Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-08
ANOTHER HORROR.
The Atlantic Steamer Deutschland
Wrecked OF the Mouth of the
River Thames.
Over One Hundred Lives Supposed to
Have Been LOst-Tugs and
Steamers to the Rescue.

contained one man and the dead bodies
of two others. The man reports that
! the two men persisted from exposure,
having been IN the boat forty.eight
: hOurs. August, the name of the quar-
tarmaster Of the Deutschland, who ar
rived in the boat, reports that the steamer
struck on san0Dank in the North Ses.
ana he believes she is totally lost, with
all her passengers and crew, numbering
one hundred and fifty. One boat Left
the ship before that occupied by August
and his companions. The fate of that
boat is unknown. The Bame Of one of
the men who died in Augustus boat is
Forsentein.
Glitch & Co, agents of the North
German Lloyd steamship line, to which
the Deutschland belongs, received a
dispatch from London, which says that
the admiralty offieer5 reported that the
boat picked up was washed away from
the Deutschlsnd, and that it was
supposed that the steamer struck at
some point on the KeI tish Knock sands.
A tug hes been sebt out tO.sesrch for her
and render assistance. The agents of
the line have grave fears concerning
the Deutschland, and de not conceal
them. They suppose that the vessel
went ashor9 in fog, az latest weather
reports from England contain accounts
| OF thick weather on the eastern coast,
which probably extended over the North
sea. In January last the Deutschland
| encountered terrible storms while on
her way TO this port fIom Bremen, but |
was safely taken back to the other side |
Of the Atlantic, although her machin- !
cry had been disabled. She has only |
made one trip from Southampton since |
encountering the storm, when che wss
laid up along with half dozen steamers !
| OF the line, and has not been used since |
February last. The captain Of
the Deutschland, Captain Luding, a |
thoroughly efficient officer, was placed in |
charge of the company's docks at /
| Bfemenhaven a short time ago, and a |
new captain, whose name hiss not been |
| ascertained, was transferred to the |
Deutschlsnd. The number Of passengers |
on board is not knoWD, but Information |
on this point has been ask ed for by tele-
graph.
LONDON, December THE following
| Ia q Ver6Gtina copy OF Lloyd's telegram
from Hamllche in regard TO the Deu sch
land: 1.-The steamer Deutschland, from
| Bremen for New York, with emf
grantR, grounded on Kentisn Knock at
five o'clock Monday morning, during
heavy northeast gale. The weather was
thick with snow. The crew and passen-
gers were drowned The Deutschland
has beaten over the Kentish Knock and
is LOW in four ana one. half fathOms
water. Sac has apparently parted amid
ships. When Captain Brick enstein left
the steamer she was full of water, which
was rising and falling with the tide.
Assistance has been sent to the Deutseh.
Las d.
LONDON, Discern Der s Captain BIick-
enstein, and part OF the crew of the
steamer Dzutcbsland, have Just landed
at HarWich. 1t is supposed that about
fifty passengers aud The crew were
drowned The Deutschland is now on
Long sands, further toward the shore
thai the Kentish Knock. Two tugs and
hfe-bOat have proceeded to the scene
of the disaster. Kentish Knock sands
are few miles off the mouth OF the
Thames.
The agents Of the North German
LEOyd's steamship company state that
the steamer DeutschlaHd has two first
class cabin, twenty-four second-clsss aud
ninety-seVen STEER age passengers. The
commander of the British man-of-Wer
Penelope telegraphs from Harwich to
the admiralty, that fifty lives have been
lost. The remainder of the passengers
and crew have landed at Harwich, where
they are under the care of the German
consul. Qusrtermsster August, In his
statement says that the name Of the cap
tain Of the Deutschland is Bisius; that
the steamer left Bremen Sunday morn
ing, and struck the knock on Sunday
evening. Every effort was made to get
her of, but in vain. The sea washed
over the ship, carrying away much of
her gear. The captain kept very cool.
Immediately after the ship struck, he
ordered the life-bCats to be distributed
among the passengers and crew. The
next morning, sS it was thought the
ship vas about to break up, the order
was given to lower the boats. August |
and two seamen we're detailed to man
one oft boats, which capsized twice
in lowering. When she righted, they
drifted away from the steamer. They |
tried to pull back but could not, as 8
heavy snow st0rm prevailed and the
weather was piercing cold. His two
companions persisted from exposure.
August says The crew numbered $50.
When he last saw the steamer ende 3vor5 I
were being made 20 launch all tue boais
The advertiser reports that the total
numEer of persons rescued from the !
Deutschland is one hundred and fl ty.
Twenty five mal-Oags were saved, The
pas euRe1s missing so far are J. Gross :
mann, first cabin; LudWing HERMANN,
Maria Foster, Emil Hack. Bertha Fund
ling, five nuns, TrocoOpi Ksdolkoff and 7
G. Lundgruen, second cabin.
NEW YORK, December 7.-Oelhrichs l
& Co., have just received the following T
dispatch from their ageut3 at South
ampton: The Deutschland ran ashore $
on Long Eands. Fifty Ct the passengers I
and crew are reported drowned Part I
Of the passengers and crew landed at I
Harwich IN Tuesday afternoon.
Further particulars are wanting.
The Deutschland fired rockies all day
Monday, and until Tuesday morning, J
and, although they were seen from 1
Warwick, it was impracticable to send !
assistance until the gale moderated. At 4
tour o'clock this morning the tug Liver. e
pool brought in fitty-one persons, i'll |
Guiding all the officers except the fourth. :
One child died on board the tug. The l
number of eesd bodies in the steamers 9
cabin was fifty, and the others are +
probably in the boats which are missing. r
So far only about fifty-four are known :
to be saved. Beck, The quartermaster, b
Is apparently dying, his swollen and r
blackened appearance indicating FROST
bite. His narrative was given with F
great difficulty. He says his boat was r
attached to the ship by rope, which c
broke, ard the boat fell to the leeWsrd. =
There being 10 oars, it was impos- p
eible t. return, go sail was rugged ! a
and the boat drove before the wind \
all day and the following night. A t
sLeerage passenger namei Forsentien, I
being lightly clad, and without shoes +
snd stockings, soon died, and seaman d
shortly after. Atfive o'clock this morn c
ing boat was perceived by an artillery I
mau on duty st the fort at Sheerness, t
and Beck vas rescued. The captain t
SAYS that distress signals were answered y
from the light vessels and coast guard I
station a. Harwich during Monday q
evening, but owing to the ferc eness Of
thu gale il vas impossible to send assist '
ancs. No lifeb at was to be had and Q
none other could live. :
LATER.-The scenes at the wreck on t
the arrival o! the tug defies description. 2
Strong women and children were cling
log to the riging, from. which many bad e
b en- Rssh5d away. Some were in II cir 7
last strugges. Ia the cabin ware seen !
corpses o. ladies Snd children Just So t
they had .etired One hundred and f 2 t
l.