New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-02
NO MORE ELBE SURVIVORS.
MANY FISHING sMACKs REACH LOVES
ToFT. NONE BRINGING NEWS.
yrvEpA AND HoFMANN STEAK BITTERLY OF
THE LOST sTEAMER's CREw-THE. QUEENS
sorIrITt.,E-TIIE cRATHIE's CAPTAIN
SAYS He THOUGHT TIE ELLIE
WAS SAFE - HIS YES
sFi. ATTACHED.

sri. ATTACHED.
yoneon Y.r. six fishing smscks returned to
I.owes,oft during last night They were Tawhns
near the o: the disaster 10 the Eide Du' ~"
no boats or wreckage. The wind aoated sohe""a'
this morning but the snow Is stu iaiihg anu '''e
sea Is high Many more smacks arrived nj Loves
loft late this afternoon and this evening. Ihey
brought no news. Others arc due 10 arrive TO-
morrow and Sunday. The skipper OF the smack
Competitor which returned tonight, reported 'ha'
he yesterday what he thought was '''a',o"s
and tried 10 catch 1t with boathook. ne MESS"
st. and knowing nothing Of the co'is'on' "iu "''
try for !, again. ,
II ~ understand that the officers and crew o. the
Crathie were examined to-day by the British 'oh-
sui IN Rotterdam They will leave the snip am
return forthwith TO Aberdeen.
vevcrn, HOFFMAN, and Schiese' deniea e''iP"'"
caly this evening that the crathie fema'''u ''s
Mailing for two hours the scene Oh inc co'
Us;on rhey saw that had she done she couId
have saved many lives. Holman. who was aHl"nS
the first 10 reach the Eibes deck aiter inc oo'
Nsion. did not the Crathie answer any % 'l'
Elbe's signals He noticed small steamer "ir"'
entity the one which had struck tire EIDE sre .'i
ing away. Regarding the Deha"oi Vi Wv
crew. Holman says: 49,.
seized lfebet as soon as got on deeK' -, ou ,ha
sailor demanded IT, saying that II bei9nged 70 oIe
Sn" w,i, save Yourself" but he didn't The crew
aid their best to keep the passengers out OF the
boats. . ~,
Hermann ia greatly embittered by the loss of his
wife and child lie talks continually about IT, ana
in each interview makes new charges against ,'e
crew His description OF the final setting Oh the
ship was vivid. He said:
IN the small boat Her bow went up steaaiy INTO mo
the air The deck aS5af sseePf and
toward the PROV. until suddenly all were enguieo'
yeyera and Hoffman, also attack Third Onicer
stoliberg and First Engineer Neussen. Ihey say
that both acted senshy after the rescue ana ina.
Stollberg made no effort to command the ooa'' Out
rave the whole responsibility TO the steerage pas
senger Boethen who had been COOK on French
steamer. They speak highly of Boethen's GOODNESS
and skill and give him the whole credit lot nahas
ing the boat. The company have oooKeo 'eNefa
and Schlegel to sail the steamship omor'a TO-
morrow. and both will start in the morning Tor
Liverpool. , 49,,
The Lloyds agent at Lowestoit mas ioee'sN ''
following telegram: -,,.,
The Queen Is greatly distressed at the terrible
The TO co sHe Of the rescued and
Informed II there is any chance that 'here may NC
other SURVIVORS
To this message the agent replied:
The survivors of the Elbe are sincerely grateeiu
tor Her kind inquiry as 10 5de15 soaay
fear that there is no hope now that any more nave
been saved. A.,
A dispatch from Vienna that among the
Elbe's passengers were the Guttmann oro'ners
d,r.ctor. OF a steam mill company near kaschan
Hungary The Guttmanns had fled 10 escape arrest
Tar forreries by which they defrauded the coihRaiy
and the peasant shareholders OF 800 900 HORNS iney
are sad 10 have given assumed names at the Steam
chip Office. =
rotterdam, Feb captain Gordon OF the
st.amer Crathie has made report TO the Lloyds
commemorative here in which he says tnat ne
was knocked down By the shock of the collision
NJ his ship with what he described as an un-
known vessel When he was able to reach the
deck the ships were some distance apart and IN
consequence he is unable TO give much informa-
t,on In regard to the circumstances or result or
the disaster The vessel which the Crathie
struck he says was big steamer with TWO run
nels and four masts. In reply 20 the question
whether he had taken any steps to save the pas
seneers and crew of the other ship. Captain Cor
don said that his vessel was damaged 10
such an extent that he expected every minute
she would sink. He followed the other ship for
a short time but found that she went much
faster than the Crathe had. therefore, ne
thought she safe. . -
The North German Lloyd Steamship Company,
owners Of the lost steamer Elbe. have arrested
the Crathie by mailing writ to her mast ms ms
action is taken preliminary TO claiming damages
for the sinking Of the Elbe by the Cratnie. Inc
Crathie is worth $1,000 without her cargo.