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PIYxnuTH, Eng, May 9.-Ths steam
or Peemernia, from New York, has ar
rived. ipo , q f9a aoi8sesgM
FsArHrR PorNr. May s.-The steamer
polynesian. from Liverpool. arrived
this morning. '''ls' ~ ''1i' 2 2 .it
LONDON. May 8. - The Eagle line
steamer Schiller, Capt. Thomas. which
sailed from New York April 28th for
Hamburg, by way Of Plymouth and
Cherbourg, has been wrecked OF Scilly
Isles. It is reported 200 persons have
perished. &
New YoRk. May 8. = The Schiller
sailed from here with 149 cabin passen-
gers. ae;...5{,
LONDON. May S.-Additional particu-
lars received Of the wreck OF the Schil.
Ter show the disaster is fully as terrible
as at first reported. The accident 90.
Cured at 10 O'Clock last night. at which
hour the steamer struck on the danger
ous retsrriere lodges near Bishops rock.
Afog prevailed at the time. A fearful
sea is raging and it is hardly possible
for parties engaged in searching for sur
vivors to live. The Scilly lite boat has
put off for tho wreck. S' ''a .i7Ni's'
The wreck Of the Schiller causes great
excitement in this city. Extras are pub
lished containing the particulars at hand
Of the disaster, l' '.'-'
The dimensions of the Schiller were.
length. 375 feet, beam, 40 feet, depth of
hold, 80: 5000 tons burden. She was
full brig rugged, had 8 large lifeboats,
and three iron decks. Her engines
could run the vessel IA or Is miles an
hour. She was one of the newest and
best boats in the transcontinental SER
vice. Was valued at 500. 600 and was
insured for her full value She posses
sed every known appliance for safety.
The crew consisted of 1874 men, inclu-
ding officers. Carried three kegs con.
tanning $500. 900 gold. shipped by Bal
lin & Co. of Paris; and 1000 mail bags.
containing the entire continental mail,
together with large Australian mail.
LoNpoN. May s. 5r. M.-Twenty. six
of the persons who were on board the
Schiller, In addition to those reported
saved, have been landed at Tresco and
Bsryher Islands of the Scilly groupe Of
islands. Among them are the second.
third, and fourth officers. The Captain
is drowned. 'let
The steerage passenger list comprises
100 adults, IA children and infants.
NEW YORK, May 8. 3P.M.-The Schil-
ler is total loss. The LIST and Sd Off
GERS, with 40 passengers and the crew
are known to be saved.
Two steamers and life boats are wreck
ed. The names of the survivors are not
ascertained. A vilent sea is still beat :
ing on the merciless shoal and this pre-.
vents rendering ehectual aid.
When the last boats reached the
neighbcrhood of the retarriere ledge, the
last mast of the Schiller went ov-
erboard. and scores of people who were
clinging to it were drowned after having
endured the most ngonizing suspense
during the night. At q late hour of the
day bodies, female. we're found. 43
persons are known to have been saved.
70 bodies have bee. recovered.
LONDON. May 9.-The following ad>
ditional particulars have been received:
A heavy fog prevented observations on
the Schiller since Tuesday. The en-
gines were put at half speed and the sail
reduced at 9 o'clock on Friday night.
At 10 o'clock the same night the ship
struck the ledge. A great panic pres
vailed. Capt. Thomas is highly praised
for his conduct during the terrible
scenes which followed. Twoboats were
filled with men who refused to come
out, The Captain fred his revolver ov-
or their heads to drive them out, and
then fred at them but without effect.
Afterwards the ship washed ashore, and
all on board those boats persisted. The
tackle at the stei n was released too soon
leaving them suspended by the bows. 3
boats got away. One, a ifeboat. was SO
badly injured that she sank and eleven
of the people on board were rescued by
the other boats. The fog lifted anshour
after the ship struck aud lights were
plainly visible. Two of the boats on
the steamer were crushed by falling
funnel. The deck, which was crowded
with people was swept away at 2 A. n.
The rigging which remained above wa
ter was crowded with passengers all
night. The mainmast fell at 7 30, and
being of iron sunk with all on it. The
foremast gave way soon after.
Boats from St. Agnes were unable to
approach the steamer on account of the
shoalsi but picked up stragflers in the
water. ' t''r-'-s -.-
May 10, S 81. A. M Fifty corpses
from the Schiller have come ashore or
been landed at st. Marys alone. The
dead are much mutilated.
ga. MIR. Darrien Smith of Scilly,
writes the Times; Many additional lives
were lost because the guns and rockets
fred from the Schiller were thought to
be merely the ordinary signals of arriv-
al. which frequently have been the
cause of false alarms. gI
/ V1croR1A, May SIT is reported that
Henry Rhodes & Co.. Of this city. have
been awarded the contract for carrying
Her Majesty's mails between here and
San Francisco. The operation to go
into effect July LIST. They have had
placed at their command two large Eng
lish steamers for this purpose. A lively
opposition may be expected the coming