The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-01

lnqulry VIII last el2nt QdyS.
 Fifteen fishing smacks which sailed
 near the spot where the Elbe lies arriv- ed at Lowestoft this afternoon. Not
 one reported seeing any signs of the wreck or the passengers. Their reports
 banished the last hope of finding the | second lifeboat. A smack returning shortly before midnight brought boat rudder and log line, but there was noth-
 ing to indicate what boat they were
 from. The customs officers at all ports along the south and east coast are on
 the alert to hail and question all incom-
 ing craft,
 A Rotterdam dispatch says; Captain Gordon of the Crathie says the steamer
 with which lis ship collided was lost sight of immediately after the vessels came together and it was thought she had proceeded, The Crathie remained in the vicinity for two hours and then returned to Rotterdam as it was feared
 that she could not keep afloat.
 The second officer of the Crathie says that immediately after the collision the ship struck By the Crathie burned blue and red lights Similar signals were returned by the Crathie, his belief being that no assistance was required on eith CT side.
 MT. Vevera said tonight; Tt was every man for himself and safety in
 the final rush. The passengers saved were few enough in comparison with
 the number of seamen. I shall never forget the sight of those poor creatures with the life-belts, bobbing up and down in the water. And the people on l deck! There was~one poor woman who clung to her boy, sobbing and praying | for rescue. The noise was terrific. I 1 can hear it yet, and I can see the groups | of despairing men and women who hung over the rail as we were swept | away"
 | The Daily Graphic will remark to- morrow the divergence of the accounts as to the conduct of the crew, especially | as shown in Pilot Greenham's tribune to the ships discipline and the charges made by Vevera and Hoffman In an interview this afternoon Hoff- man said: "I heard the captains or ders to send women and children to the starboard side. have been used to | obeying orders as I have been in the army so I even let my boy go all though he had got into the boat with l liiC' IN Nfh0 LAlV Vll6lIigSl WIlO lOph DlIll out, and when signified, the engineer is still alive"
 The Graphic reporter says "One memory will finger in the minds of all who visited the survivors in Lowestoft, It is the vision of poor Hoffman, broken hearted by the fire side, and saying noth- ing except my poor boy, my poor boy" Consul Beerber says: "The inquiries seem to show that the officers took | their positions to superintend the lower ing of boats. The women were ordered | to the starboard side because the in- l jury to the vessel was on the port side Suddenly the ship heeled over. There upon the women and children made a mad rush to port and poured like a torrent into boat No. 5, and sinking it. Another boat was filled with women and there is a possibility that this got clear. The boat which carried the sur vivors was No. 3. Tt rowed around the star'board and there rescued Miss Buecker No boats were launched from the starboard side simply because it | was impossible. I do not believe that at first there was excitement or panic | There was merely the inevitable amount of confusion until the ship began to set | tie. Then the cry was Save your selves,'"
 Several survivors blame the trawlers, | which ignored the signals for help. Ire | fishermen say, however, that they could | not have gone to the rescue soon enough | unless they had cut themselves free.
 A statement of the Crathie's mate was telegraphed from Rotterdam this even | ing. He said: Ut was impossible to | avoid the collision, although a differ | ence of ten yards at our rate of speed | would have averted 1t.
 After we struck we could not get | our ropes and chains clear, but had to | cut them. I did not hear any commo- | tion or cries for help from the other yes sel. One of our stokers was asleep at | the time and was injured by the plates which forced inward. One of his ears was cut off entirely"
 The Graphic has a dispatch from Rot terdam saying that the captain and | mate of the Crathie now deny that any body aboard ever said there was fog at the time of the collision. The Elbe's course at the time of the collision is given as south-southwest and her speed | as fifteen knots. The other vessel was seen approaching about two and one Falf points off the Elbe's port bow. She was showing green and masthead lights and was steaming apparently west northwest. She ought, therefore, to have ported her helm and passed under the Elbe's stern.
 dispatch from Berlin says of the three Berliners drowned:
 Simon Schweitzer insured his life for a large sum on the eve of his depart ure Carl Nussbaum was only tenn porary resident. He was returning to see his mother in Washington. Bau- mann was a theater manager well known here. Formerly he was Dam rosch's stage manager"
 London, Feb. 1, 3 a, m.-All reports received tonight confirm the statements from Bremen that the steamship Elbe carried 149 officers and sailors, fifty cab in passeng gers and 125 steerage passen- gers, or 324 persons.
 There are twenty-one survivors. The lost, therefore number 303.
 Blowing Up Wreclxs.
 Whitestone, l.. l., Jan. 31.-The United States cruiser Vesuvius to-day