The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-05-14

were on the bridge. Tho Captain descende
, for moment to render assistance and v.
sweptaway.
At midnight the fig lifted for \ minute II
vealing the light house. The waves We,
sweeping the decks and carrying away.
At 2 O'Clock the deck house, in which wei
the women aud children, was swept away. Th
piercing cries Of the ill-hted victim
were heartrendiug. Then followed ghastl
silence, and the smoke stacks fell, c9ushin
one of the boats and two others were CARRIE
away. The remainder soon followed. Eac
succeeding wave took fresh victims At thi
tune about ten persons were clinging to tb
rigging ofthe mainmast and thirty to that q
the foremast. The ship careened, her yard
y uShiDg the water, and the tide was rising:
as O'Clock the fog lifted, and the survivor
shouted, but their cries were unavailing.
At Z o'clock the mainmast, anu A. 7:46 th,
foremost, both iron, fell. Then two of the St
Agnes boats came and rescued the few VII,
had managed to keep afloat.
It was reported yesterday that there wer,
lO3 women on board.
The SURVIVORS were taken Sunday from
Penzance to Plymouth. whence they will h
! sent forward to Hamburg, where there is the
greatest excitement
1t is asserted that life-saving belts were is.
sued to the women. It is certain that most o,
the passengers found none.
An order was given that the first boat should
take the women and children. This boat cap.
Sized
POLICEMAN says that seven boats were launched
ana only two lived. The others were stove
and swamped Immediately.
The cnes for help lasted until o'clock.
The last voics heard by the survivors
was that of little child in the cabin. It is
not probable the boats could have lived even
if they had been successfully filled
The whole number saved is forty-tour.
Thirty bodies have been recovered.
A ondon dispatch says Mr. Darrien Smith.
OF the Sciily Islands, writes to the Times that
many additional lives were lost because the
guns and rockets fired from the Schiller were
thought to be merely the ordinary signals OF
an arrival, which frequently has been the
cause Of false alarms.
Among the bodies recovered and already
identified, are those Of Rowne Luerchne and
Andre Peterson
A special dispatch says not word has been
heard from any Of the Milwaukee party
aboard the Schiller, and the friends Of the un.
tortunates here have given up all hope. It is
thought they al went down together.
An Associated Press dispatch from London,
dated May 10, says: the sea is too heavy to.
day for boats to approach the wreck Of the
steamship Schiller. None of the cargo of any
importance has yet been recovered. Fisher
men report that the Schiller is firmly settled on
the rock and will moi fall of in deep water.
Although it is difficult to approach tue wreck
now there will be many days in summer when
salvage may be effected.
There was life belt in every one Of the
Schiller's berths. When the disaster oc-
CURED Capt. Thomas issued orders
that one should be fastened to every woman.
but the women were drowned by heavy seas
Carl Schurz expected to sail ior Europe on
the ill-fated Schiller, Tut was detained by the
public dinner given him in New York
Fiity:six mail bags, including twenty seven
from New Zealand, were saved from thu"
Schiller.