The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-22
The Steamship .'Cimbria, with $50
Persons, Sinks in the German Ocean.
A Soutlirer Pacific Express Jumps
the Track.
The Cars Consumed by Fire,---Seyeral
Lives Lost.

| long. and built at Greenock in 1867.
j f. III. Meyer, agent IF the Hamburg
| American line, was found al his home in
| Hohoken by reporter He said: The
steamer Cimbria must have had 400 or 500
/ passengers aboard, aud fear from the Ca
| bic dispatches that the loss of life has been
great. The steamer carried eight life boats.
She had a crew of 105 men. Two years
ago compound engines and new boilers
were placed in her.
| LONDON. Jan. 20-4:30 a. m.-The de-
| tails of the Cimbria disaster show that the
| loss of life must have been fearful. A
dispatch from Hamburg, sent by the
Hamburg American Steamship company,
says: So far fifty-six persons from the
Cimbria have been landed. A nHnber of
them are at the Meser lighthouse The
names of these are not yet learned The
Cimbria left Hamburg Thursday with $50
passengers and a crew of ITO. She ran
aground before leaving the Elbe but got
off with the food tide, with the assistance
of the steamer ''Hansa, without damage;
aud she put to sea at $50 in the after
noon. Friday morning she came into col
lision. during a thick fog, off Borkum,
with the steamer Sultan" The Cimbria
sank in short time. When a boat with
thirty nine passengers arrived the company
sent out the steamer Hansa, and four large
steamers from Cuxhaven to search for the
other boats of the Cimbria. The West
Indian steamer Bavaria" also left during
the night with a similar object. The
steamer Sultan which suffered heavy
damage in the collision, has arrived in the
Elbe.
A dispatch from Hamburg gives the fol
lowing passengers as saved: w Terre-
mainn, p Confaler, B. Lorfsea, Gessom
". RAhendorff, g. Hamel " DANGLING r.
Hanewitz. FIR. Scheul, r. ePfeinkoff and
wife, L. Richter, L. .Scuttburger.
HAMBURG, Jan. 21.-The Cimbria"
sustained such injury in the collision that
itat once became apparent she must sink
Immediately. The officers, therefore, did
all in their power to save lives without
moments loss of time. Life belts were
distributed among the passengers. and or
der 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 absolutely
impossible on the other. As the second
officer was Still engaged in cutting the
spars loose SO that there should be as
much driftwood AS possible for the people |
to cling to when the inevitable laundering |
should occur, the vessel went down under |
his feet He seized spar. but as several |
OtucF pCtSpHS WIS ODIi0eQ 10 4
let go, and he swan 10 the boat This /
boat was subsequently, picked up by the |
.'Theta."- The second officer steered the |
Theta" TO Cuxhaven. Seventeen other |
persons have been saved. fby the steamer |
Diamond" from the. Meser light house, |
masking fifty six thus Far known TO be res |
cued
SURVIVOR SAYS: |
'sThe weather was clear up to is O'Clock.
but fog then set in which continued and |
increased in density The engines of the |
.tCimbria" were kept at full speed till 30; |
then at half speed till 2; after which they |
were kept at slow speed. At $40 the |
whistle of another steamer was heard. and |
the engines of the Gimbria'' were stopped. |
The 'Sultans" green light was, owing to |
the fog, not observed until She was amay /
150 feet off from the .'Cimbria." The lat
ter was struck aloft by the first collision,
but keeled over on her port side and speed
lily sank"
The ''Theta" picked up onesof the Gin /
bria's' boats at O'Clock Saturday after-
noon. and arrived at -'Cuxhaven about g.
A reporter boarded the ''Sultan y but both
the captain and crew refused to give him |
any information. The captain has made
q statement before the British Consul, but
this is inaccessible. The Sultan has
large hole in her bow, seven feet above
the water line.
The long list of the missing classes with
Red Jacket, Little Cheyenne, Crow Foot
Black Bird, Chippewa and Sunshine The
asst named six are apparently American
Indians. The first cabin passengers are:
Zimmerman, of Leipsix; Mority Strauss,
Of Darmstadt; l.. Hobermann of Vienna;
Alfred Voieht, Of Hamburg Second cabin
passengers: Paul WegeFsl Legenan, Ru-
1olph Poll, OF Brunswick; Lorenz Frank
'urt, Edward Greenpiaz. of Berlin; Alfred
Hachhusler,Aof Poisintz; Alpendorf, OF
london; Emily Alpendorf, of London;
Liepritz, of Berlin; Heyn, of Hamburg;
Iohanna Jchubert. of Hamburg; George
BONNER, of Biberach; August Romner. of
Curtz Flint, of the United States:
Harry Wendt. of Hanover Oscar Eddy, of
New York.
NEW YORK, Jan. Kurhardt Il Com.
ANY Agents Of the Hamburg American
Packet Company have received the fellow
ng cable message from the office OF the
company in Hamburg.
The sCimbria2 had 93 cabin passengers.
s02 steerage, md 90 crew SO far so per
ons have been landed at Cuy aaven and
= at the Meser Light house The names
Il the latter are not yet learned. We are
preparing q list of those saved and those
Missing, which we will cable to the Asso-
lated Press. Among the pas sengers posi-
lively saved are; Alfred Yoight. William
Peter Camphers,. Adventure
.orezo, Albert Allentierf and sister, Joseph
II mr. /