The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-31
SUNK N A STORM.
The Steamer Elbe Lost
With $50 Lives.
STRUCK BY A SMALLER SHIP.
The Sea Let Into The EIbG by a Big
Hole in Her Side.
PASSENGERS IN A PANIC.
The Colliding Craft Of
fers No Assistance.
SMALL BOATS SWAMPED
SMALL BOATS SWAMPED
ONLY 81 PERSONS SAVED so FAR
as KNOWN.

The Scene of the Disaster Fifty
Miles on the Coast of suROIL-The G
Passengers in Bed When the
Crash Came-The Sea Running
Very High and the weather Bit
terly cOld-OnIy Time TO Lower
Three Boats Before the steamer
sunls-One of the Three swamped
and the Fate of the Third Un-
known.
London, Jan. sO.-The North German
Lloyd steamship EIbe, bound from Bremen
for New York, was sunk in collision
with small steamer so miles off Lowestoft
early this morning. She carried $50 souls.
But survivors have been landed, but a
few others may still be ahoat in one of the
ships small boats. At 10 o'clock tonight
the number of lives lost was given out as
20
The survivors Of the wreck were landed
at Lowestoft by the fishing smack Wild
Flower, at $40 o'clock this afternoon.
They are: Stollberg, third officer Neus-
sell first engineer; Weser, paymaster;
schultheiss, Linkmeyer and Sitting, assis-
tant paymasters; Furst, chief stoker: /:
Niobe, steward; Wenning. Singer and Sell
bert sailors; Dreson and Batko, ordinary
seamen; Deharde, a German pilot Green
ham, an English pilot; Hofnann, Lugen.
schlOegel and Vevera of Cleveland. O., sa-
loon passengers; Bolthen, a steerage pas
senger and Miss Anna Buecker.
Hofmann's home is in Nebraska. HIS
vile and boy went down with the ship.
All of the survivors were in a pitable
condition. The passengers were but half
clothed. Their few garments were frozen
stift their hair was coated with ice, and
anxiety and effort had exhausted them so
completely that they had to be helped
ashore
The officers and sailors were fully dress
ed' but their clothes had been drenched
ana frozen and they had been almost par
alyaed with cold and fatigue. They had
oeeh ashore three hours before they had
me wreck. Their accounts agree upon
me following points: The Elbe left
Dreman on Tuesday afternoon. The few
Nours OF the voyage before the disaster
were uneventful. At O'Clock this morn
ing me wind was blowing very hard and
tremendous sea was rum ng. The morn
ing was unusually dark Numerous lights
were seen in all directions, showing that
many vessels were nearby. The captain
therefore, ordered that rockets should be
sent up at regular intervals to warn the
0laIt TO keep out Of the Elbe's course.
3" was nearly 6 o'clock and the EIbe was
sumo nifty miles off Lowestoft, coast Of
90Nolk' when the lookout man sighted a
steamer of about 1900 tons approaching.
ne gave the word and, as a precaution,
.,'e number Of rockets was doubled and
'''sy We're sent up at short intervals The
warning was without effect. The steamer
eoiUe on with unchecked speed and be-
lure the Elbe could change her course or
e'uee her speed noticeably, there was the
'-i'Hlc crash of the collision. The Elbe
N, -e onaAl neF engine room.
"Aeh the small steamer wrenched away,
si5 SL enormous hole was left in the Elbe' 8
sue sue The water poured through and down
-,o r tAe engine room in a cataract The
I'm I'm hled almost instantly. The en-
slIes sues We're still and the big hull began to
me passengers were in bed. The bit
s G cold and rough sea had prevented
oa S early rising, and no one except the
L.oers and crew on duty was on deck
orl "neA the ship was struck The steerage
VA reused everybody. The steerage
u,o n panic in a moment and men,
th9Heh and children half dressed or in
81 81 night clothes came crowding up the
sol soo"lehlonways. They could hear the
t.ouu OF rushing water as the other
l,r1tN inner backed off and had felt the Elbe
fs,. and settle. They had grasped the
~ mat 1t was then life or death with
c,,-rl' and almost to a man had sue
IN Ioeu to their terror They clung to-
,,1r ST.. in groups. facing the cold and
on 5il.' ,t ana cried aloud for help or prayed
sNe4r knees for deliverance.
a fe fa, oIhcers and crew were calm. For
ror.s. ro moments they went among the ter
'cAen groups trying to quiet them