To- +. ). BALM u Co., Paris: and -
mail-bags, containing the entire continents
mail, together with large Australian mai
The cargo consisted OF general merchandise
including 500 bal, Of cotton and a lar
consignment OF leaf tobacco. The Office
the cnmnanv in This CITY wer,. bssi.ee
during the morning bv the friends Of tho,
who sailed On the vessel and The scepes
distress which resulted from the confirm,
ton of the news that the vessel had hes
In.r were nitifnI Ops man who had
wife and two children ON boarJ Ill into
fainting fl on beinr informed Of the fate
the vessel and loud wai,ings were hoard a
ali sidss The officer 81 the ScbiIIa