Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-22
F0UNDERED IN THE FOG.
TWO OCEAN STEAMERS CRASH
TOGETHER.


Other Vessel Safe-Taking to the
BOats-The Crew of One Landed-Six
Steamers Searching for the Missing
List of the Saved.
HAMBURG, Jan. 20.-The Hamburg
American line Steamer Company's steam
er Cimbria, which left Hamburg on the
18th for New York, came into collision
with the British steamer Sultan Friday
morning off Borkam, and instantly sank
A boat which has arrived at Cuxhaven
has landed thirty-nine persons. Six
steamers have been sent out to search for
the other boats of the Cimbria. The Cim-
bria was to have left Havre to-day for
New York.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-The agent here of
the Hamburg-American Line saws the
Cimbria carried a crew of 105 men, and
must have had between 400 and 800 pas
sengers on board.
LONDON, Jan. 21.-The Clmbria left
Hamburg on Thursday with three hun
dred and eighty passengers, and crew
numbering one hundred and ten. She ran
aground before leaving the Elbe, but got
of with the flood tide, with the assistance
of the Hansa, without having sustained
damage, and she put to sea at 2:35 O'Clock
on the afternoon of Thursday. On Friday
H. a
thick fog, of BOrkam, with the steamer
Sultan. The Cimbria sank in a short
time. When the boat with the thirty-nine
passengers arrived the company sent out
the steamer HanSa and four of the largest
available steamers at CuXhaven to search
for the other boats. The West Indian
steamer Bavaria also left during the
night with similar object. The steamer
Sultan, which sustained heavy damage
has arrived in the Elbe.
A dispatch from Hamburg, sent by the
Hamburg-American Steamship Company,
says that so far tifty-siX persons from the
Cimbria have been landed. A number of
them are at the Wesser lighthouse, and
the names of these have not vet been as
certained.
LONDON, Jan. 81, 4:3O P. M-The details
OF theCimbria disaster, now being received,
show that the loss of life must have been
fearful.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Messrs. Kunhardt
Co., General Agents of the Hamburg
American Packet Company, havereceived
the following cable message from the office
of that company at Hamburg: ''The CHM
brla had % cabin passengers, 1862 steerage
and 80 in the crew."
HAMBURG, Jan. H.-The Cimbria sus-
tanned such severe injuries that it at once
became apparent that she must sink al
most Immediately. The officers, there
fore, did all in their power to save life.
Without a moments loss of time the life
belts were ordered distributed among the
passengers, and the order was given to
lower the boats. This, however, in cOnse-
quence of the vessels keeling over on her
side, was found to be very difficult on one
side and absolutely impossible on
the other. As the second
officer was still engaged in
cutting spars loose so that there should
be as much drift wood as possible for the
people to cling to when the inevitable
laundering occurred the vessel went down
under his feet. He seized a spar. but as
several other persons clung to it was
obliged to let go, and he swan to a boat.
rms boat was subsequently picked up by
the Theta. The second officer steered the
Theta to CuXhayen. Seventeen persons
have been saved by the steamer Diamant,
from Wesser lighthouse, making tifty-siX
thus far known to have been rescued,
a survivor from the Cimbria makes the
following statement 'EThe weather was
clear up to 10 O'Clock, but fog then set
IN which continued and increased in densi-
ty. The engines of the Cimbria were kept
at full speed until 1: 80 O'Clock. Then at
half speed until 2 O'Clock, after which
they were kept at slow speed. About 10
minutes past O'Clock the whistle of an
other steamer was heard, and the engines
The Sultan's green light, owing to the fog,
was not observed until she was only $50
feet from the Cimbria."
The latter was struck abaft the first
collision bulkhead on the port side. and
she keeled over to the starboard and
speedily sank. The Theta picked up one
OF the CImbria's boats at o'clock Satur-
DAY afternoon, and arrived at CuXhaven
about O'Clock. A reporter boarded the
sultan, but both the Captain and crew
absolutely refused to give him any infor-
NATION. The Captain has made a state
ment before the British Consul but this is
inaccessible. The Sultan has a large hole
IN her bow seven feet above the water
line"
HAMBURG, Jan. q, 1850 P. M.-No re-
ports have yet been received from the six
steamers sent in search of the missing
boats of the Cimbria.
LONDON, Jan. u, 10 P. M.-The Ham
burg-American Company telegraph from
Hamburg as follows E"rhe following
named passengers of the Cimbria have
been saved: Alfred Voigt, William Eun-
herman, Peter Completes, Buenaventure,
Lorenz, Albert. Altendorf and sister,
Joseph Curtis, Gustav Hammel, Martin
Nanielintch, girl named Junnovity.
Hulc Schmal, r. PfeifenkOpf aud wife,
Leon Reiche, RObt. Schett, Colin Bourges.
''The following named members of the
crew are saved: Second officer Spruth,
third officer Heyden, fourth officer VOss,
second engineer KOpmann, assistant en-
gineers Saverbrey and Oberheid, first
steward Hardee, quartermasters Klott,
Walefken and LanheiZer; Engel, rank not
stated; FRANKIE, rank not stated; between
deck stewards ThurOw and Andersen;
seamen Vrerow, Alexander, Joachen,
Megrin, Menchow, Jentzsen, and a boy
named Rehn."