Year: 1875

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ESPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE.


LONDON, Dec g. 1875.
The HERALD correspondent at Harwich tel
egraphs the following statement of the
Deutschland calamity, obtained in an inter-
view with the captain


A STORM AND MISTAKEN LIGHT


We left Bremerhaven on Sunday morning,
in heavy northeast snow storm. The wind
was blowing very hard. On Monday morn
ing, for all the time before daylight, we
threw the lead every half hour. Our last
cast showed seventeen fathoms of water. We
sighted light which we thought was the
North Hinder Lightship. Our reckoning
agreed with that supposition and gave us the
position we should have been in if our
opinion in regard to the light had been cor
rect


This error was, as will be seen, the cause
of the disaster. The light seen was the Gal
loper light, and the North Hinder light, off
the Belgian coast was far behind. There
was error Of thirty minutes in the reck-
oning The course that would be proper
from the North Hinder light necessarily
drove on the sands when taken from the
other light. Ed. HERALD


THE SHIP STRIKES.


Toward four A. M. we slackened speed
Between four and five We had from twenty
four to seventeen fathoms of water. At half
past five, while going slowly ahead, we sud-
denly felt moderate shock Our engines
were reversed Immediately, in the hope to
back off from the obstruction. but the en-
deavor was Intellectual, for after few min
utes the screw became locked, and the ma
chinery was consequently stopped.


In SIGHT A SAIL APPEARS


The ship now commenced to strike heavily,
humping higher and higher on the sand
with all the force of the gale and the sea
behind her. Several vessels passed near us
at this time and we signalled them for assist
ance, but they did not turn aside for us.
One of the ships that thus passed, either
without noticing or without needing our sig
mails, was a steamer.


THE BOATS.


Orders were now given that all the boats
should be swung out and made ready to
launch; but it would have been worse
than useless to lower them, as it was
impossible they could live with the sea SO
high. They could do no good then, and to
launch them would be to throw away the
chance that they might be of service later.
Boat No. was, however, lowered contrary
20 orders, and swamped, with six persons in
It, Boat No 8, with the boatswain, was
lowered at the same time, but many persons
In it were washed away by the tremendous
sea


FUTILE EFToRTs.


Immediately after striking the sails were
set, and the donkey engines were attached to
the pumps, but despite all that could be
Hone with the pumps the water gained on us
and the ship filed slowly.


LOOKING DEATH IN THE FACE.


All the passengers were provided with life
preservers and they all behaved with great
courage and fortitude.


PUMPS USELESS.


BY night on Monday all efforts with the
pumps were abandoned as the water had
put out the fire and the sea was breaking
over the ship. 1t blew very hard and was
ferribly cold all night.


ALL HANDS IN THE RIGGING.


At two A. M. Tuesday all the passengers
were ordered into the rigging The upper
deck was then two feet under water Many Of
those who we're thus saved for the time by the
retreat to the rigging subsequently fell into
the SEQ because benumbed BY the cold, they
were unable to hold on. Others persisted
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