Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-12

Antwerp and was never heard of. In the
fall of 1888 the Herman Ludwig sailed from
Montreal for Antwerp with a crew OF thirty
men and a valuable cargo, and that was the
last heard of her. Only thirteen months
ago the Daniel Steinmann crashed on Lne
rocks at Sambro Islands, and 124 lives were
lost The Helvetia made the fourth vessel
that has met with disaster Rather re-
markable coincidence is that Captain
Schoonhaven, who commanded the Danlei
Steinmann, was also in command OF tue
Helvetia, and this was his first passage
across the Atlantic since the wreck OF the
Steinmann The Helvetia arrived in the
Gulf of ST. Lawrence over Il week ago, ana
has been knocking about in the ice tor
seven or eight days. Her bows were stove
in. She was otherwise damaged by ice.
She was leaking badly on Friday. Captain
Schoonhaven left Cape Ray and bore up for
Sydney, having all he could do to keep the
ship afioat. Saturday heavy sea sprang
up, and he hailed the Allan line steamer
Arcadian, while passing Arcadia. She took
the Helvetia IN tow, and headed for Louis
berg, but had not gone far when Captain
Schoonhaven called out that he was sink
ing. Boats were lowered, and passengers
and crew got into them as soon as possible,
but not too soon. The last boat had hardly
got clear before the Helvetia careened over
and sunk. The Arcadian then put back TO
the Straits of Canso, and landed the passen-
gers at Port Hawkesbury.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
MONTREAL, May 11th-Munderloh has
received further particulars concerning the
loss of the steamer Helvetia, of the White
Cross line. She was badly bilged by an en-
counter with the ice, and on Thursday last
fnln l,oI bnt. In uraS
sight of until yesterday, when it was
learned that she had gone down, bow first,
off Scaterie Island, on Friday, in deep
water. She at first tried to make Sydney,
c. B., and found that harbor packed with
ice. She then tried to follow the German
steamship Kehrwieder, but lost the latter
in a fog. To make matters worse, the sails
that Captain Schoonhover had stretched
over the vessels bow, were torn away III a
second encounter with the ice. Still he
fought against the fog and wind, and had
good luck until he met the steamer Acadl-
an, by which time he had stretched more
canvas over the extensive hole. The AGA
dian took the Helvetia in tow and tried to
make the port of Hawkesbury. The Hell
vetia had then sixteen feet of water. Her
cargo was thrown overheard, and the men
worked hard to keep the vessel afoat. All
last, with nineteen feet of water in the YES
sci, the Captain abandoned her. The cargo
was valued at 100000
Destruction by Fire-Effort to Abolish
the Duty on Sugars.
HAVANA CUBA, May 11th.-FOur hum
dred acres of uncut cane on the estate
Union, al Recree, were recently burned
over and forty-tiye houses were burned at
Magaghuez,
Adyices from Porto Rico say n provincial
deputation waited on the Govenor-Gen-
eral, and after setting forth the unfortunate
situation in which the island is placed,
owing to the prevailing financial crisis, re-
quested him to endeavor to induce the
Government to abolish the export duties
on sugars at once.