New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-11

THE CAPTAIN DIES FROM HEART DISEASE "-'D
ExHAUsToN-THE MEMS LONG STRUGGLE
AT THE PUMPS-EXCITING TRANSFAN
FROM THE WRECKED VESSEL
The British steamship Stag, which arrived a'
this port yesterday morning proughO 're Wv"
of the German ship Shakspere, VINO hau D',n
token from their vessel, which was In SINK
;ro condition. in mid-ocean. The ShakSpere lelt
Hamburg on October %, under command oi zap
tain Carl Muller, with a cargo oi geher'i iheI-
chandlse, consigned to George T. N"rIcil""""
49,. oi+ The shin met succession of heavy
gales from the first On December ~ she
bsgan TO leak owing to the straining OF her
tin,hors The men were able. however, by con-
slant pumping, to keep the water from making
any headway in the vessels hold.
The winds had been so adverse, however, thao
On December 16 the Shakspere was only 700
miles off the Irish coast On that day she en-
conntered a tremendous hurricane from the north
west Heavy seas continually swept over
the vessel. and about 4:3o p IN. all
three masts were taken away. Ihe
masts carried all the rigging overheard, ana
some Of it became entangled with the rudder, ana
left the ship entirely at the mercy OF wind ana
sea- One of the falling sPars had struck the
first officer Mette, on the night arm, spralnlhS H.
The ship began TO leak more and more. All thc
,osn GO, to work at the pumps. and lahored
steadily for tweuty-three hours, when they began
TO drop OFT, one by one, from exhaustion.
At about 3 D. M. on the nth, Captain Muller,
who was worn out by his long watch, went TO MS
cabin few hsurs later the steward went 10
tell him that supper was ready and fOuhd lie was
dead. Although a strong man, the strain Oh ''le
captain had been SO great that he had uieu'
ha
ing he was buried at sea-
On the 18th, in the morning, steamer was
siphted about mile and half away. The sea
VS. still so heavy that il was impossible to take
the men of the Shakspere. so they signaied the
o+ber shin TO remain by them until the weather
moderated The captain signalled back that he
wouid. but the next morning the stranger had
disappeared She was the NcStorla, bound Tor
Quebec Her captain reported on his arrival az
that port that he had lost the vessel during tie
niaht First Officer Mctte says he sent up rockets
at intervals of ten and fifteen minutes all mSht.
On the afternoon of the 9th the wind and sea
became more furious, and the ship l10ored heavily.
The waves swept the decks again and again, ana
the cabins were fillei with water. Not much
progress had been made with the pumping, as
many of the mems hands were so blstered that
they could not open them. The seamen dropped
oil, one by one, until not man was lett who was
able to work.
On the evening of tie Goth a steamer showed
nash-Huhts This gave the men renewed strength,
and most of them set to work again on tAe
pumps. and kept at ii all night. Rockets were
sent up at Intervals ana WAiIe Ash' was hePO
bu+ning all might.
The narrative is here taken up by the log of
the Stag. as follows: We left Bremen for New
York on December s Had continuation OF
heavy storms. On December 20 we had strong
pale. and high crosssea was running. AL
a 10. we sighted q bright light TWO points on
the port bow As approached 1t, we saw
fare-up lights every few minutes. II was ap-
parently some vessel in distress, ana we SlacN-
eued the enelnes AS We cOuld not do anything
before daybreak We stood by until daylight
1T was thick the next morning, and at 80
o'clock we sighted the Shakspere aga.n. we
cleared away the quarterboat and when we 9oV
close up to the wreck tie boat was ioWe!ed
ana manned by four seaInen IN chai-e ol tIlc
secoud oficer Owing 10 the high sca running,
the boat was in danger Of getting shashed'
First Officer Mctte described 'he N.Cue as
follows: " he boat could get no nearer - r''-H
about thirty feet, and we threw Il "a me zen
our sailors put on life prescrVeIs, ana clIii"c"
alon0 tie rOpc through the water 10 the D"aI
l. myself, my right arm being 4ahc', HeIu "
line with my lett, and swan 10 the Doat WIN
my right. As tie boat could taHe "nlF IoI oI
five at TINE, III hdd 10 hIdhc Ioii iP'.
After the first two trips the ere" 81 ulc D'''
became 50 eXhauscd from battling with the
waves that they were replaced by fresh men.
The condition Of the crew OF me Hi'r
spere was ptiabc IN the extreme. lhey were
Sick from the long exposure 10 the c0ld ana We
and from tie hard work and lack OF sleep; he
hands of officers and men were mass OF blstc 5
SIX of the men had sores Oh their arms ana Ic-S
from the LAoosurc TO salt water. As III, men
came on D. a. thcy attended TO: ana dfcs eu
in dry cmthes Captain Munro. FRS ono r
William Hanson, Second Oilcer Johh NocI "hu
all the men of the Stag. dld eNerylhin- III lHeH
poyyer ta care for the shlpwrcckcd men. m
The men of tie Shaksperc are all at lIedc-
mans Hotel in WashugtOn-st., and nave Ic,oE-
cred from their sickness All are warm III thcr
uraises Of the Kindness Of the captain
and men Of the Stag in giving up
their Quarters % them. None OF the Sh1kspcTe
officers or crew saved anything except what they
had on They viii return to Germany next week
on the North German Lloyd steamer Elder.
The Shaksucrc sailed under the German nag
but was built at Quincy. Mass, IN l9'I She
was owned by L. i. kalkman CO., ol Brcmch
She was l-3 tons burden, % feet long - feet
beam and q feet depth Of hold. SIC had Just
been thoroughly repaired al Bremen ~ cost
of SO 0OG and WIS worth about S-O,OOo. hcr
cargo. which consisted OF soc tons Of cement
glassware set and miscellaneous articles, WIS
valued al 10000. half of which IS Known 10
be insured. as is the vessel
A ROUGH VOYAGE FROM NOVA SCOTIA.