Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-12-12
STEAMER sALIEB WRECKED OFF
THE COAST OF SPAIN.
ALL ON BOARD WERE DROWNED.
MOSTLY sTEERAGE PASSENGERS,
BOUND FOR BUEXOS AYREs.
weather Was Thick and Heavy and
the Captain Evidently Lost His
Reckoning Little Known
of the Details OF the
Disaster.

Eerlin, Dec. 1.-THE North German
Lloyd steamer Salier was wrecked on the
night Of December 7. four miles north Of
Villagarcia. Spain, and two and One-half
miles from land. She had on board over
2oo passengers, mostly steerage, and crew
of sixty-iive men. All on board were
drowned.
OF the steerage passengers. there were
about IC0 Russians. about thirty-five Cali
clans. some Germans and nearly 100 Span
clans. some Germans and about 2Go Span
iards according to the estimates, all on
their way to the Argentine republic look
ing for new homes for themselves and
families.
II the disaster had occurred after the
Salicr had touched at VilIagarcia, the loss
OF life would have been much greater. rs
St is understood there were nearly 100 more
passengers. men. women and children.
awaiting at the port to embark on board
the Salier for Buenos Ayres.
The whole coast in the vicinity Of the
scene of the wreck is being searched for
survivors Of the Salier and all hope has
not yet been given up Of picking up some
one who may he able to give details of
the terrible calamity.
The weather was thick and heavy. 1t
was night time and the Salier had to run
far enough south to clear the rocks off
Cape Corrubedo before star5oarding her
helm and heading southwest, gradually
pointing up westward and then in a north
westerly direction in order TO head into
the bay leading up to Villagarcia- But
Captain Wempe seems to have been thrown
out of his reckoning by the fog and rain
and TO have headed to port too soon, with
the result that he failed to clear the rocks
below Cape Corrubeda and went down with
his ship and all hands.
The Salier had fearful passage from
Bremen to -Cournna. Two of her boats
were swept overheard by the heavy seas,
which beat over her, and she sustained
other damages from the same cause. The
steamer struck during the night Of Mon
DAY last on a ledge of rocks about two and
pne-half miles off Cape Carrubedo. on her
way from CorulnG TO Villagarcia, where
She was to ship another lot of steerage
passengers bound for Buenos Ayres.
A large amount of wreckage is reported
10 have washed ashore. The search made
for possible survivors of the wreck has so
Tar been without result, and little hope IS
entertained OF rescuing the passengers or
crew.
The SalIer was an old vessel which the
North German Lloyd Company had agreed
10 sell to an Italian firm trading between
Italy and American ports, but owing to
some slight disagreement to the terms,
the deal was not completed and the steam
er was sent on another voyage. She was
and the only reason the North German
Lloyd Company had for selling the Salier
was that there were more modern boats
Of the same line in readiness TO take her
place. Her last trip across the Atlantic
was made in September last, when she
left Baltimore for Bremen, arriving there
safely on September q. The Salier was
of 1900 tons gross register. was 35l feet
long briE-rigged, and had single pro-
peller. Captain Wernpe had commanded
the Salier for number of years.
Owing to the fact that there seem TO he
no survivors of the wreck, there is little
else but theories to fall back on TO ac-
count for the disaster. Experts look upon
the loss of the Salier as having been due
10 causes probably in every particular sim
liar to those which led TO the loss of the
British steamer Drummond Castle, of the
Castle line, Off Ushant, on the northwestern
extremity of France. in June last. As in
the case of the Salier. the weather pre-
vlous 10 the wreck of the Drummond Cas-
tie and the loss of nearly go people had
been very heavy. and was followed by
thick weather. which prevented Captain