Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-05-13


certain that most of the passengers
found none. An order was given
that the first boat should take the wo-
men and children. This boat cap
sized.
POLICEMAN says that seven boats
were launched and only two lived.
The others were slowed and swamped
Immediately. The cries for help last
ed until o'clock
THE LAST VOICE HEARD
was that of little child in the cabin
II is not probable the boats could
have lived even if they had been sue
cessfully filled. The whole number
saved is Al. Thirty bodies have
been recovered.
PASSENGERS LOST.
New York, May "a cable dis
patch, received by the agents of the
Eagle Line, this morning, gives the
following corrected list Of passengers,
as far as known, to be saved:
Leo West, Henry Stern,
| John Jaens Mrs. Joe Jaens,
| S. Hexter Jean Rlnk,
| @. Frohm, Carl Kuhn,
Marcus Powitzer, r. Scheenburg,
| G. Jansen, Ludwig Rederer.
| Charles Henry Percy, Richard Williams
| Joseph Legenore.
LONDON, May 1O.-The sea is too
heavy to-day for boats to approach
the wreck of the steamship Schiller.
No cargo of any Importance has yet
been recovered. Fishermen report
that the Schiller is firmly settled on
rock and will not fall off into deep
water. Although it is difficult to ap-
proach the wreck now. There will
be many days in the Summer when
the salvage may be effected. There
was life belt in every one OF the
SchiUer's berths when the disaster
occurred Captain Thomas issued
orders that belt should be fastened
to every woman, but the women were
drowned by the heavy sea.
There were but few visitors at the
office of the steamship line this morn
ing. About dozen of the friends of
lost passengers were present, bat
soon left on hearing the following
cable dispatch read, which was re.
ceived:
"PLYMoUTH, May 10-To Consul
Keehr, New York: Only fifteen
passengers were saved from the
Schiller, the names of whom were
telegraphed you yesterday from Scilly.
We are doing everything to recover
and identify the bodies"
HER DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK.
New York, May The Schiller
sailed from here with l89 cabin pas
sengers.
The agents OF the Eagle Line say
that Captain John G. Thomas, of the
| Inflated Schiller, was the oldest COM
mander CD the line. He was for
many years in the service of the
Peninsular & Oriental Company, oc'
cupied high place among British
sailors, and was with difficulty in
duced to leave the British service to
enter that of the Eagle Line.
AGE AND CONSTRUCTION.
| The Schiller was one of the newest
and best boats in the transatlantic
service, large and strong, constructed
on the latest pattern. She was built
on the Clyde, by Robert Napier u
Sons. Her sister ship is the Leasing.
These two vessels left this port for
home densely crowded, being the
first to take advantage 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 has been consolidated with the
Hamburg American Line. Previous
to the departure of the Schiller, the
companies vessels had gone out with
a light passenger list.
DIMENSIONS, POWER AND VALUE.
The dimensions of the Schiller
were: Length, 375 feet; beam 40
feet; depth of hold, 80 feet; 5000 tons
burden; and 5000 indicated horse
power. She was classed at the
Lloyd's 100 l. She was full brig
rugged, and had eight life boats, and
three iron decks. Her engine could
run the vessel from fourteen to fifteen
miles an hour. She is said to have
been built according to the require
ments of Lloyd's marine insurance,
and to have possessed every known
appliance of safety. She was valued
at 100000, and insured for her full
value.
THE CREW, CARGO, ETC.
The crew consisted of l24 men, in
GLIDING engineers. She carried six
kegs containing 100000 in gold,
shipped by E. S. Balm & Co, Paris,
and ESQ mail bags containing the en-
tire continental mail, together with
large Austrian mail Her cargo con-
sisted of general merchandise, includ'
ing 500 bales of cotton, 25lo barrels
Of rosin, 1000 bushels Of corn and
consignment Of leaf tobacco.
sCILLY ISLANDS.
The ScilIy Islands are a somewhat
remarkable group at the west
entrance of the English channel,
about thirty miles west-southwest
from Lands End The group is
nearly circular in form, about thirty
miles in circumference, and contains
from 140 to $50 islands in al-accord-
ing as the count is made when the
tide is out or in-some which ore
islands in the latter case berg joined
by strips of land when the water Is
low. But six OF the islands are inhab-
tied, having population OF between
$500 and 5000. The shores are
steep and bold, and tits against these
that the Schiller struck and found
cred. The islands rise abruptly from
the dee sea- Although they contain
several good harbors. they are dan
gerous to vessels, and numerous fatal
shiprecks have occurred upon them,
among which were three line-of-tat-
tie ships, which were totally lost }