Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-11
SAVED FROM DEATH.
The Captain Of the UmbrIa RssCutS a
Crew Of Fourteen.
TIE VESSEL ABANDONED AT SEA.
Survivors Of the Elbe Again Tell The
story Of tie Disaster 10
That Vessel.

NEW YORK, Feb. lO.-rhe cunardet
Umbria, Captain Dut,on, which sailed
From Liverpool February 2nd, reached
Quaran tine this morning.
Shortly afor noon yesterday the
monster ocean greyhound steamer
passed Quarantine, her shrouds and
part Of her hulk covered with ice, and
glistening like myripds Of diamond"
ioicles hung IRON before aud aft. From
the topmost edge Of tue bridge to the
deck was one mass Of glitlering Ice.
During the only spell q good
weather on tho vessels voyage sho
was enabled TO rescue fourteen persont
who were adult Ia n WAtut-logguj,
helpless bark. Capt du Dalton ssid;
1--WE had n fairly gOol voyage after
leaving Queenstown until Ne struck
the blizzard outside tho Queen Hook
yesterday.
IL was 1914 n. m. on February 9Th
that we picked up the captain Hnd
crew Of the French bark Jean Bap'
tlttc.
Tne distressed crew was displaying
rod lights, 10 show that the vessel was
out Of control, anu n We made toward
her, three uien went up into tle miz-
zun rigging with torches. Tue bark
was water.loggod. When our boat
reached the distressed vessel tbs men
found the crew had lAunt he'd two boat
anu wetO loading All VI tholr effects.
Captain Leuct and his sou were the
last b leave the Jean Bapiisto. They
came away In our boat. The rest Of
the crew came 20 us IN their own boals
and said they had brought all tHelr
personal effects with thom. The Jean
Bapllste belonged nj Havte, anu was
from Halifax 10 Cork with seals. bhU
WIS net insured.
Captain Dulton, continuing said:
AT O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
during the hoighth OF the atoim, 200
miles east Of Sandy Hook, we sighted
n fout-masted schooner Rt anchor, lid.
Ing very heavily. Bhc had n iiag up
hnd no sails SIT. had the vessel put
about ana ran down close TO her. We
laid to halt an hour, wAltiug for some
signal, but none came. We loft them
riding at anchor ia a heavy sea, In n
very unusual place for a rch0ouer u
that character, right in the cOuig1 OF
the ocean steamers.
Then we came on 10 hafbor and
experienced the worst weather " the
whole tfip.D
On board the Umbria were three sur.
vivoTs OF tho Elbe, Eugene schlegei,
OF Furst, Germany, on his way 10 this
country with his siiter, Emma. wh1
was lost with the ship; John Nevera
Of Cleveland, o., anu Carl Hoffman
Of Grand Island, Neb,, whose wife and
child were among tue lost. To nu
Associated Press reporter Mt. Holman
told tho following story u the wreck.
His statement was mauo In very die
connected fashion, anu was inter.
spertsl literally with threats Of prose.
cutting the North German Lloyd COM
pRny aud frtquent outbursls Of team:
"My wife aud boy anu myself had n
staterOOm on the staTboafd slide, aft, IA
tho section between the numbers 90
aud lOO,0 he said. 81 woke early on
this morning OF the collision ana had
gone out on deck and returned to our
stAtetoom where told my wife how
The weather was aud put another
blanket over my boy, who was In tht
upper berth, Tor II was very cold.
"5uddenly / heard n crash and tho
ship ITemblod violently. 1 rushed cut
side 10 SEQ what tho trouble was, anu a.
didso met Mr. SchltgePa sister En-
ina, who was running forward towards
the gangway. None OF tho ship's crew
could give me any information AZ q
what mad happened, but o. l heard
great confusion overhead aud sound
Of many people running 10 and fro,
ran back 10 our cabin anu told my wife
TO dress heTsslf anu the boy as quickly
As possible. Win my boy ON ono arm
anu supporting my wife with The
othst,I started for the oompanion-way
Just then come one ON deck gave th'
orier ior every one TO 20 below, and u
tue rush that onsued TO obey the order
was carried down the steps again.
went up on deck again, REGARDLESS
OF the order. aud stood ~ the heat