Chapter 182. For the relief of the dependent relatives of the seamen of the Netherlands steamer Amsterdam, who lost their lives in the effort to save the crew of the American schooner Maggie E
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CHAP. 182.— An Act For the relief of the dependent relatives of the seamen of the Netherlands steamer Amsterdam, who lost their lives in the effort to save the crew of the American schooner Maggie E. Wells, and also for the relief of the sole survivor of the rescuing party.August 1, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Wreck of schooner “Maggie E. Wells.” That the sum of five thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Payment to heirs of seamen lost in attempt to rescue master and crow.Secretary of the Treasury to pay the following sums of money to the persons herein named, being dependent relatives of the seamen of the Netherlands steamer Amsterdam, who recently lost their lives in a FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Chs. 182–184. 1894.993 heroic effort to save the master and crew of the shipwrecked American schooner Maggie E. Wells, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and the sole survivor of the rescuing party: To the widow of first officer J. Meyer, five hundred dollars; to each of her two children, two hundred and fifty dollars; to the widow of boatswain E. Regnard, five hundred dollars; to the mother of A. J. Oudyn, five hundred dollars; to each of the two children of F. Eichorn, two hundred and fifty dollars; to the widow of A.
Bos, five hundred dollars; to each of her two children, two hundred and fifty dollars; to the widow of A. Van Vliet, five hundred dollars; to each of her five children, two hundred and fifty dollars; to A.Payment to survivor. Van der Wilt, survivor, five hundred dollars. Approved, August 1, 1894.