Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-12-16
WITH ALL ON BOARD.
Meager Particulars Of the Sinking
or the North German Lloyd
Steamer Salier.

London, Dec. IA special dispatch
from Berlin says that the North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Salier was wrecked
on the night of December four miles
north of Villagariea, Spain, and two and
one-half miles from land. The dispatch
further says that she must have broken
up almost Immediately, as parts OF the
steamer have already washed ashore.
She had on board 210 passengers, mostly
steerage, and a crew of sixty-fve men.
All on board were drowned.
Berlin, Dec IA dispatch to the
Oqlogne Gazette from Corunna says that
Whlle 1t is true that the North German
Lloyd steamship Salier left Antwerp
win only 210 passengers, she took on
more at various Spanish ports and the
correspondent estimates the number of
victims OF the disaster at 400 to 500.
Weather Thick and Heavy.
The weather was thick and heavy. 1t
was night time and the Salier had to
run tar enough south to clear the rocks
OF Cape Corrubedo before starboarding
her helm and heading sOuthW est, gradu-
ally pointing up westward and then in a
northWesterly direction in order to head
into the bay leading up to Villagara.
But Capt. 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 be failed to
clear the rocks below Cape Corrubeda
and went down with his ship and all
hands
Ot the steerage passengers. there were
over 100 Russians, about 80 Galicians,
some Germans and about 200 Spaniards,
according to the estimates, all on their
way to the Argentine republic, looking
tor new homes for themselves and fami-
lies. If the disaster had occurred after
the Salier touched at Villagaria the loss
of life would have been much greater,
as 1t is understood there were 100 more
passengers, women, men and children,
waiting at that port to embark on board
the Salier for Buenos Ayres.
The agents of the North German
Lloyds company here have been instruct
ed from Bremen to spare no expense in
searching for the missing passengers and
crew and the sunken steamer. 1t is
known that the Salier had a pilot on
board when she struck. The weather,
however. which she experienced, is de
Scribed as being in the nature of a hurri-
cane.
Almost a Hurricane.
The Salier was commanded by Capt.
WemDe when she was lost. The steamer
had a general cargo. The disaster oc-
CURED during dense fog and very
heavy weather The Sailer had a fear
Illl hum DIeItIcu " SOI
Two of her boats were swept overheard
by the heavy seas which beat over her
and she sustained other damages from
the same cause. 1t is believed that
about 400 persons persisted.
The steamer struck during the night
of Monday on q ledge of rocks about
two and one-half miles off Cape Carru-
bedO on her way to Fillagaria, where she
was to ship another lot of steerage pas
sengers bound for Buenos Ayres. a
large amount of wreckage is reported to
have washed ashore. The search made
for possible survivors of the wreck has
so far been without result and but little
hope is entertained of rescuing any of
the passengers or crew.
The Saier was an old vessel which the
North German Lloyd company had
agreed to sell to an Italian firm trading
between Italy and American ports, but
owing to some slight diSa greement as to
the terms the deal was not completed
and the steamer was sent on another
voyage She was considered to be III
every way seaWorthy and the only rea-
son 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 Balti-
more for Bremen, arriving there safely
on September %. The Salier was of
5000 tons gross register, was 81 feet
long, brig-rigged and had a single pro-
peller