St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-31

from Lowestoft to the scene of the
wreck and search tor auy of the
survivors that may be at1Oat. The Ger
man vice consul has purchased guam
tity Of clothing for the survivors, and
has done everything i'll his power to re-
lleve their distress. The rescued are
now at the Sailors home at LoWestofE
and the Suffolk hotel at that place.
Karl Hoffman,. the husband of Mrs.
Anna Hoffman, is among the survivors.
He is in Il condition of terrible distress
from the loss of his wife and son. He
pathetically exhibited to the represent
alive of the Associated Press Il gold
watch that his wife llad slipped
ed with him TO go to the
starboard side of the steamer when the
order to that effect was given. lie said:
There was terrible scene of confu-
sion on deck following the collision.
Suddenly there was heard shriIl de-
spairng cry of there are no more boatS.'
l saw men at the davitS frantically
choppiug at the frozen tackle of
Il boat. This boat was full of people,
but it could not be lowered. l saw one
boat swamped. We tried to rescue
those in The water. but all saws enc,
Anna BOecker, disappeared. Our boat
was then showed off. We saw many
vessels bu tcould not attract their at
tentlon. We used sails and shirts for
signals, but the passing vessels paid no
attention to them. Eventually the sig
nails were answered by the smack Wild
Flower.
After the collision rockets were fired
from the steamer. but no help came.
think it was impossible that any others
were rescued, as the
Ship Sank Almost Immediately
after we had left it. don't believe that
the steerage passengers were aware or
the accident. because the collision did
not make much noise. We were exposed
to heavy sea and bitter winds for over
five hours. The boat shipped water
constantly"
Chief Engineer Neusell IL an inter>
view said: The steamer that ran into
Us appeared to be vessel of about
1,5O0 tons. Nothing was visible by
which either her name or her halling
port could be ascertained."
The chief engineer declined to give
any opinion as to how the catastrophe
happened. He said that the Elbe had
mad good passage until the accident
occurred. Not more than twenty min
utes elapsed before the steamer sank.
1t was only the position that the E!be
assumed when the water rushing into
her made its volume felt that prevented
the launching of more boats.
Everything possible, including the
firing of rockets, was done in the short
time before the vessel settled down.
The night was very dark at the time of
the collision.
Chief Stoker Fuerst says that the in
rush of the water quenched the fires
quickly. All below knew from the tor
rent pouring in that nothing would pre-
vent the vessel from fOundering. He
saw the captain on the bridge when he
went on deck, but did not see the pilots.
1t may be pointed out that sometimes
intending passengers from Hamburg or
Bremen do not wait for The departure
OF the German steamers from those
ports, but come TO England and take
passage aboard of them at Southamp-
ton. 1t may be that some Of those who
intended to travel by the EIbe did this.
II they did, they. of course, escaped
the disaster Every effort is being made
to ascertain whether this course was
followed by any of the persons who
proposed going 10 New York on the
ElDe.