The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-04-10
AN UNLUCKY LINE.

The White Cross Line Loses It's Fourth
steamer within Three Years-The Daniel
Steinman, with 1874 Souls ON Board sinks
Almost in Sight of Port--Only Nine Per-
sons Known to be Sayed-rhs Treacherous
"Sisters."
HALIFAX, April 8.
AZ ten O'Clock Thursday night, during the
almost impenetrable fog that prevailed
along this coast, the Belgian steamer
Daniel Steinmann of the White Cross
Line drove on the ledge of rocks called
THE Sisters" Sambro Island, and then
led off and sank in about fifty feet of
"'' Az four o'clock yesterday after
80, noo" = - known that nine people had
her. "0 -
rmvoYAGE.
The Daniel Steinlh> Iost ,nt,,,,.,, ,n
March 20, under the cor IN. MI, -ils,s.p !, ~
Van Schoonhovcn. She CIV & - e"lVa,i
of telegraph wire and genera, '.. oa,so
disc. Her crew numbered tn
men all told She carried in the ln''.o 8
age ninety-four passengers, all Gcrmahs
twenty Of whom were to land at Halifax,
and the rest in New York, She was also
to land 800 tons Of freight here
on THE ROCKS.
The steamer was reported at st, Cath
erIne's point, near Antwerp, two days
after leaving The next thing heard OF
her was when the light-kecper on Sambro
Island heard her whistle as she was going
down. a few rockets were seen from the
-, l,,tt Ia AL mn
going to her rescue. Seven passengers
came ashore somehow in the night and
were safely landed through the surf They
reported that some of the crew were
clingng to the rigging, part Of which was
above water.
TWO RESCUED.
During the night the weather contn-
ued too rough to permit anyone going TO
the assistance Of the men on the wreck,
though it was only 200 yards away, but
at daylight a fisherman named Gilkie
launched hatboat and brought off Cap
tain Won Schoonhovcn and boy who
had been secured on the rigging by the
Captain. These two were the only ones
left in the rigging. The survivors all re-
main on Sambro Island, twenty miles
from here. The weather has been SO
rough and the fog so thick that no one
could pass either to or from Sambro Is
land to the shore.
TUGS TURNED BACK.
1t was not until afternoon that word
was received here that disaster had oc-
cured As soon as the agents Of the
line, Messrs. Gilman Brothers, heard of
the wreck two tugs were sent to it from
this city, but they were unable toget near
it on account of boistcrous weather. The
topmasts of the ship were visible above
the water. The tugs will make another
attempt this morning, If the weather per-
mits.
PASSENGERS FOR HALIFAX.
The following passengers were to have
been landed heres
The lIender family, consisting Of the
father, aged thlrty-two; his wife, Corne-
LA, aged thirty, and their children, Pie
ternella, aged eleven; Audriana, aged
nine Joanna, aged eight; Joan, aged
four, and Aria Brayenbor, aged one.
The Paulus family, consisting of the ia
thcr, aged thirty-6ve; his wife, Maria,
aged thlrty-threc, and their children, Cor
nelia, aged ten; Hildergrunda, aged
eight; Aria, aged four.
Bart Kranandock.
Martlnus Stock, aged sixty.
These were laborers and their families
from Riderklrk.
There were also Sebastian Riedel, aged
twenty-eight, of Walfordorf, and George
Stiekcl, aged twenty-threc, Of Guntherof.
The last two were for Montreal and the
rest for Sherbrooke, Quebec.