Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-01-24

ab mucn 0f1lC WOOD ae possible for the
people to cling to when the inevitable
laundering should occur, the vessel went
down under his feet. He seized q spar,
put as several other persons clung to it,
be was obliged to lot go. and he swan to
boat. This boat was subsequently
picked up by the Theta. The second
officer steered the Theta to Coxhaven.
Seventeen other persons have been saved
BY the steamer Diamant, from Wesser
light house, making fifty-slx thus far
known to be rescued.
A survivor makes the following state
ment: The weather was clear up to
n:o6 o'clock, but fog then set in
which continued and increased in densi-
ty. The engines Of the Cimbria were
kept at full speed until 80, then at
half speed till two, after which they
were kept at slow speed. About ten
minutes past two the whistle of another
steamer was heard and the engines of
the Cimbria were stopped instantly. The
Sultan's green light was, owing to the
toR, not observed until she was only $50
feet of from the Cimbria. The latter
struck abaft the bulkhead on the port
side and she was keeled over to star
board and speedily sank. The Theta
picked up one of the Cimbria's 8 boats at
two O'Clock Saturday afternoon, and ar
rived at Coxhaven about six O'Clock. A
reporter boarded the Sultan, but both
captain and crew absolutely refused to
give him any information. The captain
has made statement before the British
consul, but this is inaccessible. The
feet above the water line.
A 1onry 1iok ~ tho ofaaroro ,,oe,o,-,,,
mostly foreigners, reported as lost, closes
Foot, Blackbird, Chippeway and Sin.
chine. The last named six are apparent
" American Indians.
The first cabin passengers are Turner.
men of Leipsic; MONTE Trauss of Farm.
stadt; Leo Hobermann. Vienna; Arthur
Batche, Schoningstead; Peter Born.
Rloser, Vienna; Fred voght, Hamburg;
Paul Wegert, Logenan; Rudolph Poll,
ward Greepins, Berlin; Alfred Hochhus.
Ter. Polsmitz; A. L.: Phenderf, London;
Emile NJ. Penderh, London; Liepritz,
Berlin; Phil; Phillipsborn, Berlin; Helm,
Hamburg; George Romner, Biberach;
August Romner, Blberache: Valinka
BONNER, Biberach; Joseph Curtist OF
SW Gos I4utS OulIeU 0LaCeS, LARRY
Wendt, Hanover; Oscar EDDIE, New York.
Sixteen between-deck passengers of
the Cimbria were landed at Bremmer-
haven. Their names are as follows: Sam
liver of Paris, Beck of Potsdam, Kirsbum
OF Murnsburg, Polursky of FibwaIde,
Fasseng of Bremen, Wright of Saginaw,
Ganzeke of Pozugnow, Schneider OF
Berneau, Bring of Schaltdorf, Kurtha OF
Szakal. Dongy Smoltzy Of Saums, Lasum
Kaitzel of Oberammeige. Nickel of Ulm
Schmidt of Athena, Bliska of Tobavy
Joes Hoedbat of Hizep.
One of the boats which the crew sue
ceeded in launching before the founder.
ing OF the steamer Cimbria capsized i'm
mediately. and it is feared all the per
sons missing have been lost.
New York, Jan. 22.-Kunhardt g. 90.
general agent for tie Hamburg -Ameri
can Packet company, received the follow
ing cable message from the Office of the
company at Hamburg:
"Cimbria had % cabin passengers
362 steerage and 50 crew. So far 3t
persons have been landed at Coxhaven
and II at Weser lighthouses. The
names of the latter are not yet ascer
tanned. Among passengers positively
saved are Fred Voight, VIM. Turnemal
and Peter Comptiers.
The Hamburg American company ha.
been very prompt to afford information
regarding the Cimbria disaster. Beside
thirty-nine survivors at Coxhaven an,
seventeen at Weser lighthouse, anothe
vessel landed, but the names of these ar
not yet ascertained. The number o
lives lost is estimated at 300 passengers
mostly emigrants from east Russia
among them were six American Indian
who had been on exhibition in Berli
| sOme time.