The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-31

hurried orders to clear away tho lie
boats Tor launching. Three OF tho
boats waro cleared, swung outboard on
the davies and lowered, but ono OF them
shortly after II got clcarof tho steamer
capsIzcd md 1t Is thought that ali oc.
cnpants wero drowned. The first boat
Contained tho third officer, chief eugi.
ileer, purscr and abou. twenty passea.
gers. These aro tho persons who woro
picked mp by tho fishing smack and
taken TO l.owestoit
From tho survivors II 10 learned that
~ soon rs tho Crathio backed away
from tho Elba, tho inrushing water
Hooded tho ait Of the engine room 40
quickly that nobody below decks In
that part Of tho ship had an opportunity
to escape. Tho shock OF the collision
was comparasivcly slight in view OF tho
damage done, but this i, explained by
tho fact that 1t was q direct cutting
below. Nearly all the passengers wero
asleep at the time, but many Of them
were awakSnod by the shock slight Us
II WAS.
A SCENE OF WILD CONFUSION.
They could hear tho rush OF the rap.
idly intlowing water, and. with cries OF
terror. sought to make their way to the
upper deck. Tho steamer being loaded
by the stern. water naturally rushed
aft, and this allowed many oi tho pas.
songers forward to reach the deck. In
the caso OF tho saloon passengers, how.
over, tho result was fatal. As thoy
ruahed from their state rooms in tho
saloon they weno met by tho torrent,
against which it was impossible for
them to make headway. They were
cRught up aud swept at toward the
cockpit, whore they wero probably
drowned before the ship foundered.
Altogether, about fifty passengers
reached the deck, where the wildcat
confusion existed. Wild rushea were
made for the boats, but the terrible ex-
citsmeut prevailing impeded the
efforts OF those who were trying to cloar
them away. Many hear.rending scenes
were witnessed between parents and
children In the few moments preceding
the sinking Of the vessel.
There IL some disagreement among
the survivors as 10 tho number OF boats
that were launched. One survivor,
Karl A. Hoimann. declares the only two
boata were launched. One OF these was
swamped instantly and the only one OF
It's occupants. cir! named Anna
Boecker. who was bound for Southamp-
ton, was rescued. She chung to piece
OF wreckage which she grasped so
tightly that 1t was only with difficulty
that she was dragged into the second
boat. She was iust returning from the
deashbed Of hor father and mother.
$50
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hean"nne 'ne cry was fa''ed Oh tne
doomed vessel for the women and chill.
dreu 10 90 over 10 the othsr aid, NJ
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ried TO the starboard aide. but thoy had
scarce!y reached the boats when the
nuge se'sel lhteu het oo"s hiuh In Tue
a.t ana anen stowiy ahu sllen.iy s.nk'
s'efn io'e'hosI, oenea'u lne Waves TAX.
ihR WIG ner' nu'nan ite'eaI
pate.y twenty ninule. eiapSeu oe,
."eeu .ne eo''.A,ou Auo 'he s'nAlnH Oh
sne steamer. . a hea'y sea was running
aau tne "'nu' Sn'cn ~as from Tue east
soTtueas., TS mas o..'eslI c9id. a.
ihe slna'i po"s contaiu,hE tne euf-
vlvofs 1osteu aoous until ~ CLOCK IN
tne morning. eeVerai vessels were
slghteu IN nne intan..lne, ouI .ney
thaue ~ iep.IS, T, W 1ne s'sna'a t"as "e,o
se' iof nor. rug sutfl'ols "er, heAfiy
itoHen, navins haraly any eio1nihH' anu
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Eveh'uAl.s .ae nsnine SMACK Mlia-
no"et "a" 'ne s'sna,a anu oofe oo"h
On 'he oont' ~ snors 'ine the sur
'lvors were taheI aooatu OF het, wne.e
everything Pos''o'e WAS oone ioe shelr
comfort
THE SURVIVORS
Tho following 10 corroc! list OF the
,r,v;v,-..
go:
Naolh passengets'
Karl Holman.
Eugene schlegel.
John Vcrera.
Anna Boecker.
chat En.;,oar SanssoiI. Tb;rd nw
cor s.ollberg; Puyer Wctsr: Herr De
Hart, Bremerhaven pilot; Robert
1reenhafn' an hngish pllos' and 1en oil
Thev arr;vsd At Iows.,of, \, baIf.n.,t
o'clock this afternoon. -