Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1895-02-09
AFTER THE WRECK.
The Ofi.e aud Crew OF the Crnthie sus-
pended-The Eibe's Officers Denounced
for Their Seiiisbness and Utter Disregard
of the Rights OF Passengers In Their Care
No Hope of Other Survivors.


pended-The Eibe's Officers Denounced
for Their seiEsbness and Utter Disregard
of the Rights of Passengers In Their Care
No Hope of Other Survivors
LONDON, Feb. o.-It is understood
that the officers and crew Of the Cra-
THE were examined yesterday by the
British consul in Rotterdam. They
will leave the ship and return forth
With TO Aberdeen.
Vevera, Hoffman, and Schlegel de-
MED emphatically that the Crathie re-
mained signalling for nearly two
hours near the scene of the collision.
They say that if she had done so
she could have kaved many lives.
Hoffman, who was among the first to
reach the Elbe's deck after the coili-
sion, did not see the Crathie answer
the Elbe's signals. He noticed a small
steamer, apparently the one that had
struck the Elbe, steaming away.
AS regards the behavior of the Elbe's
crew, Hoffman, says: Il seized life
belt as soon as | got on deck, but a
sailor demanded it, saying that it be-
longed to the crew. gave it up with
the remark: Well, l hope you will
save yourself but he did not. The
crew did their best to keep the passen-
gers out of the boats"
Hoffman, was greatly embittered by
the loss Of his wife and child.
Il was born among the Indians out
west" he said yesterday afternoon.
Il have gone through rough times
xrf fau iS oil
over with them, and they have been
sacrificed by the carelessness of these
men. do not value my own life now:
] can think only of my loss"
Mr.. Hoffmann's description Of the
final settling of the ship was vivid.
Il could see her sinking rapidly as we
pulled away in the small boat. Her
bow went steadily into the air. The
deck grew sleeper, and could see the
poor wretches aboard her climbing and
crawling toward the Prov, until sud-
denly all were engulfed."
Fevera said: There was a lot of
green hands in charge OF the lifeboats.
They were so excited they filed one
boat, and then dumped all the oceu-
pants into the water. The crew in our
boat were very reluctant to admit Miss
Buecker. Hoffman, and dragged her
in without any aid from the seamen.'
Vevera and Hoffman, also attack
Third Officer Stollberg and First En-
gineer Nuessel. They say that both
acted selfishly after the escue. and
that Stollberg made no effort to COM
mand the boat, but gave the whole re-
sponsibility to the steerage passenger
Boethen, who had been cook on a
French steamer. They speak highly
of Boethen's GOODNESS and skill and
give him the whole credit for manag-
ing the boat. a=
The company has booked Vcrera
and Schlegel to sail on the steamship
Umbria to-day, and both will start this
morning for Liverpool. Each has re-
ceived SIS from the company. as they
lost everything with the ship.
Many more smacks arrived at Loves
.toft late yesterday afternoon and last
evening. They brought no news. The
skipper of the smack Competitor, which
returned last night, reported that ne
saw Thursday what he thought was
mail bag and tried to catch it with a
boat hook. He missed 1t. and know
ing nothing of the collision did not
try for it again.
Handbills distributed in Lowestoft
say that Consul Bradbecr will pay ESQ
for the body of Walter Schnell, one of
the Elbe's first cabin passengers.
The Shipwrecked Mariners society
has sent a barometer to Skipper Wright.
of the Wild Flower and s10 to his men,
and the mayor of Lowestoft has opened
a fund for their benefit.
A dispatch from Vienna says that
among the Elbe's passengers were the
Gutmann brothers, directors of a
steam mill company in Kunchan, Hun
gary. The Gutmans had fled to escape
arrest for forgery, by which they de-
frauded the company and the peas
ant shareholders of 1000 forms.
They are said to have given assumed
names at the steamshfo office