, 1875-12-24
THE DEUTSCHLAND WRECK,

UHtnals OF tho IISnsfcr-A Summary
| OF t'HsHcAEers' 'Nnrfntlycs-Eeuruurl =
hhfe Co0incSs OF the victims ,f thu
Wrcci-TcrFit,je Scenes.
Writing from Iiarwich OIL Dec. r. Tho corrc.
sponttcnt Of tho IonIon Dai!g Nr,cs saya:
weaving tnyesher Tho variouB rcrsona mar.
ratired which hnye taken down fron, the li1a Of
tue paAscngorx tho following n tho story they
hayc 10 tell: They wero all ii. bell whou tho ahip
! Htruck mid wore rouaei first by ttlo butnlJug Of
le sl''I, and to1t by tho cry that raug foro mad
NY Tor every man mud woman 10 Pit on iifc-
i neltHs OF Which thcrn was plentiful Rtorn in
lianu. Tho women Jumped mp and swarmcd In
tlla companion.way OF tho Baloon. making
Tor tho deck, whcro they, wcro mot
way. And halt forced, laIf persuaded them to
| 70 back, telling thenl tliero Ma no daugor, A.
ter the screw lind bcon broken, tho eugtos also
failed, and tho sai!s proved usolcta. tho mato
passongess thcn closFfuly formed themselves
into Ea'igs md wnrkea ht tho pumps bnt, M ono
had, 'tley wesn pttmninE at tho North Saa,"
aI1'l Ms 1t ~ns obviously iMposab1o to make
rlcaralIct OF that tho task w,s abandoned, and
tho o'licora, crsw, and passengers rulapsod into
state 0t passive expectancy Of Auccor from With
ont. Tint thia cau!I not long he con,ug hap
I Ply aacnlc1 ccttnlu. Tho Rockets Nl,cl, haI
hecn fcnt up lad been anHworot from tho at,oro.
llo IlKhtrhir. which Ind halpett to misesh tho
Captain. Waa rla,uly rsiblo. aud at loaat two
sl,IIa sailed ~ Ao lcar that, TIL tlloy began
hopslc 'Fly 70 faae away, ons 10 tho nar:hwArl
~
rvs,gc,s wero h,,rc tI,oHo OF, boMd lad ase, tt,o
wreck, atui war. cou,int, In tho;r ".u;rt n,,o"
PerilapH 1t wn5 this certainty uf thn mar
cas Of Ruccor that kent oil c,tlloy tho HLrieiur
or the sLupor Of dcapni. Jjoyeyor Tint NAV IN
it tt ono Of tho most notable fcat,iroa nbout thia
fearful sccno that with fow exceptions, after
tito ret ehncA everybody WA tnrouEhaut tic
first day wonderfully cout, pations, aud aolf-
pussesheu. l1cEa WIS ITO regular meal on M9n-
day, Int thcr" was plenty tu ent and drink and
tho opportunity aec,.,s to have bern ronnrniiv.
though, rnoderateiv, improved. tina wnyne,,
kept below all tIay, and, While thu tiren wrrc
going, wofo gpryLa With hot nn,1,, n,ent bronn
ard WING, and seemed to have Lcou inci,mrl tn
mako tho best OF bad lob. but toward nirl,t
tho horror TT tho situation Increased IN n rnaenrn
far beyond That naked by tho darkl,css, AIi
day long tho sen lad been washing nyor TIM shin
but by taling rofugo ln tho herllIs and on a liza
,allcs autl benches in lilo BALLOON X
hal boon losBlblo 10 keen cou,patn.
lively ,lr;. Az night fell, however, Tie
I'D, ;,ao rose rose aud & nt ni1ni*ht tc water eamo r4l,-
saloon, a,d masiu, tlo caLius tj,,ntin,s cnt,;na
Then tho women gero ordered m n,,i instr,,.tni
10 taEo to the rigging but 1nanv OF them, chwei
dock foro aud ait and shu,tdor,ur haforo tt,o tho
Jury Of tho pitiIess sloot-lanou r3lo rn,uaaI ~
leave tito taloo1,, Then han,cncd hnrrho
acnnea which tho non refuses to ,rtr,y r., thc,r
fuItueHs. Ono woma,,, driven mad with II ic.r
and ,lcapnir deliberately hing lorsolf fran In
roof OF t!,c Aalnou, 4 man, tnk,uv nut hia nan.
knife dug It iuto is wrist md ,snrtej ~ ah+1t
US long as ho had HtfeuelL tiyiuf, where hn fciI.
