The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-06
THE OCEANS VICTIMS.
WRECK OF TWO STEAMSHIPS.
Details OF the Loss or the Steinmann-AlI
on Board Lost bnt Nine-rhe New Castle
/. city ON Littfe-gIope ShoaI
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on Board Lost bnt Nine-rhe New Castle
City on Little-lIcpe shoal.
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Boston, April GA special to the Her
aid from Halifax, received late last night,
SAYS the steamer Daniel steinmann struck
about 10 o'clock Thursday night on Neal-
Rock shoal, about two hundred yards dis
tant from Sambro light, during terrific
gale and dense fog. She Immediately
backed of, and the next moment struck on
Gardner shoal. An immense hole was
knocked In her bottom. She speedily I'LL
ed. and within few minutes went down.
So far as it Is at present known but one
life-boat was launched, but how many il nc
first contained IL not known. About mid
night the men at Sambro Island observed
a boat making for the shore, and guided 1t
with the help OF torches around to Calm
Cave. where the occupants. seven in num-
Der, landed. They were five OF the crew
and two passengers.
CLNGING TO THE RIGGING.
After daylight broke two persons could
be made out clinging to the rigging Of the
sunken ship. A boat put cut from the
lighthouse and rescued them from their
perilous position. They proved to be Cap
tain Schoonhoven and a boy passenger.
About . O'Clock Friday morning Charles
Martin, pilot Of boat No. 4, touched at
Sambro island and received the above
meagre facts, and then proceeded TO the
mainland with the following message to
Chapman Brothers, agents OF the White
Cross Line in Halifax:
"Belgiun steamer Daniel Steinmann was
wrecked on Sd Of April, about 10 p. NJ,
between rocks off Sambro. Ninety pas
sengers and thirty-iour OF the crew were
drowned. Five Of the crew, three passen-
gers, and the captain were saved.
[Signedl al. ScHooNHovEN."
IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH THE WRECK.
After Pilot Martin left the island The
sea became so rough that il was impossi-
bic for the boats to again reach it from
the mainland, which is three miles distant.
Efforts were made all day from Camper
down station 10 obtain information by the
use OF the Morse signal system, but the FOG
was so dense that one station was not visl-
BILE to those at the other. The names Of
the survivors, consequently, are not yet
known. There are no females among
them.
ANTWERP, April 5.-The steamer Daniel
Steinmann left Antwerp with fifty passen-
gers and having crew OF thirty.six.
NINE OF THE SURVIVORS FOUND.
HALIFAX. April 5.-The agent Of the
wrecked steamer Steinmann with difficulty
effected Il landing on Sanbro island, and
found nine survivors OF the wreck. The
Captain said he had been unable TO take
observations for two days preceding the
disaster. owing TO heavy fog. At 10 o'clock
on the night Of the Sd instant he sighted
what he supposed to be Chibucto light,
and before the mistake could be Tectitied
the ship had struck the rocks, and went
down. stern first, in a few minutes, but
seven persons escaping in boat. The
captain and one passenger clung to the
rigging until rescued in the morning.
THE SURVIVORS REACHED.
HALIFAX, April 5.-The Government
steamer Newfeld left this morning for
Sambro island for the purpose OF getting
of the crew and securing all possible in
formation concerning the steamer Stein
mann. Running within few hundred
wards OF the island, she cast anchor be-
tween il and Bull rock, aud proceeded tn
make the island. A boat was soon launch
ed with on anxious crew, and the men
pulled for the spot at viii h the survivors
were awaiting relief. Upon landing, the
weather-beaten sailors and passengers who
had escaped the horrors Of 4 watcry grave
were interviewed by the rescuing party,
who elected the following
DETAILS OF THE DREADFUL CATASTROPHE
The surviving passengers and seamen OF
the Inflated steamer are Henri Schoonho'
ven. OF Antwerp, captain; Eugene NickOla,
OF Mutfert. Nuremberg; LaccO NicOlC
Vipcenzo, OF SalOne, Italy: John Neder'
man, Of Echenhofen; ODER Bayen, Otto
Kranz, OF Wittchendari. near Schwaz'
burg; Frank FlOreDtine Disseri, OF Ant
werp: Charles Won Louis, OF Antwerp
Petro Pingens. OF Antwerp; and Fritz
Wick, OF Stratsund, Prussia.
Alexander Clinic, brother To the hight
house-keeper, who resides upon the island,
gave the annexed statement The lookout
man sighted a steamer ABOUT mile south
by east OF the light. lie called me, and
saw she was lying to, heading about east
northeast. She laid there about fifteen
minutes while looked at her, after which
She ran ahead about q mile and stopped
and then started ahead again, and went
about 800 yards and again stopped.
think she then struck Oh Br0ad-BeaveI
sboal. for she began to back asterD. II
was very dark, and | judged her motions
bv her lights. About twenty minutes after
she began TO back. This time she struck
again on Mad RoUk or Northeast shoal
| She then let 90 an anchor, but THIS uid MOI
seem to hold her, and she
pRlFTED ACROSS THE sHoAL AND SANK
between three hundred and four hundred
wards from the shore off the island. My
brother. Stewart, and then got into boat
and attempted 10 put out to the steamer,
but the boat was too small. ana we were
forced to turn back. We then went up
and burned lights upon the rocks and Ill
bonlires along the shore to warn any boats
that MIGHT be afoat against the dangerous
coast. We also waved blue lights in the
direction of the cove rs a signal TO sucb
boats to keep safe distance from the
island. and also rs a guide to enable
them to keep comparatively free IRON
danger, so that they could hnd
without risk. In the course OF
an hour boat came in sight, which proved
to be one OF the boats Of the steamer con-
tanning seven men. We succeeded IN
guiding them into place where they might
| land. We kept lights burning along The
shore all night, but saw nothing more I'M
til daybreak, when we observed two per,
sons clinging to the forward rigging. We
lowered a boat, and putting out 10 the
wreck. rescued and safely landed the cap
tain and one passenger.
ANOTHER STEAMER WRECKED.
HALIFAX, N. S.. April o. The steamer
New Castle City, Captain Garner, salleo
from this port for Boston at O'Clock yes