New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-01
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II. SCHWAB TdLhS.
CONFIDENT THAT THE OFFICERS AND
CREW DID THEIR DUTY.

,t, THINKS THAT THE REASON WHY MORE fA9-
srvcrRs WERE NOT RESCUED WAS Be
CAUSE THEY WEREN'T ON pE'K-rHE
QUESTION or BtL.KHEAps- HOPES
THAT MORE PERSONS MAJ
HAVE BEEN SAVED.
cu,,a,, u scbuab of Oelrchs a. CO.. the partner
,,ho has snecal charge of the firms steamship
business said to "A TRIBUNE reporter yes'eruaS' ]"
response to many questions; "lhe hipe Wa
eoupped with ten steel Efeboats OF an ths"S"
patent each capable Of carrying about iorS pe,
sorr She had six or eight collapsing boats. made
Of canvas with iron ribs. etc. ana with ar Ie'ei
volrs under the seats. each boat being capaoie Vi
carving about twenty persons. There were also
four or six modern lifcraf;s each OF whch "ou'n
safely support from thirty to forty persons "e
ufc-ssving apparatus. aside from the large 'u''"
Of improved life preservers on board was suc'cu'
70 have saved fully 1000 persons. except uhuer 'ne
most unfavorab.e and uncomfortable CIRCUMSTANCES
one ufcboaf was capsized with its crew and pas
sencers after It had been launched hut the report
that others capszed. l am SATISFIED eh'"ha'c'
from pa ssengers who were - eXcited thaV '"'S
were Incapable OF giving trustworthy testimony
According 4, reports received by US. the weather
was very stormy and the heavy. We DO not
L,ou from our own officers who were on the Elbe
the exact atmosp hcrc ard meteorological conditohs
that prevailed but tho nate Of the Scotch steamship
crathe OF Aberdeen. that into the E.be, states
that the weather was thick and foggy
"A great difficulty In the of solving the qies
,ion Is that Captain Gocssel. OF the h'ne. ana
,h entire watch on deck at the time Of the collision
wen, down with the ship leaving no one 10 ten 'he
dreadful tale as 1t should be tod
HOPES OF HEARING FROM THE MiSsiN"
BOAT
npecarding the missing llfeboat. can only say
cha, the company has not given up nope OF nearing
from, rer and Of the safety OF those whom She car
r,ed AZ she may have been picked up ny some
,ess.l and her passengers carried TO S'hr '""'-
,,,o,v distant port from which news cannot
he received for several days. A. to the puo'9"''
s,a,ement criticlsng the alleged fact that oh'y
.,r.. boats wer. lowered It must be borne IN MN"
that others may have been. and probably were III
,ir.d and made unseaworthy by the coHsioh' WIN
,u others which were forward. could not De
Lowered because the snip settled rapidly Al 'h'
stern and her bow was quickly raised so '"' ""o'
the water The English pilot who's" STATE
mon, t,s been published says ihat the
ia,!ts and the boats gear were IN ORDER
and worked All right Ills statement j. Gear
cool and bus nessliNc and Therefore entitled 20
..,t.n,. The uasscngcr Ncvcra. who vas the Only
,.,l. ,,saerg,r Who kept his head also mao"
.,fr, and clear statement on ms ana "theF iolhNs
,ri"h H. filly verified by Boethen. the steerag"
,,s4.rg.r ami Fcurst. the stoKer. roin OF "h''"
IA" ,.lk about women ami children having been
600. t.t I'D fh,t tho crew and male passengers
n.rh, bc saved is only the talk OF passenser, VINO
T,t lot their head. OF course. IT ~ not strangr
,nat uasrenrcri under such trying circumstances
should lose their self-controh ana the rpiipaiaS,
r,,hv .utlrciy void of censure FOR them. The STATE
menis the English pilot o, Nevera hor'I ,sn
and F.urft fully corrobora'e ne report thai w
-, .ir.s orders were 20 women ana children
nrsi The saving Of Annie iiucSher Is aiso s,rVns
proof of this because she herself says ihat sne
literally dragged INTO a boat. and mat "h"n Lhn1
Se ,Sc ,h@s The ,aptain and the entire watch on
deck stood 10y the snip and went down win her -
watery graves shows heroism and discipline
THE FLIES ErLKHEADs
The Elhe had nine watcr;isht or collision
pulkh,ads They were All TRANSFERS" bulkheads
that IT, running across the SHY. Had th'y been
longitudinal running fore and aft. / think the
found.ring OF the ship would have been hastened'
"A WAS the case when the British warsh!p Cam-
pcrdown down the warship victoria ne
s,ruck forward instead OF amidshp. a. was the
Elbc and she Immediately filed on only one sll.,
bukheads Will inevitably have that effect on any
large steamship az course the COMPANY mas
~ soon az TIE Weather becomes at all mick or
foggy the bulkheal doors must be tightly closed
and the fact rec rled IN the ships log book.
MY theory Of the cause Of the disaster az
formulated on reports mnde 10y o"rtnS 10 th
Elite demolished the buikhead between ne engine
room and the next compartment nbat the engine
room thus throwing open two biz amidshp com
partments in the most vial part OF th' smp,
her afoat. Regarding the conduct OF the trathe'
witch ran down the Elbe. | wish T. To be dis
rlnctly understood that have no harsh or severe
comment to make until shall have heard that
aide OF the story duly authenticated. but 20 say
The least. =. seems very strange that that snip
should have turned up soon HNcrwarI IN
Masslus "a fishing town In Netherlands. South
Holland. ton miles south from Rotterdam. on the
New Mass. not leaking. and having taken no
trouble to find what harm she had done )r
whether she could render any assistance 1t Is
certainly curious.
THE PEcUNIARY Loss.
''rhe Elbc had her usua. cargo Of general cr-
chanlisc. Precisely OF what IL consisted or it,
value | cannot tell. IA have not yet received
a duplicate OF her manifest Tho yalue OF such a
cargo ranges from $4,000 10 100000. presume
II WAS Insured 10y the shippers The l.ibc originally
cost about $4,000 She had been running about
fourteen years. and naturally had annually de-
precatcd to a greater or less extent 50 that
hcr value when lost was probably between $50 ,OO
and sy0 The North German LLOYD COMPANY