Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-31

There l.: some disagreement among
the survivors as TO the number OF boats
that were launched One. survivor.
Karl A. Hofmann, declares that only
two boats were launched. One OF these
was Swamped instantly aud the only
one OF its occupants, girl named Anna
Boecker, who was bound for South
hampton, was rescued. She ciung to
piece OF wreckage which she grasped
so tightly that 1t was ouly with diff
Guilty that she was dragged into the
second boat. She was just returning
from the deathbed of her father and
! mother.
Meanwhile the cry was raised on the
doomed vessel for the women and chill
dren to go over on the other size OF the
| steamer away from the port side, In
which was the great gaping hole, caused
by the Crathie The half-iainting
women and terrOr-stricken children hur-
ried TO the starboard side, but they had
scarcely reached the boats when the
huge vessel lifted her bows high in the
air. and then slowly and silently, stern
foremost,
SANK BENEATH THE WAVES,
taking with her her human freight.
Barely twenty minutes elapsed be-
tween she collision and the sinking OF
the steamer. a heavy sea was running
I and the wind, which was from the east
southeast was bitterly cold.
The small boat containing the survl-
vors tossed about until IL o'clock IN the
! morning. Several vessels were sighted
In the meantime. but they made no re-
plies TO the signals that were set. The
survivors were nearly frozen, having
hardly any clothing, and their suffer-
| ings were intense.
Eventually, the fishing smack Wild
| flower, saw tho signals and bore down
on the boat. In a snort time the sur
vlvors were taken aboard Of her, where
everything possible was done for their
! comfort
The following is correct list OF the
survivors: Cabin passengers: Kari
HCfmann, Eugene Schlegef john
Verera, Anna Boecker, between deck
| passenger Bothen, chief engineer a.
| Neussell, third officer Stroliberg. purser
Wefer, Herr DeHart Bremerhaven
pilot; Robert Greenham, an English
pilot, aud ten of the crew
They arrived at Lowestoft at half
past five o'clock this afternoon.
THE FOLLOWING Is A LIST
of first and second class passengers who
are missing:
Fri.z Appel. Munich; Hugo Becker,
| Chemuitz; A. Baumann, Berlin; Louise
Bornefell London; Frau Andrew Brls-
bach. Amsterdam; Frau NJ. G. Connors,
South Dakota; Henry \. Castle, Homo
lulu: Dorothy Castle, Hoholuu; DR.. j.
c. DIETRICH, America; Domingo Furrer,
Guatemala; Frauein Frank and jacob
Frank America; Anton Fischer, Wash
ington; j. f. Gerlicher, Wenona, MINI;
Theodore Geisenheimer, New York;
Ernst Heeren, New York; Anna hotf-
mann ana Henry Hoffman,, Grand Is
land, Neb.
Mr.. Carl Hoffman, the husband OF
Mrs. Anna Hoffman, is among the sur
vivors. He is in a condition of terrible
distress from the loss of his wife and
son. He patheticaIly exhibited to the
representative of the Associated Press
q gold watch that his wife
SLIPPED INTO HIS HAND
as she parted with him to go to the
starbcard side OF the steamer when the
order TO that effect was given. lie
said:
1--WE left Bremerhavsn on Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock. Our cabin was
one of the second-class, aud we were
within six feet of the spot which re-
celyed the full force OF the shock. My
wife. child and | were asleep, when l
was awakened at $50 o'clock by what
seemed 10 be the ringing OF the gong
that is used to call the passengers to
meals. Finding that it was still dark,
l Jumped out of my berth, but
heard nothing 10 alarm us.
went back to my berth again
and Immediately heard the
rushing Of feet and shouting. ! con
cluded something serious had happened
and seized some clothing. | awakened
nv wife and child, who hurriedly
dressed, and then we ran along the cor
ridor with the others TO the deck.
I was knocked down stairs when L
reached the top, but my feet caught on
hook and managed TO save myself
from being tramped upon. l got TO
the mort side and saw that great dam
age had resulted from the collision.
The water was rushing into the steamer
in g great torrent. 1t was very dark,
though the sky was clear. The sea was
rough. Two boats were lowered.
7 CAUGHT MY BOY
and threw him into one OF the boats.
Calling nv wife TO accompany me, got
into il, but at that moment there was
shout for the women and children 10 go
10 the starboard side. Slipping her
watch into my hand, nv wife left me
and the boy was taken out OF the Ooat
while | sat there. | saw one BOAT
swamped. We tried TO rescue those In
the water, but all save one, Anna Becker,
disappeared. Our boat was then showed
off We saw many vessels, but could
not attract their atte1tion We USED
sails aud shirts for signals. bat the
passing vessels paid no attention 10
them. Eventually the signals were an
swered by the smack Wildfower. After
the collision, rockets were fred from
the steamer, but 20 help came. l
think il was impossible that any others
were rescued, as the ship sank aimos I
Immediately after we bad IeIt IT, 90
not believe that the steersge passengers
were aware of the accident, because the
collision did not make mpeh nolae we
were exposed TO heavy sas and bitter
winds for over hve hours. The boat
shipped water constantly.
Chief Engineer Neussell, in an inter
view, said:
The steamer that ran into US ap-
,.ored m he a vessel OF about l,5OO
TONS. Nothing was visible oy which
either her name or her hailing port
could be ascertained.
The chief engineer declines TO give
INV oninion as to how the catastrophe
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