The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-09
BY TELEGRAPH.
TERRIBLE DISASTER.
Wreck Of the Steamship Schiller.
Two Hundred Lives Lost.

LONDON, May 8.-Intelligence Of . sbocl;,~
marine disaster has just reached this CITY, TN.
Eagle Line steamship Schiller, Capt. Thorn -.
which sailed from New York on April IS, f.r
Hamburg, by way Of Plymouth and Cherboure.
has been wrecked off the Scilly Isles. It is be-.
ieved that two hundred persons have persisted
LATER-2:30 P. M.-Additional particulars thue
iar received OF the wreck Of the steamship Schil-
first reported The accident occurred at 10
o'clock last night, ct which hour the steamship
struck on the dangerous Rebarriere lodges, near
Bishops Rock. A fog prevailed ct the time.
ern Of the scilly Islands, has landed some Of the
survivors Of the wreck at st. Mary's Island,
| another OF the Settles. These survivors were
PICKED up while swimming with the tide. They
had several narrow escapes from drowning and
were number OF times washed off . rock.
They declare the number Of lives lost by the
disaster is two hundred. A fearful sea is raging,
and it 10 scarcely possible for the boats engaged
IN searching for survivors to live. The Scilly
| Life boat has put off for the wreck.
PLYMOUTH, Eng, May S-12:3O.-The agent at
this place OF the Eagle line has proceeded to
Sicily. A gun was heard at one O'Clock this
morning near the scene Of the disaster.
LONDON, May 8, !. P. Mp to this hour FIVE
Schiller are known to have been saved. II is
known that the captain and second mate were
drowned.
The steamship is now lying brosdside on the
gone. A steamer and several boats are cruising
about the scene of the wreck searching for the
survivors. The disaster was owing to a dense
fog which prevented either of the Sicily lights
being seen.
LATER, 2P. M-The wreck OF the steamship
Schiller has caus ed great excitement in this city
Extras containing all particular rs at hand of the
disaster have been issued by the several news
papers. Later dispatches hold out the hope that
some persons may have escaped and reached
some OF the Scilly Islands.
New York. May 6.-The agents of the Eagle
line say that Capt. Thomas, OF the Schiller, was
the Oldest commander in the line. He was for
and Oriental Company, and occupied high place
among British sailors. He was with great diff
Guilty induced to leave the British service to enter
that Of the Eagle line.
The Schi Ter was one Of the newest and best
boats in the TRANSIT Continental service. che was
large and strong and const' ucted on the --latest
pattern. She was bui t on the Clyde BY Robert
Napier Sons. Her sister ship is the Leasing.
These two vessels left this port for home
vantage 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 had
been consolidated with the Hamburg American
Line.
Previous to the departure of the Schiller. the
company's vessels had gone cut with light pas
LosDos, May 9, $50 P. Mp to this hour i.
from the wreck Of the Schiller.
ID. Killers, chief officer, and Q seamen; Lemkc
and Bailing, stokers; Gouid, Berg, Wallis, Peters
and Peck sailors; L; Reiderer, cabin passenger;
Of shenandosi P khu san pr esS Mr.
Kuhn, cabin passenger, of New York; Peete
probably; Mr.. Leo Weste, cabin passenger Of
Philadelphia, and F. Schillenberg.
The bodies OF two dead passengers have been
Qkoou a and
ing for the survivors or the bodies of the
drowned.
Twenty-six Of the persons who were on board
The Schiller, in addition to those before reported
Islands, belonging to the scilly group. Among
these are the second, third and fourth officers'
The captain 10 certainly drowned.
LONDON, May ga dispatch just received here
steamer left there 1t 80 O'Clock this evening for
he scene OF the wreck amidst intense excite
nenf. The sea IL still rough, preventing small
,raft from going out. The hetarriere lodges ON
which the Schiller struck il barely third of !.
nave heard the Bishops fog bell.
LONDON, May "a dispatch just received
lere says, that Richard Williams and Charles
Henry Percy, both Of New York, steerage pas
engers on the steamship Schiller, were saved
'arious other articles of the cargo Of the steam
hip have been recovered. The survivors and
'ortion OF the mails recovered have reached Per-
ance, and will be forwarded from that place tn
'lymouth by the first train this Sunday morn
1g:
Those who are going to Cherbourg and Ham
urg will be sent to their destination BY the
tealnship Pommerania, Of the Hamburg Ameri-
an line, now on her way home from New York,
M which mich is expected to reach Plymouth some
LONDON. May s, 8 P. Mp to this hour, but
orty-three in all OF the persons who were On
GARD the Schiller are known to be saved.
Twenty-Five sacks of the steamships mail have
lso been saved.
Several corpses have been picked up floating
oman with . child in her arms.
WASHINGTON, May 8-Among the passengers
I the steamer Schiller were Mr.. NJ. Harrison Of
larkineville, Ga, Mr.. A. Waterman, do; Max
oheD, Montezuma, Ca; Mr.. Herm. Spitz, Ma
on, Ga; Mr.. G.. G. Leonhardt, Mrs Mary W.
eonhardt and Miss Jennie Leonhardt, all Of,
New YoRK, May s.-The dimensions OF the
chiller are: Length 375 feet, beam 40 feet,
epth Of hold 80 feet, height Of spar deck 7 feet
inches, height Of lower deck feet inches,
500 tons burthen, and 5000 indicated horse
over and was classed at Lloyds at 100 Al; she
nd three iron decks. Her engine was OF the
,mpound vertical direct acting principle had
70 cylinders OF 10 inches diameter, with feet
inches stroke Of piston, and could run the yes
Her boilers were four in number with six fur
ices to each shaft, Of steel and eighteen inches
diameter. Her screw hsd four blades was
neteen feet in diameter and twenty-nine feet :
tch. She is said to have been built according
the requirements OF the Lloyd Marine Insur-
ice, and to have possessed every known appii-
ice for safety. She was valued .: s7o0, 900, and
Of 1914 men including the officers.
She carried !, s1 Z kegs S containing 100000 in
Exchange Place in this city, to f. s. BALM &
D., Paris, and two hundred and fifty mail bags.
ntaining the entire continental mail, together
.ted Of general merchandise, including 500
les OF cotton 1913 barrels Of rosin. 1000 bushels
corn and large consignment Of leaf tabacco.
The officers Of the company in this city were
sieged during the morning by the fnencs Of
ose who sailed in the vessel, and the scenes OF
stress which resulted from q confirmation Of
Q news that the vessel had been lost were pitt
to behold. One man, who had Ia wife and two
ildren on board, fell into faintiDg fit ON being
formed OF the fate Of his family, and loud wall
GO were to be heard on all sides.
NEW YORK NAV S.-The Schiller's steeraDe