Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-02
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~ sf-aS LONDON, Eng. January a.. q.
1.-THE steamer Cimbria, from Hamburg for
INew York was sunk in the German ocean by
Aepllision with the Sultan on Friday night.
"Details OF the disaster show that the loss
t HE must have been fearful. A dispatch
ktrom Hamburg, sent by the Hamburg Ameri-
cffn Steamship Company, says so far fifty six
persons from the Cimbria have been landed.
A number of them are at Meser light house.
The names of these are not yet ascertained.
The Cimbria left Hamburg on Thursday
with $50 passengers and a crew numbering
ITO. She ran aground before leaving the Elbe
out got of. with the Hood tide with the assist-
ance OF the steamer Hansa, without damage.
and she put TO sea at 80 in the afternoon.
Friday mornAgshe came into collision, dur
ing thick fog, off Borkam with the steamer
Sultan. The CimbIia sank in q short time.
When the boat with thirty nine passengers
arrived the company sent out the steamer
Hansharid tile four largest available steam
ers atGoxhaVen to search for the other boats
of the Gimbria. The West India steamer IA /.
sar1a also lett during the night with n sim.
ilar object. The steamer Sultan, which suf.
Tered heavy damage in the collision, has ar.
riyed in the Elbe. sI
The Cimbria sustained such severe Injuries
IN the collision that it at once became ap-
parent she.lnust sink. Almost immediately
tie officers. therefore. did all in their power
70 save, lives. without a moments loss OF
time the life belts were distributed among the
passengers and the order was given to lower
the boats. This. however. in conse qnence OF
She vessels Feeling over on her side, was
tound 70 De very dimcult on one side and alb
solutely impossible on the other tai "a
As the second officer was still engaged cut.
ting the spars loose, % there would be a.
much driftwood as possible for the people &c
cling to when the Inevitable foundafino
should occur, the vessel went down under his
teet He seized a spar, but as several Other
persons chung t0ft was obliged to let 20. He
ssTan " . hoafs<This boat was subsequently,
spfe{1ed up 'Dy the Theta. Seventeen other
p&t8ons have been saved by the steamer Dia.
|tfiant from the Weser light house, making
Fifty six thus far known to be rescued.
A reporter boarded the Sultan, but both
captain and crew absolutely refused 60 give
him any information. The captain has made
a statement before the British Consul, but this
is inaccessible. The Sultan hasa large tbofe
in her bow seven feet above tlze< alter lineg q
A survivor makes the following state.
ment: ,eSg A.
, The weather WIS clear toll IS O'Clock bit
q fog then set in, which continued and an.
cfeasedin density. The engines of the Ohm,
bria wete kept at full speed until / $9 then
half speed until ?. after which they were kept
&C slow speed. About ten minutes Hast ttsc
the wl,fstlepf another steamer was hoard, aud
lsthe engines OF the Cimbria were stopped
7 The SnItan's green light vas, owing to the
fog, not observed until she was only IN feet
of from the Cfnbria The latter was struck
sbah the hrstcollision bulkhead on the sporl
IRBide Ind she keeledr over to starboardS and
|<speVtiiy sank. The Theta pickednp one OF
Ethe{H nhria's boats at two o'd9ch Sacufia,
afternoon, and arrived at Coxh&Sen- abou,
six. -asl