The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-31
STEAMER ELBE GOES DOWN.

versed and she backed out of the aper-
ture she had made. As she did so the
water rushed into the Elbe in a torrent
and she began Immediately to settle
Saw She Was Doomed.
The officer in charge OF the ship at
once saw she was doomed and gave
hurried orders to clear away the life
boats for launching. Three Of the boats
were cleared and lowered but one of
them, shortly after it got clear of the
steamer, capsized and it is thought all
the occupants were drowned. The first
boats contained the third officer. chief
engineer, purser and about twenty of
the passengers.
These are the persons who were pick
ed up by the fishing smack and taken
to Lowestoft
Nearly All We're Asleep,
From the survivors it is learned that
as soon as the Crathie backed away
from the Elbe the in-rushing water
flooded the aft of the engine room so
quickly that nobody below deck in that
part of the ship had an opportunity to
escape. The shock of the collision was
comparatively slight, in view Of the
damage done, but this is explained by
the fact that it was a direct cutting
blow. Nearly all the passengers were
asleep at the time, but many of them
were awakened by the shock, slight as
IT was. They could hear the rush of
the rapid in-floWing water and with
cries of terror sought to make their
way to the upper deck. The
steamer being loaded by the
stern, water naturally rushed
aft and this allowed many Of the pas
sengers forward to reach the deck.
In the case of the saloon passengers
however, the result was fatal. AS
they rushed from their staterooms in
to the saloon they were met by the tor
rent, against which it was impossible
Tor them 10 make Roadway. They
We're caught up and swept aft toward
the cockpit, where they were probably
drowned before the ship foundered.
Altogether about fifty OF the passengers
reached the deck, where the widest
confusion existed.
Wild Rushes For Boats.
Wild rushes were made for the boats
put the terrible excitement probably
lmpeded the efforts Of those who were
IRVING 10 clear them away. Many
frteaTsrending scenes were witnessed
between parents and children in the
Few minutes preceding the sinking of
the vessel There is some disagree
lnent among the survivors as TO the
number Of boats that were launched.
One SURVIVOR, Carl a. Hoffman. de-
clares only two boats were launched.
one OF these was SWamped Instantly.
and only one of its occupants. d girl
named Blocker, who was bound for
southampton, was rescued. She chung
10 piece OF wreckaSe which she
graSped SO tightly that it was only
with difficulty that She was 5Taepe s7
INTO the second boat. She was just re-
turning from the deathhed of her
father and mother
Women and Children Lost,
Meanwhile. the cry was raised on the
doomed vessel for the women and
children to go oVerIto the other side
of the steamer away from the mort side,
III which was the great gaping hole
caused by the Crathie. The half-faint-
ing women and terrorSstricken chill
| dren hurried to the starboad side. but
they had scarcely reached the boats
when the huge vessel lifted her bows
high in the air and then slowly and
silently sank, stern foremost. beneath
the waves, taking with her her human
freight
Barely twenty minutes elapsed be-
tween the collision and the sinking of
the steamer. A heavy sea was 9a,n ~
ming and the wind, which was from the
| east southeast, was bitterly cold.
! The small boat containing the sur
ViVors tossed about until II o'clock in
the morning. Several vessels were
tsighted in the meantime, but they made
| No replies to the signals that were
sent for them. The survivors were
nearly frozen, having hardly any cloth
! ing, and their sufferings were intense.
Eventually the fishing smack Wild
flower saw the signals and bore down
= I.o
survivors were taken aboard of her,
where every thing possible was done for
| their comfort.
List of Survivors.
Following is a corrected list of the sur
| ViVorS:
| Cabin passengers:
! Carl Hoffman.
| Eugene Schlegel.
| John NeVera.
! Anna. Blocker.
| Between Passenger Bother.
Chief Engineer \. Neusel.
! Third Officer Stollberg.
J IurSer Wester.
Herr De Hart, a Brenen-Haven pilot.
Robert Greennam, an English pilot, and
ten of the crew.
! They arrived at IoweStoft at half-paSt
| i've o clock this afternoon.
The following list of saved has been
cahled TO MesSrs. Oelrichs & Co:
Eugene Schiegel.
Jan Vevera.
Annie Becker.
- Boethen. Storage.
Third Officer Stolbert
First Engineer Muessler.
! Parser Wefer.
Assistant Purser Schiutins.
Assistant Purser Linkmeyer
Assistant Purser Sittig.
Chief Stocller F'uerSt.
| Steward Koch
Seaman Winning,
Seaman Finger.
Seaman Siebert.
Seaman DYesow,
| Seaman Baettkas
Pilot De HaTde.
Pilot Greenhanl.
Cabin Passengers Missing.
The following is list of first and sec
ond class passengers, who are missing:
Fritz Appel, of Munich.
Hugo Becker, .ChemnitZ.
A. Baumann, Berlin.
Louise Bornsfel, London.
Frau Andrew BriSbach. Amsterdam.
Frau N. c. Connors. South Dakota,
Henry y. Castle. Honolulu.
Dorothy Castle. Honolulu
Dr. J. c. DIETRICH, America.
Domingo Furrer, Guatemala.
Fraulein Frank and Jacob Frank, Am
erica.