New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-10
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,ropy OF THE sOUDER SURVIVORS.

STORY OF THE SOUDER SURVIVORS,
4 GRAPHIC STATEMENT OF THE LOSS OF TIE
srrAMER-TaE FATE OF TIE OTHERS ON BOARD
UNKNOWN.
Theodore Steinert, quartcrmaster ana w. A.
Anderson seaman the only two persons known 20 nave
been saved from the steamship Emily i. Souder OF tue
CLYDE / ne which foundercd at sea on December 10
with 81 persons board arrived here yesterday from
jamaica on the steamship Atlas. They went at cnce
20 the Office Of the company Of W T. Clyde Co.. and
gave a statement Of the disaster The tw" men were
examined separately, and their statements cpparcu III
every particular.
Mr. stoincrt stated that when about 200 miles from
NcwYork a strong gale with heavy head seas came GA,
Tie next day the vessel began to leak Al
the steam pumps we're started but the leak increased
The deck freight was thrown overheard tle lo,Su,S
cut v, ana all hands worried l't uI % rcrr re-
@ tty o,t tEe fires About p the captain Or
dcrcd every one to put c preserves aG 'Ae !" '"'
Doats as !cIe was 10 hope OF saN'ne Tue NtSNI loo,
INC statement Coutiuuc- 80 The me- no"i Wa 'U"
sr6 IN which was the hir mate. r. VI. Deakcn rive OF
he clcw Mrs. Root Mrs. Cazncau, Mrs STORM hmy I
ms boat cap,lz d. ard the Ieo9c we're holding /" li
bottom Of the boat and s"mliinS to"a.u inv
boat with Mr.. Booth and NrNc"lhdh' u. Nv" q 1,, ~,
engineers al except two Of the 'o'S'Le 49,.
~ , n,rscT and " IN several The crew including
,oung EGnOnStOn also got c!edl OF me N.SsDi'
KuchI stood the ship, although uretu /" 20, anu
"n,c. ~ l,inccr JDnn Tee gave directions III s'tHu5
away the boats. Tuey IN ~ with the second "r' "u
.frT THROWN. u overheard Jumped alter IT, Inc Vdi
lin had fret made arrangements Tor tic SIX I-u'
,,ai,u, ON board 10 uat of on other parts o the Nt
Two of Inc cooks and OF the pass ayers were III l
1-nonse waiting for that to hc carried overheard an
Anderson myself and passenger Cupposed 10 bc tId
,and Krn iron the dr>cu0ul. were On the i"rohdlGh
,Ou,c and when ilic Vessel had INK Gown 10 h, sll"Hc
,,, heavy sea washed the Ia't on ana Us Win H. IN
,bou. ten minutes Tie vessel went down c1tIylh we
'lr-r rcrson> III lc lnlo;-huuSc down with hel AIT
inltus on ,ic halch-nou-c mali hour, the iHc-l'ul
iocC ucarl ana We got on IT, We iIci 10 induce ouF
.nuradr 10 come With Us bat lac would not
Ne hung East to the hdtcA-House uhll a
og sea parcd our hold and lost sI-t OF ana our
.onradt. We also sight of al the 1"ais''s was
then dark. but do not up 2l hopes 81 some OF '
atncrs having been picked up We were on III" me ia
fnrtyricht hours. uurnc which time We pchcu mp pVN
n line and box oi oysters. With these We stay Cd our
hunger and oucuch,d talr~t with tie oyster Hqnor'
Ihc a was cap>z,d several uuc>, but We managed 10
nan, ON and keep our food with us. We were thcu
Ucs,d M hy the schooner Abbot DcverctN ana aitef
telling tlc captain Our experience, ana tEcIe peihH 10
boais IN sight were taken 10 kingston
Sergeant ldmo,ti>toU o. the IIOAuLtu Iohce' whose
SON was pautrymtu board, had consultation NitA
The men YESTERDAY lie sni LIE lad no nope OF ever see
in- his son. Ill, J. !,
The United states local Steamboat Inspectors VIII hold
al ,cs ldtiuu OF the loss of the Noudcr III lew gay =
n said ttN Viii inquire mo INC ItIot 'Hd' 'Ie
ship was TOO heavily loaded