The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-02
THE CREWS COWARDLY WORK
.rRVIvORs COVER THE ELBE's
SAILORS WITH SHAME.

Latter Out of the BOats-The Occu-
pants of One Boat Dumped Into
the Water by the Green Seamen
irving to Nan II.
London, Feb. LIT is understood that
the officers and crew OF the Crathie were
examined to-day by the British consul in
Rotterdam. They win leave the ship and
return forthwith to Aberdeen.
Jan Vevera. Carl Hofmann and Eugene
sch,egel denied emphatically this even
ing that the Crathie remained signalling
f5r two hours near the scene Of the col
uslon. They say that had she done so she
could have saved many lives. Hofmann,
who was among the first to reach the FL
he's deck after the collision, did not see
the Crathie answer any of the Elbe's sig
mails He noticed a small steamer, appar-
enGy the one that struck the Elbe, steam
ing away. As regards the behavior of the
Ebes crew. Holman says: Il seized
life belt as soon as / got on deck, but a
sailor demanded it, saying it belonged to
the crew. gave it up, with the remark:
We'll. I hope you will save yourself but
he did not. They crew did their best to
keep the passengers out of the boats"
Hofmann was greatly embittered by the
loss Of his wife and child. He talks con-
tnually about it, and in each interview
makes new charges against the crew.
vevera told a reporter tonight There
was a lot Of green hands in charge of the
meboats. They were so excited they did
not know what they were about. They
6Ued one boat and then dumped all the
occupants into the water The crew
in our boat were very reluctant to admit
Miss Becker Hoffman and / dragged
her Ia without any aid from the seamen.
Veyera also attacked the third officer,
stolberg, and first engineer, Neussel.
He says that both acted selfishly after the
rescue and that Stollberg made no effort
TO command the boat, but gave the whole
respons 1ility to the steerage passenger
Boethsn, who had been cook on
French steamer. They speak highly Of
Boethen's GOODNESS and skill, and give
him the whole credit for managing the
boat
The company have booked Vevera and
scalagel to sail on the steamship Um-
bHa tomorrow and both will start to-
morrow morning for Liverpool. Each has
received SIS from the company as they lost
everything with the ship.
Many more smacks arrived at Lowestoft
late this afternoon and this evening. They
brought no news. Others are que TO ar
rive tomorrow and Sunday. The skipper
Of the smack Competitor, which returned
tonight reported that he saw yesterday
what he thought was mail bag and tried
to catch it with a boat hook He missed
it and, knowing nothing of the collision,
did not try for it again. Hand bills dis
4 rlbuted in Lowestoft say that Consul
Brljber viii pay $50 for the body of Walter
81 Scnnell one of the Elbe's first cabin pas
sangers.
The Shpwrecked Mariners Society has
selta barometer. to Skipper Wright Of the
Wild Flower and 80 TO his men, and the
mayor of Lowestoft has opened a tund Tor
their benefit.
a dispatch from Vienna says that among
NE Elbe's passengers were the Guttmann
Bros directors of a steam mill company
near kanchan, Hungary. The Guttmann's
had ded to escape arrest for forgery by
which they defrauded the company and
The peasant shareholders Of 10000 forins.
They are said to have given assumed
names an the steamship office.
Lloyd agent al Lowestoft has received
Ae following telegram: THE queen is
greatly distressed at the terrible disas-
YER the steamship Elbe, and viii be glad
" Know the condition of the rescued ones
ana To be informed If there is any chance
Uat there may be other survivors"
MO 10 this message the agent replied:
IAe survivors of the Elbe are sincerely
s1aleIul for her majesty's kind inquiry
as 10 their condition. All of them are able
70 start for London to-day. 1 fear there
saved"
me Pan Mall Gazette, in a leading ar
S1ie on the loss of the Elbe, says: Had
G5 Llpe been a penny steamer packed
,o.s ".a ho,day makers, we should say
olMng, but what shall we say of the
.oS9 OF a steamship belonging to one of
-s greatest of the transatlantic lines,
,Sie only twenty lives are saved, fif-
gA ol them being of the crew, and only
r. woman among the total number?
~ 49, ~ accepting as true the statement
H9 surviving members of the crew.
IN any were they scrambling to port while
So.t. tempt was being made to lower the
- 10 starboard? Why were the
Susn and children sent to starboard
of ~ AsO OF the ship to port made use
ts ~ ~. starooard boats impracticable. 1t
in F-.s Z Ol a seaman's duty to be drowned
of g OF need in trying to save the lives
passengers -
s-s.- -so.'s.aam, Feb, Capt Gordon of the
ILL., Lrath-e has made a report to
savs representative here in which he
Of ne vas knocked down by the shock
dssort, lolLs-on of his ship with what he
he as an unknown vessel. When
tba S .t aele to get up and reach the deck
in Ups We're some distance apart and,
NM 94uence, he is unable to give
Guns. formation in regard to the cir
yeeesi 9es or result of the disaster. The
vas HH-ch the Crathie struck, he says.
iopr o's steamer with two tunnels and
pbs4.IlasiS. ilas In reply to question
he l. rs ne had taken any steps to save
sbin fc9ashsers and crew of the other
APT Gordon said his own ship was
pac+s5 10 such an extent that he ex-
toIov-,ee very minute she would sink. She
b1t fo,.- lhe other ship for a short time.
he Gu mat she went much faster than
She gg-.'ale' W.. and, therefore, he thought
coransrI.o German Lloyd Steamship
lsli5. have arrested the Crathie by
Is ,sl.' writ to her mast. This action
ases fo- prelminary to obtaining dam
Cfafb5o.r The sinking Of the Elbe by the
out ber IN. me Crathie is worth Is, 900 with
loy5 ~. Feb. 1.-The North German
jan % .-ailship Fulda from New York
Eesar .sh ran aground while coming up the
f5atea o's morning. The Fulda was
3ocs at nigh tide and proceeded to her