The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-02-14

toft late this afternoon and evening.
They brought no news. Others are due
soon. The skipper of the smack Com.
petitor, which returned tonight, re-.
ported that he cav yesterday what he
thought was a mailbag and tried to
catch it with boathook. He missed it,
and knowing nothing of the collision
did not try for it again. Handbills dis
tributed in Lowestoft say that Consul
Bradbeer will pay ESQ for the body OF
Walter Schnell, one of the Elbe's first
cabin passengers. The Shipwrecked
Mariners Society has sent . barometer
to Skipper Wright of the Wildfower
and G1O to each of his men, and the
Mayor of Lowestoft has opened a fund
for their benefit. As regards the be-
havior of the Elbe's crew Holman
says:
II seized lifebelt as soon as I got on
deck, but sailor demanded it, saying
that it belonged to the crew. l gave it
will save yourself but he did not. The
crew did their best to keep the pas
sengers out of the boats"
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the loss of his wife and child. He talks
continually about it and in each inter-
view makes new charges against the
crew. He said this afternoon:
I" I was born among the Indians out
West. / have gone through rough times
with my family. Now it is all over with
them, and they have been sacrificed by
the carelessness of these men. do not
e.
think of my loss."
Hofmann's description of the final
settling of the ship was vivid. He said:
81 could see her sinking rapidly as we
pulled away in the small boat. Her
bow went up steadily into the air. The
incline grew sleeper and could see the
poor wretches aboard her climbing and
crawling toward the bow, until sudden
ly all were enguifed."
Vevera said to a reporter tonight:
"There was lot of green hands in
charge of the lifeboats. They were 10
excited they did not know what they
we're about. They filled one boat and
then dumped all the occupants into the
water. The crew in our boat was very
reluctant to admit Miss Buecker. Hof-
mann and dragged her in without any
aid from the seamen."
Veyera and Holman also attack
Third Officer Stollberg and First Engi-
nerr Neussell. They say that both act
ed selfishly after the rescue, and that
Stollberg made no effort to command
the boat, but gave the responsibility to
one of the steerage passengers, Boethen,
who had been cook on French steamer.
They speak highly of Boethen's cool
ness and skill, and giving him the whole
credit for managing the boat. The
company has booked Vevera and Schle-
gel to sail on the steamship Umbria to-
morrow morning for Liverpool. Each
has received SIS from the company, as
they lost every thing with the ship, Hof-
man losing slOO and Schlegel 200.
The London manager of the line said
to-day that he had questioned the ma
iority of officers and men saved from the
Efbe, and their statements were highly
satisfactory. The evidence was unani-
nous that perfect discipline was main
tanned on board the Elbe. He could
not say anything definite az to the COM
pany's future action. Serious blame
rested somewhere, he added, but he had
the utmost confidence in the skill and
experience of the Elbe's officers. A late
dispatch from Bremen says that the Of
fetal inquiry into the wreck will proba-
bly, be held there.
THE QUEENS MESSAGE.
LONDON, February 4.-The Queen has
sent a message to the agents OF the
Lloyd's line expressing regret at the loss
of the Elbe, and asking to be informed
if there was any chance of there being
any more survivors. The agents replied
they feared there WAS no hope OF any
more being saved.
FOB RELIEF FUND.
BERLIN, February "A committee
finds for the relief of the families and
others dependent upon the victims Of
the Elbe disaster.