St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-01
GERMAN LLOYD STEAMER ELBE.

passengers saved is that the following
orders were given by the officers of the
Elbe: The children were 10 be saved
first, and then the women, and they
were to be placed in the boats on the
starboard side. where the women and
children were told to gather But,
almost Immediately after these or
ders had been obeyed, the Elbe
listed heavily to Starboard, and the
seas swept up to the promenade decks
SO the starboard boats were rendered
useless. The boat which brought the
survivors away from the Elbe was one of
the port boats, and was the last TO leave
the vessel. Acting upon the orders of
Capt. Won Gossel. Third Officer Stoll-
berg and the paymaSter who was in
charge of this boat, took their seats in
side of her, and then when the water
was creeping over the deck, 1t was n
rush for the boat and anybody who
could get into it did so.
The Trinity pilot, Greenhall. who, as
already stated by himself, rushed on
deck Immediately after the collision,
assisted the crew of the Elbe in
Firm. the Rockets
which signaled the vessels distress. 1T
is understood that Greenham has been
heard to express the opinion that the
steamer which cOllided with the Elbe
was distinctly at fault. as she attempted
TO cross the bow of the Elbe.
In the midst Of inquiries of every
kind, as to the cause of the accident. the
identity of the steamer which rammed
the Elbe, etc.. every possible attempt
is being made to find some trace of the
missing boat and its passengers. Tho
agent OF the North German Lloyd
Steamship company this morning sent
the harbor tug Dispatch 10 the scene of
the disaster, but owing to the bad
weather prevailing the men on board
the tug were unable to see any
In addition, kilograms of inquiry have
been sent to all places along the coast
asking if they have any news of the
missing craft, and it IS hoped that the
LoWeStoft fishing Smack5, which are eX-
pected to make this harbor this after
noon, may bring some news.
The majority of people here have
abandoned all hope Of hearing of the
rescue Of any more of the Elbe's pas
sengerS or crew, as many OF the Var
mouth and LoWestoft fishing smacks
are known to have been plying near the
scene of the disaster, and they have not
yet returned, which they certainly
would have done had they picked up
any survivors.
Although it is generally believed that
the Elbe sank almost Immediately after
the collision, some Of the survivors as
SeTt that they did not see her go down,
and they express the nope that she
May Stin KSe Afoat.
The agent of the North German LLOYD
company here announces that the en-
perOr and empress OF Germany have
telegraphed their condolences to the
company, and asked to be promptly in
formed If any more of the passengers or
crew of the Inflated Elbe are rescued.
The agentof the North German LLOYD
Steamship company announces that the
following persons whose names were on
the list of tina Elbe'5 passengers de-
cided OF the last moment to go from
Bremen TO southampton direct, aud
were not on the Inflated steamer when
she sank:
Louise Bornefeld, Domingo Furrer,
Theodore Geisenheimer Rudolph Neu-
man. E. MiSselWitZ, Two adults and two
children. Schieferdorman, Anton Fisher.
On behalf of the board of trade this
afternoon a preliminary inquiry was
held here into the sinking of the Elbe.
The surviving officers of that steamship
were questioned by the chief officer OF
the custom house. They said in SUBJ
stance: 1.-The Elbe was proceeding on
South-s0uthWest course down channel