The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-11

iout'nasiod schooner at anchor, riding
very heavily. Wo laid to half an hour
waiting for some signals. but got mono.
Wo loft them riding at anchor IN n
hSaVy sea IN u very unusual place lor a
schooner OF that chnractor-right In tho
course OF tho ocean steamers.
Then wo Calno on to hurbor md az.
ps,fienced the worst weatlier OF tho
whole trip, getting most of tho leo that
la now on tho decks from that timo on.
we hnd to come very slowly to avoid
getting more than We did and keen In
working condition, as tho spray was
very heavy whom wo made good head.
way. We passed. tho lightship At O.55
q. IN. and reached quarantine before
noon TODAY" -
Captain Dntton was not worn out by,
any means, but he had been constantly
awake and alors since 2:l5 o'clock ye;.
ierday morning, Elo had no. heard Of
tho TACT that La Gascognc was 40 much
overdue and when asked for all opinion
40 to her fate, said ho thought sho ha,
broken down somewhere aud tha. she
will probably turn up.
gLBE SURVIVORS.
On board tho Umbria wore thre,
survivors ofthesteamship ip Elbc. Eugene
schlegel, OF Furst, Germany, on his way
TO this country for the frat time with
hsa sister, Emma, who was los, with the
ship; Jan rovera, OF Cleveland. Ohio
and Carl Hoffman. OF Grand Island.
Neb., whose vile and child were among
the lost.
A representative Of the Associatcd
Press boarded the Umbria at Quarantine
from the revenue cutter and found
Me.sss, Hoffman and Vevora In tho
main saloon reading lot.era from their
relatives in tho west, which had boen
handed them at quarantine. Mr. yeyora.
after lie had looked over his let,era.
made the following statement to the
representative OF tho Associated Press
concerning his experience at tho time
tho Elbe was lost:
Mr. vEvERA's STORY.
"As near as I eau reckon. h. VIVA
about twenty minutes OF SIX when fol,
a slight shock, accompanied BY q
crashing sound that seemed 10 me TO
como from the engine room. Tho
shock was very slight aud no. at all ike
what l should have expected from such
collision. Immediately ran forward
toward the engine room and in the pa,.
sage met the mail clerk whom I asseds
what was the matter. Nothing he
iaid. Then met three OF the crew
running along and on a,kiug them the
tho same question, received a similar
roply. Just then tho timbers and par.
ti'ions OF the ship by the postotf,ce be.
gan to crack and bulge inward.
"On going on deck, however, the ship
had lifted over to port to such an az.
tent that there vas 80 much coutusion
and noise that have very little idea OF
anything except to getting 10: % the boa,
from which was picked up BY tho
Wildaower. I saw nothing Of the
steamer that collidod with US. But the:
sight the Elbe presented AZ she rolled
back from port to starboard and then
slowly began to sot,le down by the
stern is one that will never forget. |,
could not have beon more than twenty.
five minutes from tho time the collision
occurred until the ship sank from
sight"
hr. Hoffman refused, while on tho
Umbria, to make any statement fer
publication. Since the Elbe disaster he
has boon in an excitabls state Of mind.
He declared himself tha, he had no,
slept for four niehts, and that he In.
tended to get some rest before h, did
anything else. He said in addition tha.
he intended TO confer with the North
German Lloyd line officials hero a. as
early date as possible.
On the arrival OF the Umbria a. the
pier, Mr.. Holman entered carriage
and drove to the Broadway Central Ho.
tel. After lunch he told his story TO tho
reporter. His statement was made in
very disconnected fashion, and was lib
orally interpreted with threats Of proa.
ecuting tho North German Lloyd and
frequent outbursts Of tears