The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-02-09
FURTHER DETAILS
OF the Loss of the Steamship Elbe
in the North Sea.
Story of the Disaster Told by the English
Pilot, Who is-Among the Saved,
and of the Rescue by the
WiIdfiOwer.

LONDON, Feb. 1.-The loss of the
North German Lloyd steamship Elbe,
with oyer 800 lives, is the absorbing
topic of conversation and comment in
al circles. The latest information as
to the number of lives lost places it at
37i, at least that is the number miss
ing, and there is very little hope enter
tanned that II of these will eventual
" be heard from alive. 1t is true,
however. hat some Yarmouth and
Lowestoft fishing smacks which are
ont on cruises in the vicinity where
the Wildfiower picked up the Elbe's
boat containing the twenty survivors,
have not yet returned to their home
ports, 50 that
THERE STILL REMAINS A
that one or more of them may have
rescued some of the unfortunateS of
the lost steamer. On the other hand,
the weather is unfavorable to the sur
vival of castaways for any c~onsidera-
bic length of time. Aheavy northeast
gale prevails on the North sea n
the weather Whereabouts is very cold.
The gale is increasing to almost a hur-
ricane, and is accompanied by a blind
ing snow storm. Notwithstanding the
discomforts involved, however, the
coast guard and customs officers are
exerting themselves to the utmost and
are leaving no means untried
IN THE SEARCH o POSSIBLE SURVIVORS,
or even for signs of any kind indicating
that more of the Elbe's people escaped
than have been yet heard from. Thus
far no article of woodwork or furni-
ture belonging to the vessel has been
washed ashore on the Suffolk coast, a
fact in itself regarded by experts as
proving the sudden completeness of
the disaster, and tending to diminish
the probabilities of further salvage of
life being reported. A life boat of the
Elbe, it is true, washed ashore at Var
mouth Wednesday evening, oars and
life buoys being found in it; but this is
undoubtedly the BOAT from which
THE w~ILDFLowER RESCUED THE SUR
vIvORs,
and which was left adrIft after its oc-
cupants had been taken off, so that its
discovery on shore furnishes no addi-
tional news or encouragement.
The offices in London of the North
German Lloyds Steamship Co. are be-
sieged by anxious inquiries. but the
officials are without information or de-
tails beyond the news published in the
press. and can do nothing to allay the
anxiety of the relatives and friends of
the Elbe's passengers. The company
is refunding fares to the survivors and
paying the expenses of their return to
Germany or to whatever point they
select as their destination.
ADDITIONAL VICTIMS.
1t is learned that the following, in
addition to those named in the list OF
first-cabin passengers already pub
lished, were drowned. Their names
did not appear on the printed list be-
aus they did not take through pas
sage, but intended to go only so far as
Southampton: Schrifre Dornan, An
ton Fischer and a family named Mis-
selaertz. consisting of two adults and
two children.
Mr.. Laker and his wife, who were
among the steerage passengers lost,
were English people, who went to Bre-
men to take steerage passage there for
New York.
A tug has been sent out by the Loyds
from Lovestoft to cruise around in
search of survivors.
THE VESSEL THAT CAUSED 1T.
The owner, at Aberdeen, of the
steamship Crathie, which ran into and
sank the Elbe, has received 4 brief tel
egram from the captain at Mas Luis,
stating that the Crathie's bow was ter
ribly crushed by the impact of the YES
sci with the Elbe, and that the Crathie
was in a sinking condition when she
reached Mas Luis. The captain was
below at the time of the collision, the
mate being in charge of the vessel.
The latter has made a statement tothe
captain that he has no knowledge
whatever as to the identity of the YES
sci with which the Crathie collided.
His own vessel was so terribly dam
aged that its condition called for the
undivided attention of the officers and
the entire crew, al of whom had to
lend their energies to
| bAhINc lhblh pHA ~ AAAsAh
LIVES.
There was, the mate adds, a dense
fog at the time of the accident, and the
vessel with which the Crathie had col
lided was lost in the mist almost imme-
diately after the crash.
Mr.. Carl Hoffman, of Grand Island,
Neb., who is among the saved, refutes
this statement by making the asser-
ton, in addition to his statement
already published, that if the vessel
which came into collision with the
Elbe had stood by the sinking ship a
majority of her passengers might have
been saved, as the Elbe stood perfectly
still for many minutes after the i'm
pact. In fact she remained motionless
until.
THE WATER WHICH WAS OURING INTO
HER HOLD
caused her to lurch violently, after
which was all confusion on board.
Prior to this, however, discipline was
maintained and there could have been
no difficulty in transferring the passen-
gers in an orderly n
The survivors who were brought to
Lowestoft are all recovering from the
effects of the shock and exposure. Miss
Anna Buecker, the only womeI known
to have been saved. has so ia. recov-