Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-12-27

Saldlu Vi i.DAHII' JUl nave, pre-
sume, already learned iron tie cable
trltsrams il the newspapers the aetall-
OF the terrible d,aHet, t. tH. Vile ia
Huvre. The SURVIVORS OF III paastu
gers aud crew were landed very early on
Monduy morning at Canuh from tic
American ship IrimOuntau, to which
they had been transferred ltOul the LOcA
Earn Oh tie morning oi Tie o!aaat,r
The bttunler MAS iHu into 10y the non
ship Loeb Laln ut Two o'clock on the
morning Oh the 22d November, and she
sunk in ubont twenty minutes after
wgrds, carrying down with her the most
OF the passengers and crew. Out Of Q
total Of three hundred and thirteen souls
on board eighty-seyen we're saved, OF
whom twenty-seven were passengers. 1t
pleased God that | should be one OF
those proyidantiaily saved.
The steamer Was struck on the star.
board side, directly opposite 10 the ma
chinery and little abaft Of amidship,
aud the water poured i'll like torrent
from in opening OF perhaps three N
four yards IN width on deck, but WIN h
diminished in extent as it descend, d,
and which probably Was not longer than
four feet ut the place where the water
was pouring into the duomed ship. /
was sound asleep when the collision
took place, and at once, jumping out
OF bed, dressed eXpeditiou-ly, but as /
finished my toilet completely, us far as
dress vas concerned, ut least tiTe min
utes must have elapsed before ! reached
the deck. / first examined the nature
OF tA.- 1anago which We had received,
and | ut once became convinced thatthe
steamer would soon sink, and that our
chances OF being saved, owing to the
confusion which existed, were almost
desperate.
/ descended 20 NY slate room for a
iite-preserver but, after I; search, being
unable to find one, | returned to the
d, ok aud looked around at the proel ess
being made in getting the boats launch
ed 1t seemed to me that there were
too many people, passengers and crew,
at work on each boat to perform eituc,
tive work
am also convinced that with an iron
discipline 1T least three additional boats
could have been inuuched. A terrible
fatality attended the launching OF the
bouts. One boat vas completely demo
lished ut the moment Of the collision
aud another rendered unseuwuthy
subspque' tly the maiumast fell with q
terrible crash, crushing IL boat ready to
be launched and filled with passengers
and crew. Ii Is thought that net oae
escaped ont OF this boat The mizz u
mast was brought down by the falling
OF tho maiumast and narrowly escaped
falling on another boat fill cd with some
twenty persons who We're emdeayoring
to net it lnuuched. | will here STATE
that this latter bout had Just been placed
il the water aud WAS being pushed of
when the steamer going down upset it,
and OF tie many i'll it only some three
or four we're saved The scene Of the
falling OF the mustS was terrible. ] was
standing OF the staibotrd side OF the
steamer aud Witnessed this dreadful
scene, the nasts falling to the lurboard
side. You will have some idpn of the
frightfUl nature OF the collision and OF
the terrific rent made in the ships side
from the tao of the masts falling st
snnn- M -fcopl ".g4at GS p.."lIUlli Twelve
to twenty minutes. / place the time n
twenty minutes. but in this | am moi
sustained by others, WHO generally give
twelve minutes as the time, some placed
it at fifteen but the second officer OF
the Loeb Enrn said that he estimated
the time at from twenty to twenty-five
minutes.
found The hHii Of a circular life PIE
server which had been cut in two at the
moment Of the collision and with it to
aid me | LETT the slip, jumping into the
sen, about, as would judge, two min
utes before she went down. | Tina cs.
capped the vortex Of waters, as had
probably made progress OF about ong
hundred yards fr0m tn" Steamer ut the
moment OF tho sinking Of the unfortu
nate ship. The scene at this moment
was healtrending lii the extreme.
remained i'll the wafer about one
hour, when was picked up by the
English boat. An account in the Times
says that | was pickedup 10y the French
boat, but this is a mistake. rs it was one
of the Loeb Earns boats. / was the
last taken on bpnrd of thut boat load.
and the boat Mt once put off after | was
received 10 the Loeb Earn, where every
attention was bestowed on the survivors,
many OF whom wer, in most wretchtd
plight, being with little clothing and
having suffered severely from The cold.
The most of those saved were already
on hoard the Loeb Farm when reached
the sh!P,and many had been provided hy
the captain and crew with undcrclath.
ing. The captain and officers gave
everything they had, and all are unani-
nous in praiSing their kindness and
generosity. Notwithstanding my long
immersion i'll the water | suffered less
from the cold than would be supposed,
and think that my clothing, although
interfering with my freedom Of move
ment, seemed to protect mo some.
what from the cold After the shin
went down some debris hoated towards
NE, among which | discovered life
proSrrver, which proved Of iufuite ser.
vice to me. No human being was in
immediate vicinity, and this uttrihute
to the fact that l left the ship to TIE
tarboald side and had put cut some
little distance from her before she sluk,
At one time thought | was going to
be picked up when | had been but u
short time III the water, as ! bad hailed
a boat quite close and must have been
seen OF it, when it put of, having. as
suppoe' d, already as many on board as
could lie safely received.
The night o! tile disaster was most
beautiful SO brilliantly sta lit wle the
heavens that it was it'll reluctance that
| left the deck ut eleven to d, scenl to