Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-01
NO OTHER SURVIVORS Of the Ill-Fated Elbe Have as
 Yet Been Found. THE SEARCH BEING KEPT UP, Though Little Hope Held Out. Hoffman Refutes a
 Stateme ent.
THE SEARCH BEING KEPT UP,

customs officers are exerting themselves to the utmost aud are leaving no means un- tried in the search for possible survivors or even for signs of any kind indicating that more of the Elbe's people escaped than have yet been heard from. Thus far no article of furniture belonging to the lost vessel has been washed ashore on the Suffolk coast; a fact in itself regarded by experts proving the sudden complete ness of the disaster and tending to diminish the probabilities of further salvage of lie being reported.
 ONE SIGN OF THE WRECK.
 A life boat of the Elbe, it is true. washed ashore at Yarmouth last evening, oars and life buoys being found in it; but this is ndouotedly the boat from which the Wild Flower rescued the survivors yester- day and was left adrIft after it's occupants had been taken off, so that it's discovery on shore furnishes no additional news of encouragement.
 STATEMENT REFUTED.
 Mir. Carl Hoffman of Grand Island, Neb., who is among the saved, refutes the state- ment of the Cratbie's officers that a fog prevailed by mf king the assertion that il the ssel which came into collision with the Eibe had stood by the sinking ship majority of her passenger might have been
 
 many minutes after the impact. In fact she remained motionless until the water, which was pouring into her hold, caused her to lurch violently, after which all was confusion on board. Prior to this, how ever, discipline was maintained and there could have been no difficulty in transferring the passengers in an orderly manner.
 The survivors who were brought to Lowestoft are all recovering from the et- 1t tcts of their shocks and exposure. Miss Anna Buecker, the only woman known to have been saved, has so far recovered that she will be able to proceed to Southampton today.
 SAW A GREEN LIGHT.
 The surviving officers of the Elbe are very reiicent in regard to the disaster, re- serving their statements pending an official inquiry into the circumstances, but 1t transpires that an officer of the Elbe saw green light on the port bow belonging to an unknown vessel, which 1t is alleged was trying to cut across the Elbe's bow. This light evidently belonged to the Crathie.
 RESCUE OF THE SURVIVORS.
 William Wright, the skipper of the fish, ing smack Wild Flower, says: "We were sast-southea east of L,westoft, with our O. clock yesterday m morning 1 saw ships life boat mile away. The boats mast was hacked, but saw something fiutter- ing from her stern. The water was break ing over the boat. l watched the boat closely. Her occupants seemed to think was going to leave them, so l waved my hat. It took us half an hour to get up our trawling gear, and in the meantime the boat was drifting away from us. When we got close to them l cast them rope, but they were so cold, wet and numb that they could not make it fast for some time. We pulled them around to the side of the smack and about half of them jumped aboard, but the strain caused by the heavy sea parted the rope and the remainder once more drifted away. Eventually we made another line fast and four more of the un- fortunates were dragged in, leaving a woman and four men in the boat.
 "The woman lay in the water in the bottom of the boat. She wore a long coat, but had on neither boots nor dress. Pilot Gree1ham helped her to get on board the smack. Just as all had boarded the smack the line again parted and the life boat was lost. got the woman below and asked all the others to go to the engine room while she took of her clothes and wrapped herself in dry blankets. l am sure another hours exposure in the boat would have killed some of them, for there was 6 inches of ice on my deck. "
 OFF TO LONDON.
 The survivors of the Elbe's crew started from Lowesoft for London at 6:40 this af- ternoon.
 CAPTAIN GORDON TALKS.
 A dispatch from Rotterdam to the London News agency says: Captain Gordon of the steamer Crathie says the steamer with which his ship came into collision was lost sight of immediately after the vessels came together, and it was thought she had proceeded onward. The Crathie remained in the vicinity for two hours and then re- turned to Rotterdam, as 1t was feared that she could not keep afloat.
 THE CRATHIE,S CAPTAIN WIRES HER OWNERS OF THE ACCIDENT.
 CLAIMS THERE WAS A FOO.
 LONDON, Jan. 31.-The owner at Aber- deen of the steamship Crathie, which ran into and sank the Elbe, received telegram from the captain at Maasluiss stating that the Crathie's bow is terribly crushed by impact with the Elbe, and the Crathie was Maassluis. The captain was below at the time of the collision, the mate being in charge of the vessel. The latter made statement to the captain that he has no knowledge whatever as to the identity of the vessel with which the Crathie collided. His own vessel was so terribly damaged that its condition called for the undivided attention of the officers and entire crew, all of whom had to bend their energies in sav- ing their ship and their own lives. the time of the accident, and the vessel with which the Crathie had collided was lost to view in the mist almost imme- diately after the crash.
 A dispatch to the Lloyds, from kotter- dam, says the Crathie left Maassluis at 10 o'clock on the night of January 29 for Aberdeen, and returned to Maassluis at :25 D. m. January 30, damaged. She reported having been in collision with large un- known steamer, which her officers thought was probably an American liner, The Crath:e's stem was compl etely gone above the water line, having been carried away to the third frame, but was perfectly tight and had made no water. The collision, according to the officers of the Crathie, oc- cured between sand 6 o'clock on the morn ing of January 30. One of the crew of the Crsthie was injured by the collision.
 THE NUMBER ON BOARD. KAIsRR AND xAIsERIN WIRE THEIR HEART.
 FELT SYMPATHY.
 RREMnN. Jan. 81.-The Elbe had on
 ai. b1o Tho% iss were 0s 5as steeraee passeng gers. or the passengers eiahteen were children.
 Inc ownsrs oi the Elbe received the fol.