Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-05
AN OCEAN HORROR.
oyrH uNE nuSpRru LIVES LOST
Tnc steamer UarieI stcinmann sinks & n
the coast ct uRlifaS-Dnly Niuo
Known to be saved.

Known to be saved.
The ever dangerous Nova Scotia coast
has been the scene Of another disaster--
the most severe one since the great loss ul
life when the Atlantic went down. While
TIE details are not yet at hand, there is no
question that another loug list Of victims
must be added to the neurology OF the
year. AS to when precisely, or how the
the catastrophe occurred IL cannot be
ascertained.
The steamer was tho Daniel Steinmaun,
Of the White Cross liue, from Antwerp to
Halifax and Boston. She struck at 10
o'clock Thursday night on SSmbro, South
west lodges about three miles from the
r,ain land aud 200 yards from the light
house, during a very dense fog and heavy
rain.
Several passengers were the first To be
saved, getting to the lighthouse during
the night. At daylight ON Friday a Hat
| boat, manned by fisherman, went of and
| rescued the captain aud q small boy from
the rggiuS, IN which wero nine men, the
solo suIvivoTs-the crew and all other
| passengers, to ths total OF l24 being lost.
| Tugs visited the seem, but were unable to
get anywhere near the spot on account OF
! the very heavy weather, and they returGod d
to Halifax on Friday morning
The survivors are all ON Sambro island,
the light station, aud communication with
the shore Is impossible except by signal
when the iog lifts. 1t Is not known
whether any women are amOug the saved,
| but II Is unlikely.
The Daniel Stcumlnn was an iron
vessel OF ,7Sj tons, built at Antwerp in
! 1915, and owned by Steiumaun Il Ludwig,
! Of that place. She was schooner rigged,
had eugtues OF lS3 horse power aud bulk
heads. The toliuwirg < were the passengers 5
to be landed there, the Now York list not
having been received by the Halifax
! agents
Coudcu, Couuolsjed, Nelh, Airiaua,
johanna, Joan, BrAneubar, \. raulus,
Mosea, Com,hi, Heldguguder, Area,
| kranandoch.
Ouly Nine saved.
The latest information from the captain
| is TO the elf,Ct that out OF the crew OF
thirty-uiue aud the captain aud ninety
| passengers bat uine were saved, the cap.
| tam, five OF the crew and three passengers,
who are nov ON Sambro island, oue.halt
mile from the mainland. 1t is impossible
that the survivors will reach the mainland
until to day, owing TO the exception
| ally heavy sea that RACES in the vicinity of
the island
Nothing debate can, therefore, o.
learned regarding the particulars oT the
calamity. The government steamer New
| field left Halifax Friday afternoon 4. 3
o'clock for the scene Of the disaster. The
| log was So thick, however, that no attemp:
was made to reach the fatal spot, the
captain deemlug 1t unsafe to LAUNCH a surf
| boat on account OF the heayluess Of the
| sea,
The Newheld wlll make aSp.her effort
T. get near the place where the i'll lated
vessel was lost. Three steam tugs also
attempted to make their way 70 toe
wrecked steamer, but were forced 70 turn
back, being unable TO get beyond Herring
Cove, ten miles from the sunkeu ship. The
schooner Thistle will leave the city
Saturday morning, with a diving crew.
when an effort will be made 70 recover the
bodies the victims and whatever portion
OF the cargo can be saved. Various
rumOTs are current IN reference as T.
where the vessel struck, the most pIausi
bic theory bsrUg that she went down on
the White Horse shoals, within short
d stance from SambrO Islands.
The roughness of the sea will certainly
cause breaking no of the vessel before
manJ hours The captain OF the Stein.
mann, being uuaCquaiuted with the dan
| gerous coast around SambrO was proba.
| bly, unaware Of the peril he was iu until it
was too late 10 avoid the disaster.