The daily gazette., 1883-01-22
THREE HUNDRED LOST.
Sinking of the Steamer CiInbria-I3nt Few
Passengers saved.

Sinking of the steamer Cimbria--But Few
Passengers saved.
| LONDON, Jan. 21.-The steamer Cimbria
| of the Hamburg-American line from Ham
| burg for New York, collided Friday morning
with the steamer Sultan off the Island Of
Borkum in the North Sea. The Cimbria
sank almost Immediately. One boat with 80
persons has arrived at Cuxhaven. The
rescued persons state that over 200 paseen-
| gers took to the boats and their loss Is
] feared. Six steamers have put to sea In
search of the missing boats.
| PARTICULARS.
HAMBURG, Jan. 2l.-The Cimbria of the
Hamburg American Steam Packet Line, sus-
tanned such severe injuries when she collided
with the Sultan yesterday of Cuxhaven,
that 1t at once became apparent she must
| sink almost Immediately. The officers there
fore did all in their power to save lives.
Without a moments loss of time life belts
were distributed among the passengers and
| an order was given to lower the boats.
This, however, In consequence of the vessels
keeling over on her side, was found
to be very difficult on one side, and abso-
lutely impossible on the other. AS the sec
ond officer was still engaged In cutting the
spars loose 80 that there should be us much
driftwood as possible for the people to cling
TO when the inevitable laundering occurred,
the vessel went down under his feet. He
seized spar, but as several other persons
clung to it was obliged to let 60, and he
swan to boat This 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 the Weser lighthouse
making &c thus far known 70 have been
rescued. A survivor from the steamer Cim-
bria makes the following statement "The
weather was clear up to IL Is o'clock, but q
fog then set in which continued and in.
creased In density The engines of the
Cimbria were kept at full speed until 1.S0
O'Clock, then at half speed until 2 O'Clock,
after which they were kept at slow speed.
About 2. 10 O'Clock the whistle OF another
steamer was heard and the engines of the
Cimbria were stopped instantly. The
Sultan's green light was, owing TO the fog,
not observed until she was only 150 feet off
from the Cimbria. The latter was struck
abaft the first collision bulkhead on the port
side, and she keeled over to starboard and
speedily sank"
The Theta picked up one of the Cimbrla's
boats at o'clock Saturday afternoon and
arrived at Cuxhaven about six o'clock. A
reporter boarded the Sultan, but both cap
tain and crew absolutely refused 10 give
him any information. The captain has
made statement before the British Consul,
but this is inaccessible. The Sultan has
large hole In her bow seven feet above the
water line. Sixteen of the between-deck
passengers of the Cimbria have been landed
in Bremen Haven.
Beside the 80 survivors landed at Cux-
haven and the seventeen at the Weser Light
house, another vessel has landed IL, but
their names have not yet been ascertained.
The number of lives lost is estimated at
fully 800. The passengers were mostly emf
grants from East Prussia. Among them
were six American Indians who have been
on exhibition In Berlin for some time.
Among the cabin passengers of the CimbrIa
who are missing are Georgia ROmmer and his
sisters, Auguste and katrihka. Their speci-
atty was singing Swabian songs In character.
They have appeared in all the principal
cities Of Europe, and before the Emperor
William, OF Germany, and Emperor Francis
Joseph, of Austria. They were on their way
to Nav York to appear In Roster q Balls
Music Hall.
At IL O'Clock this evening no reports have
yet been received from the six steamers sent
in search of the missing boats Of the
Cimbria.
THREE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
LONDON, Jan. 29.-The Hamburg Ameri-
con Company has been very prompt to afford
information regarding the Clmbrla disaster.
dispatch from Berlin to the Daily Neaos says:
Beside the thirty-nine survivors landed at
CuxhaNen and the seventeen at the Weser
lighthouse, another vessel has landed eleven,
but their names have not yet been ascertained.
The number of lives lost is estimated a.
fully three hundred. The passengers were
mostly immigrants from East Prussia.
Among them were six American Indians,
who had been on exhibition In Berlin for
some time.
In the list of the Clmbria's passengers
appear those of half dozen American In
dians. They were probably attached to
some show. Their names are Red Jacket,
Little Cheyenne, Crow FAINT, Blackbird,
Chippewa, Sunshine.
ANOTHER STEAMER LOST.
HAvRE, Jan. 2l.-The General Transat-
lantie Company's steamer Labrador, Cap
tain Servan, which sailed from New York
January 8, has arrived here. She brings
the crew of the French steamer Picardie,
which sunk at sea last week.
The Picardie, Captain Fortier, sailed from
New York on December 23. She was spoken
on January Is and II In distress, having
lost her rudder. The Labrador came up
with her before the 18th and tried to bring
her into port. Alter towing her a week she
was compelled to abandon her, having pre-
yiously taken off all her passengers, officers
and crew. The Picardie soon afterwards
sunk.
The Picardo, formerly the Uitenhage, was
iron steamer of l ,430 tons gross and 1928
net. Sue was built at Sunderland, England,
in 1884; was bark rigged; had two COM
pourd engines, 81 and SO by 36 inches, and |
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