The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-01

colitded with the Eibe was distinctly at
5auit. as she attempted TO cross the
poWs Of the Elbe.
Official Statement.
The following statement was officially
gwen this afternoon to an Associated
treSS correspondent by the German
N1Gs-consul, Herr Bradber, after sitting
al the interviews with survivors and
u oSs~Questloning the officers and crew
aIlo may be classed as the concensus
OF the officers opinions. 1.-The collision
OCCurred forty-fve miles from Mer-
SSnelang light ship. Though both the
1-rpe ana the coHiding steamer were go
1ns az IuH steam, the collision was
very slight. Immediately after the COL
asloh the Elbe began to settle down,
stern flrst. her bow mounting high into
ar. and rendering it impossible to reach
some OF the boats. AS everybody
crowded upon deck Immediately after
me shock and in a state Of great alarm,
~ was impossible for the orders Of the
captaan, who was standing on the
pfldge, that women and children should
De saved first, could be obeyed. "a
rush was made for the boats that were
accessible. The first boat to touch wa
Ter was Immediately swamped and the
passengers who had crowded into it
were drowned.
Was Soon Lost
The second boat launched was lost
sight of in the high sea which was run
ming, and it is feared she capsized,
INTO the third boat at the last moment.
Waen the water was UP to the prone
made deck, the vessel striking under
Their feet and two minutes before she
disappeared, there crowded nineteen
men, women and chin,dren, having
TuShed TO the other side, owing to the
command that they should get into the
GOATS there. The third boat pulled
away from the ship and in so doing
shortly after passed a lady passenger,
MISC Anna Blocker, who chung to the
SunWhale or side of the life boat. Some
time elapsed before She could be pulled
nto the boat Twenty survivors drifted
about until 11:10 a, m, the heavy seas
0epeacedly washing over the small
craft, Which was in constant danger
OF pelng sWamDed. and drenching its
occupants, who had not a. morsel of
food. Miss Blocker lay in the bottom
OF the boat, half drowned and semi
conscious. The lights of many vessels
We're seen all around, but not one of
them approached, though after dav-
ugnt steamer and two fishing yes
seis passed. Their crews, however. did
NOT notice the signals Of the life boat
nnally the waving of a shirt from the
poas attracted the attention Of the
crsW OF the fishing smack WildhoWer
which rescued the survivors with ex-
IRENE difficulty. After the collision an
unknown steamer passed under the
stern OF the Elbe and preceded on her
course without paying any heed to the
CRIES OF the people on board the sink
ing steamer"
As Sailors VIII.
The rescued seamen in the sailors
home here were stitching up their
battered clothing today, laughing and
Joking the while. They said they were
all below asleep when the collision
look place. 1t was impossible to reach
the forward boats, as the bow of the
steamer had risen high out Of the
water. The seamen then went aft and
escaped in the manner already de-
scribed. They steadily denied that
there had been any panic on board the
Eibe after the collision, but the e4-
cited maner in which they replied to a
question on this point showed thai
great confusion had prevailed.
All the passengers are understood to
have been below and aslep at the time
of the collision, and nearly al must
have been either drowned below OF
nav 44lEL 0Colll w 4i44C }CCh414S " 1 uS4
up on deck. The man who furnished
this Information was in SUCH an eX.
cited state that little more could be
gathered from him than ordinations
of horror. He repeated time and
again; 1t was terrible; it was terri
ole. The poor women and children
went down without hardly being ablt
to utter a. prayer. 1t was terrible. The
steamship must be full of dead bodies
w,
Like Rats in Trap.
81 can't tell you any more about it
All I know is I heard terrible crast
and it was followed by an awful SOUND
of rushing waters and escaping steam
1t was very dark down below where
was, but somehow l managed to pust
my way on deck. The ship resoundet
with heart-rending cries from all quar-
ters, although the officers seemed t
be doing all they could TO calm tn,
people. 1 saw a lot of sailors making {
rush for the boat and Joined in witt
them. Somehow the boat was lowered
and / managed to scramble into it
although it seemed to me that hun
dred people We're trying 10 do TIT
same. We pushed some o
thew away. for it was utterl,
impossible to load the boat an.
more and we could see the Elbe was
doomed She was rolling terribly anC
settling down one side in a manneI
which seemed threatening to turn he
over entirely. Somehow or other W,
got away and a number of people wer,
drowned as they jumped into the seS
and swan after us. OF course w
could not put back for anybody, or w
would have been pulled undeS by tn,
people already struggling in the water
ESOT17a Ff1l1s- l1fpT I Mt y No,1
for 1 was too horT1fed to think, tn,
Flioe gave a fearful lurch sideway!
and sank with a. bursting sound.
seemed to me as if something blew III
on board her as she went down.
Was Third Boat.
don't know what became of tn
vessel that ran into us. ! saw a ligh
somewhere In the distance and sup
posed it was hers, but 1 can't say any
thing for certain. I had a brother OF
board who was from Germany, lilS
myself. We were on our way to tn
United States where we have relatives
do not know how many people 2ver,
drowned. but l should think at leas
800 persons went down in that terfbi
ship There was another boat lowere,
about the same time we got away, bu
st sunk afterwards. l think it was S
crowded it could not float The chic
engineer, who had charge of our boat
Is a very nice man and he did all h
could for us while we drifted about
He says lie is certain a third boat wa.
lowered from the ElTbe and believes sh
surely Will be able to reach the coas
of Holland in safety. He wanted tn
English fishing smaclSs to take us t
Fhe German coast, but the fishermen
insisted upon bringing us here"
A still later dispatch received from
IsoWestoft ABOUT 1880 D. m. Indicate
that the disaster is more serious thai