Milford chronicle., 1883-02-16
THE CIMBRIA'S SAVED.
TEN OF THEM LANDED FROM THE
STEAMSHIP WESTPHALIA.
How Little Girl was Suved-HurrOWing
stories Told by Some Of the survivors,
IFrom the New York Herald. /

bmg-American line, were ten who had
been saved from the ill-starred Cimbria.
The saloon passengers were Mr.. Albert
Attendorf and Miss Emile Attendorf
! (brother and sister, Mr. Josef Curtis
and little girl eleven years old, Feige
,Janoviz. The child WAS alone and had
been IA steerage passenger, the kind
hearted Captain Barends placed her in
the cabin, where the motherlcss, friend
less girl became quite a favorite The
names of the Cimbrias steerage passen-
gers are:-Johann Ganske, from Prussia;
Robert Schutt, from Pomerania; johann
Rentz from Posen; josef Kortko, from
Yokel-Abon Hungary; Peter Kistoski,
from Koubene, and Frank Pliska, from
Frysaya, Russia. OF these survivors the
little girl lost her aunt, in whose charge
she was; Schutt, his mother, brother and
sister; Kistioski a half-brother, and
Kortko, his three brothers-in-law.
AN AFFECTING SCENE.
The Westphalia made fast to her pier
at Hoboken about nine o'clock. Among
those waiting to board the vessel, was an
elderly man with sad and anxious face.
No sooner was the gangplank thrown
forward than he was the first to mount,
and as he reached the deck, cried out for
little Feige. Some Of the passengers
grouped on the side of the vessel, made
way fol him. Another moment and from
a childish voice rang forth the name Of
Father. and then the strong man aud
the little girl were locked in an embrace.
He kissed her again and again, and every
witness of the scene had a moistened |
eve. Feige's father was Mr.. Joseph Jan
oviz, of No. 50 Essex street, who, not |
long ago was expecting his sister with
his child, but now could only greet the
one. Feige, after her rescue, was utterly
ignorant of where her father lived,
all the papers necessary for her identiti-
cation having been lost with her aunt.
All she could tell WIS that her father was
II America and she was going to him.
The agents in Hamburg sent her on with
he rest. Mr. Janoviz, when the sad
news was cabled here, ascertained that
lis sister was dead, but could not make
ure whether his daughter had shared
he same fate till some days after.
Mr.. Attendorf had been for ten years
d America, in Omaha; and crossed the
Atlantic some months ago to bring his sis {
er over from Landau, Germany. He gave Z
he reporter a sketch Of his experiences
n the fatal night when the Cimbria went l
own. He said it was about ten minutes Y
, two in the morning, when n frightful 7
rash was heard which reused him from c
is sleep, and also lis sister. There C
as no time to lose" he continued S
even for putting on the necessary
othing. When we reached the deck
lere was scene Of wild confusion, the
issengers screaming and shouting, and =
inning here and there. How the boats ''
ere lowered, cannot tell. | only know =,
lat the second officer put me and my y
ster in one, and twenty-five minutes Y
ter, there was no trace Of the Cimbria i
be Sultan, after the collision, did not i"
ait. Her lights were visible for about
ii an hour after. We had no proyis- .
us in the boat and from two o'clock "
It'll noon, when we were picked up by y,
e Thetis, we had to endure the bitterest d.
Id. We saw the Thetis for two hours 4
fore she perceived us. "
THE wAIF IN THE WATERS.
Mr.. Attendorf went on to tell OF the a,
lrors of the situation when the boat W
st got away from the Cimbria, OF the ii
rcams for help, of the vain dashes W
lde by struggling and drowning men .,
d women at the boat, and Of the diff N,
lties they had Of escaping an upset. hi
ss Attendorf noticed two persons &,
ating near and begged the third officer tb
take them in. hi
Impossible, he said. ''Another one
i sink the boat.
But, oh look look r. cried the 81,
nng woman, ''it'5 a child; save her I" &c
Yes" said the officer, "that won't ma
Ike much difference" and then poor 10
f-drQwned Feige was pulled into the tbl
It. so,
That she managed to survive the cold ca,
exposure was considered by all a In
,acle. On board the Thetis she re- lio
ved the kindest treatment, as, indeed, ms
all the saved They were landed at ere
xhaven, whence they were forwarded an,
where they received from
steamship company 100 marks on Sci
cunt Of their passage pcl
Ir. Curtis has been citizen Of Michi- sn
for thiity years, and was paying a wa
t to his old home in Macklenburg. lol
was saved in the same boat as were a "
and Miss Attendof, and was the last ne,
nter it. "The water, he said, "was 9th
ady reaching the upper deck Of the she
bria as | swung myself into the boat. pei
the same moment the officer in COM pri
ID cried ont TO me, Push off the civ
we have already four more than we cas-
carry. The boat was pushed of, and hea
ost Immediately the Cimbria sank pai
b a terrible picture as l saw upon eat
deck after the collision / never saw
re, and never wish to see again. We
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