Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-07


put off from the island and rescued them
The Captain will remain on the island tC
look after the wreck, and viii not come ul
to the city until the first of the week No
bodies have vet been washed ashore. In
cluding Captain Schoonhoven, there were
nine passengers and Scamen saved, all for
eigncrS.
RELIEF FOR THE SURVIVORS
The Government steamer Ncwticld left
this morning for Sambro Island, for the
purpose getting of the crew and securing all
possible information. Running at q clock
within a few hundred wards Of the island
she cast anchor and proceeded to make the
necessary preparations for getting the sur
vivors from the island. \ boat was launched
and the men pulled for the spot where the
survivors were awaiting relief. Upon land
ing the sailors and passengers were inter
viewed by the reScuing party. The follow
ing details of the dreadful catastrophe were
elected:
Alexander Clinics, one of the Lighthouse
keepers residing on the island. said: g"
was in charge of the fog whistle from t.
$50, and kept the whistle sounding warn
ings until it cleared sufficiently To enable
me to see distinctly Devils Island and Che
bucto Head. stopped the whistle the en-
going. Just before the engineer relieved
me, at $50, the lookout man sighted the
steamer about mile south by east of the
light. She ran about mile stopped and
then started ahead. She went 800 yards
stopped. and | think She struck on the
Broad Beaver Shoal. for she began to back
1t was very dark. The fog whistle wa,
started again, though it was still clear o
fOg. About twenty minutes after she bcgdI
to back and this time she struck again on
the Maddox Shoal. driltcd across the >hoal
and sank between 800 and 400 yards from
the island Then my brother and at
tempted TO put our. but the boat was toe
small and we were forced to turn back
/ Then We went up and it bontirrs along The
shore to warn the boats against the danger
Gus coast. In the course Of an hour 4 boat
came in sight, which proved to be one o
the boats of the steamer, containing sever
men We succeeded in landing them
Kept the lights burning along shore all
night. and SAW nothing more until day
break. when we observed two persons
cLIyGGNG To THE FORWARD RIGGING.
The steward and three others put out Il
the wreck and rescued the captain and one
passenger. Throughout the day the fo4
continued too thick for us To signal, and the
sea was too bOi>tcrOu> To- permit our land
iug on the mainland. We did all in Oul
power to make those who had been saved
rs comfortable aS circumstances would per
nit
The following IS the captain statement
On the 81 OF April, after voyage OF thir
teen and onc-half days from Antwerp, Al
p. NJ, We were bearing of Chebucto by deac
reckoning There was dense fog and :
heavy ram. W g sounded every hour. anc
about 9;l3 / saw through the mist a taint
light about two points ON the Starboard bow
disappearing out OF sight at tunes tor iolu
or five minutes. Taking 1t Tor thebuctC
hight, stecred Tor II. sounding thirty tath'
ous and ten IN twenty minutes after. saw
II was the fixed hight OF Sambro appearing
clear, and al the same ume there appeareo
a seeming faint show OF what | took to b(
the Chebucto light about four points ON th'
starboard bow. sounded twcnty-siN
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WASHING OVERHEARD EVERY PASSENGER
Including the women and children who
stood on deck. This was immediately fol