The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-31
torrent. Tho air was very dark. though
tho sky was cloar. Tho sea was rough.


torront. Tho air was very dark, though
tho sky was cloar, Tho sea was rough.
TWO RoATs LOWERED.
1.-TWO boats wore lowered. I caught
my boy and threw him into ono OF tho
boats. Calling my wife to accompany
me, got into Il, but at that moment
therO was Hhout for tho women and
children to 90 to tho starboard aide.
Slipping hor watch into my hand, my
wifo left mo and the boy waa takon out
OF tho boat whilo aat there. ! saw ono
boat awamped. We triod to roscuo
those In tho water, but all save one,
Anna Becker, disappeared. Our boat
was then showed Oh. Wo saw many
vessels but could not attract thuir at.
t0ntion. We usod sails and shirts for
signals. but the passing vessels paid no
attention TO thom. Eventually tho
signals wero answered bv tho smack
Wilddowcr.
lr"Af,or tho collision rockets were frel
ON tho steamer, but no help came.
hink 1t was impossible that any othors
Were rescued, as the ship sank almost
immediately after wo had left It. do
not believe that the s,ecragc passengers
woro aware ol tho accident, because tho
collision did not mako much noise. We
were exposed to n heavy sea and bitter
winds for ovor five hours. Tho boat
shipped water constantly"
Chief Engineer Neusucll, In an inter-
view, said:
THE steamer that ran into us mp.
peared to be vessel OF about 1000
tons. Nothing was visible by which
either her name or her hailing por.
could be a,certained.'
DECLINED TO orvEAS OPINION.
The chief engineer declined TO give
any opinion us to how the catastrophe
happened. He said that the Elbo had
had good passage until the accident
occurred. Not more than twenty min
utea elapsed before the steamer sank.
II was only the position that the Elbe
assumed when the water rushed into
her made its volume isit that prevent.
ed the launching OF moro boats. The
night was very dark at tho time OF the
collision.
Tho Elbe was four masted, iron,
screw steamer, 400 feet long, IS fee,
beam and 80 feet S inches Idepth Of
hold. Her tonnage was 2,Sl0 net and
4,5l0 gross. She had four decks aud
nine bulkheads. Her engines were OF
tho compound type. the cylinders meas.
uriuc sixty By sixty and sighty-6Ye BY
sixty inches aud were OF 5000 indicated
horse power. She was built in Glasgow
in 1881 by the Fairfield Engineering
and shipbu!ldlnc company. She was
last surveyed at Now York iu July. 1894.
She had accommodation for 100 first
cabin passengers. $50 second cabin PAS.
sengere and 800 steesage passeugeas.
Tho Crathic 10 an iron screw steamer,
OF about AIS tons. She is commanded
by Captain Kennedy.
THE xLBE's oYricrRs.
Following is a full list OF tho Elbe's
otiicers:
CAPTAIN. K. Won Gnessol; frat officer,
G. WilhelmS; second officer, J. holl.
mers; third officer, Theodore S,ollborg;
fourth officer. W. Buhr; chief engineer,
A. Neussell; second engineer, II. Budel.
mann: third engineer, D. Siebie; third
engineer, T. Albig; fourth engineer, ".
Lot1; fourth engineer, J. Kriete; fourth
engineer, I. Wills; purser, Wefcr; sur
gson, DR.. A. Rsichardt; assistant pur.
ser, P. Schlutiu,; chief steward, J.
Pschunder; second steward, J. Bundt-
zen; chief cook, @. Grapeugater; soc.
ond cook, J. Haass.
THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS.
One report has 1t that thero were
about 400 persons on tho Elbe, 240 OF
whom were passengers, 16o officers aud
crew and number OF cattlemen who
ver, returning to the United States.
The Daily Graphic will say:
1t is known that three boats were
launched. One OF them was SWAN ped
before anybody entered it. Tho other
two boats got away, each containing
about twenty persons.
Anna Boecker was unharmed beyond
being greatly exhausted. She says
tina. when she arrived on deck
she found that two life boats
were being lowered. She was
put into one, which soon cnpsized. She,
however, clung to the capsized boat un-
I'll che was picked up by tho other lie
boat
Mr. Vevera. OF Cleveland, Ohio, was
returning home from 4 visit to Hick
brother. lie was accompanied by his
niece whom hc fears wns drowned.
lie could not reach her cabin owing to
the shattered woodwork. 10 then
went to tho upper deck and
found tho boats boiug lowered away.
I realized that with mo it was now or
never and jumped on the rail
and as tho boat shecred of nnd
roso on tho sea | jumped aboard
Of her. A man tried to expel me,
but clung to him, saying to myself. If
90 You 90 too lie then dcsis,ed.
Wo saw tho Elbc sink, after which We
cruiscd about until the " milddower res-
cued u.s."
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