The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-01
SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS.
No MORE OF THE ILI-FATED
ELBE's PEOPLE PICKED UP,


struck Her Claims That His Crew
Had Hard Work TO Keep Her
Aaoat without Attempting to As
sist the EIbe.
London. Jan. 31.-The coast guard and
customs officers are exertiss themselves
% the utmost and are leaving no means
untried in the search for possible surviv-
0rs. or even for signs of any kind indicat-
ing that more of-the Elbe's people escaped
than have yet been heard from. Thus far
no article of wood or furniture belonging
10 the lost vessel has been washed ashore
on the Suffolk coast; a fact in itself re-
garded by experts as proving the sudden
completeness Of the disaster and tending
TO diminish the probability Of further sal
wage Of life being reported. A life boat
Of The Elbe, it is true. was headed ashore
at Yarmouth last evening, oars and life
buoys being found in It, but this is un-
doubtedly the boat from which the Wild
Flower rescued the survivors yesterday
and which was left adrift after its occu-
pants had been taken off, so that its
discovery on shore furnished no additional
news or encouragement.
Carl Hoffman Of Grand Island, Neb,
who is among the saved, refutes the state
ment Of the Crathie's officers that fog
prevailed, by making the assertion that
If the vessel which came into collision
with the Elbe had stood by the sinking
ship. a majority of her passengers might
have been saved, as the Elbe stood per-
fectly stiH for many minutes after the i'm
pact In fact. she remained motionless
until the water, which was pouring into
her hold. caused her to lurch violently
after which all was confusion on board
Prior to this, however, discipline was
maintained and there could have been no
difficulty in transferring the passengers
in an orderly manner.
The survivors who were brought to
Iowestoft are all recovering from the ef-
fects Of their shock and exposure. Miss
Anna Buecker, the only woman known 10
have been saved, has so far recovered
that she will be able to proceed to South
amnton to-day.
Tbe surviving officers of the Elbe are
very reticent in regard to the disaster,
raserying their statements pending an
Official inquiry into the circumstances,
Dur IL LfdnSplfeS lllbl dn ollcNA VI Ahc
Elba saw a green light on the port bow
belonging to-an sinlsn0wn vessel which. it
is alleged was trying to cut across the
Elbes bows. This light evidently be-
longed TO the Crath.e.
William Wright, the skipper of the fish
ing smack Wild Flower, says: I'VE were
about southeast of Lowestoft with our
trawl!ng gear down when about II oclock
yesterday morning l saw a ships life
hoo &c
naked, but ] saw something fiuttering
from her stern. The water was breaking
over the boat. I watched the boat closely.
Her occupants seemed to think ! was going
to leave them, so l waved my hat. 1t
took us half an hour to get up our trawl-
ing gear in, and in the meantime the
boat was drifting away from US. When
we got close to them ! cast them rope,
but they were so cid, wet and numb that
they could not make it fast for some
time. We pulled them around to the
side Of the smack and about half of them
Jumped aboard, but the strain caused by
the heavy sea parted the rope and the
remainder once more drfted away.
Eventually we made another line fast
ana four more of the unfortunates were
dragged in, leaving a woman and four
men in the boat. The woman lay in the
water in the bottom of the boat. She
Wore long coat, but had on neither
BOOTS nor dress. Pilot Greenham helped
her to get on board the smack. Just as
all mad boarded the smack the line again
parted and the lifeboat was lost 1 got
me woman below and asked all the
Olhers to go to the engine room while
Sne took off her clothes and wrapped
herself in dry blankets. I am sure an
11her hours exposure In the boat would
nave Killed some of them, for there were
ok inches of ice on nv deck"
me survivors of the Elbe's crew started
rom iron Lowestoft for London at $40 o'clock
mis- afternoon.
Some Yarmouth and Lowestoft fish
.ng smacks, which are out on cruises in
lhe vicinity where the Wild Flower
p.lAed up the Elbe's boat containing
."enty survivors, have not yet returned
~ lAe-r home ports, so that there still
as'-aihs a possibility that one or more
VI lhem may have rescued some of
ne unfortunates of the lost steamer.
ou the other hand the weather was un-
rato-able to the survival of the casta-
%ays Tor any considerable length of time.
neeVy northeast gail prevails on the
.so1Ih sea, and the weather at Lowestoft
aDu thereabouts is very cold. The gale
Increasing to almost a hurricane, and
"0vonpan-ed by binding snow storm.
=, -Ieboat of the lifesav.ng station at
eIss.ls8ate has returned after being out
y', eh hours searching for possible sur
st.,Us OF the Elbe, but found no trace
~, OF the boat or wreckage.
t,1 ,1He broad-Stairs lifeboat also returned
~ morning. Upon nearing the station
gsit ooat was blown ashore by the violent
So ana the crew was dashed into the
sT,...-9 several were injured. A binding
tbs rr 'orh Is raging at the mouth of
m names and navigation is suspended.
sb5L bI9 owner at Aberdeen, of tn, team
tba' M, M athle, which ran into and sunk
tba Eloe' has received a telegram from
g. =, dplaln al Maassluis, stating that the
irle me DOW was terribly crushed by the
CO. with the Elbe, and that the
sbs ne was In sinking condition when
belo -sached Maassluis. The captain was
ma" az the time of the collision. the
latte- peIhg in charge OF the vessel. The
tsir uas made statement to the cap
A. mat ne had no knowledge whatever
w. the identity of the vessel with
ssi n - the Crathie collded. His own ves-
din "'s SO terribly damaged that its con-
Il NJ III called for the undivided attention
4 vbF bnF oIneers and the entire crew, all of
-b.--" had to bend their energies to saving
ne IN mp and their own lives There was,
the -'ale ADDS, dense fog at the time of
fTs C%cciqent and the vessel with which
IN ~ lalnie had collided was lost to view
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