Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1895-01-31
THE NEWS IN NEW YORK.
The Tidings of Disaster Carried Dismay to
Many Hearts.

The Tidings of Disaster Carried Dismay to
Many Hearts.
New YORK, Jan. :I.-The news of the
sinking of the steamship Elbe in the North
sea caused widespread dismay in this city.
Thousands of citizens. with many thou
sands uf friends. living here have crossed
and recrossed On this Selfsame ship or 9th
CT ships of the Same line, and to each of
these Thousands the dreadful tidings
brought reflections that made their hearts
quake
Gustav Srhwab Of the North German
Lloyd line has this to say of the disaster
The FlhC has been lost under circum
stances that reflect no discredit on her
construction l think. too. that ii will
be found that her commander was devoid
of blame. Science and care may reduce
the risks of travelling by sea to mini
mum. hut there are some dangers thnt can
never be gotten rid Of Collision is one
of these From the meagCr accounts of
the disaster that we have SO far receivedi ii
appears that the Elbe was struck by
steamer that did not stand by to render
assistance. Note. first, that she was struck
she did not strike. This seems to put
the blame on the other vessel. Then,
again. the other steamer appears to have
sailed away an admission that il was
responsible for the calamity. The best
ship in 1he world cannot guard against the
jamming of another big ship that Is in in
competent hands.
The captain of the Elbc was u man in
whom we had implicit confidence am
certain that the list of the missing will be
greatly reduced within the next n hours.
The boats of the Elbe were big and stanch,
and besides that, l have no doubt hut
that many of the passengers and crew
were picked up by the craft that wero
near the scene of the collision. The rec
Ords of the company in point of safety
will compare with any of the ocean steam
ship lines "
.s Who Some of the Missing Arc.
FCharlos wix. among those supposed to
be lost, is said to be the senior partner Of
the firm of Charles Wix * Co. mnnufac
tnrerS of dyes and coloring matter. 81 Dcy
street. this city. Mr.. Wix lives in Hobo
ken and has brother who resides in Or
ange. y. J. He is said to have been in
tho habit of visiting Europe yearly for
business purposes. the present trip being
of that nature Mr., wix is married and
has family.
The other first and second class passen-
gers who hailed from New York are Err
nest Heeren. Mrs Louise Kuhn and Mr..
Lockhart Up TO late hour no further
details could be obtained about these in
dividualS
Henry n. Castle of Honolulu, who is
among the list of first cabin passengers,
was one of the commissioners of annexa-
tion sent 20 this country by the people OF
Hawaii in 1872 to obtain an audience with
President Cleveland. with view to an
nexing the islands with the United States
| The others of the commissioners were
Lorin A. Thurston, now Hawaiian min
les .NNho
| Carter recently killed in the rebellion al
Honolulu. Mr. Castle is senior member Of
the firm of Castle x Cooke commission
merchants. He Is n descendant of the
| early missionary element on the islands
| Dorothy Castle. mentioned in the list. 1:
his daughter.
| aThe company regarded the lost steamer
| III one d. the stanchest of the many stanct
ships of the line. She was also one Of th.
| most beautifully decorated in the transat
| mite service and much patrOnized ny
| wealthy travellers.
| She had a capacity for l20 first cabin
| 1870 second cabin and 900 steerage pasSen
| gers and carried q crew of about $50 men
On her preceding trip to this port from
| Bremen she carried a crew of ia and 23i
passengers. divided as follows: Twenty
nine first cabin. AZ second and 100 steer
| age.
| Was One of Ten Big ships.
-. The Elbe sailed from this port last OF
I'm. is and was reported arriving out oil
Ian. 90
She was one OF the ton big ships tina
compose the transatlantic feet of the line
tho others being the Kaiser Wilhelm III
Spree. Havoi, Lain, Saalc, Trave. Allcr
Ems and Elder
| Lowestoft off which she was sunk, is
small seaport town in the northeastern
corner of suffolk county. about Is mile
northeast from Harwich. in latitude ~. :
north, longitude Las east.
Captain Won Gossel, who commanded tn
Elbe, was one of the youngest captains Il
the service of tho company. But he ha
the entire confidence of his employee I
whose faith In his seamanship. discretion
and Judgment was voiced by Agen
Schwab yesterday. He had been In On
service of the company from his carl
youth and had won spromotion by shi'S
force of character and skill PERSONAL
Il no was a remarkably handsome man, wit
clear blueSeycs light hair and a lonG
light brown beard. He looked like tn
traditional viking II his photographs M
to b. trusted
RAti no other oficsrs Of che Elbs Ar
| lee % trusted employees also.