Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-07

hi.'hiSeu " push my way on deck,
The ship resounded with heart-rend-
ing cries from all quarters, although
the officers seemed to be doing all
that they could to calm the people. |
saw lot of sailors making a rush
for boat and 1 joined in with them
Somehow the boat was lowered and 7
managed to scramble into it. altbourh
it seemed to me as if about hundred
people were trying to do the same. We
pushed some of them away for it was
utterly impossible to load the boat any
more and we could see that the Elbe
was doomed. She was rolling terribly
and settling down on one side in
manner which seemed to threaten
turning her over entirely. Somehow
or other we got away and a number
OF people We're drowned as they
jumped into the sea and swan after
Us. OF course we could not put back
Tor anybody or we should have been
pulled under by people who were al
ready struggling in the water. Some
llnle later, cannot say how long, for
was tco horrl1ed to think, the Elbe
gave fearful lurch sideways and
sank with a bursting sound. 1t seemed
to me as if something blew IN on
board of her as she went down T
don't know what became of the vessel
that ran into US. ] saw a light some.
where in the distance and sIIpnosed
that it was her; but / cannot say anv-
thing for certain. l had a brother on
board who was from Germany, like
myself. We were on our way to the
United States where we have rela-
tives. 1 don't know how many people
drowned, but L should think
there were at least three
hundred persons went down. There
was another boat lowered at about
the same time that we got away, but
1t sank soon afterwards. | think that
1T was so crowded with people that it
could not float. The chief engineer.
who had charge of our boat, did all
that he could for us while we drifted
about. He says that he is certain
that a third boat was lowered from
the Elbe and that he believes that she
/ was surely able to reach the coast of
| Holland in safety. He wanted the
English fishing smacks to take us to
! the German coast, but the fishermen
insisted upon bringing us here
A still later dispatch received from
Lowestoft, at about 1920 p. M, seems
TO indicate that the disaster was even
more serious than first out
fined. 1t is now said that there were
about four hundred people on board
the Elbe, two hundred and forty pass
engerS and crew of about ole nun
dred and sixty, besides a number of
cattlemen returning to the United
States. Of this number it is now an
nounced that only five passengers, the
first engineer, the third officer, four
pay-maSters, seven Seamen and two
polOts We're landed by the fishing
smacks. The remainder went down al
most Immediately with the steamship.
New York, Jan. 31.-The following
list of saved has been cabled to Del
rlchs & Co.: Eugene Schlegel, Jan Yer
era, Anna Blocker, Bothen, steerage,
Third Officer Stolberg, First Engineer
Meussell, PurSer Wefer, Assistant
PurSer SchlutinS, Assistant Purser
Lnkmeyer, Assistant Purser Sittig,
Chief StOker Feurst, Steward Koebe,
Seaman Winning, Seaman Finger, Sea-
man Seibert Seaman Dresow, Seaman
Baettke, Pilot Deparde, Pilot Green
ham. Karl Hoffman.
The name of Anna Blocker does not
appear on the list of the passengers
and officers of the North German Lloyd
say that it may be Hugo Becker, a
first cabin passenger.
New York, Jan. 31-The following is
the complete list of first and second
cabin passengers on the Elbe: First
cabin-Fritz Appel, Munich; Hugo
Becker, Chemnitz; Director Bauman,
Berlin; Mrs. Hermine Sanders, Fal-
mouth, Mass; Anton Fischer, Washing
ton; John B. Woke, st. Charles, Mo-;
Charles Wix, New York; Mrs NJ.
Corners, South Dakota; Henry Castle,
Honolulu; Dorothy Castle, America,
Mrs. Knippfel, BrandenDurg; Louis
Thwett, Vienna; Walter Schnell, Due
rem; Ernest Heeren, New York;
Domingo Furrer, Guatemala
Louise Bernefell, London; Frau and
Rev Brisbach, Amsterdam; Fraulein
Frank, Jacob Frank, America; J. +.
Gerlicher, W:nona Mimi; Theodore
Geisenheimer, New York; DR.. J. G.
DIETRICH, America.
Second cabin-MrS. Louise Kuehn,
New York; Jake Frank, Buffalo; Eu-
gene Schelegel, Fuerth; Miss Emma
Schlegel, Fuerth; Mrs. Sophie Rhodes,
Washington; Eugene Rhodes, Wash
ington; Carl Hoffman, Mrs. Anna HOff-
man, Henry Hoffman, Grand Island,
Neb,; Mrs. Andrew Bribach. Mrs. Vat
tier Kraane, Andrew Vattier Am
Sterdam; Julius RoSenbaum, Berlin
Adolph Islaub, New York; Ernst
Masseberg, Louisiana; Kurt Klein
schmidt, Helena, Mont; Rudolph, Leip-
sic; ]. Fl. Hahn, James Verera, Kret-
too Kor, Frank Miskoloz,
Eduard Miskoloz, Esterla Gold
ner, Esperjes; Mr. Lockhart, New
York; August Sander, Esseol; Peter
Powierski, Kasanitz; Miss Clara
Wiengastner, Flehingen; Carl Nuss-
baum, Berlin; Rudolph Nolte, Leipsic.
LoWestoft, Feb. IA dispatch from
Ramsgate announced that a life boat
has returned after having been fifteen
hours at sea searching for survivors of
the steamship Elbe, but no trace Of
the missing life boat or Wreckdge have