Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-31
TIE SINKING or THE ELBE.
Details Of The Terrible Disaster IN
Tho hOTlh SEA.
Tho steamer Nearly Cut In Two BY
tho OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
hCones Described.

hoenes Described.
LONDON, Jan. 3U.-Ffom the details
now a. hand II u learned that the ElDo
was proceeding along ut hor usual rate
Of speed and taking tho ordinary look
oup. Il was dark, but lhore was no |
gale. Suddenly the forward lookout
on the Ellie reported to .ho oilcsr on
deck that the lighis Il a steamer were
clobe aboard over the loit Low. 30.
fore the course OF tIU EiJo could be
changed ~ us TO sheer hor oil from the
approaching tsamof, the LATER struck
her Just about she engine room, going
through her platosas though they were
pUtsUnafd aud itlckng her nose al
most completely through tho hull #
the Elbe. For time tlo Cfalhie held
the Eibo on her nose, Jui then nor
engines were reversed, anu fho backed
cut OF the aperture che had made. ne
sue did no the water rushed into the
Eibo In a torrent aud she began i'm
media,oly TO settle.
The OH Ger In charge Of tho ship Of
once raw che wac doomed aud gave
hurried orders 20 clear away the li'c
boats Tor launching. Three Of tue
boats were Cloarot AMI lowered, but
one Of tlum, ahoftly after Il got clear
ui the steamer, capsizsd aud II IN
| Thought all tue occupants were
drowned.
From tho survivors II Ia learned that
o. soon as the Crathie backed away
| from thp Elho the iu-fushing water
flooded the ait OF tho engine room 10
| quickly that nobody below decks In
thAt part OF the thip had an oppOftuu.
ny 10 escape. The shock VI the col
lis.on was compare { vely slight IN
Wow Of tue damage done, but this IL
explained by tho fact that 70 was
direct cutting blow,
Nearly all the passengers woto asleep
Gt tho Time but many II them were
awakened by the shock, slight aa IL
was. They could hear the rush OF the
rapid iu-ll0wing water aud with cries
Of terror sought 10 make their way TO
the upper deck, The steamer being
loaded by the stern, the water naturally |
rushed ait and this allowed many ol !
the passengers forward 10 reach the |
deck. In tbs case Of the saloon pas
aungers, however, tho result was fatal. |
As they rushed from their slalrr0oms
Into the saloon thuy were met by tue
torrent, against which II was i'm.
possible for them TO make Roadway.
They were caught up and swept ait
toward tho cockpit, whore they were
probably drowned before The ship
iOuuduTei.
Altogether about Hfy Of the pssson-
gers reached the deck, whore the wild. |
ett cOpilslOn eXiBtuu. Wllu rushes
were made for the boats, hut tho terri
bic excitement probably impuded tue
efforts OF those who were trying 10
clear them away. Many hearlfe ding |
scenes were Witnessed between patents
anu children IA tho few minules pre-
ceding the sinking a tue vessel.
One survivor, Car A. Hoffman, de.
clRTea only two boala were iAuucned. |
one OF these was uwnmpod instantly |
and only one Of lis occupants, girl |
named Anna Becker, who was bound |
for Southampton, was rescued. she
chung TO piece OF wreckage which |
she grained 30 tightly that II was 0pIy |
with uitlluulty tnat Hhe was dragged |
into tho second boat. She was jus, |
returning from tue deathbtd VI ner |
iatnor and mother.
Meanwhile, the cry was raised on |
the doomed vessel Tor the women ana
children 10 20 over TO tho other side OF |
the steamer away from the port side, |
IN which was the grult gaping hulu |
caused by the Crathie. The nal, faint |
ing women anu torroi-itflokau chill.
dren hurried 10 the stafbOard side, but |
they had scarcely reached the boats |
when HE huge vessel lifted her b3ws |
high In this mir nud thDu slOwly AMI |
ellently sank, stern foremost, beneath |
the waves, taking with her her human |
freight.
Barely twenty minutes elapsed be-
tween the collision aud the sinking OF |
the steamer A heavy sea was run.
ning and the wind, which was from |
the east southeast, was bitterly cold.
The small boat containing the fur-
vlyoTa tossed about until IL O'Clock Ia
the morning, Several veHsels were
algntei ~ the msaniime, but they
muue no replies 10 tho aignals that were
cent up for them, The Burvlvafs wsr.
nearly frozen, having hardly any
clothing, and their sullsriugs were IN
tense. Eventually tho nshlag SMACK
WillilIwor saw the signals anu bore
down upon tue boat, La a short time
tue SURVIVORS we're taken aboard OF her.
where every taing p0asible was done f5f
lhgir cOmiJrL
ONE or THE VICTIMS.
HELENA, Mont, Jan. 8O.-Kurt
klcinsonmldt, ono Of tho passsngers
lgst on the EiUe, hal lived most of ms
10 In this city anu was ABOUT rs yonrs
OH. He had recently graduated win
highelt honoTs NJ the Royal COLLEGE, of
mining, FTiebefg, Saxony, ami wnn an