The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-17
OCEAN DISASTER.
Loss or the Daniel StclnMnnn OH
tho ('OaSt or Noya Scotia.
Heartrending Loa Of Lilo Thrilling
Stories Of tho Disaster.

Heartrending Loa Of Lilo Thrilling
Stories Of tho Disaster,
Tho steamship nanlcl stclnmann loft Ant.
wcrp March 10 tor Halifax and New York,
with general cargo, she carried rex OF
thirty.eieht men, and had nincty.elght pms
senEcrs ou hoard. Tho ycssd mada \ soea
passage nntll shc approached WIN, u known
NJ Mail Rock shoal. near the entrance 10
Halifax hartnr A tcrrirlc gale and 4 dense
IL. prevailed, M, ,hip was hciuH tassea
about Ike u cork ~ tho enormous
sea. whom she struck npan tho rockH,
she Immediately hacked uir, AMI
tho next Mosncnt struck nroh nNntltr
shoal. TwS Immense holos wore kno 'k,si ~
her bottom. Tho dnoMtd steamer nnMcaNtsts
nlled With water, und IN a low minutes went
down, onlA tho top sails ard hcsnx leit AtNve
Mator. Dispatches from Halifax, N y, eNe
tho following ae,a L at the awful catastsn'
phe' Ninety Que passengers, thi.ty.thrve saii.
ora ami nNe hcers were lo>t on tho lNNicl
etsinmann. The aeent ot tho White Cross
limo yesterday reached tho island, who
tho captain aud eight ether survivors
wore. FroM the captain the story
OF tue wreck wa oh.ainea u
appears IN tho two days prior 10 the disaster
tho weather had been 50 tosgy that he ,aald
get no recknninss About II o'vloek Thurs
day night he saw light, which seeMt Il nj out
hAo miles AWAY, ewing 10 tho tos, and
which he thought was CheFhucte light
As he approached he saw that he Was almost
In Samhro. hefore ho could give amy nscrs
tho steamer atruck twice and began sinking,
Ho tried In run her ashore, hut she went
down. As soon ~ she struck he urSiofed tho
passengers on deck, hut they wcv swept
overheard and drowned by tho heavy seas,
nMS saAps psr ar ehss aMn Il, "A
IL xet cut leat ana reach tho shurN Tho
ahip settled storm first, Tho captain, who WIS
NJ his post, threw on his toets and coat AMI
took ~ III. forward rigging. Shc sank iAstcr
than he could climb, and h. lot 80 III tn rig
sing, Finally hc managed 10 Ut 10 tho ton,
gallant yard where hc slnnz With ono ut tho
passengers TIL y o'clock kMav Marnns,
when they were rescued hy u boat troM the
islana. The captain declared that the nrst
shock was light hut the secona heavy. aud
that the steering scar was lost then, Ne .iid
not hear any tor sigeal during tho whole cl
the time, After tho sccoAd shock tho steamer
driftcl over tho rocks and Mnchorsd, Thee
was little scA and the CAPTAIN orxteN 4 the mates
tn lower the heats, just then mens,roas
sea broke over the pooh washing overheard
every rasscngcr on tho deck. Then came AN
awful crash, and tho ship went down ltko u
flash.
Three surviving passengers OF tho naatcl
SteinMann have arrived In this city, They
say the vessel struck but lightly, twice, Tho
captain thcn sammencd all On deck and a.
