Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-18
TERRIBLE DISASTER At SEA.
The steamship Daniel Stcinmann. of the
White Star Line, Goes Down on SaInbro
Island-Over Ono Hundred Lives Lost.

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Tho Steamship Daniel stcinmann. of the
White Star Line, Goes Down on Salnbro
sland-Ov Ono Hundred Lives Lost.
HALIFAX, n. S., April Sat ten O'Clock
Thursday night, i'll the dense fog thai pre-
| vailed along this coast, the Belgian steanl-
er Daniel S%teinnan, of the White Cross
| Line, drove OIL a ledge of rocks called the
| Sisters, on Sambro Island, and then backed
off and sank III about fifty feet OF water.
| At four o'clock yesterday afternoon 1t was
known that nine people had been saved out
of the 1873 who had sailed In her.
Tho Steinmanm left Antwerp on March
30, under Captain Van Schoonhoven. She
carried a cargo of telegraph wire nnd gem
eral merchandise. Her crew numbered
%tlirty-nine men. She carried ninsty-four
Storage passengers, all Germans, twenty OF
whom were to land at Halifax and the rest
ut New York. She was reported at katha-
.rine's Point, near Antwerp, two days after
sailing. The next heard of her was when;
the light-keoper on Sambro Island
heard her whistle as she was going
down. A few rockets were seen
from the shore, but tire storm prevented any
one going to her rescue. Seven souls came
ashore somehow in the night, and were
SdlCly ldIIuCo ll1OlSh liz ouA" -
ported that some of the crew were clinglpg
TO the rigging, part of which was above wafer.
During the night the weather continued too
rough to permit any one to go to the as
sistance of the men on the wreck, although
it was but two hundred yards away. AT
daylight a fisherman named Gilkie launched
a flatboat and brought of Captain Van
S%choonhoven and a boy who had been Sc
cured in the rigging by tile Captain. These
were the only ones left in the rigging.
The survivors all relaain on Samhro
Island, twenty miles from here. Tue
weather has been so rough and the fog so
thick that no one could pass to or from
Sambro Island to the main3shore. Two tugs
were sent to the wreck from this city, bat
they have returned, having, been unable to
get near it on account OF the boisterons
weather. The topmasts o. the ship were
till visible above the water. The Tugs Will
make another attempt if the weather per-
mits.
The very latest regarding the wrecked
steamer is that of the crew of thirty-nine
and the Captain and ninety passengers, only
nine reached the shore-the Captain, five of
the crew and three passengers. These are
still OH Sambro Island, a short distance
from the mainland. Owing to the heavy
sea prevailing in the neighbDrhood Of the
island, the survivors will not likely reach
the mainland till moor to-day or until the
sea becomes calmer. No particulars can.
therefore be learned in regard to the disas-
ter at present. O.
The Government steamer Newfield left
the city for the wreck, but the fog was SO
thick that it was impossible to reach the
fatal spot, the Captain not considering it
safe to launch the serf-loat on account Of
the roughnes of the sea-, and %ilnprudent to
60 nearer than five miles of the wreck be-
cause of the density of the fog. Another
effort will be made by the Newfeld to-mor-
row to reach the spot where the unfortunate
vessel was lost.
Three steam tugs also e%ndeavored to make
their way to the sunken steamer, but was
compelled to turn back, being unable to get
further than Herring Cove, some ten miles
from the wrecked ship. A wrecking
steamer with a ~well-equipped crew of divers
will leave here for the wreck to recover the
bodies drowned and whatever portion of
the cargo can be saved.