Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-04-07
The Whole Number of Lives
Lost l23, the Number
Saved, Seven.
The Captain Makes a Statement
Eleven Bodies Recovered.
An Official Investigation to be
On Tuesday.

French, Edgar Co., the agent of the lost
steamer Daniel Steinman, stated today that
they had received a telegram from Halifax.
N. ) to the effect that all of the particulars
of the disaster to the steamship would be tel
egraphed just as soon as the divers could get
at work on the wreck. complete list of
the passengers and q manifest of the cargo is
in the possession of the agents. The list
shows, officers, 33 sailors aud 81 passen
gers-a total of l29 persons. The agents
here say that the majority of the passengers
were
Poor EmiNrants Bound For the West.
The passage money Of one of them, Mr.. L.
Roth had been prepaid by friends in Chca-
go. A despatch was received today by the
agents stating that the weather continued so
rough and such dense fog prevailed that it
was next to impossible to reach the wreck by
boats from the main shore.
HALIFAX, April 3.
Steam tugs started this morning fer the
scene of the wreck of the Daniel Stenmann,
but no reports from them have been received.
1t is doubtful If any communication can be
had with Sambro Island, as the weather is no
more favorable than it was yesterday.
BosToN, April 5.
A special to the Journal from Halifax says
that Mr.. Chapman, agent of the White Cross
line who drove by land at 10 O'Clock last
night, returned this afternoon. He states
that 3 A. n. he engaged pilCi boat No. 4 and
went out to the island. They took with them
a dory and getting as near to the island as
possible they launched the dory and after
considerable trouble managed to land with
assistance from the shore. At A. M he
saw Capt. Schoonhoven and obtained the fol-
lowing particulars of the sad disaster:
The steamer had fine weather on the pas
sage except the last two days, which were
very foggy. being impossible to get any reck-
oning and he thinks he must overrun the
time. At 1890 he saw light ahead which
he took for Chebucto Light, the fog making
it look five miles off, but he could not have
been more than one; he discovered as he
neared the light that it was Sambro, and be-
fore he had time to reverse the engines he
was
Among the LedGes
notheast of the island. The steamer struck
twice and began to fill. He then tried to run
her ashore, but she sunk in a few minutes.
As soon as the ship struck the captain or
dered the passengers on deck, but they were
all swept overheard and drowned by the
heavy sea which swept over her. Two pas
sengers and five of the crew got into a boat
and managed to reach the shore. The ship
went down stem first. The captain, who was
at his post when she went down, threw his
boots and coat and took to the forward rig
ging. but she sunk faster than he could climb
and he was obliged to let himself float and
after much trouble caught the top gallant
yard and clung there with one of the passen-
gers, who also managed to keep. afloat until
A. NJ, when boat put off from the shore
and rescued them. The captain will remain
on the island to look after the wreck and will
not come up to the city until the first of the
week No bodies have vet washed ashore.
The government steamer Newfeld left here
at 5. 40 this afternoon for Sambro Island for
the purpose of getting off the crew and secur-
ing all possible information. Running at
o'clock within few hundred yards of the is
land she cast her anchor between it and Bull
Rock and proceeded to make the necessary
preparations for getting the survivors from
the island. A boat was soon launched with
an anxious cIew and the men pulled for the
spot where the survivors were waiting relief.
On their landing the weather beaten sailors
and passengers were inte rviewed by the res
cuing party and the following
Details OF the Dreadful Catastrophe
were ELECTED by the reporters: The surviv-
passengers and seamen of the ill-fated steamer
are Henri Schoonhoven of Antwerp, captain !;
Eugene Nicola of Mutfort, Luxenburg; /;
Lucco Nicola Vincezo of Salona. Italy; John
Nederman of Echenhofen; Oben Bayen Otto
Krauz of Wichendorf near Schwsrzburg;
Frank Florentine Dessert of Antwerp. Petro
Penguis OF Antwery and Fritz Wick of Stral-
sund. Prussia.
Alexander Clinic, brother of the Lighthouse
keeper, who resides upon the island, gave the
annexed statement: MY brother Alfred is
keeper of the light; the residents on the is
land are the keeper. his wife and three
children, myself and another brother, Stew
art A. Bow bardier and four gunners of the
royal artillery and Alexander Housemaa. en-
rineer in charge of the fog whistle At the
time of the wreck the keeper and Bombar-
der were in Halifax on duty. being engaged
in making annual returns ETC. Two boiler
makers we're there at the time of the wreck
repairing the boiler of the whistle was in
charge of the fog whistle from 6to 80,
having relieved the engineer At 6, at which
time the whistle was in order and
Sounding It's Notes Of Warning.
succededed in keeping the whistle going
till 8 As, VIII en- il cleared enough To enable
me to see distinctly Devils Island and Che
cucto Head. / stopped the whistle. the en-
gineer deeming il unnecessary when l could
seee Devils Island. just before the engi-
nser relieved me at $50 the lookout man
sighted a steamer one mile south by east of
the light. He called me and saw she was
laying to, heading about east, northeast. She
laid there about Is minutes. while looked
after which she ran ahead about q mile and
stopped and then started ahead again and
went sbout 500 and again stopped. think
she then struck on Broad Beaver Shoal. II
was very dark and judged her motions BY
the lights. The whistle vas started at 9,45