Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-12-09
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THE DEUTSCHLAND DISASTER.
STATEMENT OF The CAPTAIN.
LARGE FIRE IN NEW YORK.
SINKING OF THE DEUTsCHLAND.
Graphic Statement OF the Capaafu


NEw YORK, Dec "A London dispatch
says: The captain OF the Deutschland ma keS
me ioilowing statement; ave left Bremen
maven Sunday morning, q strong northeast
gale with snow prevailed. Monday morning
We threW Inc lead every half hour. The last
lead we threw showed Il mthoms. We saw
light which we took for the north hinder
fre ship, which all agreed with our reckon
ings. At four O'Clock we had slackenei
speed, going slowly ahead. Suddenly Al 5-}a
we felt moderate shock. Our lead showed
during the previous hour from "a to II "a
thomS. The engine was backed Immediate
ly' but after few minutes a screw was lost !,
and cons quently the machinery stopped.
The ship commenced 10 strike heavily. We
signalod several vessels which passed. even
a steamer not noticing us. I ordered The
boats 10 toe made ready and all were swung
out, but n would have been impossible ant
useless 10 lower the boats, the sea being too
high. Bost No. I was lowered against my
orlers anu swamped with six persons IN n.
Boat No. 3, with the bOatswain, was lowered
at the same time. but
THE TREMENDOUS SEA
washed many overheard The shin filed
slowly, tie passengers behaved cDolly. Al
were provided with life preServers. Toe
deaths were caused by the high sea aud cold .
many falling benumbed from the rigging. n
blew hard Monday night. Immediately after
striking, sails were set and The don KEY en-
CINE pumps worked. but they were ahan-
doned ON Monday night, and az two O'Clock
all The passengers were ordered - the rig
ging, the upper decks being two feet under
water. Many OF the passenger in the wheel
muse ahu on the bridge We're saved IN the
morning. With the ebb tide the water fell
and the paSSenge descended from the rig
ging. tug boat arrived at i0.30. An OF the
mails were saved, the purser having brought
them INTO the cabin. The purSer aftarwarl
fell from the rigging and was drowned. The
ship probably broke tier back
Other details say:
ONE MAN COMMITTED srICfDE
by cutting the veins OF hts wrist. 4 gede
saved from the wreck OF the schiller was
drowned. Many OF those rescued are Severely
froSt-bitten and cannot recover. The FIRST
signal was seen 10y a coast guaud a. O'Clock
Monday morning. Toe sea was then very
rough. Harwich is the only place along that
shore which Is without n life boat. Several
coast guard men searched for vnlun.e %
go with the tug Liverpool, of Harwich. but
all refused. The people thought the signals
were from only a collier, and state that had
they known there were passengers on board
they would have gone ont. There were some
fearful scenes connected with the wreck
One woman hanged herself 10 the ROOF Of the
cabin. At Daylight on Tuesday the five
nuns were seen Boating face upward, dead.
SAVED.
LONDON, Dec. 9.-Tbe following eleven ad-
dllOral names OF passengers saved from the
Deutschland are furnished this morning
First cabin, Karl Diederrick: second cabin
Pfocopi kadOlhOn; steerage, Flariam Bau-
erie, George DTetiert or FrsldTit. Anua Hub
ner, Wilhelm Surge, Maria Ste lrnagel. r.
Schuster, Anton Tclchy. GeOrgiana Frank
and Johann GaSS. u il probable that some
DINERS are saved and not Identified on ac-
count OF the confusion OF names in transcri-
bling and telegraphIng. The child of Anna
Gmolek died on the steam tug after leaving
the wreck OF the Deatsch land.
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED UNACCOUNTED FOR
Altogether about forty of the passengers
anu nIty OF the crew are unaccOunted for.
The steamer VIII probably become a total
wreck.