The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-02
COUNTING THE VICTIMS.
IN THE ELBE DISASTER 332 LIVES
WE'RE LOST.
Some OF tho Survivors Severely Criticiss
the Conduct OF The Crew-No
Further Tidings,

LONDON, Feb. lit Is understood that
the officers and crew of the Craithie were
examined to-day by the British Consul
in Rotterdam. They Will leave the snip
and return forthwith to Aberdeen.
vevera, Hofmann and ScleSei denied
emphatically this afternoon that the
Craithie remained signalling for two
hours near the scene OF the collision.
They say that had she done so, sne
could have saved many lives. Hormann'
who was among the first TO reach the
Elbe's deck after the collision, ala not
see the Craithie answer any or the Eide
sigr ais. He noticed small steamer
apparently the one that had struck the
Elbe, steaming away. AS regards the be-
havior of the Elbe's crew, Hofmann says
II seized a life belt as soon as l got
on deck but a sailor demanded II, saying
that it belonged to the crew. l gave IL up
with the remark: We'll. l hope you Will
save YOURSELF but he did not. The crew
did their best to keep the passengers out
of the boats"
Holman was greatly imblttered by the
loss OF his wife and child. He talks con-
tinually about it, and in each interview
makes new charges against the crew.
Vevera told a reporter tonight:
THE CREW CRITICISED.
There were a lot of green hands IN
charge Of the life boats. They were so eX-
cited tthey did not know what they were
about. They filed one boat and then
dumped all ,he occupants into the water.
The crew i'm our boat were very reluctant
to admit Miss Buecker. Hofmann ana 1
dragged her in without any assistance
from the seamen."
Vevera and Hofmann also attacked
Third officer Stollberg and First En-
gineer Nuessel.
they say that both acted selfishly after
the rescue and that Stollberg made no
EFFORT to command the boat, but gave
the whole responsibility TO the steeragC
passenger Boethen, who had been cook
on a French steamer. They speak high
~ of Boethen'S GOODNESS and skll, and
give him the whole credit for managing
the boat.
The company have booked Vevera and
Schlegel TO sail on the steamship Umbria
tomorrow, and both will start to-mor-
row morning for Liverpool. Each mas
received SIS from the company, as they
lost everything with the ship.
sMACKs BRING No NEWS
Many more smacks arrived at Loves
toft late this afternoon and this evening
They brought no news. Others are due
TO arrive tomorrow and Sunday. The
skipper OF the smack Competitor, which
returned tonight. reported that he saw
yesterday what he thought was a mail
bag and tried to catch it with a boat
nook. He missed IT, and knowing moth
ING al gntfigfnn diH IL
again. Handbills distributed in Loves
toft say that Consul Bradber will pay
fifty pounds for the body OF Walter
Scnnell, one OF the Elbes FIRST cabin pas
sengeTs.
the Shipwrecked Mariners Society has
sent a barometer to Skipper Wright, of
the Wildnower. and ten pounds to his
men. ard the Mayor. OF .Loyestoft has
raised a fund for their benefit.
\ dispatch from Vienna says that
among the Elbe's passengers were the
Gutman brothers, directors Of Il steam
mill company, near kanschan. Hungary
The Gutmans had fled 10 escape arrest
Tor forgerics, by which they defrauded
the company and the peasant shareholders
OF 10000 norns. They are said TO have
given assumed names at the office.
CONDEMN THE CRAITHI Is CREW
BAklc. rep. line creator part OIL tHt
Paris newspaper comment on the loss
OF the Elbe is unfavorable to the officers
and crew of the collding ship, the
Crathie. La Lanterne violently condemns
those on board that ship. saying that
English seamen are prOverbially brutal.
The Figaro and La Lanterne both de-
nounce the British captain, remarking
that his conduct was just what might
have been expected of an English sailor.
APPEALS FOR RELIEF.
BERLIN, Feb. IA committee was
formed here to-day, with DR.. Won Boet-
ticher Imperial Minister of the Interior,
as president. to appeal TO the public for
funds for the relief OF the families. and
other dependents of the victims OF the
Elbe disaster.
THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-Two LIvFs LOST
NEW YORK, Feb North German
Lloyds agency in this city to-day re-
celved cable dispatches from the home
Office in Berlin, which gives the exa I
number OF persons VINO were on the i'll
fated ship Elbe, as follows:
Cabin passengers for New York, Al;
cabin passengers for Southampton, .;
steerage passengers for New York, l39;
steerage passengers for Southampton, 10;
captain and crew. 1i6; postmen, 4; ste
wardesses, g. Total 352. OF all these the
saved were only twenty.