On May 29, 1875, Harper’s Weekly started an article as follows: “For three days the vessel had been enveloped in so dense a fog that it was impossible to take an observation, and Captain Thomas, ignorant of his position, but aware that he might be in dangerous proximity to the coast, had ordered the engines to be run at half speed. This was at nine o’clock on the evening of May 7. No light was visible to the vigilant and anxious watch; no warning bell was heard. The first intimation of danger came too late to avert the calamity.”

Ship Name: Schiller 

Year Built: 1873

Ship Type: Iron Hulled Screw Steamer 

Tonnage: 3490

Nationality: German 

Year Wrecked: 1875

Location Wrecked: Retarrier Ledge, Scilly Islands 

Reason For Wreck: Thick Fog 

Lives Lost: Over 300

Sources:

https://books.google.com/books?id=nDB_33dmctwC&pg=PA437&dq=eagle+line+schiller&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-soa9_-CDAxUGlIkEHYp2BPEQ6AF6BAgJEAI#v=onepage&q=eagle%20line%20schiller&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=uX0BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA7&dq=1875+schiller+ship+wreck&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8-5y-z8yDAxX0rYkEHcEgAlEQ6AF6BAgLEAI#v=onepage&q=schiller&f=false

www.opc-cornwall.org/inquests/Wreck_of_the_Schiller_1875.pdf

https://books.google.com/books?id=ErQqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA208&dq=eagle+line+schiller&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-soa9_-CDAxUGlIkEHYp2BPEQ6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=eagle%20line%20schiller&f=false

https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=18562

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115478032/12710370

https://newspaperarchive.com/maitland-mercury-and-hunter-river-general-advertiser-jun-29-1875-p-3/

https://newspaperarchive.com/portland-daily-press-may-10-1875-p-3/

https://newspaperarchive.com/new-orleans-republican-may-09-1875-p-1/