The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-18
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pursuing her course just before day
break through rough sea and half 8
gale, which blew bitter cold. Other
vessels were in sight, with which
were exchanged signals. Suddenly
there was q crash, and in q moment
the Elbe lay helpless on the water
cut half in two by a smaller steamer
which struck her almost amidships
How it happened no one on the larger
vessel lives to tell, for all who are
known to be saved were below decks
when the collision occurred.
The bow, which struck the liner, re-
manned q few moments wedged in the
great rent which it had made. The
sea soon tore the two ships apart. The
smaller one, badly damaged and
almost helpless, drifted away and did
not even learn with what ship she had
been in collision. She is the Scotch
steamer Craithie of Aberdeen, 475
tons. Late this evening she crawled
into the harbor Of Mass Luis, near
Rotterdam.
It was quickly realized on board the
Elbe that her wound was fatal and
that she could not long survive. The
blow tore open all the middle COM
partments, and q flood of water
quickly sank the engine and boiler
rooms to the waters edge. Some pas
sengers were undoubtedly killed in
the berths, especially some of those
in the second cabin, for the staterooms
were smashed to bits and some of the
passageways were blocked by debris.
All but two or three of the 240 passen-
gers were in bed. Few failed to realize
that q serious disaster had befallen
them, for the shock was terrific
hn I'D T.
moments all who were able to escape
from below reached the deck.
The first lifeboat that hoated was
quickly filled with men and women,
but capsiZed before it got ten yards
from the side. One young woman I'M
this boat chung to it until picked up
by the second boat, which is the only
one known to have escaped. She was
the only woman saved, for in the wild
scramble at the very last only men,
and all but four of these officers and
crew, secured places. These on this
boat say they saw one more boatload
of about twenty get away from the
ship before she sank. Before they
cast off the Elbe had keeled over to a.
sharp angle and settled very low inl
the water. She went down stern first
when the survivors who reached
Lowestoft were only few rods away
Advices by cable and letter show
beyond shadow of a doubt that Henry
Castle and his daughter were among
those who were drowned on the EIbe.
They also indicate that Mr.. Castle was|
passenger on the steamer in conf
sequence Of his sense of duty, that inI
the hour OF his country's peril, hisl
place was with his fellow countrymen.
When Mr.. Castle left this country.
he planned to spend a year in Europe,
taking his child Dorothy to visit rel
atives in Germany, and being Joined!
later in the year by his wife, who wasj
to pass the winter in philadelphia.
Mrs. Castle gave up the idea of going!
70 Europe, and the final plan was forI
Mr.. Castle and his daughter to returnI
70 philadelphia in the spring, when he!
Win his family would return to Ho-
noIulu. Letters received after heI
ueard OF the Bush, Crick and NawahieI
nsplracy show, that Mr.. Castle feltI
on nSSasy as to the future in this countryS
AZ no maH disposition to return as soonI
,h Immediately Mrs. Castle learned ofI
LoDd. ssuIrection she cabled to her hus-
10. come If you think best. ~ Thisy
Dnrr IveIVed In the forenoon, and itsi
IN pII was not known to Mr. CastIet
Tnndn allernoon when he saw in an
L9Inuon paper a verv short d;snotoh
IeLlpg OF the insurrectioI ~
death of Mr.. Carter. He inr AM en