The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-31

! but she seemed 10 pay ilAti' dNNNA'N''''
a.. 1 vas not greatly alarmed, although
hoard scufiing feet and hoarse shouts
ON deck. | hurried into a few of my
| clothes. however. and went TO the upper
! deck. ] saw only too clearly then what
| had happcned / rushed below and heiped
| my wife and boy throw on few CLONES
! and We went on deck together Ihe OK
| cltcment and confusion cannot be ue-
| scrlbed. / never saw anything ike IT,
everybody seemed TO have lost their wis
| The scene was distressing beyond any =
| thing else / ever saw. Men, women anu
| children were running about madly' 'no
! women screaming with terror ana eVcly
! man getting IN the others way nv
| darkness increased the confusion "'''
/ fright.
THERE ARR 40 BOATS
suddenly I heard shrill, despalrlhs
| CRY from =, women There are Nv
| more boats" ] then saw the men dI w
| d3vlts. / noticed that the ropes W.
! frozen so hard or were so tahsle4 -
! something Of the sort, that the S''O'
! had 10 chop them frantically 10 Bet 'io
| boats clear. The sailors were doing lheit
beet. however. and worked WIN Hiien'
and main. They finally got out poau ~, ~,
! Tho mort side. / could see that IL "d7 @ l''
Of ueoplc. but the sailors coulu H0' ''"N'
| i. .ott,i,c
meanwhile the steamer was seltlhs
/ ,cro,ufibIy took my hoy lh NY ~ "t'
| and got into the second poat. NY "a.
was close beaiId when soMfD'uy S"0ut,I-
! .Au Women and children 80 10 the other
| ..i, 81 tbc ship.' l believe the captain
,,.,,., tbc order. Ny wife started 10 run
I ,cross the deck. and that Is the ldsl
! .,vv of her. cung TO my Duy,
lnt some men sc.zed US anu
drarg,J us ont Of the boat, ana HIS
rlaco was taken by one Of the CIG"'
! q.bi. boat got clear Of the steamer. ~,
! co,e tho mon at the oars could get Iuli
command of her b s wave dIH'p1e IN, rl.a
ell her against the steamer DIE ioi
r,..t which had gone by the boaid at
t1o time OF the collision. II was aiillo9'
miraculous that the boat was not swamp
ID Another boat was got out. TOOK
INV bow into II. and supposed that ne
had remained by my SIDE, put JUS IL" '"
balt was lowered / found that ne hd'
disappcarcd. lie had been torn away al
tI,o i.,,-b and scramble for places. / uled
IN Get back. but the boat went down WIN
y, H,r,u and the moment We reached the
water the sailors pushed OH.
REPORTS or OTHER sUEyIyoEs.
Nti.s Hueckpr saws she was in bed when
,h. o,llis,on occurred When she reached
tbe deck two of the life boats were pens
lowered She got into one OF them, but
II was capslzcd Miss Buecker was picked
up bv another lifc-boat ana hVe houIS
later was taken on board the Nlldiio"er'
Fuerst a stOker, said IN an lhteI'ie"
.T wac i'm the boler-room at the time OIL
tb. ..,Ilision The water rushed in i'm
medf8telv through a big gap in the s-de.
II uoureJ I'm at tremendous rate, ana
soon ,xtinguished the fires. Everybody
I'm the boiler-room knew the vessel must
founder When ! reached the deck sd"
the captain on the bridge but did not see
the pilots. 1 do not know where the pHoi7
We're
Third officer Stollborg says that he can
not explain the collision. and that IT ls
unlikely that any adequate account can
Doe obtained, as all the deck watch on
duty at the time were drowned. ne
captain was on the bridge when the coli
Hsiou occurred. and officer Stollberg heard
him shouting i'm loud, firm voice thal
the women and children were 10 be saved
nrst. The captains voice reached con-
siderable distance. His order was re-
pcatcd by the chief officer, and must
have been heard by everybody aboard.
officer Stollberg expressed the wdrmest
gratitude 10 skipper Wright and the crew
OF The NildnoWcr The Toughncss of the
sea, he said. made the work OF rescue
extremely perilous. The fishermen gave
the survivors the use of everything aboard
the smack, and fed ana clothed them.
OFFICIAL sTArEMENTs,
Tho steamship company has deferred
until morning its decision as to sending
the survivors TO New York. In answer TO
"a dispatch from the United Press, the
North German Lloyd sent this official
statement from Bremen tonight.
The third officer of the Elbe reports
from LoWestoft that the vessel was struck
ON the port side in the way mail room
by am unknown steamer sinking i'm twcn-
ty minutes stormy weather. watch in
order. Hope a second boat which was
lowered my bc safe, as several fishing
vessels and steamer are in the vicinity
Good discipline; everything done tnat was
possible to save life
The first ofcial report received by the
owners was dated at Lowcstoft. and said
THE mail steamship Elbc, which left
Bremen Haven yesterday for New York.
sunk after being in collision, az this
morning. \ boat has landed twenty-five;
no news OF me remainder
Then followed the statement given
above.
These reports seem to prove that only
two boats were lowered, despite the vary
ing statements of passengers, some OF
whom said that as many as eight were
emit loose. The noat carrying the sur
yivors was tossed at the mercy OF the
waves. i'm a bitter southeast wind, until IL
o'clock. Meantime they sighted several
vessels while themselves unseen. The
ec3ntiu,~S of their clothil made their
.lfferiues more intense. When they sight
.l tbc Wulhower frantic efforts were
made 10 attract her attention. Shlrts
and undcrclothcs were waved some time
before the fishing smack answered their
hail. ,.,,,
me exact place of the collision IS forty
seven miles southwest Of the HOOK HsN'-
ship .,,.,
Nlr. Nucsscl.( the first engineer tolu
D.lv News reporter that IT was only 'he
position the vessel assumed when the Wa
Ter made its volume felt that pIeNe"'e"
the aunchine Of more boats.
Disnatches from Germany say that bre-
men is in state of consternatoh' anu
,ha whole country is excited by the news
Of the.wrcck. The passengers CAME i'o''
an parts Of tn empire.
list OF THE PASSENGERS.
N1,v YORK. Jan. 30-'rhe foliowihs ls
, mn list Of the passengers on the riDe
when the Inflated vessel salieo iio"i
Bremen: ,,t,,. rIuoo
First C!ass-Fritz Appel, Munich; hugo
pa.l,er Cbemnitz: Director Baumahh'
rorlin. Mrs Hermine Sander, Falmouth
Mis- anton Fischer. Washington - g.
tohn n. Vincke. ST. Charles, Mo- Charles
WY -Iew York: Mrs. Nj. G. ConherS'
t,.t..+.. IIourv n. Castle, HOMO