The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-29
BAD NEWS OF THE SOUDER.
ONE or THE BO4rs CAPSIzED IN THE
GALE orr carr HATTER1S.

~ucd from y Life. Rnrt Two Days Aner-
The Greatest storm for Years on this Coast.
Iany friends of the passengers on board
Tho steamship Emily h. Souder. reported ~
having iOundcred of Cape Haticras called at
tie cfce Of ". r. Clyde * Co.. the agents. yes
to-day. Among them were l.. Dclmonte. tho
friend and employer Of Antonio Ros: Louis
Toscano. brother OF J. A. Toscano. and Mr..
Crosby Of Yonkers. n relative Of Dr. Crosby's
nephew. Rutgers Crosbv Several Of the
wives ot, The missing scGmen were also present.
some with children IN their arms. Mr. Clyde
and hla assistants tried TO console thcm. Into
in the afternoon many wont home convinced
That there would BIO no news. but with the
promise of Mr.. CLYDE that they should bo i'm
mediatey notified on the receipt Of any intelli-
gcnce. Soon aitor o'clock brcathcss tele-
graph boy entered the Office bearing n cable
despatch from jamaica. which Mr.. Rogers
opened and read aloud.
70 ETpspm p cyi,. N,S T,F '''''''' ''' 80 1910
Theodore Hunt ,stcinern and Alfred Anderson quar-.
on Dee ~ on hie al by sabgoncr ah, nyop vS.u
from Boston here They report steamer toundered in
hnrncane o. two days previous and SAW boat capsized
GSsmcAs cossuL Jamaica.
The reading OF the despatch did not lessen
The anxiety Of those Interested. Tho fact that
pne Of the boats had capsi7ed alongside showed
ihat the storm must have been at its height and
lessened tho probability Of the survivors Of the
other boats escaping. Still 1t left room for hone
Nr. Rogers and others Of the company's OIL
GERS incline 10 the belief that the other boats
hnve either got of altogether and have arrived
at Bermuda. or have been picked up by passing
vessels.
The last clause" Mr. Rogers said. lost
sight OF other boats would imply that those
boats had boon lowered and had escaped clear
1.-THE wreck. 1t is common thing in marine
disasters for one more boats TO be stove or
capsizcd. while others escape safely. The per-
sons in the boats. from whom Anderson and his
mnte parted company on the 18th. had certainly
as good a chance Of being picked up as the two
men who chung TO the life raft"
There were four ifeboats in the Souder all Of
iron. Each was capable Of holding from fifteen
% twenty persons SO that. deducting the one
capslzed. there was more than ample room in
the others for the entire ships company. Con-
corning the number OF lferaits there is some'
dispute. some saying there wis only one. others
two. They were placed on the top Of tho hurri-
c'ne deck. ready for immediate use, The RATS
constructed OF tunnels OF iron laid horizontally.
with cross pieces and platform aboye. The
and Steinert escaped had withstood success
iuIy the terrii" gale OF the two days following
is considered favorable to the safety OF the other
iron rant and the litehoats. There were also 100
III. uresrrv"rs on board
A.
huHNe 81 western PENNSYLVANIA. His family
Ind lived for several years past in Baltimore.
!Mr: Friend was IN his return 70 San Domingo
from visit To- that city. The F. klemmer men
Toned y Ferdinand Klein. a mechanical engi-
neer who was ON his way Ia san Domingo to
superintend the manufacture OF sugar on sew
efal largo plantations. On the passenger list
BE- name was spelled klemmer. but Mr..
imae,ner OF l,OSs Myrtle avenue gave tho miss
=, sigma service officers say that the storm Of
tne 10Th inst. in which the Souder foundered.
was the greatest that has swept along the Allan
nc coast IN "a, long period In New York The
noted since the establishment OF the signal SER
vice office here and the velocity Of the wind
"a as hiS9 as grlyeieht miles per hour
charleston the depression WAS almost equally
marked and the velocity Of tho wind
q unusual seyer n Bsa@Sds lies $50 s miIss
s sourhe,asI Of Cape Haitierss Placing n the OK.
