The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-04-13
SURVIVORS ARRIVE.
"a Saloon Passenger of the Utopia
Relates His Experience.
VERY LITTLE TINE FOR ESCAPE

Tho Only Two Cabin Passengers
Who Were Saved from the Great
Disaster, Together with 1853 Steer
age Passengers, Safely Landed I'm
New York.
Nsw YORK, April 13.-W. 7. Colbron,
broker of 120 West Forty-seventh
street, and Miss Matilda Sohn, young
Austrian women who resides in this
city, arrived from Gibraltar Saturday on
the Anchor line steamship Anglia They
are the only surviving cabin passengers
of the steamship Utopia, sunk on the
might Of March 18, in the harbor of Glib
raltar, by the British ironclad Rodney.
Among the Anglia's steerage passengers
were 153 immigrants who were rescued
from the wreck.
Mr.. Colbron told his experience in the
disaster. He was in the saloon when the
accident occurred. The shock was SO
slight that he did not think anything
serious had happened. Then he heard
the screams of the steerage passengers.
He went On deck and found them frantic
with fear. He saw the third officer run
forward with a life belt and buckle it
around Miss Sohn. He told her to jump
into the sea, which she did uphestitat-
ingly. She was picked up by life boat
Of the British squadron.
Into the Icy Water.
II was wild night, and he decided to
find out if it was absolutely nece q ry to
Hrust himself to the turbulent and icy
water. So he ran aft to the starboard
rail and looked over. There was "a long
cash, made by the Rodney's ram, ex-
tending several feet below the water
line, abaft of the mainmast. The ship
quickly settled by the stern. Mr.. Col
had no time to put it on. He leaped into
the sea without it just before the vessel
sank
He came to the surface near big
black dog belonging to Capt. Mcknight,
of the Utopia. He and the dog were
pulled into life boat of the Camper
down, the flag ship of the squadron.
His watch had stopped at $50, the
moment he touched the water, and it
mas not been going since. He was gen.
srously treated by the admiral and
banded at Gibraltar. He hired a diver,
drew for him a plan Of his stateroom,
And sent him down to get his baggage.
The diver was successful, and Mr.. Col
sntoes and eurios.
He Jumped Too Late.
Cashier George s. Davis, of the Column
lhian National bank IN Boston, jumped
boo late, and was drawn to his death in
the vortex caused by the sinking of the
ship.
When the officers Of the Rodney found
shat their ship had given death blow
% the Utopia they began firing rockets
DO attract attention from the shore. Then
khe guns of the squadron began to boom,
and responsive booms come from the
Sort. The search light of every man-of-
war in the harbor was turned on the
sinking ship, revealing with the distinct
mess of scene in q spectacular play the
stfugglee of the terrified immigrants for
life. Boats put out from the shore, but
when they got to the wreck there was
not living thing on the stormy waters.
The life boats of the British squadron
had done all the life saving in their
power.
The merchants of Gibraltar and the
lpficers of the men-of-war raised 81 500
Tor the steerage passengers. This was
supplemented by $1,000 subscribed by
the Italian government. There were
also gifts of clothes. OF those who were
saved 40 went back to Italy.
Hope Changed to Despair.
There was one woman who did not
Ghare in the rejoicing over the rescued
mt the Anglia's piersin Brooklyn. She
HMs the wife of Fourth Engineer Nc
Gail. His name did not appear in the
ist of the lost, and Mrs McCull supposed
Ehat he was saved. She has come down
DO the pier every time an Anchor line
hhip from the Mediterranean has ar
rived, hoping that her husband would bo
among the passengers. She came down
Tor the last time Saturday and learned
khe truth.
The law will not be rigidly enforced
against those of the Anglia's steerago
passengers who may have lost all their
baggage in the wreck of the Utopia.
All those who are physically able to take
oAre of themselves will be allowed to
eand.
sixty-four Still Unaccounted For.
LONDON, April 13.-It is announced
khat up to date there had been recovered
the bodies of 451 of the passengers Of the
utopia. There are still sixty four VIC
fims of the disaster to be accounted for.
AN the valuables and property recovered
from the wreck and the dead bodies have
been handed over to the Italian consul,
who publicly expressed his governments
deepest gratitude for the assistance rem
dered by those on board the English war
ships anchored near the scene of the ac--
cident to the drowning passengers, and
FOR the bravery which they displayed in
their noble work of rescue.
~ &
Crazcd by Religion.
: ST.. LOUIS, April 13.-Dr. E. W. Saun-
dars, one of the most prominent physi-
clans in this city, makes the startling
statement that within the past three