Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-01-22
HORROR AT SEA.
A SEQUEL 70 the Sinking Of the City
OF Brussels.
The Steamer cimbria, from Hamburg, Ia
Z Collision With the Steamer Sultan,
Goes 0o~n-hany Lives
r- .r... Lost.
LIST OF THOSE WHO WERE SAVED.

LONDON, January 21-4 80 p. a.-Details
from the Oimbria disaster show that the
loss of life must have been fearful. A dis
patch from Hamburg by the Hamburg
American Steamship Company says so far
ffty-six persons from the Cimbria have
been landed. A number of them are at
the weser light house. The names OF those
have not yet been ascertaiDed., --
The Cimbria left Hamburg on Thursday,
with $50 passengers and the crew number.
ing no. She ran aground before leaving
Eibe, but got off with the flood-tide with
the assistance of the steamer Hansa with
out damage, and she put to sea at 2:3O in
the afternoon. Friday morning she
Came Into Collision
during thick fog, off Bokum, with the
steamer Sultan. The Cimbria sank in
short time. When boat with thirty.nine
passengers arrived, the company sent out
the steamer Hansa and four OF the largest
available steamers at CuXhaven to search
for the other boats of the Cimbria. The
West Indian steamer Bavaria also left dur
ing the night with a similar object. The
steamer Sultan, which suffered heavy dam
age in the collision, arrived in Elbe. A
ing named passengers as among
The Saved.
w. Tornemann, p. Confolier, b. Long,
Gessom Wallendorff, G. Hamel, w. Dame
ling r. Hanowitz, f. Schoul, K. Pfenkop
and wife, L. Richer, l.. Schutt, -Bour-
geouss, Colin Coharts.
The above names are sent as received
from Hamburg. Several OF them are not
clear.
The following named pembers OF the
crew we're saved Second officer, Spruth,
third officer, Heyden; fourth officer, Noss;
second engineer, Kopmann; assistant en-
gineers, Sayorby and 0berhide; first stew
ard, Harder; quartermasters klatt, WI.
lefken and Tanheizer; FRANKIE, rank not
stated; between-deck stewards, Spurow aud
Anderson; sesmen, Neirow, Alexandersen,
Johocsen, Weiren, Menchow, Jentzen ani
boy named Rehn.
The Collision.
The Cimbra sustained such severe in
iuries in the collision that at once i. became
apparent she must sink almost immedl-
ately. The officers therefore did all in
their power to save the lives Of those on
board. Without moments loss OF time,
life belts were distributed among the pas.
sengers and the order given ID 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. The
second officer was still engaged in cutting
the spars loose, so there should be as much
drift wood as possible for the people to
cling to when the inevitable laundering
should occur.
The Vessel Went Down
under his feet He seized a spar, but as
several other persons clung to it, he was
obliged to let so, and he swan to a
boat. This boat was subsequently
picked up by the Theta The second off,
Ger steered the Theta to Cuxhaven. Seven.
teen other persons have been saved by the
steamer dammit from the WeSer light
house, making 56 thus far known to be
saved.
Survivors Statement.
A survivor makes the following state
ment: The weather was clear up to l l5
o'clock, but fog then set in which con-
tinued and increased in density. The
engines of the Cambria were kept at full
speed until 80 o'clock, then at half speed
until o'clock, after which they were kept
at slow speed. About 2:l0 o'clock the
whistle of another steamer was heard and
the engines OF the Cambria
Were stopped Instantly.
Inc SulIlnd green llSuL WAS, pWluS tO
fog, not observed until she was only $50
feet Off from the Cimbria. The latter
struck aloft the first scollison bulkhead
on the port side and she keeled over to the
starboard and speedily sank.
The Theta picked up one of the Cimbria's
boats at o'clock Saturday afternoon and
arriven at Coxhaven about six. A report
er boarded the Sultan, but both the Cap.
tain and crew absolutely refus-
| ed to give him any infor-
nation. The Captain has made
a statement before the British Consul, but
this is inaccessible. The Sultan has large
hole in her bow seven feet above the water
| line.
The following named passengers were
saved: Alfred Voight, William Ennermann
| Peter Completes, Bueha Vertura Lorsenz
| Albert Altendorf and sister, Jos Curtis,
Gustave Hammel Martin Nainelartch. a
| girl named Jsnnervitz, Hald Schmul, K.
Pferfenkof and wife, Loon Reiche, Robert
| Schnert, Colin Bamgess.