Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-04-11
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


Nova Scotia by the wreck Of the White Gross
steamer Daniel Steinmann of Cape Sambro
near Halifax harbor, which struck on the
Sisters and sank with all on board but 10
souls, on Thursday night Of last week The
captain, who is but 20 years old, realized his
peril only when the vessel was in her extrem
ity, and the passengers we're called on deck
to be swept overheard 10 certain death.
There were on the steamer FIVE officers, 80
sailors and 80 passengers, mostly steerage.
The lost numbered lis. Those who escaped
comprised the captain, three passengers and
six Of the crew.
The Steinmann struck at about 10 O'Clock
on Mad Rock shoal, 200 yards distant from
Sambro light ard 20 miles from Halifax N.
S., during a terrible gale and a dense fog.
She immediately backed of and the next mo-
ment struck on Gardner shoal An immense
hole was knocked in the bottom. She speed
lily filled and within q few minutes went
down, leaving only her topsails above water
About midnight the men at Sambro island
observed boat making for the shore, and
guided it round with torches to Calm cove.
1t proved to be the one life boat which got
of from the ship, and its occupants, seven in
number, landed. They were five of the crew
and two passengers. After daylight broke,
two people could be made out clinging to the
ting out from the lighthouse, they were res
cued from their perilous position. They
proved to be Capt Schoonhoven and pas
senger named Neidermann. The surviving
passengers say the vessel struck lightly twice,
and that the captain summoned everybody
on deck, directing them to prepare TO enter
the life boats il it should become necessary
to do so. One boat was launched and all
made rush for it, though good discipline
was maintained among the ships crew The
boat was well filled and attached to the steam
err by rope. When those on board the
steamer were about cutting tho rope. the yes.
sci suddenly went down, dragging the boat
and her unfortunate occupants with her The
boat it was noticed, turned over and over,
and every person in il was thrown out and
drowned. When the stern of the vessel sank
the cries and screams Of the women and chill.
dren were heartrending for few minutes.
Capt. Schoonhoven made his way up the
forerigging. John Neidermann succeeded by
a desperate effort in reaching the forerigging
when he was about exhausted, and was pulled
into comparatively safe position. Above
him on the mast one of the wire uplifts Of
the foretop gallant yard was broken, and this
gave play to the yard, which worked back
and forth with the action of the waves and
threatened to tear out the mast, each motion
making the mast culver and crash alarming
ly. The captain, fearing that he would be
obliged to abandon bis dangerous refuge and
take to the water, pulled of his boots The
two unfortunates from time to time cried out
together for help, but the roar of the wind
and waters drowned their feeble voices In
their dismal watch they could feel the vessel
drifting nearer and nearer to Sambro island.
At last daylight appeared and the lookout on
the island noticed one man in the rigging
and then the head of another appeared from
behind the mast Soon after a boat put out
from cove, manned by five men, who APP
preached them. The captain was by this
time so benumbed that his companion, Neid-
ermann, had to use force to disengage him
from the spar and assist him into the boat
He then followed and both were landed in an
exhausted condition and taken into the light
house, where their wants were promptly at
tended to-
The loss of the ship is attributed to the
captains carelessness aud incapacity. He is
censured for venturing so near such a rocky
coast in thick weather such as had prevailed
for two days. Sambro island, the scene of
the wreck, is about a mile and q half from
the south coast Of Nova Scotia, on the west
erly side of the entrance to Chebucto bay,
which forms the harbor Of Halifax 1t is a
very dangerous locality on account Of the
westerly current which carries vessels from
the east beyond the harbor in thick weather
unless great care is taken. In 1913 the White
Star steamer Atlantic ran on the rocks %
miles west of the harbor and was lost with
$40 passengers.
The SteinmAnn is the fourth White Cross
steamer lost since 1881 when the Ludwig put
out from Montreal and was never heard from
The Henry Eyde went down il a gale two
years ago, and since then the Plantyn sailed
from New York for Antwerp and was also
never heard from
An investigation of the disaster is in prog
ress at Halifax. Capt. Schoonhover, in his
formal statment before the court, says he
had overrun his reckonings in the fog, and,
till fatally too late, mistook Sambro light for
that at another point. He thinks if guns
had been fred by the watch ashore be might
have been warned in time to escape the
peril
Prince Leopold was buried last Saturday
in st. Georges chapel at Windsor without
pomp and with little display. All London
was in mourning and business was generally
suspended.
Mrs. DR.. L. Z. Beach, the wife of Q
prominent physician of Altoona Pa, was
discovered in a room at her residence Monday
morning with her head cut almost from her
body. An investigation developed circum.
stances of so suspicious q character that the
doctor was arrested. He admits that he kill.
ed his wife and says he wants to be hanged
OF shot. He was received into the Lutheran
church only Sunday morning and partook OF
the communion. 1t is generally believed
that he was insane.
Chief Justice Park, of Connecticut, has
been brought to book by the society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals for neglect.
ing to feed and properly care for his cattle
and sheep on his farm near New London
The affair causes local sensation.
The steamer Newcastle City, which sailed
from Halifax last Friday morning. struck on
a shoal of Liverpool, Queens county, N. S.
during the thick fog, and the vessel was
beached in e cove at McNarrys island Her
cargo was considerably injured but the YES
sci will be saved
Twelve persons at least were lost by the
burning of the steamer Rebecca Everingham
on the Chattahoochee river in Alabama on
Thursday of last week. Four are dangerous
ly burned and five are still missing.
The Red Cross relief steamer, Matte
Bell, left st. Louis last Saturday for the low
or Mississippi with a large quantity of cloth
ing, cooking utensils and medicines for the
flood sufferers and feed for their stock. On
Monday Miss Barton reported the arrival of
the steamer at Helena, Ark, "all we'll"
An ice jam in the Kenduskeag river.
near Bangor, gave way Sunday afternoon and
did about S35 600 damage to mills, dams.
ETC., in that vicinity.
Hundreds of thousands of long leaf pine
trees have been destroyed by forest fires in
several border counties of North Carolina
and South Carolina during the past few days.
Some of the largest turpentine orchards in
North Carolina have been ruined. Many
farm houses and barns have been destroyed
and families made homeless.
Gen. Butler will deliver the Memorial
day address at the Academy of Music New
York
The track of the recent cyclone which
destroyed Oakville, Ind, extended 20 miles
and everything was swept before it, Several
persons were killed or fatally injured. The
loss in the county outside of Oakville is esti-
mated at $4,000. Fifteen farmers report
that their buildings were demolished and
they and their families more or less hurt, a
few seriously. LosRntville, q few miles east
of Oakville, it is reported, was utterly de-
stroyed and few persons we're killed there.
Two masked men went to the house of
John Smith living at Rising Sun, Ind, last
Friday night, and having beaten him until he
was insensible ransaoked the house in search
of large sum of money which he was sup
posed to have Becreted Failing m And The