Another man, incol,slcntly calling M t1,c w,1n
and child lo lad lett III Germany. rnshei ai'a"t
with a bottle iu ljs hand. frnuttea,lv nhontinr
for paper and uenuil, Snuoi,osiy rnvo i'm t,,tI'
md, se,ibbng q note, ho curkci n t]own IN n
bolt!o aud throw Il oycrboard, foIEowiu,, It him
aef momont liter, as aTsa. wavo cana =, n.I ama
swert h,m overheard. ""N
There wore i've nuns on board. vim. bx THAR
terror -strickon conduct, soon. IT, ha:a n,t,iaI
greatly to tho wotrd,lcps Of tho ecrus. Tnrv
wrro deaf 10 all ef,ttoatics to Icayo ti,o roinon
and When, almost by man forco' tbe stowarJoss on
GwGoao conduct thru.1nnnt wa niun1,, ~ .,,e
extrelue) u,guaccd to rot tiem on tha can,nau. o
ion ialjer t4cy sunk down on tho stans and stmt.
bornly rof.scd to GO auotbor s.cn' T Thcv aenn,.
cd to Aayo returned to tlIa Ga,ouu apan s1,nrtr
for so,ucwllero in tia cnIl of tho '',I. n;,i;t
wl,np tho grnater rart Of t1,o crnw mud na.a.n'
gers were IL to srgug one was gestI with 'a t9"r
Dody half thrOuvi, In sy,ivht "rvin, o;a,,a ~
i voice nhoye tho storm. "a nv j;uJI' n'ata +.
quick, make il uuicx" Al d.y,It rnsta,d,,s
rnnening, WHOM tie ttdo 1,aI obbod md ioov,ny
tho deck clear some on tho rirriuv want don,,"
and looking iuto the cabin saw tiio uuns tl,ating
dal!S but tI,at st!1osc In tho rigplnf could I,stin
guish eacll others fenturcy, mid tina hnyo tIo
comfort Of comnanionsl,ip.
Ihore sooms to hayo 0eyn wonderful amount
and trying to lloip evosyhos.y e,uo, Quo Of tLo
passengers n cllcory Tout0u. nnmci Auo1nh |
lIorrmanu-took young American isdf unt.nr
hs spocini charge. aud hsd tho satsgsctlun of
seeing ler on to Iondon this nftnrnnnn fio
took Ler IN tho rigging and heId ,ar m there NJ
through tic night and eays sho wna A. hravo
and aa solf-posacpsod as II thcy had hcon rno,s
Sortebly on shore. H7,ue timo during thN nIyi,t
m nnkiown friend 1,asscd down to lin = hosntJo hnJ
OF whisky, Tho cork was In TIM bnttia. an, AZ
ho waA holding on to tho rigging vii. nnn L,nI
md had tbs other round tha ln,1s the1n was
romo dlIcuy Getting a, ,a contcn.a svaS ~ %Is t1
bottle. This he HnRl,v snIveI Wv Ino,s
ing tho neck OF, and thon fo,nd 1ims.if
In tho dllemtua Of not Lo;ur nhJo IN rct thn iot.
tIo 10 tic jAt}y's month 5Snm "re nonr;n~ !.
down my neck" was her 0uct resnonse In lis ii,st
essay, hut IN tho euc l,o succcoJci in an,inp thn
whisky in the right direction. and, at,nr sskinv
frcslcd Just infore thia torrh1o sos;dant ~
currcd, whcI, thruatcuctl t,cath ~ ma ~ nota
lho pnraer who bad Aroa hitnsc,f ~ tha ~
ring some yar,la aboyo tl,om. cottnc nnn,haf
luoscd lis hold. snd fnliinr hasGlonr doru
5,o o1r}tu mi,fIt t,p11n