The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-03
GREE OF AN AGED GERMAN.
HE FEARS HIS SONS WIFE AND
CHILD SANK WITH THE ELBE.

A Ray Of Hope in the Possibility
That His son Postponed His De-
parture-The Supposed SON Carl
Hoffman and the Father n Poultry
Dealer at JacxsonviIIe-SurvI
OF the Disaster TO sail From Liver
pool on the Umbria.
Jacksonville. Fla. Feb. William HoR-
man. an aged German who deals in poul-
try on Newman street in this city, who
fears that the wife and baby boy Of Carl
Hoffman. among the lost on the Inflated
steamship Elbe. were HIS daughter-in-law
and grandson. was somewhat relieved to-
night by the receipt OF a letter from his
son. Carl. written on Jan. p. and mailed
from Bresiau. Germany, the same day
This son was 10 have saued for America
by the North German Lloyd line on Jan
%, and the old father has been sure for
two days past that the rescued Carl Hon
man was his son, whom he had not seen
FOR many years.
This letter which came tonight said
the old man in broken English, Informed
me that possibly Carl might put off his
journey 10 this country for some time ow-
ing 70 the ill-health Of his sister my
daushteD so perhaps he did not sail on the
Elbe after all. and the Carl Hoffman who
was saved from her was probably another
man altogether. At any rate I'm not go
ing 10 mourn for the dead any more until 1
am positive Of their Identity. OF course
Carl may. have changed his mind again
and have sailed on the Elbe, but this /
shan't know for certain until the steam
snip upon which the rescued Carl Hoff-
man sailed for New York to-day arrives
IN port. That VIII be about next Friday or
saturday and friend of mine in New
York viii meet the vessel and then wire
me whether or not this man is my Carl
This old German has had a hard time
In life. He left Breslau, Germany, in 1881
bankrupt, on account of having to pay
$4,000 for which he was responsible as an
endorsed Of notes. He went to farming
near Monticello, in Gadsden county, some
years ago but made failure Of 1t, and up
TO 1880 he had a constant struggle TO get a
living. Now, however he is prosperous
again, and owns a good house in East
Jacksonville. and has money in bank SIX
weeks ago he sent his son Carl Hoffman
500 with which TO bring himself, wife and
child to Jacksonville
the statement that Emperor William has
expressed to the German consul here his
amazement and indignation at the fact
that only one woman was saved from the
Elbe. The German consul refused to say
whether or not he had received such a
message from the emperor
Carl Hoffman, Eugene Schligel and Jan
Nevera, upon their departure for Liver
pool 10 take passage for America on
the Umbria to-day, asked that the bodies
of their relatives who persisted on the
Elbe be buried in England in case they
should be found. They also expressed
their heartfelt thanks for the kindness
which has been extended to them on
all sides during their stay at Lowestoft.
Miss Anna Blocker has arrived at Ports
mouth, where she is stopping with some
friends. In a supplementary statement
Miss Blocker says that after she had
+ been In the water some minutes she tried
/ TO get into a boat near which she was
/ thrown by the waves. She endeavored
/ 70 catch one Of the oars, when a man
/ in the boat shouted: Push her of"
Others, however, caught hold OF her and
/ dragged her into the boat She declares
/ that there was no fog when the collision
occurred There was no confusion
among the officers Of the Elbe after the
collision, but all of them seemed TO ex-
pect that the ship would keep anoat
much longer than she did.
I Berlin, Feb "A gentleman who was
/ a passenger on the steamer Vienna, from
Harwich to the Shetland Hook, stated
1 to-day that the Vienna felt a violent
/ shock about o'clock on the morning
/ Of Jan. 81, ana assumes that she ran
down one Of the Elbe's boats.