Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-23
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE LOST CIMBRIA. Scenes When the Ship
 Went Down. THE SULTAN'S CREW UNDER ARREST. Four Hundred and Sixty
 Six Persons Lost. COLD WEATHER IN THE WEST. The Mercury Forty Degrees
 Below Zero.
COLD WEATHER IN THE WEST.
THE LOST CAMBRIA,

News From the Wreck-Nine More Per-
 sons Among the saved-Four Hundred
 and Stxty-Stx Lives Believed to Have
 Been Lost-The Captain and Crew of
 the Sultan Arrested-Serious Charges
 Made by the Survivors.
 HAMBURG, Jan. 22.-Details of the Cimbria disaster show that the loss of life must have been fearful. TEe Cimbria received such se- were injuries that it at once became apparent she must sink almost immediately. The of- ficers therefore did all in their power to save lives. Without 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 ves- sePs heeling over on her side, was found to be very difficult on one side and absolutely impossible on the other. As the second of- ficer was still engaged in cutting the 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 spar, but as several other persons clung to 1t he was obliged to let go, and he swan to boat- This boat was subsequently, picked up by the Theta. The second officer steered the --AOSN Cimbria makes the following statement ''The weather was clear up to 1:15 o'clock, but a fog then set in which continued and increased in density. The engines of the Cimbria were kept at full speed until 1:3O o'clock, then at half speed until ? 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 15O feet off from the Cimbria. The latter was struck abaft the first collision bulkhead on the port side, and she heeled over to starboard and speedily sank" The Theta picked up one of the Cimbrias boats at o'clock Saturday af- ternoon and arrived at Cuxhaven about o'clock. A reporter boarded the Sultan, but both captain and crew ab- solutely refused to give him any infor- ment before the British consul, but this is in- accessible. The Sultan has large hole in her bow seven feet above the water line. The Cimbria had 23 cabin passengers, 362 steerage and 92 crew. Thirty nine persons were landed at Cuxhaven. Seventeen other persons were saved Dy the steamer D1amant, from the Weser lighthouse, where they were landed, making 56 known to have been res- cued. No reports had been received in Ham, burg up to II o'clock last night from the six steamers sent in search of the missing boats of the Cimbria.
 The topsails of the Cimbria are visible at high tide The survivors who were rescued by the steamer Diamant report that their boat capsized soon after leaving the ship and many were drowned. Others clung to the rigging.
 For ten hours the weather WAS freezing and one by one they dropped of and perish ed. The scene at the moment the Cimbria sank was most heartrending. The rescu- ed passengers praised the conduct of the to save life. Captain Hansen remained by the ship until she sank and was drowned. The survivors say that the lights of the Sul- tan were still visible when the Cimbria went down and they think the Sultan's crew must have heard the cries for help, but the latter vessel steamed away leaving all to per- ish. The captain of the Sultan says he stayed in the vicinity for five hours after the collision, but owing to the density of the fog was unable to see or hear anything, and supposed that the Cimbria had steamed away. He heard no whistle from the Cim- bria previous to the collision.
 Another boat from the lost steamer Cam bri has reached Borkhum, with nine passen- gers, making the total number saved sixty five. It is now believed that 466 were drowned. The two sisters Rommer, the well-known lyric artists, were among the pas. sengers. The captain and crew of the Sultan have been arrested.