Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-31
Loaded Down with Easter excur-
sionists, She Strikes a Rock.
1870 PASSENGERS DROWNED.
stella Crashes Upon slsc Dreaded Cas-
quct Rocks. Near Island OF Alder
ney, During sfog.

southampton, March n The passcn-
ger s,camer stella. piying between this
port and the ch3nnci tslenda, crashed
upon the dreaded cssq~et rocks. near
the island OF Attorney. yesterday after
noon In n dcnsc for ara foundcrcd In
ten minutes. he'd boilers Exploding with
a tremendous axpsosioh az nhe went
down. In spite 3,g this \ Is raid there
was no panic % Board. The coastirg
steamer Lynx. which brought the news
Of the disaster here. tAekcd up four
boats and forty persons.
u Ia catlmate,i.thnt - persons were
drowned. ft
The second officer OF tiie eleanor. who
was among the rcrcuct. says that
collnpnlblp boat was iatinched full OF
people. but he thinks she struck on the
rockr owing TO tho fos.
Another steamer haas picked up q
boat containing ~ pcffanr' lneinainy :,
atcamcr. They have bcfn landed here.
The stella had ON board 80 pasncn-
gers, who were Ecing 10 fptnd Easter IN
the Channel Islands. -.
Tho Stella, which brnrscd TO inc
London and sou,hwsssrn Hallway ls'.,,
yesterday. conveying ths INST excursion
OF the season ~ the cAanncl Islands.
There We're about lss pss-cngcrn on
board. and the ccx-w nunibcr'd ?, men.
The weather w foFKs. but AL went
wen until the adcrpoon when the fog
became most dense. a four oeloek
up through the fog bank md the
ntcamcr almost Immediately after
wards struck midrhipa. The captain
seeing that the steamer was last Aink-
ing. ordered the life boats TO bs
launched.
with the utmost cclerlls and the wo-
men and children wctl cfnbi<Ncu IN
the boats. Then the captain ordered
tho men to look nftur Themselves. a
Hurylvor stated that hu ana ~ othrrn
put OF from the Stella IN small boats.
The yea was calm. but thera waS a h,g
swirl around the rocks. When this
bat was q abort distance away from
the wreck the boilers Of the stella
burst with terrible cxploaion. and tbs
vessel disappeared. stern foremost. IN
the sea. 10
CAPTAIN rps-E To MS POST.
III. ,ssf thl,,. ND s,ty.iscr nsw wa-
the ngurc OF the captain % the Stella
standing calmly on the bridge and civ
lag his last instructions. 1hc captain
pefishcd with his vessel, owing TO the
suction caused by the sinking steamer
bclng very great indeed.
Continuing. the survivor referred TO
| said;
we thought our boat would be onguifed
| saw i've boats and the eollapaibl'
| boat besides our own. leave the wreck
| They contained altogether bctwccn n
aud 100 people. Five Of the boats wel,
soon lost 10 view. but we took boat
filed with women In two and the ocou'
| panta of our boat took the oars In turn
| and rowed all night Ions uhdi most OF
US dropped asleep thoroughly exhaust
/ ed
I'VE sighted sailboat at 6 O'Clock
In the morning. but the oreatwcntcrf
| Railway companyH steamer Lynx IRON
| weymouth had meanwhile hove II
sight. She bore down un tie ana tool
us all on board. She eventually landed
Tho Great Western Railway com.
pany'r steamer Vera from Southamp'
ION. picked up forty others OF the sur
| ylvorr and landed thcm at Guernsey.
According TO the latest estimates OF
the officials OF the London and South
| western hallway company. not NOR,
| than 20 persona were drowned. out ol
the go on board the Stella when sh,
struck on the rocks. Other reports
however. place the number OF drowned
Tho disaster caused Intense excite.
wDnt In the island OF GUERNSEY and
i here, There were borrowing scenes M
the Offices OF the London 4 Southwest.
ern railway nt both places,
Many families lout one or more rela'
tlvca.
Husbands are inqulring for theli
wives and wives are asking AFTER thcii
| husbands. parents are seeking news OF