New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-22
A BIG STEAMSHIP ASHORE.
SOME FEARS THAT SHE WILL GO III flECEo'
PASSENGERS SAFELY TRANSFERRED-THE NE"
DANA, OF THE HAMBUFG-AMEHlOAN
PACKET COMPANY, IN HARD LUCK.

nAyIA, OF THE HAMBURG AMERICAN
PACKET COMPANY, IN HARD LUCK.
The guests at the Point Lookout Hotel Long
R.acb. L. l., have not seen the sea serpent TINS
season but they have seen wreck. 1t greeteu
their ewes yesterday morning for when the rosy
dawn struggled over the purple sea there lay
the great ocean steamship Dania, Captain Schul@'
from Hamburg for New-York hard and last on
IN. bar of Joness Inlet. She had a large cargo
of merchandise on board and 365 steerage passen-
osrs She had gone ashore about midnight, but
esther spnal guns nor whistles had told Of
her plight.
About / o'clock they discovered the steamer
end informed Captain Rhodes, the captain oil 'he
Point Lookout Life-Saving Station who tried
TO attract the attention of the station on tne
other side of the inlet. but without success
Finally at daybreak Captain Rhodes went OIL
70 the steamer. Captain Schultz. so far from
b.pv grateful for the efforts OF Captnn
Rhodes to reach him, sruflly declined his prohered
assistance and refused to allow him even TO come
on board.
Word having been sent TO New-York of the
position of the Dania, the tugs OF the MerrlIU
Wrecking Company arrived on the scene III the
afternoon, and with them came the steamer
Augusta-V Victoria. of the same line as the DANA,
Victoria iay off the bar at safe distance
and the passengers Of the Dania were trans
tered TO her by tug, which ran ferry for
some time between the two ships. and with these
nassenqers the Augusta-Victoria returned to New
YORK
WILL SHE BREAK IN Twoi
When the Dania struck she swung around
hraadSde to the sea. Captain Schultz kept hls
screw going continually until the arrival Oh the
Merritt Wrecking people, who pointed out 10 MN
that be was only aiding in cutting away the sand
from under the ends of his vessel. AS she lay
there the natural currents ot1he locality were
cutting cut the sand from under her bow ana
stern and some fears were expressed that TINS
would leave her resting amidships on ridge OF
sand. and that she would break in two. The
wind was from the south and considerable sea
was running but the sea somewhat decreased
bv the rain which fell heavily in the evening.
The officers and crew of the Dania were on
hoard late last night and the tugs Of the wrecklng
osmpany were standing by her. She lay about
a mile of the extremity Of Point Lookout, but
was in full view from the hotel. Her lights
tonight could Ike family seen through the DARK
ness and every now and then fash OF light
Illuminated the sea, showing the stranded huh
of the unfortunate ship and her attendant tugs.
Several parties went out from the hotel dur
stranded steamer but no one was allowed on board;
The weather last night looked Threatening ana
though the Dania lay easily, If a storm arose II
was the opinion Of men well Uniformed III such nut
ters that she would go TO pieces
OTHER WRECKS on THAT SPOT.
Several other vessels have been wrecked near
where the Dania went ashore. 1t is asserted
that current sets in there along the Long
Island shore, and it is to this that most OF the
wrecks about there are due. The last steamer
10 90 ashore there was the Panama, in April
las:.
The place where the Dania went ashore is
twenty miles 10 the westward of Fire Island
Light. The spot is clearly marked On the charts
and the soundings approaching 1t fairy regis
tered. and Wednesday night was not thlcK az
foiHv me SIeAHeT Augusta-vctcriS started on her
way to Hamburg YESTERDAY at i, .e5 a: IN H.
axe passengers whom she had taken from the
DANA. The first cabin passengers of the Augusttc
Victoria speak highly of the way the Work Oh
transferring these people was done
At 6 :35 D. IN. the Victoria anchored at
Quarantine where the immigrants inspected
by Health Officer Smith, and tne steamer proceeded
on her way back 10 Hobokcn, where the irml-
grants will be landed to-day, and The Victoria
will resume her voyage. Officers OF the Victoria
said that the officers and crew of tAe DANA re-
maincd aboard ship expecting that she would be
pulled off about midnight
THE STORY OF PASSENGER.
The Dania landed one passenger over the num-
Der that was on her list when she left Hamburg.
II was tiny three-dayS-O gill, the daughter OF
Hermann and May Schwarz. When the mother
and child reached the pier they were taken into
private and tenderly cared for. By the
rules OF the Custom NOusc the passengers c0uld
not be allowed 10 leave the pier until TINS luOrn-
Ing and had TO pass the long hours of the night
as best they could number OF mattresses Were
obtained from storcrOOm upstairs and given 70
the women. while the men Jared aS Dcst thcN could
An agent of the lme. Nh Bcaz, then went QUO
on foraging expedition for PROVISIONS. ana ms
efforts we're successful in obtaining an ample
quantity of loavcs OF bread, cake coffee ana other
substantial food.
The only officer of the Dania who came on
shore with the passengers Was Charles Feydiel'
the rurser. He was unable, &c said. to give
any account of the accident except to say thGt
he was down in his cabin when he felt tcrTibic
Jerk that ran right through tie ship and shook
1t from stem 10 stern. He ran up on deck ana
found that the vessel had ran ashore ana that
there YVES no excitement on board.
Fred. Lillcnthal of tie few EngIisn-speak-
ing immigrants on the Dania said i was asleep
III my bunk when / awakened by a tcrllllc
jerk Of the whole boat, though we had struck
into something Tie violence Of the shock threw
me out OF my bed. | scrambled TO my feet,
threw on some clothes and ran up on deck, wien
! iound that we were ashore. The passengers,
hall awake and almost crazy with fcar scrambled
up from below and ran wildly up and Gown the
DECK some screaming. some crying, while others
were on their knees. praying 70 I've saved
few kept COOL and these partially succeeded in
quietlng the Others. Then the captain came for
ward and assured us that there danger, and
that we should all be safely taken ashore Then
everybody grew calm again"
The Dana sailed from Hamburg on August
ana was due here to-day She carried a number
OF passengers, but the agents here said that they
dld NOT know how many. Il was reported that
she had 365 steeragc and no frst-class passengers.
The cNact nature Of which the agents
here did not know. Tire Dana is one
:, tho three new steamers which thc
Hamburg-Amercan Packet Company built last
wear. She is valued at about 100000. IS 312
lec' long. ~ wide and - deep, and registers
1870 tons gross. Tic Dania's indicated horse
power is 1900. and she has a speed Of fourteen
knots an hour. She has funnel and two
masts. and has accommodations for 900 steer
age passengers.