The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-04-06

southampton April The pas
senger steamer Stella. plying between
this port and the Channel islands.
crashed upon the dreaded Ca>aurt
rocks, near the island Of ALderney.
yesterday afternoon in dense FOG
and foundered 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
a bout 20 persons were drowned. The
coastinr steamer Lynx picked up 81
persons and another steamer picked
up a boat containing - persons iu-
Guiding 20 women, who escaped from
the wrecked steamer They have been
landed here.
The Stella, which belonged to the
London * South western Railway com
pany, left southampton At noon yes
terday, conveying the first excursion
OF the season TO the Channel islands
There were about cS5 passengers on
board and the crew numbered - men.
The weather was foggy, but all went
well until the afternoon, when the fog
became most dense. AT four o'clock
the Casquet rocks suddenly Ioomed
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 the mSelves.
y survivor states that he and -
others put off from the Stella in a
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 a
terrific explosion and the vessel dis
appeared 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 Ehrlaud, which sailed
| from here on the 10Th of last month
! with a party of scientists sent out by
/ the Smithsonian institute to investi.
/ gate animal and marine life in the
| tropics The little vessel was com.
| uanded 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 a scientific expedition
| in the schooner II. C. Whalberg. The
| Ehrland party Is now safe at Ensenada
or some other southern port
! WINDSOR HOTEL DEATH LIST.
New York, pril The total dead
| Of the Windsor hotel fire now number
| -. OF these, y are unidentified bodies
| and portions Of bodies at the morgue.
| Body No 50 was taken TO the morgue
| Yesterday. 1t consists Of seven small
| bones, entirely denuded of flesh and
| much charred. The number of missing
is - The funeral of the victims Of
| the fire will take place on Monday OF
| Tuesday next at the Church of tht
| Heavenly Rest.
BIG FIRE N SAN FRANCISCO.
San Francisco. April 1.-The whole
| sale hardware house OF Miller, SchlOs'
| 6, Scott was almost entirely destroyed
| by fire last night, the total loss bein s
| estimated at bout $500, 900