Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-31

slight I'm uCdlatOly after the collision
itc Eibu begun to sttt.s u Iwn. ttofn
irsi, her bow mounting high into air
ald rendering 10 impossible 10 roach
some OF the boats. Az ever BODY
crowded upon deck Immediately III "
the shock aud ga n state of great alarm,
10 was impossiUle f.r the orders Of the
captain, who W standing on the
bridge, that women ana Childrnn
ghluiI DO saved fret, could bo uboyeJ.
"a rush was made COR tue boats that
we're accessible. The Gssi boat 90 touch
Nator was Immediately swumpcd and
tho paisungCu who had crowded into
90 we're dtowuuI.
"lhr second boat launched was Loot
7lght OF ga tho hirh sea, which waa
running, but 10 is AIRED she caIsizoI .
luto The third boat a. the last moment,
when the water WIS up tn tho prone.
made deck, tho vessel slnklng under
their lret ana lwo miuuttu before she
dll1pIcafel, there crowded nineteen
men, vgmcu ntd UlilJTou, hayiug
fuHuud TO tie other eide, owing 10 tho
command that lhoy uhoulI get into the
b..li there, This third buni pulled
away from tho ship aud In 40 doing
thorily afterwards passed a lady pace
sulge5 Miss Auna Buochor, who
chung % the guuwalo or side OF tue life
uOat. Some time elapsed before she
could be pulled into the bgst Twenty
SURVIVOR dnitod about until ll!iO
D.. tg., ihe heavy seas repeatedly wash
ing over the email Crf, which was
in constant danger VI being
rwHmped and drHuChing iis occupnu p
who hal not n mOfnel Of food. Misc
BuCChUr lay in the bottom Of tho boat,
huii drowned aud Homi-1IusCi0us. Tho
light ut many vtigclH were s1tu all
around, but not one approached, though
ufCr daylight u Ctramrr Hui two ilsl-
ing vtssulp passed. Thulr crews, h0g-
ever did not notice tt8 rlgusis Oi The
liIUhoai. Fiualy 500 waving OF a
shirt ON the bust attracted { DO attcu.
ton Of tho crew Of the h.hlug smack
Wl'dlllwer, which rescued tho survive
Urs with extreme d.llsuiiy. Afgr tho
collision IA unknown steamer passed
under the stern OF tie ElOo and Pr.
cendtd on hcs cIursu without paying
any heed 70 tho cries o. tho PEOPLE Uu
board the sinking steamer"
UEEAr COSFU8IOS PREVAILED.
The rescued soamen Ia the sailorN
homo hero were stitching up their
tnitcrCi clothing today, laughing anu
Jufing the while. They said they were
Oh below asleep when tho COLLATION. took
place. ~ was impossible 70 feach tlo
forward boats as tho bow OF the steamer
hai risen high out Of the water. The
suamcn then went az and escaped la
the mpnuer already described. They
steadily denied inst there had been any
panic on board the Elbo after the col.
lisiOnibut the excited manner Ia which
they replied 10 d question on this point
thos That great confusion had pre-
vailed.
TT WAS rrgRiBLE.
All the passengers are understood to
have been below and asleep at tho time
OF tho c0lliainn, aud nearly Ell mutl
have been either drowned below or
havB met loath while seeking 10 rush
up en- deck. The man who furnished
this II fltmAtion was Ia such IN ex-
cited state ihst little more could be
gathered from him than rxolAmatlons
Of horror. He repeated time and
again: at was terrible; II was tori.
bic. The poor women and children
went down without hardly being able
TO utter prayer. IL was terrible. The
ftelmship muli be- fall OF dead bodies.
They were caught like rats Ia n lrapaI
can't toll yCu any more about it. AMI
know is / heard terrible crash anu II
WAS followed by an awful sound VI
rushing wntcr aud escaping steam. 10
WIS very dark down below where
wac, but somehow managed
to push 10Y way on deck. Tue
ship rcaoundsd with henrttending
cries from all quarters, although
the officers seemed 10 bu doing an
. ley could 10 calm the people. / saw
u lot Of sailors making Tush Tor the
boat anu Joined Ia with tuem. So.lt-
now the boat was lowered ana Z man.
aged u scramble into 4, although ID
seemed 10 me that hundred people
were trying 10 10 tue same. We
pushed some Of them away, for IL Wan
utterly impossible 10 load the boat any
more aud We could Bue tho Elbe was
doomed. She wan 70 ling terribly anu
settling down one side IN "a manner
which seemed threatening 70 turn
her over entirely, Somehow or other
We got away anu n number Of people
were drowned nH they jumped into the
sea and swan after uH. OF cOursa We
could not put back for any body, or We
would have boon pulled under by tho
people already HIrugglinR Ina the water.
some time later, / can't say how long,
for 1 was too hUtrihui TO think, the
Eibo gave fearful lutch tideways
and sank with bursting sound. II
scented TO mo aH n something blew up
On board her a. she went down.
/ DOM know what brcAme Of the
vessel that ran into us. saw Hight
somewhere la the distance and cup
posed u was hers, tut / cau'l say any.
thing for certain. had brother on
board who was from Germany, like
myself. We were on our way 10 tue
United States where we have relatives.
L do not know how many people We're
drowned, but L should think vt least
300 peTsous went down in that terrible
ship. There was another boat lowered
about the same time We got away, but
Il sunk afterwards. / think IL was ~
crowded 1t could not HAT. rIu
chief engineer who had charge OF
our boat, 10 very nice man
aud he did all ho could for us while
We drifod about lie saya no Is GER
tain u Third boat was lowered from the
EiOe ami believea she surely will be-
able 10 reach the coast of Holland iu
safety. lie wanted tha English tibh.
Ing Amack5 TO take us 10 the German
COAST but the Fishermen insisted upou
us here.
VERY FEW SAVED.
A TN later dispatch reOsivej from
L0wuat0n about 1880 y. IN. indicates
mat the disaster Ia more serious than
at i!rat outlined. Its now said there !