Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-22
Details of the Sinking Of the
Steamer Oimbria Early Satur-
day Morning,
The Black Fog of Borkum
Hurries Five Hundred Pr
sons Into the Sea.
Only Finv-nine Of. Whom are
Known TO Have Boon Saved
A Terribly Disastrous Collision on the
North Sea.
Disaster at Sea.
Ip,atch m TIM HNu.

,assengers and crew numbering no
She ran aground before leaving the
3 be, but got II with the food tide
With the assistance of the steamer
hausa, without damage, and she put
20 sea at $3.50 In the afternoon. Fri. !
lay morning she came into collision
Turing the thick fog Of the Borkum,
With the steamer Sultan. The Cim-
,ria sank In short time. When q
boat with so passengers arrived. the
,ompany sent out the steamer Hsnsa
md four Of the largest available
steamers at Coxhaven, to search for
he other boats OF the Gimbria. The
West Indian steamer Bavaria also
eft during the night with similar
object. The steamer Sultan, which
suffered heavy damage In the col.
ision, arrived In the Elbe.
AMONG THE SAVED.
A dispatch f.om Hamburg gives the
folio wing named passengers as among
the saved: w. Foreman, p. C"a
folier, B. Loriza Gessom, w. Allen
dorf, G. Ramel, w. Dam iwig, II.
Hsnowitz, Freulein Schoul, r Peifen-
kopf and wife, l. Rsioher, l. Soutt
Bourgeuss, Colin Cohats. The above
names were sent M received from
Hamburg. Several Of them are not
clear.
The following named members OF
the crew were saved Second Ofli,er
Spruth, Third Officer Heydtn, Fourth
Officer Voss, Second " gineer K,pp-
mann, Assistant Eug,aeers Saverbrey
and Oberhide, First Seward Hardon,
Qdartermasters Klatt, Wulefken and
Lsnheizer, Engel and Frankie frank
not stately, Between Deck Stewards
ThurCw and Anderson, Seameu Vie
row, Alexanderssp, Johsnsen, Megrin,
Menchow and Jentgen, and boy
named Rehm.
PREPARING TO LEAP.
The Cimbria sustained such severe
injuries in the COLLATION. that it at 0noe
became apparent she must sink almoet
immediately. The officers therefore
did al, In their power to save lives.
Without moments lots of time life
belts were distributed among the pas.
sengers and the order given to lower
boats. Tho no Tever, IN consequence OF
the vessels keeling over on one side
was found TO be very difficult on oae
side and absolutely impossible on the
other. As the second hi ger was siiii
engaged cutting spsrs loose that there
should be as much drift wood as pos
sibly for the people to clirg TO when
the envitable laundering should occur,
the vessel went down under his feet.
He eeized spar, but as several other
persons clung 1t, he was obliged tn let
go, and he swan to n boat. This
boat wa, subsequently picked u by
tho Theta. The second officer steered
the Theta to Coxhaven. Seventeen
other perHons have been saved by the
steamer Dismant, from Wesser light
house, making Fifty ak thus far known
to be rescued.
A SURVIVOR
makes the following statement: The
weather was clear up to IL :05 o'clock,
but fog then set in which continued
and increased iu density. The engines
of the Cimbria were kept at full speed
until 80, then athslf speed till 2, after
which they were kept at slow speed.
About ten minutes past 2 the whistle
of another steamer was heard and the
engines of the Cimbria were stopped
instantly. The Sul.sn's green light
was, owing to the fog, not observed
until she was only 100 feet off from
the Cimbria. The latter struck sbsft
the bulkhesd on tho port side.
AND SHE KEELED OVER
to starboard and speedily sank. The
Theta picked up one of the Cimbria's
boats at two o'clock Saturday after
noon and arrived at Coxhaven about
six. A reporter boarded the Sultan,
but both captain and crew absolutely
refused to give him any information.
The captain has made a statement be-
fore the British consul, but this Ia in.
accessible. TIE Sultan has a large
hole in her bow seven fee. above the
water line.
THE MISSING.
A long list of steeraee passengers,
mostly foreigners, reported as Lost,
closes with Red jacket, Little Chey-
enne, Grow Foot, Black bird, Chippe-
way and SInohine. The last named
six are apparently American Indians
The first cabin passengers are Tur-
nermsn of Leipsic; MONTE Trsuss, Of
D'Armstadt; Leo Hobermann, Wen
ma; Arthur Bstcie, Schoningstead
Peter Bormploser, Vienna; Fred
Voght, Hamburg; Paul Wegert,
Logenan; Rudolph Pol, Brunt
wick; Lorenze Frankfort and
Edword Greepins, Berlin; Alfred
Hochhusler, Polsmitz; A. L. Phen.
derf, London; Emile M. Penderh,
London; Liepritz, Berlin; Phillips
born, Berlin; Helm, Hamburg; Jo
hanna Schubert, Hamburg; G,org'
Ronner, Biberache; August Romner
Biberaohe; Valinka Romner, Blber.
ache; Joseph Curtis or Curtis, Flint
United States; Harry Wendt, Han
over; Oscar EDDIE, Now York.
Sixteen between deck passengers
of the Cimbria were landed at Brem
merhaven. Their nameR are as fol
lows: Samliver of Paris, Back o.
Potsdam, Kirabaum of Murnsburg
Polursky of Fibwalde, Foseng of Bre'
men, Virglrt Of Saginaw, Ganzske O
Pozugnow, Schreiber of Berneau
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