Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-10
A WATERY GRAVE.
Full Details of the Wreck of a
Steamer on the Ocean.
About One Hundred Persons
Buried Meath the Billows.

this port is reported sunk off Sambro
about twenty miles from here. She
stuck during last night and only nine
men are so far reported to have reach
ed land out Of 40 on board.
NEW YORK, April 4 AT the office
of the conslgnees, French, Edge &
Co, regarding the loss of the steamer
Daniel Steinmann it was learned that
they had thus far only received a brief
dispatch saying the Daniel Ste'nmann
had been lost Of Sambro and that
Capt. SchoOnhayen and five of the
crew had been saved. An officer
Of the company said he could
not imagine how the accident
had occurred but probably it
happened during a fog or gale. 1t is
SAID that the steamer generally car
ried a very few cabin passengers, be-
ing chiefly engaged in the steerage
passenger aud freight carrying trade
The cargo would probably reach 1000
tons, 400 tons for Halifax and the
remainder for New York He con
sidered Capt. Schoonhoven a very
careful and pamstaking man. The
Daniel Steinmann was built at Ant
werp in 1875. She was III feet long.
81 feet beam and % feet depth of hold.
Her gross tonnage was / ,795 tons.
Her name was formerly The Khedive.
She had been running on the White
Cross line since 1873, and at one time
she was considered a very lucky"
vessel.
HALIFAX, March 4. The tugs which
left here for the scene of the wreck
have returned without being able to
reach the neighborhood of the steam
er, owing to the rough sea- Another
attempt will be made in tie morning
to reach the wreck, If the weather
moderates The Daniel Stemman had
five bulk heads. Her engines were
1873 horse power
HALIFAX. March The very latest
regarding the wrecked steamer Daniel
SJeinman is, that Of crew of thirty
nine and the captain and ninety pas
sengers, only nine reached the shore,
the captain, five of the crew, and
three passengers. These are still on
Sambro Island, a short distance from
the main land. Owing to the heavy
sea prevailing in the neigh borhood of
the island. the survivors are not likely
to reach the main land until to-mor-
row, or until the sea becomes calmer.
No particulars can, therefore, be
learned in regard 10 the disaster at
present The government steamer
NewBeld left the city this afternooA
for the wreck, but the fog was so
thick it was impossible to reach the
70 t,,l ssla ~
not safe to launch a surf boat on ac
count Of the roughness of the sea and
impr1dentt to go nearer than five miles
of the wreck, because Of the density of
the fog. Another effort will
be made by the New
field tomorrow to reach the spot
where the unfortunate vessel was lost.
Three steam tugs also endeavored 10
make their way to tho sUnken steamer
but were compelled TO turn back, be-
ing unable TO get further than Her
ring cave, some ten miles from the
wrecked ship. A wrecKing schooner
with a well equipped crew of divers
viii leave here in the morning for
the wreck to recover bodies of those
drowned and whatever portion of the
cargo can be saved. A number of re
ports are in circulation in regard to
where the vessel struck, the most
plausible being that she sunk on
White Horse shoal within a short dis
lance of Sambro island. The exceeding
roughness of the sea will cause a
rapid breaking up of the wrecked
vessel The captain of the Stein
mann having only been in this port
three times. 1t may be that he was not
aware of the dangerous coast around
Sambro or of the awful peril he was
in until too late to avoid the disaster.
HALIFAX, April 5.-Jas. A. Chap
man, of Chapman Bros, agents for
the White Cross line, returned this
afternoon from Sambro, where he
went last night to look for survivors
of the wrecked steamer, Daniel Stein
mann. The stormy weather of last
night prevented him from attempting
to reach Sambro island, but this morn
ing at 5 o'clock he secured a pilot who
wos Wiling to endeavor to reach the
island. They took pilot boat and
dorv with them, and when as near
the island as could be risked the dory
was launched and with the assistance
of the men on the island Chapman
got ashore and saw Capt Schoon
heoven and obtained the following
particulars Of the wreck The steam
er had fine weather on the
passage with the exception of
the last two days, which were
very foggy, it being impossible
get any reckoning, and he thinks he
must have over run his time At 10
D. M, on the Sd inst, he saw lights
ahead which he first took for the
Chebucto light, the fog making 1t APP
pear about five miles off, but it could
not have been more than one. lie
discovered, as he neared the light,
that 1t was Sambro and before he had
time to reverse the engines he was
among tie lodges on the northeast OF
the island. The steamer struck twice
and began filing fast He then
tried to run her to the shore
but she sank in a very few
minutes. AS soon as the ship struck.
A. oil