The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05
The Inflated Vessel Strikes the Rocks at the
Sisters of SambrO, and Goes to the
Bottom in Short Time.
Only Nine Persons Saved Out of a Total
of One Hundred and Thirty.
Destructive Forest Fires in North Carolina
Many HOusesand Much Valuable Proper
ty DestrOyed-0ther Casualties,
LOST ON THE ROCKS.
Wreck of Steamer and Loss of One Hun
dred and Twenty-One Lives.

Wreck of a Steamer and Loss of One Hun
dred and Twenty One Lives.
HALIFAX, April 4--The steamer Daniel Stein
mann, from Antwerp for this port, is reported
sunk off Sambro, about twenty miles from this
port She struck during last night, and only
nine men are so far reported to have reached
land out of 14O on board.
Intelligence so far from the wreck is very
meager 1t is said the captain and five of the
crew are the only persons saved. The ship
had ninety passengers and thirty four of a crew.
Twenty of the passengers We're to land here,
all Germans, and seventy were for New York
She is supposed to have struck on the Sisters of
Sambro, last night, and shortly after sank The
masts are now visible from the shore. The in
telligence did not reach here until this after
noon Considerable of the cargo was for this
port and the remainder for New York, The
owners have gone to the wreck.
LATER.-The tugs which left here for the
scene of the wreck have returned without being
able to reach the neighborhooG of the steamer
owing to the rough sea. An attempt will be
made in the morning to reach the wreck, if the
weather moderates
Three passengers from the steamer were
saved with the captain and five of the crew.
Their names are not ascertained. They are on
the Sambro light island, the only communiea-
ton with which is by signals, in rough weather
Tonight the weather is thick and rainy, andit
is uncertain if any further particulars can be
had. Reporters left here for Sambro by land
but the roads are bad.
O'CLOCK A. M.--Tho very latest regarding
the wrecked steamer Daniel Steinmanm is that Of
a crew of thirty nine and the captain and ninety
passengers only nine reached the shore, the cap
tain, five of the crew and three passengers
These are still on Sambro island a short dis
tance from the main land, Owing to the heavy
sea prevailing in the neighborhood
of the island, the survivors are not
likely to reach the mainland till noon
tomorrow, or until the sea becomes calmer No
particulars can, therefore, be learned in regard
to the disaster at present.
The government steamer Mayfeld left the
city for the wreck, but the fog was
so thick it was impossible to reach
the fatal spot, the captain not consid-
ering it safe to launch a serf boat on
account of the roughness of the sea, and i'm
prudent to go closer than five miles of the
wreck because of the density of the fog. An
other effort will be made by the Mayfeld to
morrow to reach the spot where the un-
fortunate vessel was lost. Three steam
tugs also endeavored to make their
way to the sunken steamer, but
compelled to turn back, being
unable to go beyound Herring cove. some ten
miles from the wrecked ship. A wrecking
schooner with well-equipped crew of divers
will leave here in the morning for the wreck, to
portion of the cargo can be saved. A
number of reports are in circulation in
regard to where the vessel struck, the
most plausible being that she sank on White
Horse Shoal, within a short distance of Sambro
island The exceeding roughness of the sea
will probably cause a rapid breaking-up of
the wrecked vessel The captain of the
Steinmann having only been in this port three
coast, and did not realize his awful peril until
too late to avoid disaster