New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-07
VOL. xLIIL.Ns' 1868.
THE sAMBRO ISLAND WRECK.
WHAT TIE SURVIVORS SAW AND DID.
now MANY LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN sANhD-
NEAGRE DETAILS or THE DISASTER

HOW MANY LIVES NOAib
nEAGRE DETAILS OF TIE DisAslkh'
IBr rRLEaRAPB TO THE rEIBuNxl
uru.x April o.-Considerahle indignation 10
felt TO-DAY over tho mismanagcment OF auais y,
eamhro Islaud Lisht-house. There is no ife-poap
there though II s one Of the most dangerous places
Oh the coast, nor even rocket apparatus me
boat could have saved at least fifty passenger
Had II not been for the ships boat in which the sur
yivors we're saved the captain could not nave pee"
rescned from the rigging the next morning Inc
Government will hold aninvostigatlon OF 'he CAUSE
of the wreck. Eleven bodies in all have been re-
covered The collins will be buried on the main
land Three Of the bodies are children, two OF them
girls.
Tho cantain saws that he wa. confused when he
made his first statement. lie denies that there was
any more excitement on the ship than might natur-
ally have been expected under the circumstances
and he thinks that the obeyed his orders well
The ship had only made three and one-half mics
nm hour after o'clock and was only making milo
and half when she struck The captain lssure that
not more than an hour elapsed between the time ne
first saw a light and when the ship sank' winch
was within half an hour of striking The ship was
worth SlsO0O0 Divers will begin work to-mor-
row.
FXPFRIENCE or THE SECOND BoATswAIN.
Fritz Visk. the second boatswain of the Daniel
stenmaun, said
The weather was bad on Wednesday aud Ihursday, ]
went oa % duty 6S a, hssTy 0 Ram and sno% fen at in
tefvsls o'clock the rain held up and IT. looked &
A. though going 20 clear up. Ire captain nid
been on the bridge two days and nights J say S TIE
secoad mate sounding a. oGos hg G aS Snnr later ne
hve fathOm- Half or hreequarters OF an hpr tst NJ 30
threw the lead again, ami reported t"tn!-Sh Id'iou
ys'' ,ep ,hs 5seH ar.t 9S Sounding u" was taken saw
the captain 20 lot 20 see he could make OUT e neIl
, es A. ths nne the vessel Was going dead slow,
A, fia pf felIi
sI.y soon rushed on the deck The ordered
The boat. 10 bc got ready Within fifteen minutes alef
the first shock the ship struck @ @stronu dhi tLo
Then rushed TO the bow to help get out ne port anchor
Al had been called up after The sup sIIu'S te
hr,t time and on deck with the psssengeIs from
the tme ~ the fr.t striking up 10 the ne o. lniOWmg
The anchor had working AZ the first ifDosl on ne
port eide. While the ancuof was iuIlns ,n Ill
STRUCK violently third ume and almost inmeia'sH .
iie.bo4t ard got Al the stern, cutting 1t adSit'
just a. that moment heavy wave swept over tne sn.
bcsi hut not ibose al tue stern. Ibe result was that
6ci ,i' Went down bow drst with the ship, and
,vbo,, J"nt fnow ANYTHING about The boats star
hard sidc When cal ed the first mate, nouced That
he his gold watch and big rug on M ,h nhtTi.
These were presents him % his marriage, sN months
aeo But when s body was brought ashore 9l the lsiad
BY fisherman ihese were pom missing % eI be
seeing the doctor and chiei sc "'id on ne D.ec a. Wy
shp Weut down wgs saved IN the Joiy-nost ana Was
landed on tie island There was great excitement on
the snip after struck The ogers and crew alike
were crying swearing and prayng In The S2n.teina
even 10 form an OF the time that elapsad between
the collision with the rocks aui Ihc time when he
vessel sank had worked the Daniel htenWtnn Tor
eighteen months I gard Captain schoonhoveo as
capable anu thorough seAnan
STORY oF oNE OF THE PASSENGERS.
Eisehen Hcolos. passenger, from Luxembourg
going to Chicago. related what hesaw as follows:
I was in bed with my cousin. yonng man of twenty
three WOO. with me, gOn2 10 fieuds Ia chicago We
there women ana children. wheH the ship hrst struck
numbr ot the passengers got out OF bed ana went on
fnru that there YVES danger. /
,u; an my trousers also went Oh deck My cousin
% Ts' @ 70 'ig S ssw Of bin between the snip
struck and the TIME she went 9o"n. Ihe pasStk.
Alter the vessel struck the second lime saw msn
pu Ing hi- wife and five children IN boat on thS HsI
board si6c. Idout know what became % them. went
on hurricane deck and watched two my cn,hs & & one
tollv boat Aduft the ship was sinking heh Sht gol
properly n tbe waer jumped into her and was sawed
CiINGINe To- 4 MAST ALL NGnT
John Nedeunan, aged twenty-siI a passenger from
Bavaria for New-York.told what he saw a. follows
Iva, Ia when The ship slruck as were most OF the
other passengers l heard the nrst shock hnt
did not ect Up. Two friends were -lrel!ns
with me Most OF the passengers we're below wben tue
vess. struck The second time some were sseep diners
were it aud telling stories ne SeConl Hhutk Wa
no, violent judge that fuly hht the pasegeis
were IA I.l tlrn Tut got ~ and dressed aud rushed ON
deck others dressing. They we're l9sl tnen beEln
nurbe u ss,engers aud there before me, In
eludns one WOMAN va, watching TN s sS's9s W 1s boat
os II The same tine I was under water
faI, two minutes during which got hold Of ne rigging
ana climbed up until got above water Whiio was
pndrr water felt several people around mr.. One man
caught hold ~ y leg, but Kicked bin oh rot on the
and found thai The captain Wa on the mast
sLoye inc. We sooi taeie all night | saw hfes sbd
ngbs 90 the island 200 yards distant, all The night ahd
bot the cant and self shouted uutl We were urea,
but mo- help came untl daylight The cap
tain and I had conversation while we
we're together the mast because couldn't tax Bel
sian and e couldn't speak German, but both oil us SUI
fefsd greatly from exhaustion.
SAVED ~ BEiNG a GOOD SWIMMER.
Ncolo an Italian passenger from Antwerp bound
10 New-York, related his suileTings az follows;
WAS I'm my bunk when the ship first struck, and mme-
diaey went deck There were Otbei Italians below
will me- All the Italians went on deck together Afcr
The vessel airuck tie time pulled OF coat ard
hoots aud prepared D. Jump overheard ana swim Am
GOOD ncr After the shp struck the second time
abe soon nlled with water saw that she
must sOon siuK, aud with the thlrd shock ] Jumped
overheard and SWAIN around ull / saw the Jolly boat
launched Then made for II. Several downing men
c,ught hold Of me- Kicked them all OF finally got
tOOard.
KILLED WHILE ARRESTING NEGRO.