The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-01

pearedr there crowded nineteen men
the women aud children having rusnes
TO the other side. owinx, 1t is said. q
me command that they should get irsz.
the Boat there. This thirsf oeat unlsex
aFay frcsn The ship, and IN 80 sosns
shortly Afterwards passed lady Pas
senger. Miss Anna Busrcher. who eluns
20 TIE ganwale or side OF the Efehoot
some time elapsed before she could b
F,1isssd Into the beat The twenty ss,r
vivors drifted ahout sfnrfi lf.ia a. IA.
neavy seas repea4esssy washsrg over ths
small craft. which was in corssar =.
danger of hreng swanlpei, ard dreurh.
ing Its occupants. who had not q morse,
or food. Miss Buerchsr lay in the bot.
tom OF The eczzI, half drowned and semi.
coasc.ois. The lights OF many vessels
We're seea all around. but not one ap-
Preached. Though after daylight a
steamer and two fsshsag vessels passed
their crews did not notice the signals a.
the boat. Fs-iszly the waving OF a shlr,
rom the boat attracted the attention q,
the crew OF the fishing smack Wild
lower wA.ch rescued the survivors
with Extreme difficulty. After the COZ.
ilslon the unknown steamer ssassed ,,u-
DER the stern OF the Esibe and prox-e<sxiss,
on ner course without paying any heed
10 the cries Of the people on board the
sinking steamer.
The rescued Eeamen In the Safso~s.
hfrne We're patching up their fattered
caotal1flg today. laughing and joking the
While They said they were al below
asleep when the collision took place. II
was Inpossible to reach the forward
ooats. as the bows OF the steamer had
risen high out OF the water. The sea-
men then went aft and escaped i'm the
manner described. They steadily de-
MED that there had been any panic on
the Eibe after the collision. but the
excited manner In which they replied
TO questions on this point shows that
great confusion had prevailed.
Gould We" the sailors said. stand
there on the sinking ship and not
spring into the boats below?" II can
not swim - all" said one OF the sea-
men, and the distance betwe<sn tho
boat and the ships side was increas-
Ing"
Did the captain give no orders %
Only one" was the reply. 'and that
was that all the women and children
were to go to the starboard side. We
were on the port side and remained
there to give the women and childrcr :
chance. and of course we could not help
them"
did none OF the passengers en-
deayor to leap into the boats?'' was
the next question. They could mot,
said the seaman addressed. so harh
had the vessel raised out OF the water
that they were afraid to jur.ap.'s
What" interjected one man, "did
not one Of the passengers Jump and
nearly swamp the boat? A big stout
man. ana here the speaker, with a
scowl on his. face. made gesture to
represent person OF exceeding cor
puiency. There were nineteen men in
a boat only able to hold fourteen" ne
continued. I'VE could not take any
nore on board. Besides" and he again
made use of dramatic gesture 20
depict the eddyfng Of the whirlpool
caused by ship fast going down, s.we
should have been sucked anto the vor-
tex"
When questioned as to the action
OF the captain after the collision, the
seaman said that he might have given
more orders. but In the confusion which
followed the disaster II was impossible
to hear orders. even II they had been
given. at sIc1 a distance frosn the
bridge.
The surviving passengers OF the Elbe
wiz go to Southampton tomorrow, and
there embark for New York on the
next steamer. The crew win 60 to Lon-
don. after having made statements to
the German vice consul. They viii
then be shipped to Bremen. Tugs are
searching for the missing boat from the
Elbe, but late this afternoon there had
been no news OF her.
The agent of the North German Lloyd
Steamship Company announces that the
following persons, whose names were
ON the list Of the Elbe's passengers. de-
ctded at the last moment To go frosn
Bremen to Southampton direct, and
were not ON the Elbe when she sank:
Louise Bernefeldt, Domingo Ezurrey,
Theodore Gsisenhetrner, Rudolph Neu-
Tnar1n, Ellie MesseIwitz. two adults and
twHo children; Schiefer Dorsrlan, Anton
Fischer.
On behalf OF the Beard of Trade this
afternoon preliminary inquest was
held here into the sinking of the Elbe.
The surviving officers said In sub
stance: .sThe Elbe was proceeding on
a south southwest course, down the
channel. stean1ing fifteen knots. When
about fortr-flye miles of MesseIIi,iing
lightship a vessel was seen approach
ing. two and a half points Off the port
bow. This vessels course was apparently
west nor thwesf. According TO the rule
OF the rased at sea the vessel should
have ported her helm and passed under
the Elbe's stern. Both vessels, how
ever. kept their courses and struck.
The shock OF the cymcussion was very
tight Third Officer Stoipberg denied
the statement OF Capt. Gordon. of the
Cratf1ze, that mo signals of distress wern
made from the E1be He says rockets
were fired after the collision.
Mr.. Keller. London manager OF the
North German Lloyd Steamship cesn-
pany, in an fn6erview this afternoon
said: s.r have examined the plans care
fully. and find that the Elbs VAS struck
right on the hulkhead partition. so that
both she water-sfght compartments
which 1t dIy1det were instantly
hlled''
Rotterdam. JAN. 3i.--TnteryE@ws- 81 had
here this Afternoon with Capt. Gordon.
n the steGsiier Crafrie, ard with the
sEc0n8 officer OF that vessel leave no
doubt that she was the stegsner which
ran into and sank the F.lbe. The wi,sd
was north by west haif west 1t was
very dark. ard the sea and wirsi wera