New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-03
coroner r. investigating. BlOwshas had been mis-. .nc
from his boarding house since Saturday might.
THE ELDER ABANDONED
STILL POUNDING HEAVILY on ATHERFIEID
LEDGE
HER CREW TAKEN OFF BY LIFEBo\Ts WITH
GREAT DIFNCULTY-LITTLE HOPE OF
SAVING TIE STEAMER


SAVING TIE STEAMER
London. Feb. o.-The North German Lloyd steam
ship Elder, which on the Atherfield Ledge on the
Isle Of Wight. while trying u make Southampton
on Sunday night, is stll hard and fast the
rocks and has been abandoned By her crew The
Elder is not insured.
A heavy gale from the southwest set in last night.
causing heavy TO in the Chan rel This
made the Elders position much dangerous The
place where the steamer lies is exposed TO the full
force Of the wind and sea, a1d is Of the most
pcrlous points for navigatOrs in the Channel. owing
to the treaCherOuS current which sets in toward the
ledge, which varies in velocity according to weather
conditions, thus making almost impossible for navi-
gators TO take it GtO their calculations. even the
captains Of cOasing vessels give the place wide
berth
The wind continued 70 frcshen throughout the
night. and - u grew in force the position OF
the Elder grew worse and worse, ana she pounded
violently. Her crew stayed by her all night
During the night the 50 high that 1t en-
dangered the tugs lying by the stranded steamer and
for their safety they were compelled 10 make a
better ofiing. 1t impossible TO attempt to get Il
strain on the Elder from the and they therefore
made attempt TO get her of. The lifcboaiS how
ever being Of much lighter dIauSht, lay alongside 10
render any service they might be called upon TO per
form. The pumps on the Elder were kept WORKING NJ
their full capacity all night but the sea kept slowly
jagged rocks had torn the stout iron plates like pieces
Of cardboard At daylight the steamer signal, for
help Ifeboat was Immediately launched through
the heavy surf and started for the steamer. II 'he
meantime part Of the crew had entered the nicboats
alongside the stranded steamer ana stttfu l"r "'
shore. The sea was running high. and a tremendous
surf was rolling up the beach, but all were landed IN
safety At 80 o'clock this morning two officers ana
eight fremcn having with them case OF gold were
landed from the Elder 10y lifcb0at. With Inc eN
ceptiOn Of this gold, none OF the builoh OF sP'''c
aboard the steamer has been landed.
\ dispatch from Atherfeld at II a. m sad tha'
the position of the Elder had become critical The
tide was Using and. it approached Tie nod' 'Ne
water poured into the steamer. Her ancrh'd was
full. and this naturally pulled her stern down. hi'
ly at such an acute angle That her forehod was per
fcctIy dry. The washing over her quarter
deck and il seemed unlikely that she would ever h"'t
again. II looked rs il she would slide Oh hrr c>uhS
place at any moment and plunge to the bottom' H'I
officers then decided that the steamer was In too dih
cr,, a n,Sition for anv one 10 remain aboard Of her
shortly before halfpast o'clock the sky In the
west began to grow black and furious rain soon De
ctn - pour down. The sea WAS la,hcd to increasing
fury by tie freshenng gale, and As the huge rollers
would sweep in from the Channel thcy ""in Suiho
the stranded steamer with sullcn boom and sweep al
most entirely over her. The Elder has for hour atr
hour stood batteIing from sea and rock That IN inc
case Of weaker vessel would long ago Lave torn her
TO pieces.
A. about O'Clock the iicboas were again launched
for the purpose Of rcscJinS aone oi the members o uc
sbins company who had remained by the Elder to
prevent her from becoming an abandoned wreck Inc
storm by this time lad gained terrific Violence Inc
lfeboab crew Mt Athcrfeld had tremendous srns-
Gle 10 get their craft beyond the bfeakefs'
Finally the boat got under the lee OF the deI "cIo
She was In comparatively smooth water y ihe was
taken from the steamer, and then, dropping alongside
,bn Wfeboat took on board as many Of the she
could safely carry, ard headed for the shOre; me
lfeboats from Bhghtstone and Lewis, had SmHhr eN
neric nces but after long struggle they too reached
the Elder and took of the remaining memlers 9f the
steamers The lfebatt. aittr an cHor' - , nsN
perilous voyage succeeded I'm bringing every bWy ltV
he ship to the shore In IN 'y m yolcAee A the u'' went
The captain Of the Elder was the Int person 20
eaES G Rs S S,s Yo rms All the % ocers cr AID
made comfortable as possible ana were SnPp'loo up go
with dry clothing ard warm i"d before StuuIe "l
the tourney to Newport In coaches. The crew hAl
evidently suffered terribly from exposure. .,.,,
n he With iG]mGT ,me P6s g6e 1 @ %crfS In the e F2
were able to keep the fires gons ara 10 sppp IdS m f
vessel the water rushed through ne Gp nnes ana
quickly eXiingushcd all the irc,. hl M,uus Fhru %
Of every effort The water gained RAPIDLY on them untii
finally the lower dccsS. and tn,m tacc ai'r '''"
In an Interview one ~ thc 0lc r. u me snip say
the passage was good one. the EdaT @ ,'eanrh ,nir
sharp lookout for pilots bul non. WEI" ,,' ,'',rrl %
the Need nor the southampton lSnt, seen, Inc
passcngc spent peasant evening. IN" blHu pltN
below deck. The captain had p'ie)nal c'nig' 0I ihr
ship NJ the time OF the accident -onndihg wa, be,u-
taken every i've minute and the Nc,~' was a, ,, ,ra
when She first came in contact win i ,G RIM ' ~
vessel tiemhlod throughout aud three slleIt DUMPS p
lowed. for II short time none of rs rahLcd me icI
state Of affairs. Iut presently the fo- lifted somewhat
revealing the ships position. close 70 some ems ana
firmly cIadlcd In rocks. We stlll eApccil, however;
10 h,at unnjuNd with the tide The llicboat' uSrd
I'm the rescue Of The Elders crew had 10 be lowered -o
frct fom the cliffs, where they drawn up on the
I,rr vin.I, night I'm consequence Of the gall
few bags of the mail from th" Elder, ana 80
passengers were driven fon Atiericd across the Isle
Of Wight 10 COweS. where they took steamer 10 Sout
ampOn. Here all the passengers destined Tor Iferh
viii De transferred TO the North German Lloyd steamer
IIavcl. Captain JungSt
All the pas,cngcrs concur In denying the sensational
reports that panic prevailed when The steamer elrIh
or aftcrward. They say that they were na'uTily m
stortlod when the steamer brought up but that many
OF them had already discounted accident OF some
sort owing to the dense fog. The best OF 0sclphhe
was observed by the crew.
The local agents Oelrichs & Coz said that the Elder
took away from this port 1921 027 in specie oI ti'9
-. bars Of silver valued at sIa2.o0o had been
shjpped by J. a ". Seigman. Hardy q Hammond
had kbpped seventy bars valued at $1,000: lleidel-
boch Ickehemer d Co., twenty four bars worth T2i
600. lanes f.. Ward Co.. six packages OF Mexican
aoI,.,s valued AT $4,000. The only gold on board
,vne one box shipped BY Wells, Fargo a CO., ana ap
praised at -I",o-'
OTHER MISIIAPS TO SHIPPING.
tondon Feb 2.-n the gale last night the machinery
~ ,be mail packet Normandy. plying between New
,Ioven and Dleppe gave out when the vessel was IN
~. middle Of the channel, She was in prccarioIs
noition and began to discharge rockets. The steamer
rtiur ia thp ltfue II