Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-02-07

according to the officers of the Crathie,
occurred beween and 6 o'clock on the
morning of January 3d. One of the
| crew of the Crathie was injured bv the
collision.
The name of the tug which has
started from Howestoft to search for
any possible survivors of the Elbe is
the Dispatch. The search will be made
in the vicinity of the Hook of Holland.
A blizzard-like snow-storm is prevail
ing this forenoon off Lowestoft and
Yarmouth, rendering the sea invisible
from the shore. Coasting traffic is
wholly suspended.
UNAvAILING SEARCH
LONDON, Jan. 31.-The life boat of the
life-saving station at Ramgate has re-
turned after being out fifteen hours
searching for possible survivors of the
Elbe, but found no trace of either
| boat or wrcckage. The Broadstairs
life boat has also returned. Upon
nearing the station the boat was blown
ashore by violent gale and the crew
were dashed into the surf Several of
them were injured. A binding snow
storm is raging at the mouth of the
Thames and navigation is suspended.
DRIVEN BACK BY A BLINDING STORM.
The tremendous wind and heavy sea
and binding snow-storm drove the tug
Dispatch back to Lowestoft after she
had proceeded only short distance on
her way to search for survivors of the
Elbe. The storm moderated somewhat
after her return. and in the afternoon
she started again.
Additional dispatches from Rotter-
dam say that the officers of the Crathie
report that the ship with which the
Crathie was in collision was large
steamer with two tunnels.
PILOT GREENHAM's STORY.
Capt Greenham, the English pilot on
the Elbe, who was one of the survivors,
said in the course of an interview:
when l came on deck of the Elbe
the captain was in charge. The first
order given was: Swing the boats out;
don't lower The next was: Every
body on deck; crew to their stations
This was followed by: Women and
children to the starboard boats, to be
saved first"
''These orders were given by the
captain himself, and were repeated by
the chief officer. The next order was
Lower the boats" There was no
confusion whatever among the crew or
in the giving of orders, nor was there
a panic among the passengers. A high
sea was running and there was a
strong east-southeast wind There
had been an average of 10 degrees be-
low the freezing point since the morn
ing. The lanyards of the boat grips
were frozen and were chopped away
in order to save time. The ship went
down two minutes after we left her."
SKIPPER WRIGHT OF THE wILDFLowER.
William Wright, the skipper of the
fishing smack Wildfiower, says: I'VE
were east-southeast of Lowestoft with
our TRAVELLING gear down when. about
II o'clock yesterday morning, l saw
ships 1ife-boat a mile away The
boats mast was naked, but 1 saw some
thing f1uttering from her stern. The
water was breaking over her bows 1
watched the boat closely. Her occu-
pants seemed to think 1 was going to
leave them, so l waved my hat. 1t
COoh uS udl1 ILL hOuT IL peU up
trawling gear and in the meantime
the boat was drifting away from u.s.
When we got close to them
CAST THEM ROPE,
but they were so cold, wet and numb
that they could not make it fast for
some time. We pulled them around to
the side of the smack, and about half
of them jumped aboard, but the strain
caused by the heavy sea parted the
rope, and the remainder once more
drifted away. Eventually we made an
other line fast, and four more of the
were dragged in. leaving
a women and four men in the boat
The woman lay in the water in the
bottom of the boat. She wore long
coat, but
HAD ON NEITHER BOOTS NOR DRESS.
Pilot Greenham helped her to get on
board the smack. Just as all had
the smack the line again part
ed and the life boat was lost. 1 got
the woman below and asked all the
others to go to the engine room while
she took off her clothes and wrapped
herself in dry blankets.