The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-04-11
TERRIBLE DISASTER AT SEA.

Enc Steamship Daniel Steinrnann of the
White Star Line, Goes Down OF Sambro
ls'and-Over One Hundred Lives Lost.
HALIFAX, N. S., April Sat ten o'clock
Thursday night, in the dense fog that pre-
vailed along this coast the Belgian steam
er Daniel Steinman, of the White Cross
Line, drove on ledge of rocks called the
Sisters, on Sanlbro Island, and then backed
OFF and sank in about fifty feet of water.
At four o'clock yesterday afternoon it was
known that nine people had been saved out
OF the 133 who had sailed in her.
The Steinmann left Antwerp on March
rs, under Captain Van Schoonhoven. She
carried cargo of telegraph wire and gem
eral merchandise. Her crew numbered
thirty-nine men. She carried ninety-four
steerage passengers, all Germans, twenty of
whom were to land at Halifax and the rest
at 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-keeper on Sambro Island
heard her whistle as she was going
down. A few rockets were seen
from the shore, but the storm prevented any
one going to her rescue. Seven souls came
ashore somehow in the night, and were
safely landed through the surf. They re-
ported that some of the crew were cEnging
to the rigging, part of which was above water.
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 fisherman named Gilkie launched
a fatboat and brought off Captain Van
Schoonhoven and boy who had been Sc
cured in the rigging by the Captain. These
We're the only ones left in the rigging
The survivors all remain on Sambro
Island, twenty miles from here. The
weather has been so rough and the fog so
thick that no one could pass to or from
Sambro Island to the mainRshore. Two tugs
were sent to the wreck from this city, but
they have returned, having been unable to
get near it on account of the bosterous
weather. The topmasts Of 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 on Sambro Island, short distance
41Olu 6Il0 OWllS 10 heavy
sea prevailing in the neighborhood of the
island, the survivors will not likely reach
the mainland till noon to-day or until the
sea becomes calmer. No particulars can
therefore be learned in regard to the disas-
ter at present.
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-hoat on account of
the rOughneS of the sea, and imprudent to
go 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 endeavored 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 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.
The Daniel Steinmann was built at Ant
werp, in 1875. She was lit feet long, 81
feet beam and % feet depth of hold. Her
gross tonnage was l,785 TONS Her name
was formerly the Khedive. She had been
running in the White Cross Line since 1878.
At one time she was considered a very
lucky" vessel, but during the last two or
three years she has met with various mis-
hapS.