The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-11
THE LOST EMILY B. S0UDER.
MORE OF STEINERTS RECTAL or THE
LAST SCENES IN THE SNIP.
Rutgers Cro-by's Part In the Work to save
the Vessel and HeIpthe Passenger" what
VIII My Folks Say t'-Into the Darkness

Rutgers Cro.by's Part In the Work to Save
the Vessel and Heipthe Passenger" What
WIN My Folks Say t'-Into the Darkness.
brother OF Rutgers Crosby who noatcd
on the deck Of the Emily b. Souder on n raft
with Cant. Kuehl Is the senior partner Of the
| firm OF Crosby 4 HOFFMAN. at 100 Broadway.
! They are ncphcws OF Chancellor Howard Crosby.
He was unable to find Steinert and Anderson.
| the only two survivors. on Thursday. the day OF
their arrival in New York but at his urgent re-
quest steincrt called Mt his Office yesterday
morning TO relate to him particularly all he
| could remember about Rutgers. Steinert re-
| mcmbered more about him than about any other
| passenger. because he was very active in
aiding tho seamcn. and remained on the
steamship after all tho boats had put
| of. Stcinert. in repeating last evening
what tho anxious questioning Of Mr.. Crosby
| had revived in his memory. said that the wind
was blowing heavy gale. although 1t was not a
| hurricane. He had wcathcred flercer storm
| in the old Tybee. The Souder. however was
| fighting the wind and the Gulf Stream. Sho
was sailing in tho teeth OF both. Tho waves
struck her bow like trip-hammers. A4A NJ
| on tho day OF the disaster she was
| leaking badly. All the forenoon that
| followed. Crosby was among the foremost
| OF the passengers to render assistance
First. the deck load had to be thrown overheard
A part Of It consisted Of large. round bottomed
sugar pans. too heavy to be lifted even with the
utmost direct strength Of all that could gather
| around one OF them. Little distinction WINS
| made between seamen and passengers. All
| often blinded with the spray that swept the
deck like bullets. There was only one comfort
Stream was warm, and the wind also was from
| the south, II was not until two days aiterward.
ward partly out ito" Of The Gull Stream Sire that they
began to be benumbed with cold. though thei-
The ladies'" stcinert said. were all this
| time huddled in the cabin. which on the Souder
| Of them. and think they were all pretty old !
| didn't hear any noise from them; although
how they behaved until they, came out on deck
| can't exactly say, because didn't stop to look
| into the cabin, and tho wind was making such a
noise / coaidn't hear very we'll The Captain
that the ship was lighting up. 50 that they
would work more cheerfully: but l knew she
wSs EotnS down Pll the While as ste1 ,h
| afternoon we worked nj the cargo in the after
a we psr s1 as sng fS xs 9%fd
| 20 up on the wheelhOuse 20 keep lookout for
a sail. Only the seamcn could work in the hold.
| 50 that IN the afternoon the gentlemen wont in
to the cabin with the ladies'. Crosby camo and
sung out 70 me, what could he do told him 10
not that our keeping lookout could do much
good. because our nag was already union
Sa she Would coe to Ss lea nG%n S wee
couldn't 40 10 her. for our engines had stopped
| by lllS tmc, ana we were rOllinE Muter-lOEEoi
In the waves He won't up on the pilot house
and stayed there for long time. When he
wasn't wanted to DO anything op deck he would
20 back there. / stayed mostly IN the wheel
house. About ga O'Clock the llrst boat was
launched. 1t WIS manned 10y first mate Deaken
George Scan. The ladies had been brought out
Of the cabin with life prcscryers around them
and lashed 20 the rigging. Two or three OF
them II didn't know their names and can't tell
some gentlemen. making in ali about ten per
|
left on board That boat got clear of
the ships side and was pulled about two
capsized on the top OF wave. when the next
boat was got ready remember seeing a lady
OF her. ready TO step into tho boat but yet cling
ing u enc Of tho davts. IL, no use" she
boat She seemed TO DO perfectly calm. only
she had no hope. But she stepped in. I don't
ell. and oil noticed WINS that she seemed to be-
over middle age and was dark-comple xiOned
Some say 4 was Mrs. Cazneau. but ! don't
That boat and the next. which was in charge
never saw them again All tho time the rest OF
me passengers, were getting into the boats
| l never noticed Crosby among them, and
know that he was not among them that were
| crowding. because after the three boats had
gone. and Capt. kuehl began to build "A raft out
Of plank Crosby came up 70 him. and heard
the Captain say. What2 Are you hereT as IL
be had forgotten all about him. There had
been good discipline throughout. Only enough
seamon had been allowed 10 70 In the boats TO
manage them. All the passengers had gone in
whose name | don't know. but who thew say
must have been Ferdinand Klein. and an
sides these there were the Captain. Chef
Engineer Tice. Second Mate Thompson. ihetwo
heard a2 ana Wat %SSs E r9 %y se las,
What Will my fol 5f say before This he had
% years guess. lie had a light complexion
and was very quick and handy.
- Only the bow Was above water now. An1er-
Captain and officers build tho raft but they
wouldn't lot Anderson and me 60 on it because
the Captain. chief engineer. second mate and
Crosby Jumped on. and Anderson and the Ger
man and won't to the hatch. / saw the four
sail away into the darkness on the raft. with
tho water breaking over i, and never saw them
board. SO we stood around 1t waiting Tor tho snip
20 sink low enough for wave to float IL on. Tho
two cooks and tho other passenger were in The
washed over the Emily b Souder flnated of our
! hatch. and We three jumped on i. Whilo We uy
carrying with her the three men in the pilot
house. We were drawn back and ,whirlel
ten or fifteen minutcs. and then the life raii
| which tho Captain would notuse because IL had
holes in it, noatcd by rs, Anderson and | got on
tie hatch. It would have been better for Us
he had ivor came oy on to The ran be-
50 often. We We're picked, up after iioat.
that picked MS NJ was the only sail we saw ~
six days after the shpwrerk. Even she would
never have seen Us but the storm had broken d
part Of her rigging. and her Captain Put her Ice.
lore tho wind. directly contrary 70 her course
We,iG ne was rrPairinS damas,es. ro, ..
4 oh1keu. yesterday afternoon, whore he foun,
Mrs. kuchl and her two young children. II,
D | her husband might yet bee hoard from, although
/ in his own mind he had no hope.