Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-11
Arrival Of the EIbe Survivors.

Arrival Of the Elbe Survivors.
 Carl Hoffman, Jan Vevera and Eugene Schlegel, suIvIvors of the Elbe disaster, were passengers on the Cunard line steam ship Umbria, which reached port safely and in due time. The trio were among the first to land un tho Cunnrd pier when the steamship tel up at the end of the pier lIofmann Was naturally the ccntor of interest and was immediately surround ed by a number Of reporters and curious inuuisitors, who askej him tn tell some thing about the terrible wreck of the North German Lloyd vessel in the North 
 lIofmann declared he wnuld make no statement of any kind. Mr. Winter of tho North German Lloyd company, who was in waiting to meet tho rescued passengers, then stepped mp to lloin:ann and stated that he had roon authorized by the First National bank of Grand Island. Noh to offer him any sum rS To 5000 which he might rouuire Hutmann said he needed nothing at present.. Mir Winter next ap- preached Nevera and on behalf of lhe steamship company offered to assist i'm to reach his home in Cleveland, NeNera did not respond personally, hut friond who had gone to meet him spoke mp and told SIr. Winter that MT. Nevera was go- Ing To ms nome where they couLu De seen later
 Very wsll " said Mir. Winter. II am authorized to do whatever is within req son. and if you will give mo your address will call later
 Mir Nevcra's friend rri:licd that they would communicate with the company if assistance was nccdel Mir. Winter then turned hls attention to I!ofmann and tried to make an engagement for A meeting later. IIotmann said he was going tom porarily to the Broadway Central hotel whore he could Ee seen. Sigismund Frank whusc brother was lost on tho klbo, came up to Ilofmnnn and asked about the catas- trophe
 Two other men who refused to give their names, but who woro said tO he law ycrS, joined the pnrIy, and an got into carriages and woro driven to thv Broad way Central hotel, this city. A reporter hu ried tu tho hotel. whore the entire party. including Iiufmann. NevcvA and l Frank, wore taking lunche"n The rc- porter went 10 the tah.c whcro the wore seated and asked il"fInann for a statement Ol the q EaS,Cr
 Hoffman Is Angry.
 II will tell no stur, Co tho newspa CTS. - said IIufmann nnyrily They have lied about me and CIll Il me a coward nev. | UT ut'St'Et(N lily MiIt. s@Le Was lbEt GU away | from me hy tho officers If the EIhr 1 Hofmann grow worry much c>cltoi aS he 1 srokr, and at luSt broke into tears. nut l tvrinE lualrdi, ti"ns on tho heads uf those | whom Er lnlmCd were responsible for tho 1 loss of h:s wife and child.
 Bringing his fist down on lhc table hr said. T will spend every dollar of tho money l have made 'n Amcricn in the last I2 yeas in pr' s, utng the North ! German Lloyd cO'up1ny lur murder His friends tr.rl to quiet him, but he ,"utiu ucd to bitterly dCnnunro tho crew of the l lipc. Ucr,>iruAi'y NUNcrl wuuli not a. $, ut to one oG hotmanns s tenunriati"ns nt Uh" lire Finally Ilo mann grew ca lmer ! ana ~tHrtUd to reiitC hlS CNpCriCncC on tho ~un.rn craft He sad. describing thu wreck
 NJ thp hr,t alarm my wife my boy and all thru,' emerged from the first i cabin rra,tAurt' directly opposite n boat on the D, vt Side This po> itiOn subsequently, savci Iny liir. aS the boat opposite tu wh.vh stood waS the only one 10 leave tho >. ips >idr Tho beat farthcSt aft SMunS from the dAvitS \ crowd jumNd into iE, lut they Wo,o u,,'orc ont. and all
 umpOd !aCa on deck Tho aNIt just for wny,i ut that one was th, II swung out, hut n" nne :vt in II@n the third l-Aat Op ?. sito Jo whc:r stood was swung out ready Ia lc lower. Il
 My M c was badly frightened ana | thryw my ar;n> ah.ut her n,. a. and Kiss, ing her sl.L. ',.od will help us Shu bur,g tt.lgs Wien the orG.E Was shout pI F.. r>.nan. V omeu anu children tu tLc -:tr oard side Ther i, was that \ru~>p!l. the hicf engineer, rushed up tC us. and rushing my wife from me said / II fly, t'rt tu stHriuard
 ~hr followed mechanically in the di- rect on initiated Thinking that she could lottur LIko Cnro of hrr%of than the child could. l roma ned by him. Then drew my VAit>o into the huIt. which wa.
 the only part of my luggage had Erah
 be-. Then passed my oy into the boat
 when Neussou appeared tchind me ana shouted. liani that boy out
 T jumvcd for the hnnt, and ! efOre could roach him a sailor liftel tho child
 in his arms and tossed him to \russcIl
 Thrro WAS a rush fer the huat, Others
 pilcl into 1t in a hclter sh2!I"r iashiun
 the falls were cast loose and thu ueSj mo
 men: We wero in the water pushing away
 from lhe ship side.
 , At this point in his recital HofmanI
 hroko down again and wept bitterly. Arrival of the Imbgia. Vro tuuard limo steamship iuhria ar l rlV"l n port from ttuCen~tOwn after te;hi ustuuus voyagu of nearly seven days The monster CccAn greyhound steameI ; past quarantine. her shrOuds and part O } her hulk incrusted in ice nearly n foo $ thick and glistcning like myriads of tin! diamonds Hugo icicles hung from hcl ? shroudS both fore and aft
 From tho topmost edge of the bridge l.
 tho deck was ono mass of glittering ice
 and the lifeboats davits and tatfrails wer , cOl cred with it. As the steamer plowe , her way up the North river to her pier a P the foot of CIarkson street she gave over
 indication of having just returned from
 trip tu the frigiG zone
 , Although tho Cmbria encountered n , mishap on her voyage. she had an advcn , turo similar to that of tho Toutonic whic
 arrived Saturday morning IL was duI
 ing tho only spell of good weather on tn vessels voyage that she was enabled | l rescue II persons who were adrift in , waterlOgged, helpless bark.
 Rescue of the French Fishermen. i Speaking of the rescue Captain Quito 0 said today "Wc had a fairly good voyag [ after leaving Queenstown until we struo s the blizzard outside tho Hook Saturday y Of course the weather Was bad and W r had heavy seas but I have had far wors T voyages
 s It was at 1915 a, m. on Feh tha
 We picked up the captain anu crew oI th f French bark Jean Baptiste It was by s curious circumstance that We sighted th
 vessel at all, and so were enabled to resou d her crew.
 Il It was about l o'clock at night whe . | report was made to mo that White Sta s line freighter. supposed to bo tho Cevi' e had been sighted. The captain of tt y Cevic Is an old friend of mine. and ha
 signals sont up to let him know who W II were Tho Cevic was of our port side y The signals we sent up were seen |
 the French ark. which was over on oI
 starboard side about five miles away.
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