, 1884-04-05
Which Brought Destruction to
a Ship in Sight of Land.
Possibly Nine out of One Hun
dred and Forty Saved.
The Survivors Cast Upon an
Island Beyond Reach.
A Steamer Sunk.

HALIFAX, April 4.-The steamer Daniel
Sherman, from Antwerp for this port,
is reported sunk off Sambro, about twenty
miles from this port. She struck during
last night, and only nine men are so far
reported to have reached land out of 40
on board.
HALIFAX, April 4.-The very latest re-
garding the wrecked steamer Daniel Stein
mann is that Of a crew Of thirty. nine and
captain and ninety passengers, only nine
reached shore, the captain and FIVE of the
crew and three passengers. These are
still On Lambro island, a short distance
from the mainland. Owing to a heavy
sea in the neighborhood of the island the
survivors are not likely to reach the main
land till noon tomorrow or until the sea
becomes calmer. No particulars can there
fore be learned in regard to the disaster at
present. The government steamer New
field left the city this afternoon for the
wreck but the fog was so dense that it
was impossible to reach the fatal spot, the
captain considering it unsafe to launch
the surf boat on account of the rough
sea and imprudent TO go nearer han FIVE
miles TO the wreck because of the density
of-the fog. Another effort will be made
by the Newield tomorrow to reach the
spot where the unfortunate vessel was lost.
Three steam tugs also endeavored to make
their way to the sunken steamer but
were compelled to turn back, being unable
to get further than Herring Cove, some
miles from the wrecked ship. The
wrecking schooner, with n well equipped
crew of divers, will leave here in the
morning for the wreck, to recover the
bodies of the drowned and whatever por-
ton of the cargo can be saved. A num-
Der of reports are in circulation in regard
to where the vessel struck, the most plaus-
ible being that she sunk on the White
Horse shoal, within a short distance of
Sambro island. The exceeding roughness
of the sea will probably cause a rapid
breaking up of the wrecked vessel.
The captain of the Steinmann having
only been in this port three times, it may
be that lie was unaware of the dangerous
coast around Sambro, or of the awful
peril he was in until too late to avoid the
disaster.
NEw YORK, April A.-On inquiry at
the Office of the consignees, Funch, Edge
& Co, regarding the lost steamer Daniel
Stemmann, it was learned they had thus
far only a brief dispatch saying the Daniel
Steimann had been lost off Sambro, and
Captain Schoonhaycn and FIVE of the crew
had been saved. An officer of the COM
pany said he could not imagine how the
accident occurred.
He said the steamer generally carried
very few cabin passengers, being chiefly
engaged in the Storage passenger and
freight carrying trade. Her cargo would
probably reach 1000 tons, 400 tons for
Halifax, and the remainder for New York.
He considered Captain Schoonhaven a
very careful and painstaking man. The
Daniel Steinmann was built at Antwerp,
in 1875. She was III feet long, "a feet
beam, and 35 feet depth of hold. Her
gross tonnage was ,7S5 tons, Her name
was formerly the Khedive. She has
been running in the White Cross line
since 1878. At one time she was consid-
cred a very lucky vessel, but during the
last two or three years she has met with
various mishaps.