reetet them tn pscpara 20 oAter tho eaNtA II
saeh would b. necessary. one toAt was
laanchcd And Alt made rush for II. though
good discipline was maintained aMa0n9 tho
ships crew, The hea, wAs we'll hllca aud NJ
tached To tho steamer hy rolss When saMe
ot those un loara were about cutting tho limo
the slcamcr Auddcnly sunk, dragging tho
boat and its osenrAnts d0wn with II, Tho
boat turned over any over, and every lSerSan
In II was thrown out and drowned, When the
stern III the v.SSel sank the cries AMI SercaMa
of women Mnd caisdrcn were heArtrcndiAx
ter Icw minn,ca Ap,. SchoonAascn
made his Nay NJ The tovrissins,
Two men caught the rigging ut the
mainmast Aai eadcsvorcd u climb
along tho stay tctweea the heads II the twa
masts. In this rerions passage one sost his
grip and ~as Mashea away. The o,her. John
Neiaermann, sue,sesi,d In rcachins the tore
rigging by u desperate enart IN tho cNarso
III which his less were sela,N hy soMe unc
drowning. Above him an the mast, oae ot
the wire Nnliits on tho toectolgallant yard
WAS broken, and This save play to the yard,
which worked hack aaa forth with the action
OF tho waves AMI Threatened 10 tear out tho
mast, which Qntvcrcd and crashed asarMtests,
The eaptain fearing he wauld he obliged tc
ahandoa als aa,ssesS,,ss eSit,es aaa sWia.,
from time To smss cried out tagcthcr fur
help, but the roar Of the wind and water
drowned their fcehle voices, 81 thats even II
assstanea had hcen al hand, II Il aaahttat II
they could have hcea heard, rAey were
doomed 10 painfully watch the passing
minutes and hours throughout the nlsAt
till dayereak. In this dismal watch they
could feel the vessel drifting nearer and
nearer ~ Samhro Island, IN add 10 the her~
ror of their situation, they saw blue lishts
burning On shera and sisnals ~ guide the
| beats 70 safety. while conscious they were
beyond assistance or relicf. Soon after day
| light boat put out froM the cow. manned
| by Ave men. who approached them, The
| captain Was by this time ~ eenumtsA tina,
| his eompAnien, NetlerMan, had ~ use torse
| IL disengase him from the spar and A%els,
/ him into the boat. lie then tulleweSl Am,
both wcre landed and taken into Tho lnht'
1 house.
| Among the eurious ltsclaeUts connected With
/ the ESCAPE of the sevcn ferSosss landed in 4
| hoat during the night ono NJ the ncSt thrill
/ ing Mas that OF an Italian, he having erss>lsei
| the beat Just AFTER shc left the steamer, Hen
/ oeeupants refused 10 take him In ee,ausc I
i number OF ether drowning lsrsonS hal setscs
/ his legs and body. and II was certain the teAl
could not take them all without s~ampsas, A
/ shc MAS alrvady hair full ot water The ltAl
| Ian at once divei and thus shaok or thess
holding 10 him. He soon rearrcarsi ~ tbs
/ surface aud Again caught the boat, He VA
/ then taken IN, hut WAS 50 exhausted that te
| 4 time hc was helpless, The heat Was II
4 uAAkSI VI ANuu0VNtHk, VWtuM w wv W3NSi
that was constantly coming In, and tho<,
/ I'm her took OF their hoois to eNi, her out
| The Italian at nrSt refused tn Assist In thu
| work, hut On teiny threatened with hcsn,
| thrown overheard agAan ualeSs he assisted I.
| keep the boat frsc, hc made an effort 10 IL
| -.
Another singular escape was that of Ni.k
ola, a lad axci m wars. Just ~ the hOa
| left the shaking steamer. he jumped from In
bridge. falling into tho boat on his head. III
sustained no injury except having one h.
/ bruised.
The youngest person On hCssrt - Tar ~
known. was an infant months oA, Anon
those drowned WAS young couple, marrae'
Just before the Stcinmann sailed. and VIII
had experienced only eighteen dsssof ~ed,ic
life. Several larIr families reriShcl alto
Ecther. unc Was Swiss faniis--tathcs
mother. and eight chslarca. Another MAS
family from Holland oi about the same size
Reports from the wreck up 10 this cvcnn
say the vessel remains in tie same positsas
The water WAS comparatively smooth to das
aud large nnmher OF boats were grspnia
for the eodies. Three oaly were secured 4,
stas, making eiesea in all 20 far found. Tn
first body recovered Was that af q little eil
/ years Old. Que of whose eyes had hccn .
most torn cut. All the hodics were - ter
hly mutilstcd they ,oald moi b. rcsegniaes
The tacss smashed i'm. the eyes torn ou
and the remains otherwise disneurSi. Thrr
schco ners with dising crew go 10 work 4,
morrow IL tho weather IL favorable.
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