The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-04-11
AN OCEAN DISASTER.
THE STEAMER DANIEL STEIN
MANN WRECKED.
OUT OF 1870 PERSONS ONLY NINE
SAVED.
A DREADED COAST.

ship on the dread Nova Scotia coast.
The steamer is the Daniel Steinmann,
of Antwerp, and she sank last night off
SamDro head, eighteen miles from Hal
flax harbor, carrying down about 10
persons.
The disaster occurred in the same To-
cality which in April, 1873, proved ia
tai to the White Star steamer Atlantic
and 546 of her passengers and crew.
and not many miles from the scenes Of
the wrecks of the Arctic in 1854, with
562 souls, and the Hungarian in 1860,
with 205.
The Daniel Steinmann is a well
known vessel and has, since her build
ing in 1875, piled between Antwerp,
Halifax, New York and Boston. Her
tonnage was 1874, and she last sailed
from Antwerp March II bound first for
Halifax and then to New York. Capt.
SchOOnhOven was in command.
Her passengers, it is supposed, were
all immigrants, probably Germans.
STRUCK A LEDGE.
A Journal special from Halifax says
that the vessel struck a ledge between
five and six miles off SambrO at about
10 ID. M, and sank with all on board.
The gale had Frustrated the wires lead
ing to the signal station, so that it was
2p. m. to-day when news OF the wreck
was received by Chapman Bros. agents
of the White Cross line, to which the
steamer belonged.
An immense hole was knocked in her
bottom. She filled and within few
minutes went down. AT high water
the only thing visible is the topsail-
yard.
So far as at present is known, but
one lifeboat was, launched, but how
many it at first contained is unknown.
About midnight the men at SambrO
island observed boat making for the
shore, and guided it around with torch
es to Calm cove, where the occupants,
seven in number, landed. They were
five of the crew and two passengers.
After daylight broke two persons
could be seen clinging TO the rigging OF
out from the lighthouse, they were res
cued from their perilous position. They
proved to be Captain SchOonhoven and
boy passenger. About s o'clock yes
terday morning Charles Martin, OF FL
lot-boat No. 4, touched at Sambro Is
land and received the above meagre
facts and then proceeded to the MAIN
land with the following message to
Chapman Brothers, agents OF the White
Cross line, in Halifax:
The Belgian steamer Daniel Stein
mann. Capt. SchOonhoven, wrecked on
the Sd of April, about Top. M, between
the rocks off SambrO. Ninety passen-
gers and thirty-four of the crew are
drowned. Five of the crew, three pas
sengers and the captain are saved.
III. SCHOONHOvEN.
After Pilot AIarten left the island
h.t
could not reach it again from the main
land, which is three miles distant. Ef-
forts were made all day from Camper
down station to obtain information by
the Morse signal system, but the fog
was so dense that one station was not
visible to those at the other. The
names of survivors consequently are
not yet known, but there are no women
among them.
HALIFAX, n. s., April THE three
surviving passengers Of the Daniel
Steinmann, now in this city. state the
vessel struck but lightly twice. The
captain then summoned them all on
deck and directed them to prepare to
enter the boats if such would be neces-
sary. One boat was launched and all
made rush for it, although good dis
cipline was maintained among the
ships crew. The boat was well filled.
and being attached to the steamer, by
rope, some of those on board were
about cutting the line when the steam
Ell suddenly sank, dragging the boat
and the unfortunate occupants with it.
The boat turned over and every person
in it was thrown out and drowned.
When the stern of the vessel sank, the
cries and screams OF the women and
children were heartrending, but lasted
only for q few minutes. Capt. Schoon-
hoven made his way up the forerigging.
Two men caught the rigging OF the
mainmast and endeavOred to climb
along the stays between the masts. One
was washed away. The other, John
Neidermann. succeeded by Il desperate
effort i'm reaching the rigging, where he
was pulled into a comparatively safe
position by the captain. One of the
wire uplifts 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.
The two unfOrtunates from time to
time cried out for help, but the roar of
wind and water drowned their voices.
They saw lights burning OH the shore
and signals, while conscious they
were beyond any human assistance.
IS AZ last udyllSut dppCdlSu' t,Ooii a.
boat put out from the cove. The cap
tain was by this time SO benumbed that
his companion had to use force to dis
engage him from the spar and aid him
into the boat. He then followed and
both were landed exhausted and taken
into the lighthouse, where their needs
were promptly attended to.
John w. Fitch, formerly lieutenant
governor of Ohio, died Saturday al
Cleveland.
John Dillman. who murdered his
wife, was hanged Tuesday at Easton,
Pennsylvania.
James Lake, who was chief quarter.
master under General Rosecrans, dice
Monday at Rockford, Ills.
The saw mill and furniture factor,
of s. B. Anderson, at Bertamont, Mich.
valued at $4,000, was burned Saturday
night.
Emil Boiling, who was lieutenant
in the German revolutionary army in
1s4s, died at Hustisford, Wis, in his
10th year.
The governor of Louisiana has ap
pealed to the secretary of war for ia
lions for sufferers by the breaking o.
the levees.