Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-02-07
FURTHER DETAILS
OF the LOSS of the Steamship Elbe
in the North Sea.
STORY OF the Disaster Told by the English
Pilot, Who s.AmOnS the Saved,
and of the Rescue by the
WildhOWer.


topic of conversation and comment in
to the number of lives lost places it at
374, at least that is the number miss
Il ing. and there is very little hope enter.
tanned that any of these will eventual
iy be heard from alive. 1t is true,
however. that some Yarmouth and
tLowestoft fishing smacks which are
~out on cruises in the vicinity where
the Wildflower picked up the Elbe's
boat containing the twenty survivors,
have not yet returned to their home
ports, so that
THERE STILL REMAINS A POSSIBILITY
that one or more of them may have
rescued some of the unfortunates of
the lost steamer. On the other hand,
the weather is unfavorable to the sur
-vival of castaways for any considera-
BILE length of time. A heavy northeast
gale prevails on the North sea and
the weather whereabouts is very cold.
The gale is increasing to almost hur-
ricane, and is accompanied by blind
ing snow storm. Notwithstanding the
ediscomforts involved, however. the
coast guard and customs officers are
exerting themselves 90 the utmost and
are leaving no means untried
IN THE SEARCH FOR POSSIBLE SURVIVORS,
Or even for signs of any kind indicating
that more of the Elbe's people escaped
than have been yet heard from. Thus
far no article of woodwork or furni-
ture belonging to the vessel has been
washed ashore on the Suffolk coast, a
fact in itself regarded by experts as
proving the sudden completeness of
the disaster, and tending to diminish
the probabilities of further salvage of
life being reported. A life boat of the
Elbe, it is true, washed ashore at Var
mouth Wednesday evening, oars and
life buoys being found in it; but this is
undoubtedly the boat from which
THE wILDFLOwEB RESCUED THE SUR
vIvoRs,
and which was left adrlft after it's oc-
-cupants had been taken off, so that its
discovery on shore furnishes no addi-
stiopal news or encouragement.
The offices in London of the North
German Lloyds Steamship Co. are be-
sieged by anxious inquiries, but the
officials are without information Or de-
tails beyond the news published in the
press, and can do nothing to allay the
anxiety of the relatives and friends of
the Elbe's passengers. The company
is refunding fares to the survivors and
paying the expenses of their return to
Germany or to whatever point they
select as their destination.
ADDITIONAL VICTIMS.
1t is learned that the following, in
addition to those named in the list of
frst-cabin passengers already pub
3ished, were drowned. Their names
did not appear on the printed list be-
aus they did not take through pas
sage, but intended to go only SO far as
Schrifre Dornan, An
ton Fischer and a family named Mis-
seIaertz, consisting of two adults and
two children.
Mr.. Laker and his wife, who were
among the steerage passengers lost,
were English people, who went to Bre-
men to take steerage passage there for
New York.
A tug has been sent out by the Loyds
from Lowestoft to cruise around in
search of survivors.
THE VESSEL THAT CAUSED 1T.
The owner, at Aberdeen, of the
steamship Crathie, which ran into and
sank the Elbe, has received brief tel
egram from the captain at Mas Luis,
stating that the Crathie's bow was ter
ribly crushed by the impact of the YES
sci with the Elbe, and that the Crathie
was in sinking condition when she
reached Mas Luis. The captain was
below at the time of the collision, the
mate being in charge of the vessel.
The latter has made statement to the
captain that he has no knowledge
whatever as to the identity of the yes
sci with which the Crathie collided.
His own vessel was so terribly dam |
aged that its condition called for the |
attention of the officers and |
the entire crew, all of whom had to |
lend their energies to
SAVING THEIR SHIP AND THEIR OWN
LIVES.
There was, the mate adds, dense |
fog at the time of the accident, and the !
vessel with which the Crathie had col |
iided was lost in the mist almost imme- |
diately after the crash.
Mr.. Carl Hoffman, of Grand Island,
Neb, who is among the saved, refutes
this statement by making the asser-
ton, in addition to his statement
already published, that if the vessel
(which came into collision with the
Elbe had stood by the sinking ship a
ma ority of her passengers might have
been saved, as the Elbe stood perfectly
still for many minutes after the i'm
pact In fact she remained motionless
until.
TIE WATER WHICH WAS POURING INTO
HER HOLD
caused her to lurch violently. after
which was all confusion on board.
Prior to this, however, discipline was
maintained and there could have been
40 difficulty in transferring the passeE-
gers in an orderly manner.
The survivors who were brought to
Lowestoft are all recovering from the
effects of the shock and exposure. Miss
Anna Buecker, the only women known
to have been saved. has SO far recov-
cred that she will be able to proceed to
Southampton.
The surviving officers of the Elbe
are very reticent in regard to the dis
aster, reserving their statements pend
ing an official inquiry into the circum-
stances; but it transpires that an officer
of the Elbe
s.wA GREEN LIGHT ON THE PORT BOW
belonging to an unknown vessel which,
it is alleged, was trying to cut across
the Elbe'sfbows- This light evidently
belon ged to the Crathie.
A dispatch to Lloyds from Rotter-
dam says the Crathie left Mas Luis at
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