Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-02-07

the survivors as to the number OF
boats that were launched. One sur
vivor. Karl A. Holman, declares that
only two boats we're launched instant.
ly and only one of its occupants, a
girl named Anna Boecker, who was
bound for southampton, was rescued.
She was just returning from the death
bed of her father and mother. Mean.
while the cry was raised on the doom.
ed vessel for the women and children
TO 90 over to the other side of the
steamer away from the port side, in
which was the great gaping hole caus-
ed by the Crathie. The halffainting
women and terrer-stricken children
hurried to the starboard side, but they
had scarcely reached the boats when
the huge vessel lifted her bow high in
the air and then
SLOWLY AND SILENTLY SANK
stern foremost beneath the waves,
taking with her her human freight.
Barely twenty minutes elapsed be-
tween the collision and the sinking of
the steamer. A heavy sea was run
ming and the wind which was from
the east-southeast, was bitterly cold.
The small boat containing the sur
yivors tossed about until noon. Sew
eral vessels were sighted in the mean
time, but they made no replies to the
signals that were set for them. The
survivors were nearly frozen, having
hardly any clothing, and their suffer
ings we're intense. Eventually the
fishing smack Wildflower saw the sig
nails and bore down on the boat. In
short time the survivors were taken
aboard her, where everything possible
was done for their comfort.
BREMEN, Jan. 3O.-The main Office
being located at Bremen, the agents
here were only able to speculate as to
the number of souls on board and
could only furnish list of the names
Of her principal officers. The Elbe
carried l76 all told on her last voy-
age. On her last outbound passage
to this country the Elbe had on board
232 passengers, divided as follows:
20 first cabin, AZ second cabin, and
100 steerage. The sailed from New
YORK Jan. l6 and was reported be-
ing out on Jan. 26.
A STAUNCH SHIP.
The company regard the the Elbe
as one of their stauchest ships. She
was of 4,5lO gross tonnage, $500
horse. power, 4lS feet long, A feet
beam, 35 feet deep and capable of a
speed of II knots an hour. Her pas.
senger accommodation capacity was
l3O first cabin, l2O second, and 9OC
steerage. She was built in 1881 by
the Fairfield Ship Building Co., Of
Glasgow.
Holberg, third officer, reports from
Lowestoft. "Elbe was struck port
side in the way mail room by an un-
known steamer, sinking in twenty
minutes. Stormy weather. Watch
in order. Hope second boat which
was lowered may be safe, as severa
fishing vessels and steamers were ir
the vicinity. Good discipline. Every.
thing done to save life,"
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The last ofic
ial cablegram received at the New
York Office of the North German
Lloyd company here today from thu
Bremen shows a total loss of 332 peo
pie by the sinking of the Elbe. 0
: those aboard, fifty we're cabin passen
gers and l49 steerage. The crew il
, an entirety consisted of l53 people
OF the cabin passengers forty-fou
; were bound for this city. and six wer
! booked for England; of the steerag
139 we're for New York and ten wer
, for England. The crew consisted o
the captain, l45 petty officers AM
crew, three stewardesses and fou
= mail clerks. OF the entire number Q
people aboard twenty were saved.