Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-23
THE OCEAN HORROR.
Fully Three Hundred Lives Lost-Fu
ther Details of the Disaster.


LONDON, Jan. pa dispatch from Ber-
lin to the Daily NeacS says: Besides the
thirty-nine survivors landed at Cuxhaven
and the seventeen at Weser lighthouse
another vessel landed eleven, but their
names have not yet been ascertained. The
number of lives lost is estimated at fully
three hundred. The passengers were
mostly emigrants from East Prussia.
Among them were six American Indians
who had been on exhibition in Berlin for
some time"
A dispatch from Hamburg to the Ex-
change Telegraph Company says: ''The
steamer Hansa has returned from the
search for the missing passengers of the
Cimbria, which had been unsuccessful. 1t
is feared that all persons at present miss
ing have been lost"
The Cimbria lies sunk in ninety feet of
water. Three boats were launched before
she sank.
NEW YORK. Jan. 22.-Kunhardt & Co.,
agent of the Hamburg-Americans steamer
Cimbria, received the following dispatch
this morning.
"HAMBURG, Jan. 22.-Our steamer. the
Hansa, has returned from her cruise.
She saw the wreck of the Cimbria five
miles northeast of the Barkum lightship
with head to the northwest, and her top
| halyards above the water. She saw no
trace of the survivors or bodies, although
the weather was clear. She inquired at
Barkum lightship, where nothing was
known about any boat or persons being
saved.
''The Captain of a steamer which has ar
rived in the Humber from Hamburg
makes the following statement at the re-
quest of the steamer Sultan: THE Sultan
had made an unusually rapid passage and
sighted BOrkum light between l and .
O'Clock Saturday morning. The weather
was hazy, and soon after became very
fOggy The engines were eased to dead
slow and the steam whistle was kept
sounding every few seconds. The Captain
and chief officer were on the bridge, and
two of the hands were looking out forward.
Suddenly the green and masthead lights
of steamer were seen two points on the
starbOard bow, and the Captain of the
Sultan thought the approaching steamer
would keep her course and go clear
1t was noticed, however, that she
suddenly ported and came around
rapidly. 1t was too late to do anything
but stop and reverse, which was done. BY
the time the engines had revOlYed once the
Captain noticed the other steamers port
light coming rapidly toward the Sultan.
The next instant with the great way she
had on she caught the Sultan's bow
spirit in her port fore rig, taking
her right around. There was great
CONSERVATION on board the Sultan,
as it was feared that so much larger
vessel would sink her. The Sultan's crew
hailed the Cimbria to stand by, but no
reply was received. The vessels parted
in the fog, and a few seconds later the
mate of the Sultan saw the Clmbria COM
ing up on the other side. He called to the
| German master to go full speed astern,
and the Cimbria again crossed the Sui
tan's bow and then disappeared.
"An examination ofthe Sultan's damage
showed that the upper part of her hawser
pipe and everything forward had been
| driven through the collision bulkhead into
the fOrecastle, where the crew had a
narrow escape. The Sultan remained on
the scene five hours, and the Captain
heard no sound during the whole time, and
was severely blaming the German Captain
of the Cimbria for leaving without having
| ascertained the damage to the Sultan. He
had no idea that the Cimbria had foun-
dered until he arrived at Hamburg. Be
fore the collision occurred he heard no
sound from the Cimbria's whistle. When he
| first saw her the Cimbria was going at full
speed. He supposed that the Sultan's
bows ripped open the Cimbria's plates"
HAMBURG, Jan. 22.-The Diamont, one
/
! ing passengers and crew of the Cimbria.
/ arrived here this afternoon with sixteen
| passengers and one fireman of the ill-fated
vessel. The rescued passengers state
that after having left the Cimbria sinking
| their boat was capsized, and they sought
refuge in some of the rigging
| of the Cimbria, which was
! still above the water. They
remained in this position ten hours freez-
ing from cold and expecting that every
minute would be their last until they were
rescued by a boat from the DiamOnt.
Many of those who were in the boat when
| it left the Cimbria were drowned upon
| its capsizing, and many others
after reaching the rigging were
obliged to release their hold and were
drowned. The survivors describe the
scenes as horrible and heart-rending. All
of them praise in the highest terms the
conduct of the Captain and crew of the
| Cimbria.
The Cimbria's passengers rescued by
the Diamont say the Cimbria's officers
never moved from their posts, and did ev-
erything in the power of man to save lives
until they themselves were engulfed in
the waves. The rescued passengers affirm
that while they were in the rig
ging the lights Of the Sultan were
clearly visible, and that their cries
for help must have been heard on
board the Sultan, which, instead of coming
to their rescue, steamed away. Most of the
survivors present a miserable appear
ance, having lost everything. Since land
ing here everything possible has been done
for them. Some have been sent back to
their homes, and the remainder will con-
tinue their voyage on Wednesday.