The record-union., 1895-01-31

versed and she backed out of the aperture
she had made. As she did so the water
rushed into the Elbe in torrent and she
began Immediately to settle.
The officer in charge of the ship at once
saw that she was doomed, and gave hur-
ried orders to clear away the: lifeboats for
launching. Three Of the boats were
cleared and lowered, but one of them
shortly after it got clear of the vessel cap
sized, and it is thought all the occupants
were drowned. The first boat contained
The Third Officer, Chief Engineer, Purser,
and about twenty of the passengers.
These are the persons who were picked
up by the fishing and taken to
Lowestoft.
From one of the survivors it is learned
that as soon as the Crathie backed away
the lnrushing water flooded the aft of the
engine room so quickly that nobody be-
low deck in that part of the ship had an
| opportunity to escape. The shock of the
collision was comparatively slight, in
view OF the damage done, but this is ex-
planned by the fact that it was direct
cutting blow. Nearly all the passengers
were asleep at the time, but many of
them were awakened by the shock, slight
as 1t was. They could hear the rush of
the rapid intlowing water, and, with cries
OF terror, sought to make their way to
the upper deck. The vessel being loaded
by the stern, the water naturally rushed
ait, and this allowed many of the passen-
gers forward to reach the deck.
MET BY a TORRENT OF WATER.
n Of Tla en11
| however, the result was fatal AS they
rushed from their staterooms into the
saloon they were met by the torrent
against which it was impossible for them
to make headway. They were caught
up ana swept aft toward the cockpit,
where they were probably drowned be-
fore the ship foundered. Altogether,
about fifty Of the passengers reached the
deck, where the widest confusion ex-
listed. Wild rushes were made for the
boats, but the terrible excitement prob
ably impeded the efforts of those who
were trying to clear them away.
HEARTRENDING SCENES.
| Many heartrending scenes were wit
messed between parents and children in
the few minutes preceding the sinking of
| the vessel.
| There is some disagreement among the
survivors as to the number of boats that
were launched. One survivor, Carl
Hoffman, declares that only two boats
were launched. One of these was
swamped instantly. and one of its oc-
cupants, girl named Annie Boecker,
who was bound for Southampton, was
rescued. She clung to piece of wreck
age which she had grasped so tightly that
it was only with difficulty that she was
| dragged into the second boat. She was
just returning from the deathbed of her
father and mother.
Meanwhile the cry was raised on the
doomed vessel for the women and chill
dren to go over on the other side of the
steamer, away from the port side, in
which was the great, gaping hole caused
| by the Crathie. The half-fainting women
and terror-stricken children hurried to
the starboard side, but they had scarcely
reached the boats when the huge vessel
tilted her bows high III the air and silently
sank, stern foremost, beneath the waves,
taking with her her human freight.
| Nearly twenty minutes elapsed between
!
steamer. A heavy sea was running. and
the wind. which was from the east-south-
east, was very cold The small boat con-
tanning the survivors tossed about until
II O'Clock in the morning. Several yes-
sells were sighted in the meantime, but
| they made no reply to the signals that
were set for them. The survivors were
nearly frozen. having hardly any cloth
ing, and their sutferings were intense
| Eventually the fishing smack Wild
Flower saw the signals, and bore down
upon the boat. In short time the sur
viyors were taken on board of her,
where everything possible was done for
| their comfort.
THE SURVIVORS.
The following is corrected list of the
| survivors: Cabin passengers-Carl Hoff-
man, Eugene Schlegel, John Vevera,
Anna Boecker, between passenger Bo-
| then, Chief Engineer Neusell, Third
Officer Stollberg, Purser Wester, Herr
De Hart, Bremerhaven pilot; Robert
/ Greenhall, an English pilot, and ten of
the crew. They arrived at Lowestoft at
$50 this afternoon.
SOME OF THE MISSING.
The following is list OF the first and
/ second-class passengers who are missing:
! Fritz Appel of Munich; Hugo Becker,
/ ChemnitZ; y. Baumann, Berlin: Louise
! BOerneteIt, London; Frau Andrew Bris-
! back, Amsterdam; Frau NJ. c. Connors
South Dakota; Henry \. Castle, Homo
! lulu; Dorothy Castle, Honolulu: DR.. J. c.
| DIETRICH, America; Domingo Furrer,
Guatemala; Fraulein Frank and Jacob
! Frank, America; Anton Fischer. Wash
ington, ID. c.; j. +. Gerlicher Winona,
Mimi; Theodore Geisenheimer. New
York; Ernest Horren, Jew Nork; Anna
Hoffman and Henry Hoffman, Grand
Island, Neb.
STATEMENT OF ONE OF THE RESCUED,
Carl Hoffman, the husband of Mrs.
Anna Hoffman. is among the survivors.
lie is in condition of terrible distress
from the loss of his wife and son. He
pathetically exhibited to the reporter a
gold watch his wife had slipped into his
hand as she parted with him to go to the
starDOard side of the steamer when the
order to that effect was given.
He said: I'VE left Bremerhayen on
/ Tuesday afternoon at o'clock. Our
cabin was one of the second-olass. and
was within six feet of the spot which
received the full force of the shock. NV
wife, child and were asleep, when l was
awakened at 5:20 o'clock by what seemed
to be the ringing of the gong that is used
| 10 call the passengers to meals Fip5ip,r