The herald., 1895-01-31
Passengers Drowned Like Rats
in Trap.
HAD NO CHANCE FOR LIFE.
Tho Disaster Occurred or the Hook Of
HolIand-The Ill-Eated Vessel Gus
Nearly In Two-Passen.
ger Lists.


Lloyd steamer Elbe. Captain Won Dos
sett. from Bremen yesterday for New
York, via Southampton. has been sunk
In collision with the British steamer
Crathle. bound from Rotterdam for
Aberdeen. At the time of sending this
dispatch the exact loss OF life Is un-
known, but report has it that it was
enormous. Tho disaster occurred be-
fore daylight this morning, at a point
some thirty miles from the Hook of
Holland. The first intimation OF the
disaster came from L)swstoft, Suffolk,
one OF the chief English fishing ports.
Late this afternoon a dispatch was
received from that place saying it was
reported there that transatlantic line
steamer had been sunk in the North sea
and that the loss OF lie was very great.
The frat dispatches were to the effect
that there had bssn $50 persona on the
Elbs aud that only 10 had bsen saved,
the rescued having been lsnded at
Lowestoft by fishing amacks Later dis.
patchea TO the Exchange telegraph com.
psny and the Llcyda confirmed the re-
port OF the loss OF the steamer. aai stil
later it was learned thst the Crathie.
the steamer which sunk ths Elbe, had
| put into Mas Luis, Holland, in q dam
aged condition. She reported dhs'isaa
had been in collision with an unk13wa
ocean steamer Towards svaning, ovar
two hours and half after the nswe had
reached the London office of the Asgo-
cia. ed Press aud had been oan niad 50
America, tho ageuss in tins city OF tus
North German Lloyd Steamship con-
panv received the following cable mss
cage:
THE FIRST NEWS.
"Moae dsplorable news from Love-
stoit. is atated E bs sunk through
collision at 6 o'clock tns morning; boat
No. with Third Officer Stollberg. Pur-
ser Weater, Engineer Nsusell and 10
persons landed at L,wsstoit. No furth.
or news so far"
When the news OF the disaster became
generally known through the medium
OF the tickers OF the exchange telegraph
company in the clubs and places of
tense. C4bls dispatches were at once
forwarded to sill the principal European
cities and soon food of return dis
patches ~ sceivad asking for further
information, which at the time, it was
impossible to obtain. The agents here
of the company did everything posi-.
BILE to learn all the facts and as soon ~
any new Information was received it
was OF once cabled to the variou Euro.
pean capitals. The dispatches from
Germany show that the news caused
! the greatest excitement and sorrow,
most all the officers and crew Of the lost
steamer and majority of the passen.
gers being Germans.
1t was at first hoped tho reports Of
the disaster had been exaggerated and
that most, if not all the passengers and
crew had escaped. either by means of
the ships boats or by being picked up
by passing vessels. But as time wore
on it was apparent that the frst reports
OF the sinking OF the steamer had mini
mizsd the horrors OF the disaster.
Many dispatches were forwarded to
Mas Luis to the commander of the
Crathie asking him If he had rescued
any of the Ebs's passengers. Up to q
late hour, however. no answers were re.
ceived to these dispatches and ths be.
lief grew that the Crathie. after the ac-
cident, had rather sough. her own
safety than to rescue the people OF tbs
doomed Elbe.
THE SHIP NEARLY CUT IN TWO.
From the details now at hand IL IN
learned that this Elbs was proceeding
along at her usual rate OF speed and
keeping the ordinary lookonts. L. was
dsrk but there was no gale. Suddealy
the forward lookout on the Elbs re-.
ported to tho officer on dsck that tho
lights OF q steamer were close about ON
or the port bow. Before the course Of
the Elbe could be changed SO as to sheey
off from tho approaching steamar tha
This ia the season to get the bess
values and attention in fine tailorino
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