The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-31

that the vessel had not been reported from
Southampton, where she was due, and. con-
sdering the five hours difference in time.
the news of her arrival at Southampton
should already have reached his office here.
Mr. Schwab sent cable inquiry TO the
home office in Bremen. In an hours time
the following startling dispatch was re-
ceived, which confirmed the news of the
laundering of the Elbe:
Most deplorable news from Lowestoft
states the E,lbe has been sunk through col
lison O'Clock this morning. Boat No. 3
with Third Officer Stollburg, purSer Wefer,
engineer Neussel and nineteen persons
landed at Lowestoft- No further particu-
lars"
The main Office being located at Bremen
the agents here were only able to speculate
as to the number of souls on board, and
could only furnish a list of the names of
her principal officers. The Elbe carried 176
all told in her last voyage. On her last out
bound passage to this country the Eibe had
Twenty-Five first cabin, forty-three second
cabin and $50 steerage. She sailed from
New York on Jan. 10 and was reported as
being out on Jan. 20. The travel is about
the same during the winter months, and
Mr.. Schwab did not believe the number
would vary much either way on the pres
ent unfortunate trip.
AS soon the confirmation of the loss
of the Elbe reached the office the contents
board outside A large crowd began to coll
lect about the office and the news spread
like wild fire in shipping circles. AS it
spread throughout the city, anxious in
quirers began to pour in by messengers and
by telephone. Meanwhile the intelligence
had been flashed by wire over the country,
and it was not long before kilograms were
received from nearly all the leading cities
of the United States asking for details.
1t was learned at the poStoffice here that
the two messengers in charge of the mails
We're j.. j. Holtzman. of this city. and III.
II. Hall, of Dennis, Mass.
Numerous inquiries for friends supposed
to have been passengers on the steamship
were made at the office of the company dur
ing the night. Some of these were by per-
onal visits, and some were in the shape of
out-of-town kilograms. The company con-
tinued to receive kilograms from the Bre-
men office and from other European of1ices
giving some of the details. AT 10 O'Clock
tonight a cablegram was received from
Agent Britterardt, of the company's home
office. at Bremen. as follows:
''Holberg, third officer, reports from
Lowestoft. Elbe was struck port side i'll
way mail room by an unknown steamer.
sinking in twenty minutes. Stormy wealth
er. Watch in order Hope second boat.
which was lowered. may be safe, as several
fishing vessels and steamers were in vicin-
ity. Good discipline. Everything done to
Henry B. Castle, of Honolulu. who is
among the list of first cabin passengers,
was of the committee on annexation
wall in 1898 to obtain an audience with
President Cleveland, with a view to an
nexing the islands with the United States
The other members of the commission were
Lorraine A. Thurston, now minister of Ha-
wall at Washington. and Commissioners
Carter Castle is in the mercantile bust
ness at Honolulu. He is the senior member
of the firm of Castle &c Cook commission
merchants. He is descendant of the early
missionary element in the islands. Dorothy
Castle, mentioned in the list is his daugh-
ter:
of it's stanchest ships. She of 4.510
gross tonnage. $500 horse power. 418 feet
deep and capable of a speed of seventeen
knots an hour. Her passenger accommo-
dating capacity was 12o first cabin, 100 sec
1881 by the Fairfield Ship-building Company,
Of Glasgow: She was a twin ship OF the
been been running between New YORK and
Bremen for years.
Charles Wix. mentioned among the first
facturer of colors at So Dey street, this city.
and lives in Hoboken, n. j.
mishap that has befallen the North Ger
man Lloyd line in more than a. generation.
Some, Of the most notable rnisnaps that
spree, Trave, saaie Stuttgart and Lain
left here Jan %. 1892. with 225 passengers
for Bremen. Off the Isle of Wight. Jan.
81, she ran into heavy bank fog. and then
hauled off. The most serious event of
which the Trave, one of the largest ships
the Nova Scotian bark Fred B. Taylor.
Jan. q, 1892. The Trave had run into a
heavy fog and was running at half speed
when the topmasts of the bark, ,ciotheu IN
cenvss, pierced the summit of the vapor
directly in the course of the liner. There
was no time to send the Trave astern, no
time to sheer off, so First Officer Meisel
rang for full steam ahead and rammed the
Taylor at top speed. The big liner ripped
through the bark as knife cuts cheese,
and the sailing vessel fell away at each
side with her sails tremblinr like the wings
OF a stricken bird. The admirable dSci-
pline of the liner was shown, nasmuch as
the boats were swung overheard before rhe
Trave had lost her Roadway. Two of the
TayiorS crew were lost.