The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-10
THE LOST EMILY B. S0UDER.
HER OOIN0 down DIES CRIBED ny THE
ONLY KNOWN SURYIVORS.

O-'LA hNOHN OHOs
or Watteras and Lenking In n Gnle-Ten
uours OF suspense-W What the seamen
View Ne nm Almost miraculous Rescue.
Theodore Stcinert, quartermaster, and
Alfred Andersen. seaman. NIL that are known
10 have survived tho wreck Of the steamship
Emily u. Souder. arrived at this port yesterday
in the Atlas from Jamaica. Their Weather
beaten countenances give little indication Of the
hardships that they endured while dashed to a
raft for forty eight hours in n storm. The story
told by Steinert and his mato is substantially
as follows:
At daybrcak on Tuesday, Dec. 10. II was dis
covered that the ship was leaking John Tice
the engineer. sounded tho wcltand found five
feet OF water. Ho reported the fact to Captain
Kuehl. ana the steam pumps were set in notion
but they could not even hold their own against
the leak Then the Captain ordered the whole
port watch into the after hold. where he sup
posed the leak to be. and an effort was
made to move part Of the cargo. with q view
OF looking ut tho keelsons. This was dan
gerous work. The sea was running high
under gallo from the southeast. and the leak
was increasing at the rate Of forty or. NIFTY
strokes minute, and could not be found. Then
the other watch was called on deck, and all
hands were set to work heaying over the deck
done the ship began to labor heavily in the sea.
way. Then an effort was made to get some Of
tn1 Snrgo out OF thn noid. put y was SLOW ana
DANGEROUS WORK. Iho cargo, which had been
parry btokeh Out, was thrown miner ana
thlther Ny me rolling OF me snip Then orders
by the board but hanging 10y some Of the loe
rigging. 1t pounded against the side otthe ship.
Sbip snmcwbaa it''"' eu' away iH's o"'ou "o
Up io' Il. +. W.. the ship oboycd her helm At
that time i was ANNOUNCED that the water had
h eached IN, ,ntp IRE ih the engine room, lrnnn
nohe !hilcu uotn crew NM PASSENGERS me
, ,hale pass ass, l WIG hnd hsslsttu {he crew
tnrYuiuou'. went uack otle lnti's IN thc cablh,
anu hll strapped on cork jackets; and then AS
Synu'.E w. t'lc ne MeIr muir ls, 10 tle rig
SUE . H., 10 uW NV, 'ne oUson'hg OF tie uonis'
soon hllrr thlS ne lIes went OUT anu me en-
klhe stCppeI. lht sans on the ih9lhmnst were
ihsuilciehl To heoop Tue snip up To the wind, ana
me1in lt s1nWny running. Several times she
holleu XII nulnnrks "hi'r hiii hhu she not
nee 80 n',,'r CivHh u.vacn UN'I
~, nvi. Oc,GnHiphNy az enormous wave struck
~ Nv MInnNaru s,Hn a., w Nrsel "h, sWopi ron
Ut ueSSS Nf'Il thinE ,ln. was ny ias'}ncu Al
h hoost o l., W.. hh eii,tt WIS Hnue u auhcn
poa, LON tlu zee sue 9i W. s.lp hhl Wll9 lhe
IN. WIS nnhsii,E On W. Nlr lh' lll-' Queer;
iinauc pasreiT'is Nnu W. 9i lhe CROW bOdrged
ss nI WI ioa uUwn mo 'iV sca ~ Wa5 IN
10 iccwlrd
As tis men wore nhcllng inc second h9at
b Seo net, saw a ,ai ell'ry ,Wly elihglns 10 ne
po , rop.e uh n,eHaElS ~ - rvnliy useless TO
r., nv .'l,S 'a sils 9'lu' II Wll,mhnouotvdly
He ONql,urne1 US thc o,hST was me sb"nker
-. !
mo the uoal MS dlu 9soIlNt on inc crew and two
V9tner basarh@rls. iurs'r l'pty. an engineer.
.nre IN, OF tne crew anu several passengers made
w T 1u" iltielh.ht oi, ,he thtrd boht'
AiHP luutln uo"l couit hut i'c used because II
mi mn G,en sv,Ve ~ ~ Mns IN ms cohdion.
ootl H,sri,iseh ana Slslnelt say when inc shlp
SSn,vu IlIt' pUsI| thuy sAy 9isv' 'lat Tue GYM
n,Is OF "" lIie ran Were luli 81 NOES one 50
iia,g.i IN I htl inAt man couId thrust MS hahd
my we tylihIer.
Alt"I ~ uphis pusucd on more We're ten per
hins KY on noarl. Capt huehl. Engineer
rIcci thh s,coha nlhlci lhoinbsQn. anu Mr.
unrVsoS snoItly hlteiWHri pult the shlp ON raft
anos hai WAu" o, plcrIS OF scantinK Ihey
Whulu ii"i rust themselves on me NE rait.
mon 9selh'I' Ahutrs II ana hnothcf seaman
ihasneu unenI7eNrs on me bo9uy hatch forward.
en- Il we Sooks, ana caplh boy
WI" vilngihE tp tho rigging hlt. .
~ HDoui thH aiter part Of thq snip sank
oh, si-nr 'As'inE n oenlhE out .he uowsprlt
nv'rT Mna' AnuucIseI AM NJ mates were car
80 ~, .u1n lno2 W. s9rteN uul 'e poooy hatch.
H.. pe.vk hi"Io iasl 10 tle ue'h. soon rose 10
~ ~, sut - NilthlunE WIS sen again OF nose
vi. n'a pen nslhs 20 we rsslhg nor OF any
o'l,r. , va w pas ,l,E ahI rreW w.
HNiiucIl says tl!l ~ was tully ten mi nuteS be-