The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-12
MANY LIVES LOST.
Four Hundred Persons Pcrisllcd
In the Snlicr Disaster.
LITTLE KNOWN OF TIE DETAILS
A, Not Survivor Has Hren Found-IIe-
iie'od thut None Escaped to Tell tho
story-1hc Latest Known from tho
Scene Of tho wreck-Tho Vessel an Old
One aud the Passengers Aboard Were
Principally In tho Storage.

N'lSu.Nh, Spuln, DcC. ll.-lNe news
that the North German Lloyd steamer
Salicr. from Bremen, went down off this
coast with all on board. Is confirmed.
The loss OF life Is placed at from $50 to
400. Not soul was saved.
The SalCr was commanded by Captain
Wempc when she was lost. The steamer
had n general cargo. The disaster oc-
curing during dense fog nnd very
heavy weather. The Sallcr had fearful
passage from Bremen to this port. Two
OF her boats were swept overheard by
the heavy seas which beat over her, and
she sustained other damages from the
same cause.
Monday last on ledge OF rocks about
two and oe half miles on Cape Carrube-
do on her way from this place to Villa
garcia, where she was to ship another lot
OF stecraEc passengers bound for Buenos
AyreS. y large amount uf wrcckuge is
reported to have washed ashore. The
search made for possible survivors OF the
wreck has 30 far been without result and
but little hope is entertained OF resculng
any OF the passengers or crew.
The Saller was an old vessel which the
North German Lloyd Company had
agreed TO sell 10 an Italian firm trading
between Italy and American ports but
owing TO some slight disagreement rs 10
the terms. the deal was not completed
and the steamer waI sent on another
voyage. She was considered to be In
every way scawOrthy and the only rea-
son the North German Lloyd Company
had for selling the Sal!cr was that there
was more modern oats for the same line
In readiness TO take her place.
Her las. trip across the Atlantic was
made in September last, when she left
Baltimore for Bremen. arriving there
safety on September %. The SalIer WAS
OF 1000 tons gross register, was 3jl feet
long. brIg-riSged and had u single pro-
pcller.
Captain Wcmpe had commanded the
steamer for number OF years.
Little known.
Owing to the fact that there seems TO
be no survivors OF the wreck, there is lit
lie else but theory to fall back on 70 ac-
look upon the loss OF the Salier as hav-
ing been due 10 causes similar 10 those
which led to the loss OF the British
steamer Drummond Castle, OF the Cas-
tie line. on Ushant on the northwestern
extremity of France. in June last. AS
In the case OF the Snlier the weather
previous TO the wreck OF the DriImmond
Castle and the loss OF nearly go people
had>bseeG -y2LI- heslTy ) and wns ioIlawSd
by thick weather, Which preVenteu Ctp-
tain Pierce. her commander. from Sec
Ing the light. When he believed he was
tar enough north, Captain Pierce order
ed the helm Of the Drummond Castle 10
be ported. and with fine rain and fog,
headed her on the night OF June Il on a
northeasterly course for the Bristol
channel. But ne was apparently out Of
his reckoning, for the Drummond Cas-
tie appears 10 have run at full speed
upon ridge OF rocks extending from
the island OF Malone. lalf way between
Cshant and the mainland OF France, To
other and smaller Islands. The .concus-
sion, Il was generally admitted at the
time, must have ripped the steamer open
from stem TO stern and she apparently
pitched over the reef and sank almost
Immediately afterward In deep water.
for no trace OF her was found.
Like the DrummOnd Castle. 1t Is be-
l!eved that the Saller was making the
best time possible under the c!rcum-
stances. for after leaving Bremen, tha
SalIer had touched at Antwerp and thls
port. and her commander was anxious
TO have his veSscl's head pointing on
her VOYAGE across the Atlantic ocean.
Another theory OF the cause 0f the
disaster Is that the Saller's steering
gear wus carried away while she was
heading around the rocks for Fillagar-
c.a, and she thus became unmanagcabla
and was driven u-on the reef, which Is
about two and one-half miles from land.
The passengers Of the Saller, 1t is con-
Jecturcd must all, or nearly all, have
been In their berths In the stceraGe al
the time the steamer struck, and II Is
Thought that the great majority of them
were drowned before thev could tumble
out on deck, for no bodies with life pre-
servers on have been found, 80 far as
known at present.