The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-11-02
NEGLECTFUL OFFICERS
Additional Details oftne Wrecl
of the Roumania.
GHouLs RoBBDNe THE coRPsEs

Pnthetic story Of the survivors Of the Dis
aster-It seems the officers ON the Look.
put Shut Themselves Inside the Box on
he Bridge FOR Protection from the Rain
LISBON, Nov Capt Hamilton and
Lieutenant Rookie, who were among the
mine saved from the wreck Of the Rou-
mania, in which 1l3 persons perished.
bdth complain bitterly Of the state OF the
ship, and the failure of the ships officers
to inform them that the vessel had
STRANDED and OF the omission Of the crew
to aid them in lowering the boats.
THE Roumania was steamiug five knots
when she struck in sand go yards from
the shore The shock was slight and the
pabseugers were not informed. At
cd lock in the morning the ship broke
suddenly An hour and a half later
gr4at noise in the hold from the shifting
Of Iron bars, with the noise of the surf
and Of a heavy squall aroused Lieut.
Rookie who left his cabin to assist in
lowering "A boat, when the vessel collapsed.
He was washed ashore with mass of
wreckage.
qapt Hamilton was aiding his wife to
pafs through a skylight when he was
washed away He was unconscious till
he found himself on the shore. Lieut..
Robke moved about naked on the sands
till daybreak, when he saw seven Lascars
in IA cluster, all badly injured, and near
by another injured Lascar, who soon
dieH lie sent one Lascar nOrthward,
while he himself went southwark in
search of a house.
about / in the afternoon he met fiscal
GU bird, who returned with him. The
lieutenant was afterward left alone in
uidhe in the cliff while the guard went to
OHidos to inform his superiors, and did
not return until the following day.
Lidut Rookie, surolling about entirely
ma lSed, met Capt. Hamilton, who was in
thd greatest grief.
dapt Hamilton soon met somebody
froI Im Peniche, who took him TO the hospi-
tall
cart drawn by oxen appeared on
Saturday and conveyed Lieut. Rookie aud
thd injured Lascars TO Peniche, after
twp days and nights in the open air, dur
md which bands of sayages pillaged the
ste amer's cargo, and carried tons up the
hilbs
The foregoing particulars were obtained
in conversation during journey 20 the
scdne Of the wreck with govern ment Off
cdls Captain Hamilton tried to go on,
bult tainted, and was left behind. The
correspondent says;
AS we traversed the sands of Barrun-
chp the administrator OF the district
sci led several men with sacks of stolen
prbperty. We arrived at he wreck after
ride of four hours.
1'The bow and stern portions were sepa-
rated by 100 yards. The wreck is only
| 90 yards from the shore.
| 1'Iieut Rookie remarked that any
/ pl9cky man might have swan ashore
/ with a rope and saved all on board. lie
| believed that the vessel was stranded
/ Through the culpable neglect OF two ofi-
/ Ger / who were on the lookout but they
/ sought protection from the rain, shutting
/ thd dmselVes inside the box on the bridge
| He SAYS he did not see the captain on
| delk when the steamer stranded.
! 1It is generally admitted that the Rou-
| mAnia was 10 to 20 miles out OF her course,
aud after passing Cape Fo2lagoa she must
! hHte been steered straight inland; then
! PARALLEL with the coast in the direction of
| Cabe CarvoeirO lighthouse until she
| stranded five miles from the former and
len miles from the latter. The cape
wax inside a bay, and had she continued
| further she could scarcely have mi sseC
/ ruItulng on une rocks hfOuhu CafFoe lio.
For three miles northward the beach
is lowered with thousands Of bales of cot
toni and woolen goods, barrels Of beer
casks Of pistols, sewing machines, etc
Hundreds of tons have already been pill
lag4d Twenty fiscal guards aud troops for
ten lmiles of coast are quite insufficient
TO Hreyent pillagng.
"lIt is announced that TO more bodie
havk washed ashore some distance nortl
of the wreck"
The administrator of the Obidos dis
trict continues to allow bodies to be ex
posdd on the beach, declines to give pro
teotkon to the wreckage, and refuses T.
reply to kilograms regarding the bodie
wasb bed ashore.
| A number of dead were carried to tn
beadh by the tide last night The sol
, diert are too few, and the mum an vul-
turek find plenty OF opportunity 20 rol
the torpses