The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-01
1RE SINKING Of THE ELbE
additional Details of That Tragic
Disaster.
1HE CRATHlE RAMMED HER.
active Lookout for the Second Boat
Let Down From the Eibe. No
Word of Cheer. The Story
of the Collision Graphi-
cally Depicted
BY Southern Associated Pross.

the North German IIlUYd's steam
ship Elbe, with nearly 400 lives, Is
ehe absorbing topic of conversation
and comment i'll all circles this
morning. The latest Information as
40 the lumber of lives lost places it
ct 3I4, at least that is the number
,nissing end there is very little
nope entertained that any of these
Gill eventually he heard from alive.
at is true, however, tnat some
yarmouth and Lowestoft fishing
fmacks, which arc out on cruises
an the vicinity where the Wild
slower picked up the Elbes
Hoat containing twenty survivors,
nave not yet returned to their home
gorts, so that there still remains u
possibility that one or more OF them
may have rescued some Of the un-
.ortunntes OF the lost steamer. On
she other hand the weather is un-
favorable to the survival OF cast
Sways for any considerable length
OF time. n heavy northeast gale Is
Iaglng i'll the North Sea and the
Tenther at Lowesioft aud there
snonts very cold. The gale is III.
rteaslng to almost hurricane, and
Is accom- panied by binding snow
storm.
The owner ut Aberdeen of the
steamship Crathie. winch run into
aud sunk the Elbe, received tele-
gram from the Captain at Mausiuls.
stating that the Crathie's bow was
'errihle crushed bv the impact with
she Cibe, and that tho Crnthie was
an sinking condition when she
renched Maasuis. The captain WAS
neiow at the time OF the collision,
she mate being Ill charge OF the yes
tel.
The latter made statement to the
captain that he has no knowledge
whatever ns to the identity of the
vessel with which the Crathie col
jlded. HIS own vessel wa~ SO terri
b!y damaged that its condition called
DOR the unuivlded attention OF its
officers nnd entire crew, all Of whom
dad to lend their energies to saving
'helr ship and their own lives.
There was a dense fog at the time of
ahe accident, and the vessel with
which the CrathIo had collded was
aost to view in the mist almost i'm.
medintely after the crash.
dispatch to the Lloyds from
Gotterdam says that the Crnthle
ieft Mansluis IL 10 O'Clock the night
OF JANUARY 18th for Aberdeen, ana
Ietutned TO MunNluis ut 1905 D. H.,
january 30th, damaged. she re
reported having been i'll collision
with a large unknown steamer, which
der officers thought WAS probably
Ell American liner.
lhe Crnth'o's stom IL completely
gone nbove the wnter line, having
been carried away To the third
arnme, but WAS perfectly tight and
dad made no water. The collision,
according 10 the officers of the
|rnthle, occurred between d and q
cIoch on the morning of January
1U. one OF the crew of the Cratuie
Tas injured hy the collision.
LONDON, January 3l.-The coast
guard and customs officers are
exciting themselves to the utmost
end are leaving no meuus untr,od
sn the search for the possible SUR
Sivors, or even Tor signs of any
Sind indicating that more of the
AlDe's people escaped than have
set been heard from. Thus far no
article of woodwork or furniture
belonging to the lost vessel has been
"ashed ashore on the Suffolk coast.
% fact IN itself regarded by experts
as proving the sudden completeness
OF the disaster, and tending to
diminish the probabilities OF further
salvage of life being reached.
a lifoboat of the Elbe, it Is true,
Sashed ashore ut Yarmouth last
evening, oars and life buoys being
sound III it, but this Is undoubtedly
abe boat from which the Wildilower
sescued the Survivors yesterday and
~hlcn WAS left adrift after Its occu
pants had been taken off, so that it's
discovery on shore furnishes no ad-
ditlonal news or encouragement.
Mr.. Carl Hofmnnn, of Grand
Island, Neb, who is among the
4aved, reiutes the statement OF the
arashie,s officers that fog prevailed,
10y making the assertion that if tho
sessel which came into collision with
ahe Elbc had stood by the sinking
dhipa a majority of her passengers
mlght have been saved, rs the Elbe
STOOD perfectly still for many min
ates alter the impact. In fact sne
remained motionless until the water
"nlch was pouring into her hold
saused her to lurch violently, after
winch all Was confusion on board.
Trlor TO this, however, discipline
was maintained and there could
Aave been no difficulty in transfer
sing the passengers III an orderly
manner.