The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-06
Tn. s,.,nua. norror-sorpi.m.n,ary.


HALIFAX, April 6.-Ths government
.ssinbro i,laud. Tor the purpose OF getting on
tae crew aud securing all possible intormA'
in a lev hundred yMas OF the
island, she Cas-, anchor and
proceeded 10 m Aka tho necessary prepare.
ton for gsttine survlyays from the iL.nd.
A boat was launched aud tbs men pulled
Tor tns spot where tbs survivors were watt.
Ing for relief. On the island the sailors aud
passengers were interviewed by
following det.ils OF the drssdfu
csiasuopne llciled by the reporter. Tbs
surviving passengers and scamsn OF the III
lat. Il stosiner ore:
Henry Scsoonhovsn, Antwerp, captain.
Essene Niskols Mulfori, Luxembourg,
Loco Nicholas, Vincsngo, bslano, Italy.
John NJ cderman Echenhon, Ober Bsvno.
Otto KrAnx Wi.nendori near Schores-
Frank Florentiue Disset, Antwerp.
Charles Won Louis, An,werp.
Patro Penges, Antwerp.
Pri,svick 5irslsund, Prussia.
Alex Gilnis. brother 10 the lighthouse
keeper, who reiides upon tho island, gave
fred, 10 keeper OF tho lighthouse; the per.
lament residents upon tneisland are: rns
keepsr, his wife,. three children,
myself and another brother, Stewart, .
b im badler, and four gu0nefs OF the royal
artillery, Alex. HousmaD, engineer, In
charge Of the fog whistle. At the time OF
the disaster, the keeper and bombsaier
s ~Sss IN mafius annual returns.
Two boiler makers were at work
re airing the boiler OF the whistle. l was
In charge Of the fog whistle from till $3.50
having relieved the engineer at o, ct which
time the whistle was Ia
working order and sounding its
note OF wsrnipg .o,r, IA, s.i ucce wS.S
~ cleared sufficiently TO enable rae " see
distinctly Devils Jslsrd an Ohsbucto Head
/ started the whistle; the engineer, bowev'
or. n. this time doomed II unnecessary 10
keep 10 going Just before tho
engineer relieved me, st 0:3o
the look out man sighted
n g,eamer abou, mile eouth-sast OF me
light house. He called mssnd l saw bow
the was lying 10, beading about east 10
north. She hsd been there about fifteen
minutes, while looked at her,
alter which uh. ran ahead about
= mile. then started again and vert about
five hundred ysrds aud again stopped.
think she then struck on Broad Beaver
sho.l, for sbe began 20 back ssieIrn. IL
was very dark and | judged he,
motions oy her light. The FOG whistle was
,tartsd sgsip at 9:45, though IL was still
clear. This YVES done to warn the ship from
tho rock About twenty minutes after, ODE
bsgsn TO back. This time she
struck again on Mad Rock or Northeast
shoal. she then LEI 70 anchor but this did
not ssam TO hold her, and she drif'pd up
across Tho sbozl and sank bsiween 300 snd
400 wards from q shore OF ths island.
NV brother AID then GO, into boit rnd
attemp ted 10 poll to the steamer, but the
boat wa too am all and We wers forced TO
turn back. We then went up and
burned lamps on tho rocks
Dangerous. coasts. We also moved blue
lights IN the direction OF the cave ~ sig
nal to such boats 70 keep in cafe
distance from the island and a. gnide to
enable them 10 keep comparatively free
! nom danger, 20 that they could land With.
out risk. In ths eourse OF IN nosr boat
came in sight, which proved 10 DO one
Of the Soa,s oil the steamer
containing seven men. We succeeded in
guiding them to vhsrs they might land
We kept lights burning along the shore al
nighs, sat ,aw aesAing more s
until day brSss; wn: On. v ~,- o.
rigging. Stewart and thres others then
lowered a boat and putting out to the
wreck rescued and safely landed the cap
tain and one passenger. Throughout the
day the fog continued too thick for Ne to
signal and the ssa too boisterous TO
permit our landing on the main land, and
We did oil In our power to MAKE
those who had landed - com.
Portable a. circumstancs would permit,