The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-01-25
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Nf1NWul|' ll' cft Wlt raised ON
the doomed vessel for the women and
children to go over 60 the other side
OF the steamer away from a., port
side, i'm which was the great rapnr
no &c eau ej 10y the Crtthit. The
halt-faiutinE wom'l AMI t,rro.-
stricken children hlrr..l. .l.tpil, star
boarl side, but they hlI scarcely
reached the boat. whoa the huFe
vessel lifted her W, HIGH in the air
and then slowly and silently sank
st rn foremost beneath the waves.
taking with acr her uuwuu rrerht
Barely tW "tg minute. c.IH-c 10,
tween the collision and the sinking
of the steamer a heavy sea was
running and the wiul. which was
from the east southeast, was bitterly
cold
The small boat containing the sur
vivors tossed about until II o'clock in
the morning Several vessels were
sighted in the meantime, but they
made no replies to the signals that
were set for them The survivors
were nearly frozen having hardly
any clothing. and their suiferinrs
were intense Eventually the fishing
smack Wild Flower saw the signals
and bore down on the boat In a
short time the survivors were taken
aboard of her, where everything pos
sible was done for their comfort.
Mr.. Karl Hoffman,. the husband Of
Mrs. Anna lloftmann, is among the
survivors. lie is IN condition of
terrible distress from the loss of his
wife and son. lie plthctically eX-
hibited a gold watch that his wife
ha slipped into his hand as she
parted with him TO 90 to the star
board side Of the steamer when the
order to that effect was ~ivcn He
said:
Iarl HoGm1nn'. story.
1--WE left Brcmcrh1ven on Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock Our cabin
was one of the sccon class aud was
within six feet Of the spot which re.
ccived the fun force of the shock. Ny
wife, child and | were asleep whom |
was awakened at 500 o'clock by
what seemed to be the ringing OF the
gong that is used to call the pas,cu-
gers 90 meals. F.nling that It w S
sti dark jumped out of my birth,
but heard nothing to alarm m. J
went back to my berth again, and
Immediately heard the rushing of
feet and shouting. | concluded some
thing serious had happened and
seized some clothing | awakened
my wife and child, who hurriediy
dressed and then we all ran along
the corridor, with the others to the
deck. | was knocked down stairs
when | reached the top but my feet
caught on a hook ana | managed to
save myself from being trampled
upon.
IL got to the port side and saw that
great damage had resulted from the
collision. The water was then rush
ing into the steamer in a great tor
rent The night was very dark,
though the Sky was clear. The sea
was very rough. Two boats were
lowered. J caught my boy and threw
him into one of the boats. Calling to
my wife to accompany me, ] got into
it, but at that MON mt there was a
shout for the women an | children to
go to the starboard side. Slipping
her watch into my hand my VIE left
IN aud the boy was taken out of the
boat Will, / sat there.
L saw one boat swampe !, We
tried to re cue those i'm the water, bu'
all save one, Anna Becker, disap.
pearcd. Our boat was then showed
Off We saw many vessels, but could
not attract their attention. We useC
sail, and shirts for signals, bat the
! passing vessels paid no attention {,
them. Eventually the signals w,r,
answe:el by the fishing smack WilC
! Flower
After the collision rockets wer
| fred from the 81 tramer, but no hell
came. think that il was impossible
! that any others were rcscued, as TIA,
! ship sank almost imm adiately aftcI
/ We had left it. | do not believe tha
| the stccragc passengers were awar,
| of the accident, because the collision
| did not make much noise. We wer
/ exposed to a bitter sea and heav
winds for over five hours. The boa
ship, ed water constantly"
The Oh ef L ngin Talks.
Chief Engineer Neussell in an in
terview aid; The steamer that RAJ
into us appeared to be vessel O
about 800 tons. Nothing was visibl
by which either her name or her hail
ing port could be ascertained. Tn
chief engineer declined to give an,
opinion as 10 how the catastroph
happened. lie said that tn
Elbe had had good pa
sage until the accident occurred
Not more than twenty minute
elapsed before the steamer sank.
was only the position that the Elb
assumed when the water rushin
into her made its volume felt tina
prevented the launching of NOR
boats, Everything possible, inclu,
, ing the firing of rockets, was done /
the short time before the vessel SCI
tied down The night was very dar
at the time of the collision.
q Ona report has it that there wer
about 400 persons on the Elbe, 24O q
whom were passengers, 100 Officer
and crew ami "A number Of cattleme
who were returning TO the Unite
States. The rescued are now at tn
Sailors home at Lowestoft and th
Suffolk hotel at that place.
The ost ship.
The Lloyds company regarded II
. Elbe as one of their staunchest ship
She was of 4,5lO gross tonnage, 5,O
3 borsa nOXVar AIS fact lone a fai