The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-01-24


Lost - Struggling fer the Boats Charges
Against the Captain of the sultan-"hat
lie Has 10 Say.
A special from Hamburg to the Herald
saws: According TO the latest Information
All lives were lost in the Cimbria disaster.
| There were 400 passengers and 81 officers
and crew on board. OF these only 10 so
FAR have been rescued. Or the SIX steamers
sent out by the Hamburg American steam
boat Company on Saturday night four have
not vet returned. but as the two which re-
turned found nothing there is scarcely any
hone left that more OF the unfortunates are
alive. The cold ut the time OF the disaster
was so intense that many pershed there
form before sinking into their watery
grave.
CONTRADICTIONS.
While those OH board the Cimbria say
that the vessel wa scarcely moving. those
on board the Hull steamer Sultan say that
their shin was almost still, and that the
Cimbria came across the Sultan's bows
that is. got in the Sultan's way. From
conversations with passengers from the
| Cimbria, and from the statements OF her
officers and the examination OF the damage
TO the Sultan's Prov, and from the posi-
ton i'm which the Cimbria lies, 1t seems
doubtless that the entire fault lies with the
Hull steamer.
THE COLLISION.
The collision occurred shortly after
O'Clock on Friday morning north OF Bork-
um. 100 miles west OF CuXhayen. n mar
rative OF the events preceding the disaster
NAV thus be summarized. At haif-past
tue fog increased, and Captain Hansen or
/ dered the Cimbria's engine 10 half speed.
| Captain Hansen, the first officer, and the
pilot. whose duty it was to take the vessel
| TO Havre, were on the bridge. and the
| fourth cilicer was at his post by the wheel.
The steam-whistle was blown constantly,
and no precautions were omitted by the
captain. At 2 o'clock the speed further
| decreased, the engines working at slow
rate, when suddenly the lights OF another
steamer were seen. The captain ordered
the engines stopped and the steam-whiStle
blown continuously. The helm was put
hard dport when the collision occurred, as
already narrated.
CAPTAIN CUTTIL'S COwAEDIcE.
Serious charges are made against Cap
tain Cuttil, OF the Sultan, for his conduct
after the collision and his neglect to make
any efforts to render assistance to the Cim-
bria or even to see il the Cimlria was IN
hou lie at all. The officers OF the Cimbria
say that il the captain OF the Sultan had
! taken the trouble to act humanely he might
have saved hundred lives. The Sultan
neither signallcd nor fred any guns nor
answered the lights OF distress burned by
the CimDria.
AFTER THE COLLISION.
The scenes on hoard The Cimbria after
the collision defy description. The raSscn-
gers, niany OF whom were women and chill
drcn, woke up suddenly and rushed on
deck hitler and thither, screaming with
terror. First one boat was lowered and
then another. There were eight boats, but
the ship sank so rapidly on the Starboard
side that many people fell into the water
The four boats on the port side were quick
| ~ filed with people, but could not be low
cred on account OF the angle ut which the
ship lav. The four on the StarlOard side
safely reached the water. but boat No. >
capsizcd and those IN il struggled Tor
short time and then sank. Boat No. :, W.
der command OF the second officer, with
twenty-ei.ht persons, and another beat
with eleven persons, got away safely, and
near CuXhaVen.
FIGHTING FOR RESCUE.
A third boat, with seventeen persons,
was rc.cued by the bark Diamant, bound
from New York to Bremen. These were
I'll that were saved. Among them Nh. Il.
Z. Lorcnz, Of Frankfort, one OF the res
cUcd, gave me a long account Of the terri
bic scenes he witnessed. Though the off,
GERS did their Cutv molly, they were IN
able to maintain order. Men, women, and
children were mad with fear. Those who
had secured places had 4 violent struggle
10 keep the hOat from being Swamped.
The six Indian, were driven away by some
sailors Dy aXe-ll0 on their hands. Cap
tain Hansen stood TIL the last moment oh
the lrdec. but could have no control over
the Eve hundred terrOr-stIicken human
beings beneath him.
DEATHS CARNIVAL.
Men. women. and childrcn-wholc fami-
lieS-clung together in despair. one young
married couple preferred To meet del
quickly by cutting each others veins. The
ship's doctor. Herr Fclgc, some OF the
stewards and the SteWardcSs. Bauerinn,
and some officers distributed l!fe-saying
belts 10 the last moment, Int those thus
provided were not benCiiied, for most OF
them died from the severe cold The SUI
vivcrs who escaped in boats say that when
they r0wcd away the water was covered |
with dead bodies, kept up hY iiC-bells. |
Only a few were alive when they left, and !
OF these rs many were taken into the boats !
as possible.
WHERE WAS TIE SULTAN?
Scarcely fifteen minutes elapsed after The |
collision until the vessel sank. The screams |
OF the drowning could be heard q long dis |
lance away, and must, they say, have been |
heard 10y the people on board the Sultan |
No complaint has been made against the |
Cimbrm's crew, although Of tie saved |
twcut,-t belong to tins class. Captnin |
Hansen stood on the bridge till the ship |
sank. The first officer, Karlowa. worked |
for the benefit oi the passengers to the last |
moment. Second Officer SpIutlizen, with |
an axe. was cutting Off woodwork for |
RATS for the passengers while the ship WAS /
going under water, and after sinking he
was picked up by one Of the boats. The |
third and fourth officers were also picked |
UP out OF the water.
Another Account Of the Terrible Suf-
fcriBS of the Survivors.
Another telegram says: The Diamant,
one Of the steamers sent in search OF the
missing passengers and crew Il the Clm-
Lra. arrived mt Hamburg Monday after
noon with sixteen passengers ana ire
man OF the ill-iaicd vessel The rescued
DaSsengers state that after having left the