The Evening critic., 1883-01-22
APPALLING LOSS or LIFE.

Terrible Disasters on Ocean ana
Jnnd-Thc steamer Cimbria Run
Down and IsuDdreds of lives lost
twenty Lives Lost by ~ Railway
Accident in California.
The Hambnrg-Americau Line steamer
Cimbria, which left Hamburg on Thursday
for New York, came into collision with the
British steamer Sultan on Friday morning,
of Borkum, an island of Prussia, in the
North Sea, 26 miles northwest of Emden.
The Cimbria quickly sank. A boat which
has arrived at Cuxhaven has landed 80
persons. The Cimbria was to have left
Havre Saturday for New York.
The Cimbria left Hamburg on Thursday
with $50 passengers and crew numbering
110. She ran aground before leaving the
Elbe, but got of with the flood tide with
the assistance of the Hansa, without hav-
ing sustained damage and she put to sea at
$50 o'clock in the afternoon. On Friday
morning she came into collision during a
thick fog of Borlium with the steamer
Sultan. The Cimbria sank in q short time.
When the boat with the 80 passengers ar
rived the company sent out the steamer
Hansa and the four largest available steam
ers at CuXhaven to search for other boats.
The West Indian steamer Bavaria also left
during the night with similar object.
The steamer Sultan, which sustained heavy
damage, has arrived in the Elbe.
Sunk Immediately.
The Cimbria sustained such severe in
juries that it at once became apparent she
must sink almost Immediately. The Off.
GERS 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-
sells heeling 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 occurred,
the vessel went down under his feet. He
seized spar, but, as several other persons
clung to it, was obliged to let go, and he
swan to boat. This boat was subsequently
picked up by the Theta. The second officer
steered the Theta to Cuxhaven.
What a Survivor Says.
A survivor from the Cimbria makes the
following statement "The weather was
clear up to lis o'clock, but fog then set
in which continued and increased in dens-
ity. The engines of the Cimbria were kept
at full speed until 1880 o'clock, then at half
speed until o'clock, after which they were
hepU III SLOW Speeu. ADOuu S'lU U ClVCh Jhc
whistle of another steamer was heard, and
the engines of the Cimbria were stopped in.
stantly. The Sultans green light was
| owing to the fog, not observed until she
was only $50 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 speed.
lily sank"
The sultan's Officers Reticent.
The Theta picked up one of the Cimbria'.
| boats at two o'clock Saturday afternoon and
| arrived at Cuxhaven about six o'clock. A
| reporter boarded the Sultan, but both the
captain and crew absolutely refused to give
| him any information. The captain ha;
| made statement before the British consul
but this is inaccessible. The Sultan has Q
| large hole in her bow, seven feet above the
| water line.
The News in New York.
| Messrs. Kunhardt & Co., general agent!
| of the Hamburg American Packet Com
pany at New York, have received th'
following cable message from the office O.
that company at Hamburg:
"The Cimbria had % cabin passengers
1862 steerage and 90 crew. So far 80 person:
have been landed at Cuxhaven, and II al
the Weser Lighthouse. The names of the
latter have not yet been ascertained. We
are preparing a list of those saved and those
missing, which we will cable to the Associa
| ted Press. Among the passengers positively
saved are Alfred Voigt, William Tunner-
man, Peter Compteirs, Aventura Lorenz
| Albert Altentorf and sister, Joseph Curtis
Gustav Hamel, Moritz Pfeifenkopf and
wife, Leon Richie, Robert Schutt, Collin
Bourges. The following are among those
missing: Captain Hansen, the chief officer
the chief engineer and the surgeon"
Captain Badenhousen, superintendent o
the line, said "The Cimbria was one o
the finest of our twelve or fourteen steam
ers running to this port. She was built il
Greenock sixteen years ago, and was rated
in the third grade of the first-class by th'
American Lloyds. She was of iron, 3,02
tons register, and 1876 feet long, aud wa
built with six bulkheads."