The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08

why ANthAf lti0Ru@ t'eh.
The boat carrying the twenty-onc
persons who were landed nj Lowestoft
put off in such haste from the sinking
steamer that nobody in il noticed what
became Of the other boat The sur
vivors believe, however that she got
away safely. They say that they
tossed about in the heavy seas for sew
eral hours before they sighted the
Wild Flower. The little smack bore
down on them at once and took them
aboard. They were exhausted from
excitement and exposure. Several OF
them were in state of collapse and
had TO be carried and dragged from
one boat TO the other.
The Only Woman survivor.
Miss Annie Buecker, the only wo-
man of the party. was Frustrated rs
soon rs they got clear of the Elbe.
She lay in the bottom of the boat for
five hours with the seas breaking over
her and the water that had been
shipped half covered her body. Al
though her physical strength was
gone, she showed true pluck, and did
not utter a word of complaint and re-
peatedly urged her companions not TO
mind her, but look after themselves.
lIoffmann's leg was hurt severely
while he was changing boats
The survivors cannot say too much
in praise of the Wild Flowers crew,
who gave them every possible atten-
ton.
Taken In Charge by the German Consul.
Upon landing. the survivors were
taken in charge by Il :. Bradbeer, the
German consul at Lowestoft who sent
some To the Sailors home and others
to the suffolk hotel Miss Buecker.
who took passage only 10 >outhamp-
ton. will probably be able to 60 to
London in a day or two.
The story OF Carl Hoffman,.
Carl Hoffman,. who came ashore in
the Wild Flower, said in an interview:
MY home is in Grand Island. Neb.
had my wife and boy OF with me on
the Elbe. am utterly wretched, for
became separated from them and
hardly dare hope that they have been
saved. | am abroad TO visit relatives
in Germany, and during the last four
months was accompanied by my wife
and boy We left Bremen for home on
Tuesday. | was asleep in our state
room when a noise like a gunshot
woke me. | jumped out OF bed
and spoke to my wife, who had been
aroused a. suddenly. | asked her
what she thought the trouble was. but
She seemed 10 pay little attention to it.
was not greatly alarmed, al
though ! heard scufiling of feet
and hoarse shouts on deck. | hur-
ried into few of my clothes and
went TO the upper deck. | saw only
too clearly then what had happened.
rushed below and helped my wife
and boy throw on few clothes. and
we went on deck together The ex-
element and confusion cannot he de-
scribed. never saw anything like ii;
every body seemed to have lost his
yond anything | ever saw. Men.
women and children were running
about madly. the women screaming
with terror, and every man in the
others way The darkness increased
| the confusion and fright.
A Despsiring Cry.
Il suddenly heard shrill. despairing
cries from the women There are no
more boats. | then saw the men at
the davits. ! noticed that the ropes
were frozen so hard or were so tangled
or something Of the sort that the sail
ors had to chop them to get the boats
clear. The sailors were doing their
best. however, and worked with nigh,
and main. They finally got out the
aft quarterboat on the port side.
could see that it was full of people
but the sailors could not lower it,
Meanwhile the steamer was set.
Ting perceptibly. ! took my boy in
my arms and got into the second boat
Ny wife was close behind, when some
body shouted: "All women and chill
/ dren 90 on the other side Of the ship
| believe the captain gave the order
| NV wife started to run across the deck
and that is the last saw Of her.
chung 10 my boy; but some men seized
us and dragged us out of the boat. anc
my place was taken by one Of the ere w
This boat got clear % the steamer
Before the men at the oar.
could get full command of her
a big wave almost dashed
her against the steamers big foremost
which had gone by the board at tn
time Of the collision II was almos
miraculous that the boat was no
swamped- Another boat was got out
took my boy into il, and suppose
that he had remained by my side
but just as the boat was lowered
found that he had disappeared III
had been torn away in the rush an
scramble for places. tried to ge
back. but the boat went down with
jump, and the moment we reached TIL
. water the sailors pushed off,
The United Press reporter called a
the Sailors home at 1880 o'clock {
see Miss Buecker Her doctor said tina
she was in such a state Of nervous G,
haustion when she arrived that he ha
. put her to bed. She had rested, an
felt much better. and would not suffe
any permanent injury from her exps
. riencc.
Miss Buccker Interviewed.
, Miss Buccker said In the su bseauen