Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-22
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. SUNK IN A FOG. Loss of the Hamburg
 Steamer Cimbria. NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED ON BOARD. Only SiXty-SeYen Known to
 be Saved. THE PROSPECT OF TARIFF REVISION. A Chance of Hts Being Talk
 ed to Death.
AN OCEAN HORROR.

Loss of the Steamer Cimbr1a-Run Down | and Sunk i'm a Fog-Four Hundred and 1 Ninety Souls on Board-Only Sixty. Seven Known to be Saved-The Vessel | and its Roster of Officers.
 l LONDON Jan. 2I-The Hamburg-American
 line steamer Cimbria, which left Hamburg on
 the 17th inst. for New York, came into col 1 lision with the British steamer Sultan on
 Friday morning off Borkum and quickly sank boat which has arrived at Cuxhaven
 has landed thirty-nine persons. Six steam
 CTS have been sent out to search for the other l have left Havre yesterday for New York. The Cimbria left Hamburg with 380 passen- gers and crew of no. She ran aground before leaving the Elbe, but got off with the assistance of the Hansa without having sus tained any damage, and put to sea at 2:3O p. m. A dense fog prevailed at the time of the collision with the Sultan. The steamer Sul- tan, which sustained serious damage has ar rived in the Elbe. A Hamburg despatch gives the following names as among the saved: William Fornemann, P. Carfolier, B. Lorenz, Geison W. Allendorf, G. Hamel, w. Darreburg, R. Hanowitz, F. Schoul, P. Peipenkopt and wife, l. Keicher, L. Schutt Bourgeuss, Colin Cohrit. The following members of the crew have landed Second Officer Spurik, Third Officer Heyden, Fourth Officer Bass, Third Engineer Eippman, assistant Engineers Laverberry and Overheid Between, Deck Stewards Mur- TO v and Anderson, Seamen Vierow, Alexan- der, Johnson, Meyrin, Jentzen and boy named Rehn, Steward Hardy, Quartermaster KIott and Woelfkin, LanheiZer and Engel. All the latter are believed to be seamen, but their rank is not stated. The steamer Hansa is among those gone to the scene, also four of the largest available steamers and the West Indian steamer Bavaria. (The above names are as received from Hamburg; sev- eral are not clear.
 The Cimbria was built in 1867 by the Messrs. Cairs, of Greenock, Scotland, and was of the following dimensions Length on deck 326 feet, breadth of beam 40 feet depth of hold 26 feet, draught of water 21 feet, tonnage 2,964 tons. The hull was divided into six watertlght bulkheads, each bulkhead and built of wrought iron plates. Beam ties of wrought iron were on all decks, greatly adding to the general strength of the vessel. The hull was of wrought iron plates to l 1-16 inches in thickness, and fastened with rivets inch in diemater The motive power consisted of two vertical direct acting engines, 72 inches Steam was supplied by four tubular boilers. The steamer had accommo- dations for 50 first class, 120 sec ond class and 500 steerage passengers. The German Life Saving association of Ham, burg in October, 1878, presented l.. Meyer, first mate, and four of the crew of the Cim- bria with medals for their brave conduct in rescuing the crew of the schooner Julia Mary, of Bangor, Me-, found in sinking condition in mid ocean that year.
 The officers of the lost steamer hre as fol- lows: Commander, Hansen chief officer, F. Karlowa; second officer, F. Spruth third officer, A. Heydorn fourth officer, A. voss; chief engineer, F. Alpen second en- Qineer, 0. Koopman; third engineer, J. Edelmann; fourth engineer, 0. Wiedemann; physician, Dr. c. Muller purser, J. Bernitt j; chief steward, J. Brockmuller.
 Borkum off which she sank, is an island in the North Sea, twenty six miles northwest of Emden, belonging to Prussia
 HAMBURG, Jan. 21.-TheI ICimbria held 380 passengers and 8 crew of no men. Before leaving the Elbe she grounded on a mud bank but got of without damage at high tide The collision occurred in thick fog. The steamer keeled over suddenly, making 1t very difficult to lower the boats. Eighteen persons reached the Weiser lighthouse on the Island of Borkum and were taken of by the steamer Diamant one of the search ves- sells, and landed here. This makes the total known to be saved 56 out of 490 souls on board. The steamer Sultan is badly damaged. She has 8 large hole in her bow down to the water line and her forward compartment was full of water The remaining steamers en- gagged in the search for the missing boats have not yet bsen heard from.
 HAMBURG, Jan. 21.-EIeven more persons saved from the lost steamer Cimbria have ar- rived here