The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-11
A FEARFUL DISASTER.


The Steamer Daniel steinmann Wrecked
and Cve- One Hundred and Thirty Lives
Lost.
HALIFAX, April 5-The steamer Daniel
Steinmann, from Antwerp, for this port =
reported sunk off Sambro, about twenty
miles from this port. She struck during
Thursday night, and only nine men are SO
far reported to have reached land, out of
one hundred and forty on board. Intelli-
ge1lce so far from the wreck of the steamer
Daniel Steinmann is very meager. II is said
that the Captain and five of the crew were
the only persons saved. The ship had
ninety passengers and thirty-four of
the crew. Twenty of the passen-
gers were to land here, all Germans,
and seventy were for New York. She is
supposed to have struck on the Sisters off
Sambro, and shortly after sank. The mast
is now visible from the shore. Consider
able of the cargo was for here, the balance
was for New York. The owners have gone
to the wreck. The tugs which left here for
the scene of the wreck have returned with
out being able to reach the neighbOrhoOd
of the steamer, owing to rough sea. An
attempt will be made this morning to reach
Daniel Steinmann had five bulkheads.
Her engines were eighteen horse power.
Three passengers from the steamer Daniel
Steinmann were saved with the captain and
five of the crew, the names Of whom were
not ascertained. They are on SambrO Light
Island, the only communication with which
is by signals, in rough weather. The very
latest regarding the wrecked steamer,
Daniel Steinmann is that of crew of thirty
nine and captain and ninety passengers,
only nine reached the shore, the captain,
five of the crew and three passengers
These are still on SambrO Island,
or short distance from mainland.
Owing to a heavy sea prevailing in
the neighbOrhoOd of the island the survivors
are not likely to reach the main land until
the sea becomes calmer. No particulars
can therefore be learned in regard to the
disaster at present. The Government
steamer Newfield left the city for the wreck,
but the fog was so thick that it was impossi-
BILE to reach the fatal spot, the Captain
considering it was not safe to launch the
surf boat on account Of the roughness of the
sea and imprudent to go nearer than five
miles Of the wreck because of the dense fog.
Another effort will be made by the Newfield
TO reach the spot where the unfOr-
tuIidtt NcSStl was lOSt. ctCdHl tuSo
also endeavOred to make their way to the
sunken steamer, but were compelled to
turn back, being unable to get further than
Herring cave, some ten miles from the
wrecked ship. A wrecking schooner with
well equipped crew of divers will leave
for the wreck to recover the bodies of the
drowned and whatever portion of the cargo
can be saved. A number of reports are in
circulation in regard to what the YES
sci struck, the most plausible being she
must have struck on the White Horse
Shoal, within short distance of
Sambro Island. The exceeding roughnesS
Of the sea will probably cause rapid break
ing up of the wrecked vessel. The captain
of the Steinmann, having only been in this
port three times. it may be he was unaware
of the dangerous coast around SambrO, or of
the awful peril he was in until too late TO
avoid the disaster.
WHAT THE CoNsIGNEEs SAY.
NEW YORK, April Sat the Office of the
consignee, Funch, Edge & Co., regarding the
loss of the steamer Daniel Steinmann, it was
learned that they thus far only had brief
dispatch saying that the Daniel Steinmann
had been lost off SambrO, and that Captain
SchOonhaven and five of the crew had
been saved