Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-04-06
PERILS OF THE SEA.
A Passenger Steamer Founders and
Seventy Persons Are Drowned.
SMITHSONIAN EXPEDITION WRECKED
The Schooner Stella Ehrland Wrecked on
Lower Calf. Fnta-COllsctI0n OF speci-
mems Lost Windsor Hotel Death
List--Big Fire In San francisco.

Southampton, April The pas,
senger steamer Stella, plying between
this port and the Channel islands,
crashed upon the dreaded Casquet
rocks, near the island of Aldernev,
yesterday afternoon in dense fog
and fonndered in ten minutes, her
boilers exploding with tremendous
report as she went down. In spite OF
this, it is said, there was no panic on
board. The latest advices are that
about 20 persons were drowned. The
coasting steamer Lynx picked up 40
persons and another steamer picked
up boat containing 81 persons in.
Gliding 20 women, who escaped from
the wrecked steamer. They have been
landed here.
The Stella, which belonged to the
London e. uthwestern Railway COM
pany, left Southampton at noon yes.
terday conveying the first excursion
Of the season to the Channel islands.
There were about iS5 passengers on
board and the crew numbered IS men.
The weather was foggy, but all went
well until the afternoon, when the fog
became most dense. At four o'clock
the Casqnet rocks suddenly doomed
up through the fog and the steamer
almost Immediately afterward struck
amidship. The captain, seeing that
the steamer was fast sinking, ordered
the lifeboats to be launched. His in
structions were carried out with the
utmost celebrity, and the women and
children were embarked in the boats.
Then the captain ordered the men to
look after themselves.
A survivor states that he and rs
others put off from the Stella in
small boat The sea was calm, but
there was a big swirl around the
rocks When this boat was a short
distance away from the wreck the
boilers OF the Stella burst with
terrific explosion and the vessel dis.
stern foremost in the sea.
The last thing the survivors saw was
the figure OF the captain of the Stella
standing calmly on the bridge and
giving his last instructions. The cap.
tain persisted with his vessel.
SMITHSONIAN EXPEDITION WRECKED.
San Francisco. April News has
been received here of the loss OF the
schooner Stella Ehrland, which sailed
from here on the 10Th of last month
with party Of scientists sent out by
the Smithsonian institute to investi.
gate animal and marine life in the
tropics. The little vessel was com.
by Prof A. W. Anthony and
was wrecked off the coast Of Lower
california. All on board were saved,
but the valuable collection OF speci.
mems gathered by the party was lost
This is Prof. Anthony's second wreck
experience. Once before he was
wrecked on the Central American
coast when on scientific expedition
n the schooner II. c. Whalberg. The
party is now safe at Ensenada
" some other southern port
WINDSOR HOTEL DEATH LIST.
New York, April |. The total dead
VI the Windsor hotel fire now number
3. OF these, 80 are unidentified bodies
md portions of bodies at the morgue.
Body No. 30 was taken to the morgue
yesterday. 1t consists of seven small
'ones entirely denuded of flesh and
much charred. The number of missing
S Al, The funeral of the victims of
he fire will take place on Monday or
Tuesday next at the Church OF the
heavenly Rest.
BIG FIRE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
San Francisco, April 1.-The whole.
ale hardware house of Miller, Schloss
Scott was almost entirely destroyed
N, hra loet nt,rht tha fatal l,s, bn,r.,