The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08


belonged 10 the crathic.
A dispatch TO Lloyds from Rotter-
dam SAYS the Crathie left Mas Luis at
10 o'clock on the night Of January -
for Aberdeen. aud returned 10 Mas
Luis at l:s5.p. m. January 30damaged.
She reported having been in collision
with a large unknown steamer. which
her officers thought was probably an
American liner. The Crathie's stem
line. having been carried away 10 the
third frame.
BUr SHE WAS PERFECTLY TIGHT
and had made no water. The collision
according to the officers Of the Crathie,
occurred hcween and o'clock on the
morning Of January 80. One Of the
crew Of the Crathie was injured by the
collision.
The name OF the tug which has
started from ..owestoft to search for
any possible survivors Of the Elbe is
the Dispatch. The search will he made
in the vicinity Of the Hook OF Holland.
A blizzard-lilxe snow-storm i prevail
ing this forenoon of Lowcstoft and
Yarmouth. rendering the sea invisible
from the shore. coasting traffic IS
wholly suspended
UNAyAHiSG SEARCH
LoNDos. Jan. Si.-The life boat OF the
life-savinr station at Ramgate has re-
turned after being ont fifteen hours
searching for possible survivors Of the
Elbc. but found no trace Of either
boat or wrcckage. The Broadstairs
life boat has also returned. Upon
nearing the station the boat was blown
were dashed into the surf Several 81
them were injured. A binding snow
storm j. raging nj the mouth Of the
Thames and navigation j. suspended
DRIVEN BACK ~ A BIISpISG STORM.
The tremendous wind and heavy Sea
and binding snow-siorm drove the tug
Dispatch back to Lowestoft after She
had proceeded only a short distance on
her WAY 70 search for survivors Of the
Elbe. The storm moderated somcw hat
after her return. and in the afternoon
she started again.
Additional dispatches from Rottcr-
dam say that the officers ~ tie Crathe
report that the ship with which the
Crathie was in collision was a larg,
steamer with two tunnels.
rILoT eEFENHAv STORY.
Capt Greenham. the English pilot on
the EiLe. who was one Of the survivors.
said in the course Of an interview:
When | came on deck of the Elbe
the captain was in charge. The first
order given was: swing the boats out:
don't lower The next was: Every
body on deck: crew to their stations.
This was followed by: Women and
children to the starboard boats. 10 be
saved first
These orders vcr, given by the
captain himself. and yerr repeated by
the chief officer. Tie next order was
Lower the boats There was no
confusion whatever among the crew or
in the giving Of orders. nor was there
panic among the passengers. A high
sea was running and there was a
strong east-southcast wind. There
had been an average OF 10 degrees be-
low the freezing point since the morn
ing. The lanyartls Of the boat grips
were frozen and were chopped away
in order to save time. The ship went
down two minutes after we left her"
SKIPPER WRIGHT OF THE wILDFLowEg.
William Wright. the skipper OF the
fishing smack Wildhower. says. I'VE
were cast-southeast Of LoveStoft with
our TRAVELLING gear down when. about,
Il o'clock yesterday morning, | saw a
ships life boat a mile away The
boat'S mast was naked. but ! saw some
thing huttcring from her stern. The
water was breaking over her bows.
watched the boat closely. Her occu-
pants seemed to think | was going 10
leave them. SO | waved my hat Il
took Us half an hour To get up our
TRAVELLING gear and in the meantime
the boat was drifting away from US.
4 When we got close to them
CAST THEM A ROPE.
but they were so cold. wet and numb
that they could not make il fast for
some time. We pulled them around 10
the side of the smack. and about half
Of them jumped aboard, but the strain
caused by the heavy sea parted the
rope. and the remainder once more
drifted away. Eventually we made an.
other line fast. and four more Of the
unfortunates were dragged in leaving
women and four men in the boat.
The woman lay in the water in the
bottom Of the boat She wore long
coat. but
HAD oy NEITHER boots NOR DRESS
Pilot Grcenham helped her to get on
board the smack. Just as all had
boarded the smack the line again part.
ed and the life boat was lost ! 70,
the woman below and asked all the
others to go TO the engine room while
she took off her clothes and wrapped
herself in dry blankets.