The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-24
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1 AOuuOug GA S0BpAbc1 from nam.
burg says the steamer Sultan was seized
BY the police. Her captain asserts thai
he waited ut the seens of the disaster
twelve hoHfs after the collisio Js
New York. 2S.-Ths ReTGIdis Ham.
burg: According TO the lAteat inform alton
AS lives were loss In the Cimbfia dis.
Gster. There were 402 passengers and
ninety-E0uE officers and ereR on board
OF these only Htty six SC far have been
rescued or six steamers sent out By
the Hamburg American Steamboat
| Company on Saturday, night four have
net yet returned but as two which TO
turned found nothing there is scarcely
any hope left thRt more Of tho uofor-
tunates are alive
When the Sultan arrived ct 8 O'Clock,
Saturday after noon. the managers Of the
Ham burg-A mericAn Company sent 10.
! Gpectors to see the captain and the latter
I admitted the collision and said he did
not know With what ship, but said,
there is quantity Of Wreekage on my
boa, left by the other vessel, examine
it" They did so immediately; by some
small enAmeled ulA'es peculiar to Vesae 0
on this line, With inscriptions 10 three
languages. they recognized the CHM bris
As the unfortunate vessel.
Hamburg, 22-The DeamAnt, one OF
the steamers sent TO search for the pas
sengers and crew Of the Oimbris, ar
rived this afternoon with Is passengers
and fireman OF the Inflated vessel. The
rescued passengers state that after having
left the OimbriA their beat capsizsd and
they sought refuge in some rigging OF
the Cimbria still above water. They re-
NAMED in shis position ten hours, freez-
ing from cold and expecting every min
ute TO be the last till rescued by boat
from the Desmant. Many of those in
the boat when. it left the Oimbria were
drowned upon the capSizing, and many
others after reaching the rigging who
| were obliged to release their hold and
we're drowned. The survivors describe
the scenes as horrible and heart-rending
ALI of them praise in the highest terms
the conduct Of til captain and crew oil
the Cimbria, who never moved from
their posts aud did everything in the
power Of man to ave life, till they
themselves were engulpEed in the waves.
The rescued passengers affirm that while
10 tbs rigging the lights OF the sultan
were clearly visible and that cries fer
help must b tve been heard on board the
Sultan, which instead of coming to the
rescue steamed away. Most OF the sur
Yivors present o N SCRABBLE appearance
having lost eve. ytning. Since landing
here eVerythi! G possible has been done fl ]
them. SINE have been sent to Their
homes and the remainder will continue
| the Voysge o. WEDNESDAY,.
r. @. LowTenze, of F snkfo-t, one o.
the rescued, gave me long account of
the terrible scene. Though the officers
did thu duty hobly, they were unable tC
maintain order. Men, women and child.
rem were mad with fear Those wtC
secured places, had violent struggle L
keep the boat from being sWamped. The
six Indians were driven away by som g
sailors, by axe blows on their hands
Capt Hansen stayed TIL the last momen
on the bridge, but could have no contro
over the $40 terror stricken human be-
| ing beneath him. Men, women and
children, whole families. chung together
in despair. One young married couple
| prepared to meet death quickly By cut
ting esch others veins. Ship Doctor
| Herr Feize, some of the stewards anC
the steWardess, q Bavsrian, and some
officers, distributed life saving belts t
the last moment, but those thus provided
were not benefited, for tina most Of then
died from we're cold. The survivors
| who escaoed in the boats Eay when they
roWed aW>y the water was covered with
dead bodies held up by life belts. Only
few we're alive when they left. and 0
these as mahy were taken into the boai
as possible, No complaint has beer
made against the Cimbria's crew
although Of the saved twenty-five belong
to this class. Captain Hansen stood OF
the bridge till the ship sank. First off
Ger Ksrlowa worked for the benefit of thu
passengers to the lat moment. Second
officer SpTuizen, with an axe, was cutting
of the wood work for RATS for passen
gers, while the ship was going under wa
ter, and after sinking he was picked ~
by one of the boats. One thing is GER
tain, however, that there never was the
slightest chance of saving a third Of tht
people by means of the boats, even had
all been launched; and great and presu.
msbly just as is the Indignation agsins
the captain of the Sultan, there will
doubtless be searching inquiry institu
ted as to the duty of the steamship com
paby in providing sufic e1tifacilities FOL
the escape of every passenger on board
| Hamburg. 25.-AccordinR to a state
ment of another survivor OF the disaster
to the steamship OEm6rtG, at 2 O'Clock OF
Friday morning, Captain Hansen re-
cecived q report that the Cim6riG's light
were all burning properly The breach
made By the collision was so great, tina
the Cins6TlG i'm mediately lay right over
with portion of her deck under water
The thirty persons brought intC
CuxhsV-n had ben occupants o
two bosts, the other seventeen persons
saved were broIeht in by The theta.
Ham burg, 23.-No more person,
landed from the Cimbria Sailing yes
sci passing westward may have picked
some. The four steamers have not vel
returned.
London, 23.-Proofs Of the Hamburt
papers received here show that the Gin
bria wss struck forty feet from her bow
After making the breach the Sultsl
scrRped along the Cimbria and com
pletely rolled up her iron plates. It
evident the blow must have been tire
mendous. The papers also print q brie
report of what has trgnspired of tn
statement made by the captain of tn
Sultan before the British consul, givini
the part laying the blame on the Gin
bris IN large type with notes of exclama
: ton. One of the boats rescued by tn
Theta contained thirty persons, th
other only nine; the latter had been tos
sing about nine hours and was water
logged. All the occupants could do We
to keep themselves from bein
washed away by grssping the thWart:
The statement concerning the deaf
of Captain Hansen, who wa
seen on the bridge 10 the last and tn