10 the eastwaN lthe owners estimated IL at $50
miles,. there woul~ all remain 800 miles TO be
open boats before they Could reach Bcrmuda'
the HIDING Of which, as good authority said
haystack. The prevailing winds along tho
North Atlantic cosst during the hurricane we're
from the southeast, although there is an eNcep-
uph IN inc ease OF ne North Carolina coast.
where the wind on the ION was reported from
the northwest. Signal Service Officer DON
nhusrr thlnks thHt tncre Is strong basis OF
probability in Mr.. Cyde's theory that the steam
snip was driven 10 the eastward ON that day.
ana dhat the survivors have chance Of reach
The friends Of Rutgers Crosby. the nephew OF
chancellor Crosby. say that II any one was
saved from the wreck he probably WAS, mas
murh - ne was active. daring. and fertile in
Resources. He was below the middle height and
small in stature but muscular and an expert
swimmer HIS brothers partner Mr.. Hoffman.
says OF him: He always lighted on his feet.
and We hope o. hear oth i'm alive and well yet
Air crosby was travelling with Mr. RIA. Friend.
with whom he had business interests.
John Tee. the chief engineer lived in Brook
lyn, lie was once saved from shipwreck in
1905, after drifting for nine days on a plank.
NNlTKN ~ eannu1 II iv4Na NJ
us Seventh Avenue. He was a native OF Lon
don. England. and he leaves two daughters.
John Mann. Ass siaut steward, leaves wife
and four SINAI. children. Tho wife went into
the office az Rowling Green with one child in
tnai She had not twenty-five cents whrrewth to
hpy them something to eat She lives ~ q
her husbands return. FREDERICK c. Booth. the
asslstlnl Engineer, WAS formerly IA Paterson
man, Ieeping store for several years.
l. n, kOoe gts. the owner of the steamship is a
son OF Mnrshh o. Roberts. lie said yesterday
That he valued the souder at $4,000, and that
me amount ol INSURANCE ON her was small.
Besides her eargo, the Soudcr carried ten bags
o. iettors anu p9pers for Cape Hayden. Port-au-
Island.
The officers Of some OF the marine Insurance
companies were very reticent regarding risks
OIL the lost steamship. George Il, Cholwell tho
clerk OF the Board OF Underwriters. who is sup
posed 10 ut once ascertain the amount OF insur-
ance on lost and damaged vessels. said that he
had not been 50 instructed in regard TO the
Souder He said that be knew absolutely moth
ing in regard 10 the loss. although several we'll
known Insurance men said they had positive
knowledge that he did.
Mr. Dennis, the Secretary OF the Atlantic Mu-
tual Insurance Company acknowledged that
ms company had risk on the missing vessel.
but insisted that II was very small one.
Tho arrival OF the steamship Gamma which
sailed from Bermuda twenty-four hours ahe cad
Of time. and was due here late last evening is
RnxiouslY looked for by the friends OF the miss
Ing. There is u bare hope remaining that she
may bring some Intelligence Of the persons in
the lost boats.
oTHEn OCEAN DISASTERS.
NORFOLK. Va. Dec. 2S.-1he steamer Tunis
Capt Downs. from Galveston Tor Liverpool
went ashore this morning AZ Cape Henry She
was putting in here Tor coal. Tho wreck ing
sieamer Rescue has gone 10 her assistance.
whom the crew got alongside the Captain Of the
Tunls said he did not require Assistance ~
present. and that he expected 10 get OF nt
Che next Hood tide at 10 A. VI. She is lying
IL twelve feet OF water about two hundred
yards from shore, with wind and sea IL her
favor.
"A later despatch sRys that the Tunls has
changed, with her head on. She occupies the
same bed. aud does not seem 10 have improved
her chances. The Captain seems hopeful. and
depends on tho next noOd tide. Wrecking
steamers have arrived ut tho scene Of the wreck