The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-31
THE Loss OF rau oimsRIA.
Further Particulars from Some of the
Survivors of the Ill-Fated vessel-Begin-
ming OF the Official Investigation.


Survivors of the Inflated vessel-Begin-
ming OF the Onicial Investigation.
HAMBURG, Jan. 23-The most searching
official inspection of the steamer Sultan
shows the damages far more serious than
first believed, according to the testimony
of competent sesfsring people. The Mate of
Sultan displaye ed marvellous clearneSs and
rapidly IN stopping the leak. ard il is
scarcely conceivable how the vessel ever
reached Hamburg. Besides smashed Row
and holes in both sides of her keel for
twelve or fifteen feet, she was completely
split.
Ire Captain OF the Sultan in his official
statement SAYS before the fog set in ne had
been going nine knots an hour, and during
the fog he reduced her speed TO four knots,
the lowest rate of speed consistent with
keeping steering way on a vessel.
He neither heard or saw any kind of
signals until suddenly at a distance of little
more than two ships lengths the Cimbria's
green light appeared. He Immediately, in
accordance with rules OF the road. eDdeav0I
ed to give way. He thought he should be
able to get clear. when some incorrect steer
ing occurred about the Cimbfia, and sud
denly he saw the red light of another
steamer. Git should be remarked here that
probably the Cimbria's red light was dis
plaNeu Dy ALTERATION OF ner course. AlMI5L
simultaneously with the appearance of the
red light he felt shock. During the time
sig vessel was being repaired he constantly
| have signals by blue light and o.ow-
| ing her steam whistle. When repairs bad
been affected he approached as near
to the scene OF the collision as he copl3
| without endaDgerins his own vessel Owing
| to dense fog he saw nothing. He waited
about until on Friday morning. As 8
proof OF the correctness of his statement be
points u tle lateness of the time at which
\ he arrived a, Coxt ayen This is considered
great point in the official Investigation tC
pr Jve the accuracy Of hisst9tement. Accord
ingto the statements o: persons intimately
| acquainted with the Captain Of the Suliar
both he and his first officers are thorough
competent and careful sailors and specially
noted for the maintenance OF strict diScip
line.
Two sisters among tie PASSENGERS rescued
bSve written to relsIIv IN s village nesl
! Berlin, lSmenting that they los everything,
even to their shoes; but II spite OF thei
sufferings they add they mean 20 try tben
luck in the next vessel, and hope to be abl'
70 send their photographs from Omaha.
According Ia the statement or anothe
survivor OF the disaster to the ship Cimbiia
as late as O'Clock Friday morning Captain
Hansen received Il report that the Cimbria'
lights were all burning properly.
The breach made by the collision was s.
great that the CimbTia Immediately lel
right over, with part Of her deck unde
water.
LONDON, jan. 2S.-Proofs of the Hambur
papers received hele show the CimbTis wa
struck forty feet below her bow. Atte
making the breach the Sultan scrsped slon,
the Cimbria, aud completely rolled up he
iron plates. Il is evident that the bl0V
must haze been tremendous. One pape
also prints brief report of what hes IRAN
pred of the statement made by the Captain
!, of the Sultan before the British Consul, Civ
ing the part laying The blame on the Cimbri
in large type with notes Of exclamation
one al the b0sis rescued by the Theta con
iained thirty persons, the other only nine
The latter had been tossing about for min
hours aud wss wsterlogged. All the Occu
pants could do was 10 keep themselves from
being washed away by grasping III
thwaits. The statement concerning til
death of Captain Hansen. who YVES seen o
the bridge to the last, and OF the first officer
who was seen swimming after the Cimbri
had sunk, concludes with the words, "Tre1
, biszsm tO6e," faithful until deatb)
Several persons were killed by the Co
lision itself, owing ID the fyiOg about o
, splinters and planks. a passenger in tn
q. shrouds begged his neighbors t
push him into the sea, he bein
! too much chilled to move himseli
They refus to do so, when he let bimsel
! fall headlong into the waves An elderl
; woman holding her Bible in her crampe
/ hands and singing loudly funeral hymns wa
washed away from the deck. Two girl
} belonging to Suabian singing troupe, hay
ing secured life belts, swan about for Ion
time, frantically crying, Help, help saw
US" People in the rigging replied
|, Come 70 the rigging, we can not move.
The girls, half benumbed and no loDge
t able to swim, cried out for the last time
: I'VE can not come" and disappeared b'
meath the waves.