Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-22


ESPECIAL By TELEGRAPH TO THs KEcunp-uEIos.l
NEW York, January 20th.-Kunhardt &
Co, agents of the Hamburg American Steam
Packet Company, state that they received
this afternoon cable dispatch from Ham,
burg informing them that the steamer Sultan,
which arrived in Hamburg last night had
been in collision in the German ocean, off
Barkum, in dense fog with an unknown
steamer, supposed to be the Cimbria, which
sailed from Hamburg on the 18th for Havre
and New York This evening Messrs. Kun
hardt received second dispatch conveying
the following intelligence The Cimbria was
sunk Friday forenoon, twelve miles south
west of Barkum, by the British steamer Sui
tan. She sank in fifteen minutes after the
collision. Thirty-nine persons were landed
st Cuxhaven this evening. Other boats are
still out. Our steamers Bavaria and Hansa
and several tugs leave Immediately in search
of the other boats
SECOND DISPATCH.l
New YORK, January 2lst.-J. f. Ii.
Meyer, agent Of the Hamburg American line,
says in regard to steamer Cimbria, sunk in the
German ocean by collision with an English
vessel The steamer Cimbria must have had
between 400 and 800 passengers aboard, and
fear from the cable dispatches that the loss
of life will be great. The steamer carried
eight life.boats, and had crew of los men.
Two years ago compound engines and new
boilers were placed in her.
THIRD DISPATCH.I
LONDON, January 21st-4:S0 P. M.-The
details of the Cimbria disaster show that the
loss of life must have been fearful. A dis
patch from Hamburg, sent by the Hamburg.
American Steamship Company. says that SO
far Sc persons from the Cimbria have been
landed. A number of them are at the Meser
lighthouse. The names of these are not yet
ascertained.
FOURTH DIsPATCH.l
LONDON, January s1st.--The Cimbria left
Hamburg Thursday, with $50 passerge and
crew of Ito. She ran aground before lesv-
ing Ellee, but got off with the flood tide, with
the assistance of the steamer Hsnsa, without
damage, and she pu. to sea at $50 in the af
ternoon. Friday morning she came in col
lision, during thick fog off Barkum, with
the steamer Sultan. The Cimbria sank in a
short time. When the boat with 80 passen-
gers 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 during the night
with similar object. The steamer Sultan,
which suffered heavy damage in the collision,
has arrived in the Elbe.
FIFTH DISPATCHl
LONDON. January 21st.-A dispatch from
Hamburg gives the following-named passen-
gers as among the saved w. Tornemann, P.
Controller, 3. Lorfzs Gessem w. Allendorff,
G. Hamel, w. Dametwig, H. Ranowitz,
Fred. Schoul. r. Peifenkopf and wife, L.
Reicher, L. Scutt, Bourgeois Colin, Coheits.
The above names are sent as received from
Hamburg. Several of them are not clear. The
following named members Of the crew were
saved Second officer Spruth, third officer
Koppman, assistant engineers Sauerbrey and
Oberheide, first steward Harder, quartermas-
tiers Klatt, Wulefken and Lauheizer, Engel
frank not stated), FRANKIE frank not stated.
Between decks-Stewards Thurow and San
derssn, seamen Vierow, AlexanderEen, Joher.
sen, Mirip, Menchow, Jentzer, and boy
named REIN.
sixth DISPATCn.l
HAMBURG, January 21st.-The Cimbria
sustained such severe injuries in the collision
that it at once became apparent that she
must sink almost immediately. The officers
therefore did all in their power to save lives
without moments loss of time. Life belts
were distributed among the passengers, and
an order given to lower the boats. This,
however, in consequence of the vessels keel
ing over on her side, was found to be very
difficult on one side. and absolutely impossi.
BILE on the other. As the second officer was
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SO there should be as much driftwood as pos
sible for the people to cling to when the in
evitabla laundering should occur, the vessel
went down under his feet. He seized spar,
but as several other persons chung to it, he
was obliged to let 20, and he swan to boat
This was the boat subsequently picked up by
the Theta. The second officer steered the
Theta to CuxhaveR. Seventeen other per-
sons have been saved by the steamer Dia-
mond, from Weser misunderstanding fifty
six thus far known to be rescued.
STATEMENT OF A SURVIVOR.
A survivor makes the following statement :
The weather was clear up to Ills o'clock, but
fog then set in, which continued and in
creased in density. The engines of the Cim-
bria were kept at full speed until $780, then
at half speed till 2, after which they were
kept at slow speed. About ten minutes past
the whistle of another steamer was heard,
and the engines of the Cimbris were stopped
instantly. The Sultan's green light was,
owing to the fog, not observed until she was
only $50 feet off from the Cimbria. The LAT
ter struck abaft the 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 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon, and arrived at Cuxhaven about 6.
Brigantine Run Down and sunk by
Steamer.
NEW YORK, January 21st.-Csptain Davis,
of the steamship Gamma, which arrived from
Halifax last night, reports that early yester-
day morning, when eff the end of Long