The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08
AFTER THE WRECK.


The OniccrS aud Crew 81 IN. tr,,.,.
pended The LIbe's Officers D.no,,n.".
Tor Their >"irshn-s~ and Utter Disrora,a
Of the Rights 81 Passengers Ia Their 80.
N" Hope or other Survivors.
LONDON. Feb. 2.-lt Is underS,o..a
that the officers and crew ~ tie a.,
THE were examined yesterday by ,ha
British consul in Rotterdam. Ther
will leave the ship and return forth.
with To Aberdeen.
Nevcra. lloifmann and Schlcv.i n.
MED emphatically that the Craihi. ~
NAMED signalling for nearly NJ,
hours near the scene of the colli~i.,
They say that If she had don. I,
she could have saved MANY liv..
Hoffman. who was among the lr>, :,
reach the Elbc's deck after the cam.
sion. did not see the Crathc anS,,..
the Elbe's signals. He noticed a snan
steamer. apparently the one that Laa
struck the Elbe, steaming away.
As regards the behavior OF the Elh,.
crew. Hoffman, says: II seized lif..
belt as soon a. got on deck. I'M
sailor demanded il. saying that II NJ.
longcd TO the crew. gave il M v.i,b
the remark Well. hope You NH
save yourself, but he did not. Tbe
crew did their best To keep the nass.n.
gers out of the boats"
Hoffman was greatly embittc~cd bv
the loss of his wife and child
II was born among the Indian, IN,
west" he said yesterday afternoon
IL have gone through rough times
with my family there. Now ii N AIN
over with them, and they have been
sacrificed by the carelessncss ~ these
men. do not value my own life now;
can think only Of my loss"
Mr.. lIoffmann's description ~ tie
final settling of the ship was vivid
II could see her sinking rapidly as We
pulled away in the small boat Her
bow went steadily into the air. Tie
deck grew sleeper. and could see tie
poor wretches aboard her climbinv and
crawling toward the Prov. until Sud.
denly all were engulfed.'
Nevera said: There was a Nv, II
green hands in charge Of the lifehnats.
They were SO excited they filled one
boat, and then dumped all the occn-
pants into the water. The crew In our
boat We're very reluctant to admit Misc
Buecker. Hoffman, and dragged her
in without any aid from the seamcn.~
Ncvera and Hoffman, also attack
Third Officer Stollbcrg and First En-
gineer Nuessel. They say that both
acted selfishly after the rescue. ana
that Stollbcrg made no effort - COM
mand the boat. but gave the whole re-
sponsiblity TO the steeragc passenger
Bocthcn, who had been cook on a
French steamer. They speak highly
OF Bocthen's GOODNESS and skill. and
ing the boat.
The company has booked Ncrera
and Schlegel to sail on the steamship
Umbria to-day. and both will start this
morning for Liverpool Each has re-
ccived SD from the company, as they
lost everything with the ship.
Many more smaclxs arrived az loves
toft late yesterday afternoon and last
evening. They brought no news The
skipper of the smack Competitor. which
returned last night. reported that be
saw Thursday what he tn ought was
mail bag and tried TO catch il with
boat hook. lie missed il. and know
ing nothing of the collision did not
try for il again.
lIandbills distributed in Lowesto't
say that Consul Bradheer will pay 80
for the body Of Walter Schnell. one 81
the Elbe's first cabin passengers.
The Shipwrecked Mariners society
has sent a barometer to skipper Wright.
of the Wild Flower and 40 To his men.
and the mayor Of Lowcstoft has opened
fund for their benefit
A dispatch from Vienna says that
among the Elbe's passengers were the
Gutmann brothers. directors ~ a
steam mill company IN Kunchan. Hun
gary. The Gutmans lad fled 10 escape
arrest for forgery, by which they de-
frauded the company and the peas
ant shareholders Of 800. 900 ilnrinS.
They are said TO have given assumed
ma mos n the efaaras IA in offfpa