The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-25
WATERY GRAVES.
Collision In the North Sea OF the
Steamers Sultan and
Cimbria.
The Latter, with ago Souls on
Board, Almost Instantly
Founders.
Over Three Hundred Lives Known o
Have Ben Lost.
fCable nisn.tch from I.on,lon. i

Gable Dispatch from London
The Hamburg American steamship Cim-
bria. disabled in collision. went To the bot
tom of the North sea last Friday Hundreds
found waterv gravc& The Gmhria left
Hamburg with twenty three cabin passen-
gers. ~ stecrage tmainly German artisansh
and crew numbering " She grounded In
the Elbe. but wan taken on without damage
and started on her voyage Thursday after
noon Friday morning, In = thick
fog on Borknm. she came In collis-
Ion with the steamer sultan, and
sustained such severe injuries that II
became apparent she must sink almast at
once The officers did all in their power To
rescue the impcriled paSsengerS Without q
moments losa Of time life belts were dis-
trihuted and tho order given 70 lower the
boats This, however. In consequence Of
the vessel keeling over ON her side, was
absolutely impossible On the other As the
second oiiicer was still engaged cutting the
spare Loose, 30 there should bc ~ much
driftwood rs possible tor people to cling To
when the inevitable laundering should oc-
cur, the vessel with . rlangc went down.
other passengers chung 70 II, waS Obliged
TO let ga, and swam to boat This beat
was subsequently, picked up bv the Theta
The second oificer Stcered the Theta to tux-
haven Seventeen other persons have been
saved by the steamer niamant, nom the
WeSscr lighthouse. making ffty~Six thus
far known to have been rescued The mum
her of lives lost il estimated at fully asl
The passengers were mostly en'grantS from
Eastern Prussia AMung them We're six
American Indians, who hal hecn on cxhihi-
ton In Berlin for some time 4 survivor
makes the following statements.
The weather was clear and damp Nn tr
l:l5 O'clock, says the survivor, %hnt heavy
fog then set III which continued and in
creased in density. The engines of the
Cimbria were kept ut full speed until | ssss
and Ut half speed till : after which they
were kept q slow speed About ten min,
utes past : the whistle of another steamer
waa heard and the engines of the timhria
were stopped Instantly. The sultans green
light was not observed until she WAS only
l1O feet OF from the CmhrlA The latter
Was struck Ahaft the halkhead On the port
side, keelcd over to stareearsl and speedily
sank
AS soon as the Hamburg American Com.
rany received Intelligence Of the arcadful
disaster they took prompt measures 10 res
cue tho shirwrccked passengers The
steamer Hansa and four largest available
vessels at caxhaven were dispatched q
search for tho missing boats The West In.
dia steamer bavaria also left during In.
night with similar object Up to II oclucl
Sunday night nothing had been heard from
the vessels out securing the oscan
The steamer Snltan has arrived ON thu
Elbe. The officers and crew absolutely NJ
fuse 10 give amy information conccrning tn
collision The Captain has submitted !
statement to the British Consul. but this h
Inaccessible. The Sultan has large hole II
her how seven fcot above the water line,
The ciMhria Was Nm iron vessel. built a
Grecnock, Scotland. In lssss, She had si,
transverse. water tight halkheaslS and thre,
| iron decks Her length was Sssss feet ..
| the water line. her breadth Of beam fort.
| feet two inches. her depth If hold thirty
| three feet, and her gross measurement s,aS
1 tens
The Cimhria il the third steamer lost b,
the Hamburg American line within the las
/ few yoarx