Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1895-01-31

Fritz Appel, Munich.
Hugo Becker. Chemnitz.
\. Baumann. Berlin.
Louise Bornefell, London.
Frau Andrew Brisbach. Amsterdam.
Frau NJ c. Conners, South Dakota.
Henry \. Castle Honolulu
Dorothy Castle, Honolulu.
DIR. J. 4. DIETRICH. America
Doming Fourier. Guatemala
Fraulein Frank and Jacob Frank,
America.
Anton Fischer. Washington.
!. f. GerliCher, Winona Mimi.
Theodore Geisenheimer. New York.
Ernest Heercn. New York.
Anna Hoffman and Henry Hoffman,
Grand Island, Neb.
Mr. Karl Hoffman the husband of Mrs
Anna Hoffman. is among the survivors.
Mr. Hoffman is in u condition of terri
bio distress from the loss Of his wife and
son. He patheticalIy exhibited to the
press representative gold watch that his
wife had slipped into his hand as she part.
ed with him to go to the starboari side of
the steamer when the order TO that effect
was given.
story of n Survivor.
lie said: We left Bremerhaven On
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock. Our
cabin was second class and was with
in six feet of the spot which received the
full force of the shock. My wife child
and were asleep when l was awakened
at 30 o'clock 10y what seemed to DO the
ringing of the gong that is used to call
the passengers to meals Finding 1t was
still dark. ! jumped out of my berth. but
heard nothing TO alarm me. | went back
to my berth again and immediately heard
the rushing of feet and shouting.
Il concluded that something serious
had happened and seized some clothing.
| awakened l~i wife and child, who hur
riedly dressed and then we all ran along
the corridor with the others to the deck.
was knocked down stairs when l roach.
ed the top, but my feet caught on hook.
and managed to save myself from being
tramplcd upon | got to the port side and
saw that great damage had resulted from
tho collision The water was then rushing
into the steamer in II great torrent The
night was very dark, though the sky was
clear The sea was very rough. Two boats
wero lowered
II caught my boy and threw him into
one of the boats, Calling my vito to &C.
company mo. got into it. but at that mo.
ment thoro was a shouE for the women
and children 10 go to the starboard side
Slipping lSor watch into my hand, my
wife left me- and the boy was taken out
of the boat whilo sat there. | saw one
boat swampcd. We tried to rescue those
in the water, but all save nne, Anna
Boecker disappeared. Our boat was then
showed oil. We saw many vessels, but
could not attract their attention.
We used sails and shirts for signals,
but the Passing vessels paid no attention
TO them E~entually the signals were an
swered by the smack Wildtlower
" After the collision rockets were fired
from the steamer. but no help came.
think il was impossible that any Others
were ~ cued. as the ship sank almost i'm
/ mcdiately after we had left IL. l do not be
| licve that the Storage passengers were
/ aware OF the u Cidcnt because the collision
/ did not make much noise, We were ex'
/ posed TO heavy sea and bitter winds fol
| over five hours Tho boat shipped water
constantly.
The Chief Engineers Account.
Chief Engineer. Neusscll, in an inter
view. said: Tho steamer that ran iniC
us appeared to be a vessel of about !. 500
tons Nothing was visible 10y which
either her name or her hailing port coult
be ascertained "
The chief engineer declined to give AM
opinion as to how the catastrophe happen
cd. He said that the Elbe had had a goot
passage until the accident occurred. Nc
more than 20 minutes elapsed before thu
steamer sank. 1t was only the position
that the Elhc assumed when tho waite
rushing into her made its volume felt tina
prevented the launching of moro boats
Everything possible, including the frlni
of rockets, was done in the short time be
fore the voSsol settled down. The nigh
was very. dark 1T the timo of the collision
! The Elbo was n four Inasted. iron. screw
steamer 1870 feet long, ~ feet beam ant
36 feet inches depth of hold Her ton
mage was =. $40 net and 4. $40 gross Sh
had four de- Ks and nine bulkheadS He
engines were OF tho compound type. tn
cylinders measuring co ny 90 and So b.
80 inches and were OF 5000 indicates
horsepower. She was built at Glasgow il
1851 by the Fairfield Engineering an
Shfpbuilding company. She was last sur
veyed at New York in 1894. She had &C
commodations for 100 first cabin passen
gers. 100 second cabin passengers and 90
Storage passengers.
The Crathie is an iron, scr0w steame
of about 40 tons. She is confzhanded b
Captain Kennedy.
: Four Hundred Reported !sboartl.
One report has IL that there wcre abou
400 persons on tho Elbe, $40 of whom weT
Passengers, leo officers and crew and
number of oattlemen who Were returnin
TO the United States,
There being difference of opinion q
TO the number of boats that were launch
cd, the agent of the company has employ
ed a steamer to proceed from Lowestoft I
} the scene of the wreck to search for any {
the survivors that may DO afioat
} The German vice consul has purchase
a quantity Of clothing for the survivor
and hns done everything in his power |
relieve their DISTRESS The rescued al
now at the Sailors home at Iyowesto
, and the Suffolk hotel at that place.
t The account of the disaster that WI
D published today by The Daily Graph
says that the officers of the Elbo were III
I allie to calm the excited stoerago pas 81
' gers after the collision. Itis known thi
three beats were launched Ono OF thel
was swAJnrod before anybody entofed i
0 The other TWO boats got away, each col
{ tanning about % persons
50 \ lasScngtr AIMED Bothen. who W,
o going tn Southampton and thence
: France. SAYS thar only two boats we
, | lower d. ~.& ~- '@
5 8g Mr. Nevera of Cleveland was returnir
Q home from u visit to a sick bratEcr.d I
Q was accompanied by b 5 n,eto waun,
b fears wns crowned lie sn ; at lrsioa
e oil ut his watch Ut halt IN I whe.' cyl r
0 thing was going uIss s,s us,its. Ai'ol
'Eten minutes ialer h. l4rar,la tsrssl, etaS
lie went ON deck MnCre lc lnu u e
mailman. who esllsisr so,,l him III !, M,
ing had hap @i
!. AIR. Nese iael ed 10 s.t.1tcl
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