Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-01-24
No Sound Save the Requiem OF the
Waves From the Scene of
the Recent Wreck,
The Damage to the Sultan Far
More Serious Than First
Supposed.
The Captains stat m mt Fort Hcd
by Several Additional Facts.
Two of the Surviving Women Bound
Tor Omaha by the Next Steamer
Special Dispatches TO TmR BEK.
THE LOST STEAMER

Special Dispatches to TiIR BRE
THE LOST STEAMER
LONDON, January 3.-The proofs
of Hamburg papers received here
show that tho Cimbria was struck
forty feet from her bow. After max
log breach the Sultan scrsped along
the Cimbria and completely rolled up
her iron plates Evidently ne blow
mupt have been tremendous one.
The papers also print bliet report of
what has trausolred, and of he stnte-
ment made by the captain of ,he Sui
tan before the British consul, given
at that port, laying the blame on the
Cimbria, in large type, with notes Of
exclamation, Ons of the boats res
cu,d by .he Theta contained thirty
per0ons, and the other only niLe.
The latter had been tossing about nine
hours and was water logged. All the
occupants could do was to keep them
selves from being washed away by
grasplng the ,hwarts.
THE sULTAN's INJURIES.
HAMBURG, January % The most
earchiug ,ii lial inc pection # the
steamer Sultan shows the d mage to
be far more serious than first beieved.
Acc ording to the testimony of compe.
tent seafaring pnople, the crew
of the Su tan di,p'ayed mSr-
velous cleYerness and rapid
{ ity in stopping the leak end
It is scarcely conceivable how the ves-
sci ever reached Hamburg Besides
, smashed bow and holes in both sides,
her keel for IL or 10 feet was I'M
A petely split.
The Hamburger Machoicbton says:
I The captain of the Sultan, in an of.
y fcial statement, says before the fog
, set in he had been going 8 knots an
"a hour and during the fog reduced tie
- speed to knots, the 10 vest ratio of
speed consistent with keeping eer-
ing way on the vessel. He neither
II heard nor srw any kind of signal
until suddenly, at distance of little
= more than two ships lengths, the
- Cimbria's green light appeared He
n Immediately, In accordance w..h the
m rules OF the road, endeavCfvd w give
"a way. He thought he should be able
~ to get clear when some incorrect steer
lss ing occurred aboard the Clm5Sia and
b. suddenly he saw the red light IS an.
\ other steamer, ct should be re-.
~ marked here that probably the Clm-
NJ bria's red light was displayed by the
h alteration OF her cQurse.) Almost
70 simultaneously with the Appearances si
the red light he felt shock. Duriissc"
n the time the leak in his vessel was
D. being repaired he oJnstantly gave Gig.
!. nails by blue light and blowing of the
|. steam whistle. When the repairs had
/. been Effected he approached as near to
the scene of tho collision as he could
@ without endangering his own vessel.
@ Owing to the dense fog he saw moth.
|. ing. He waited about until Friday
Il morning. Asa proof { the correc ness
d OF his statement he points to the latt =
O ness OF the time at which he arrived
d OF Coxhaven. II is considered that
@ the great point on the official investi.
r ton will be to p:ove the accuracy #
). this statement. According to the
J statements of the persons Intimately
. acquainted with the captain of the
q Sultan, both he and his first officer
are thoroughly competent and careful
, sailors, and especially noted for main.
tainance of strict decipllne.
TWO SISTERS,
among the passengers rescued, have
: written relatives, in a village near
Berlin, lamentingthat they lost every
thing, enen to their shoes, but In spite
of their sutferings, they said they
mean to try their luck In the next
vessel, and hope soon to be ablo to
send their photographs from Omaha
3 INCIDENTS OF IHE WRECK
f HAMBURG, January 90. - Several
persons were killed by the collision
| itaelf, owing to the flying about of
! splinters and planks. A passenger in
, the shrouds begged his neighbor to
push him into the sea, he being too
much chilled to move himself. They
refused to do 30, when he let himself
fall headlong into the sea. An elderly
, woman holding bible in her cramped
hands and singing loud funeral hymns
was washed away from the deck Two
girls belonging to the Susbian singing
troupe having secured life balts swan
about lohg tim franucsily crying,
Hep! help! save u! The people
In tho rigging cried, ''come to the rig.
ging, we can't move" The girls, half
benumbed aid no lor gsrabel to swim,
cried ont for the last time, "Oh, we
, can't come" and then disappeared
One of the Indians brandished his
tomahawk before the officer of the
steamer and had to be disarmed. The
tumult on board was iudescribable.
One married couple cut their own
throats in order that they might die
together. The ships surgeon encour-
aged those in the rigging to hold fast,
telling them the sultan would soon
rescue them, but Sc lecal became deli
rious and let go their hold. The sur
, geon subsequently, leapad into the sea.
, saying he would "make an end of it.
r Twenty-Five thousand pounds are
, demanded as surety from the steamer
Sultan. The nautical court has taken
the case IN hand The German press
continue TO violently attack the cap.
tain of the Sultan for doserting the
Cimbria.
MAIL LOST,
BosToN, January 23-The post.
master general has Issued a notice
saying that fifty. eight mail sacks on
board the Cimbria may be considered
hopeIessly lost.