Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-01
Continued FROM Sth page
R0UMANIA'S WRECK.
Story of the Disaster Related BY
Survivors.
PECULIAR ACCIDENT TO COACH HORSES
Railway Passenger Rates to the
West Going Up.


STORY OF I'M kOt Nt>tA~ WfEtk.
Description sf th. Disaster Given by Two
of the Survivors
LoxpoS Nov. IA Lisbon correspondent Of
the Ttnes Who has been To the scene Of the
vreek % the steamship Boumania near Cape
Foxsalagod has succeeded in obtaining long
iuterview with Lieut. Rookie and Capt. Hamil
ton the British army officers Who
were saved Both of these officers. saws
the eorre.po ndent complain bitterly of the
state Of repair % the Lost steamship Roumaala.
Thsy also complained 81 the failure Of the
ship'. officers TO inform them that the Vessel
had stranded and % the omission Of the crew
70 ard them In lowering the boats when they
knew the steamer Was Lost
rHE WRE,E.
The Rouulania according to Lieut. Rookie ard
Capt Hamilton. W4- -teauiiug AZ the rate Of five
Knots an hour Vhen she stranded She struck in
the sand Siztv yards from tine shore The shock
"a. 80 slight tha: the passengers had no
idea % what had happened nor were they in
formed that disaster had occurred AZ ]
O'Clock the hip broke suddenly. An hour
and half later great noise IN the
ships hold from th" shifting 81 iron
bars. together with the noise 81 the
snrf and % n heavy ram -liIaU. aroused Lieut..
Roche whn -ny. be left hi cabin To inquire
deck what the trouble Wn- and was about 10 A.
s-t in lowering bat when the vessel col
lap-~i.
he sas washed ashore with mas Of wreck
age. Capt. Ils'r.iltou save that lie aiding
HI. wifi 10 pas- through skyhght when he was
washed away. He was unconscious Till he
found himself shore and he sup
posed that he had been stunned.
Lieut. Rookc ads that be moved about
naked on the sands MI daybrenk. ahen he
sven IAscsrs in a cluster. all ballv injured and
near BY another injured LAscar. who soon died
He sent one La-car northWard. while he him
self wen; south ward IN search Of a house.
About O'Clock IN the afternoon he met
fiscal guard. who returned with him 10 the
scene % thu wrcck The lieutenant after
ward left alone IN niche IL the cliff. while the
the guard went To- ObdIns 20 inform his
superior- The guard did not return sill the
following dav
In the meantime Lieut. Rookie. who had been
s,rolling about entirely naked. met capt.
Hamilton. who wns IN the greatest grief.
Lieut. Rooke eventually LEFT him. going in
another direction
Capt. Hamilton soon met somebody from
Peniche. who took him 70 a hospital.
RsscTED.
cart drawn by oxen appeared at the srcne
Of the wreck ON saturday aud conveyed Lieut..
Rooke and the injured La.cars 10 Pcuiche. after
two DAYS AMI nights spent in the oren air
during which time bands 81 sayages piilaged
the steamers cargo and carried tons up the
hills.
The foregoing particulars were obtained in
the eOn,ersation that took place between the
correspondent and Lieut. Rookie during a
journey 90 the scene OF IN, wreck with num-
Der % government officials.
Capt Hamilton tried To accompany the party
but tainted and left behind The CORE
spondent continues: As traver-ed the
sands Of Barruncho the administrator OF the
district seized several men With sacks Of stolen
property. We arrived at the wreck after a ride
Of four hour.
The bow and stern portions of the wreck
we're separated by distance OF 100 wards The
wreck l. only sixtv yards from the shore. Lieut..
Roche remarked that any pluck man might have
swan ashore with a rope and saved all aboard.
He believes that the vessel was stranded
through the neglect of two officers who were on
duty charged 20 keep good look out. but they
sought protection from the rain. shutting them
selves inside the box on the bridges. lie did
not see the captain on deck when the steamer
stranded.
RoUNASt. OFT OF HER COURSE.
lii l. generally admitted that the Roumania
va- from sixteen 90 twenty miles ont Of her
course. aud after passing Cape Fozslalago
she must have been stccred straiSh;
inland. then parallel with the coast
In the direction - Cape CarvOeirO
light house until she stranded ave miles from
the former and south OF the latter. The cape
Wa inside bsy. and had she continued .hs
could sarcelg have missed running III.
rocks around CaryOiero.
From the scene % wreck for a distance Of
three mlle- north the beach i covered with
thOu-snd- of bales ef cotton aGd Wvoicn goods
barrels u bevr and sewing machines. Hun
dred- % tons have already been pillaged
TWENTY-FIVE guaris and troops for ten miie- OF
coast are quite insufficient To prevent pillsgiug
Lieut. Ecoke examined each BODY without
displaying the -ligh;es; emotion and identified
two. Whs1we returned 90 Pcnirhs at : O'Clock
A. - "A l.. II 4.
carried 90 bed
Most Of the plunierers live in the village Of
Ferret The inhabitants g PeuIche are iutig-
nsut a; the savage plumber and the govern
naent has been asked o. eIicircie Ferret with
uoops and compel the restoration Of the stolen
property
Unless the WreckaSc = quickly removed it
oil soon D. hiiieu IN the sand
Ia l. ANNOUNCED tonight that sixteen more
bodies have washed ashore some distance north