The news & observer., 1896-12-12
3S1 Persoaa Reported Drowned
on Ilox.s teaner Salier."
in FoGs AND HEAVY SEAS
Went On the Rocks Bound For
Villa Garcia From Bremen.
FEW BODIES FLOAT ASHORE
Passengers, Mostly Steerage' were
Russians, Galicians, Spaniards and
Germans embarked For Argen-
tina--ioo More Waiting.

London. Dee. IA special dispatch
from Berlin says that the North German
Lloyd steamer Salier was wrecked on the
night of December Z, four miles north of
Villa Garcia. Spain, and two and one-half
miles from land The dispatch further
saws that she must have broken up imme-
diately. as parts of the steamer have
already washed ashore.
A dispatch from LIoyd's agent at Co
runa. says that 3S1 lives were lost by the
wreck.
Corrunna, Spain, Dee. 11.-The Salier
was commanded by Capt. Wempe when
she was lost The steamer had general
cargo The disaster occurred in dense
fog and very heavy weather. The
Salier 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.
The steamer struck during the night OF
Monday last on ledge of rocks, about
two and one-half miles off Cape Car
rubedo, on her way from this place to
Villa Garcia, where she was to ship an
other lot of steerage passengers, bound
for Buenos Ayres.
The search made for possible survivors
of the wreck has so far been without re-
suit and but little hope is entertained
of rescuing any of the passengers or
crew. The Salier was an old vessel,
which the North German Lloyd Co. had
agreed to sell an Italian firm trading IN
Italy and American ports, but owing
to some slight disagreement as to the
terms, the deal was not completed and
the steamer was sent on another voyage.
She was considered to be i'll every way
seaworthy and the only reason the NoctA
German Lloyd Co. 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, ar
irving there safely on September %. The
Salier was Of 5000 tons gross register,
was 351 feet long, brig-rigged ana had q
single propeller.
Captain Wempe had commanded the
steamer for number of years.
The weather was thick and heavy. 1t
was night time and the Salier had to run
far enough south to clear the rocks off
Cane Carrubedo before starboarding her
helm and heading southwest, gradually
pointing up westward and then in north
westerly direction in order to head into
the bay leading up to Villa Garcia. 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 Carrubedo,
Il a
hands.
OF the steerage passengers, there over
100 Russians, about 30 Galicians, some
Germans and about 200 Spaniards, ac~
cording to the estimates, all on their way
to the Argentine Republic, looking for
new homes fer themselves and families.
IF the disaster had occurred after the Sa
lier touched at Villa Garcia, the loss Of
life would have been much greater, as it
is understood that nearly 100 more pas
sengers, men, women, and children await
ed at that port to embark on board the
salier for Buenos Ayres.
The coast in the vicinity Of the scene
of the wreck is being searched for survi-
vors Of the Salier, and all hope has not
yet been given up of picking up some one
who may be able to give details of the
terrible calamity.
The agents of the North German. Lloyd
Company here have been instructed from
Bremen to spare no expense in searching
for the missing passengers and crew of
the sunken steamer.
1t is known that the Salier had a pilot
OH board when she struck. The weather
however, which the steamer experienced,
is described as being in the nature of II
hurricane. Owing to the fact that there
seems to be no survivors of the wreck, |
there is little else but theory TO fall back |
on to account for the disaster. Experts |
here look upon the SaIier's loss as hav |
ing been due to causes probably in every |
particular similar 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.
Like the Drummond Castle, it is believ- |
ed that the Salier was making the best |
time possible under the circumstances, for |
after leaving Bremen the Salier had |
touched at Antwerp and this port, and her |
commander was anxious TO have his yes !
sells head pointing on her voyage across /
the Atlantic ocean.
Another theory of the cause of the dis |
aster is that the Salier's steering gear /
was carried away while she was heading
around the rocks for Villa Garcia, AMI .
that she thus became unmanageable and |
was driven upon the reef, which Is about /
two and a half miles from land.
The passengers of the Salier, it Is con- |
iectured, must all, or nearly all, have
been in their berths in the steerage at the
time the steamer struck, and it is thought /
that the gretat majority Of them were