The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-31
1HE lLOYD'S STEARER ELBE GOES DOWN.
only about Twenty Souls Gre
Saved.
Heartrending Scenes. The Passen.
gers Are Asleep at the Time
of Collision. The Sad Tale
as Told by Two of the
Passengers Of the
Fatal Ship. The
List.

Rarely have the wires flashed ews
Of such direful accident as the
elnking ofthe North German Lloyd q
great steamer Elbe of the English
coast ct Yesterdays sunrise. An
unknown vessel rammed her on the
port aud before the frozen ropes
could respond to the frantic efforts
OF the crew to lower boats, the yes.
eel Lad begun to sink and was soon
swallowed up.
vi the passengers and crew of $50
only twenty were rescued. These
we're lowered into boats and after
aerrlble Ia Ecting with tho sea were
ticked up bv a fishing smack and
carried 10 Lowcstoft, where they
gave out the terrible details of the
disaster.
LoNDoN, January 3O.-Tho North
Nerman Lloyd steamship Elbe.
bound from Bremen for New York,
was sunk III IA collision with small
@'enmer fifty miles off Lowostoft
fhtly thls morning. She carried
@ou souls But twenty one Survivors
nave been landed. but II few others
may stlll be HiioAt IN one of the
ships small boats. At 10 O'Clock
TINS evening tho number of lives
aost was given ont at 800.
THE SURVIVORS.
The survivors were landed Mt
Aowestott by the fishing smack
Mildtlowcr Mt $40 o'clock this morn.
'Dg. They arc: StolIberg, third oni.
Ger; NeusseI, first engineer; Wcser.
pnymaster; Schulthclss, Linkmever
.nd sitting, assistant puymnsters; :;
lnrst, chiei stoker; Viobe, steward !:
"ennlng. Singer and Seibert. sail
ore; DressUn and Batko, ordinary
Seamen; Deharde. German pilot:
t'reenhnm, Lnglish pilot; Holman.
algen. Schlegel and Vever, Official
saloon passengers; Bolthen, u steer.
age passenger, and Miss Anna
Euecher.
Hoiimnn's homo Is in Nebraska.
tlls wife and boy went down with
sha ship. All OF them were
lSA rTrIABLE CONDITION.
The passengers were but half
clothed Their few garments were
frozen stilf, their hair was coated
WITH Ice, and anxiety and effort had
exhausted them so completely that
1hey hsd to be helped nshore. The
officers ami sailors were fully dress
cd but their clothes had been
nrehched and frozen and they had
Been almost
TAHALNHED WITH COLD AND Fatigue
they had been ashore three bonrs
heiore they had recovered sutli .ieut.
Is TO tell the story of the wrcrl.
fheir accounts agreed upon the foj.
lowing points.
The EIbe LETT Bremen on Tuesday
Aiternoon. The few hours OF the
voyage before the disaster were nm.
eventiuI. At 1 o'clok this mornipp
the wind was blowing very hard
and "' y
TREMENDOUS SEA WAS EJtNNIEG.
fhe morning was uuusua,ly dark
numerous lights were seen in nil
directions, showing that many veg
ee!s were near 10y. The captain.
therefore ordered TINT rockets
should he sent up at regular inter
N"is 10 warn tho craft to keep out OF
ihe Elbe's course. 1t was near TO Is
O'Clock and the lllbe WAS some nlty
miles oil Lowestoit, coast of Suffolk.
"hen the lookout man sighted G.
steamer Of about 1000 tons an
preaching. lie gave the word and.
as precnution, tho number OF
E"ckets was doubled aud thew were
Soht up Mt short Intervals. Tho
warning was without effect. The
steamer came on with unchecked
speed and before tho Elbe conld
change her course or reduce her
speed notlceahly, there was tho
aEhhIFlu CRASH or THE COLLISION.
Inc Llbo was hit nbnft her engine
fooms. NheD the small steamer
wrenched away an enormous hole
was lett the Elbe's side. Tho
~a'er poured through and down in
.ho engine room IN cataract. Tho
Foom hlled almost in stantIy, Tho
Engines we're still and the big huIl
began to settle.
Tho passengers were IN he Il Tho
S'tter cold and rough sen h nd nrn.
vented any early rising, and mona
sxcept tho officers and crew on dntv
we're on deck when tho shin WAS