The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-01

l Wlln the second OtllCer Of that vessel. Captain Gordon said that the Crathie,
 at 5;30 a. m. yesterday was about thir- ty-fiVe mills from Waterway. The wind
 was north by west, half west, It was l very dark, and the sea and wind were l strong. He said: q stood at the bot tom of the cabin staircase and was go- | ing oh deck when there was a heavy | shock, a crash, and the water began to l pour into the cabin. I ran on deck and saw a large strange ship cross the bows of the Crathie. After the collision we returned to the spot where it occurred, or as near as we could make out, but we were unable to see any signs of the | steamer, which we thought had pro
 ceeded on her voyage. We waited for
 two hours and then proceeded to Maas-
 luis. We reached there yesterday, and
 came here to-day for repairs, which will take five weeks"
 The second officer of the Crathie said that at about half-past five yesterday morning the steamer was about thirty
 miles from Nieuwe Waterweg He add | ed: "We colided with large steamer.
 There was no fog, but it was dark. It
 was my watch on deck, and I suddenly
 saw ahead of us three lights and made out a steamer, painted a light color, with two smokestacks, also painted | light color, coming toward us. It was l impossible to escape il collision, al- though ten or a dozen yards more would | probably have cleared us. After we struck it was impossible for some time to disengage the two ships, and our gear
 had to be cut. We heard no cries and there was no commotion on board the steamer, so far as we know.
 Immediately after the collision the
 other vessel showed blue and red lights. We returned the same signals, under standing it to mean that neither of us needed assistance Our captain was be- low at the time I first sighted the
 steamer. A stoker who was asleep had
 his right ear torn off by an iron plate which was driven through the side of
 the Crathie. He is now in the hospi-
 tai.
 T do not believe that the ship we
 collided with was the Elbe, but I did
 not see her name. The Crathie's bow
 was completely stove in, and we return ed here because she was not fit to pro-
 ceed in a high sea-"
 London, Jan. 31.-When questioned as
 to the conduct of the crew after the
 collision all the survivors of the Elbe
 agreed that the crew were very cool
 and self-possessed.
 Eugene Schlegel, a second cabin pas senger, this evening gave this account
 of his experience: When I was awak-
 ened by the crash I jumped from my
 berth and found myself knee-deep in
 water It took me ten minutes to find 17oXr ei thfT TxKrpIo ap1 nhi1-
 dren were ordered to the starboard side of the boat I led my sister across. The women were crowded together near the rail, shrieking and crying. The crew seemed to be working with per feet discipline. I saw one boat filled with passengers and I believed it clear ed the ship. I left my sister and went
 to the port and saw her no more"
 The surviving officers of the Elbe denounce the fog story of the Crathie's officers as pure invention The English pilot, Greenham, said Tt is black lie. There was no fog. It was quite clear and the lights of several smacks were visible four or five miles off. /" The Elbe's sailors made similar state ments.
 Skipped Snoevling of the Yarmouth trawler Flora, which returned to port this afternoon, says that at o'clock yesterday he was near the place where the collision occurred. He saw rockets fired from a. large steamship and mo- ticed that it's lights and those of small steamship were close together. He thought at that time that there was a collision, but as the Floras gear was down he could not approach the ves- sels. The signals ceased in few min utes. At daybreak he saw in the dis tance a steamship flying signals of distress and making rapidly for the Dutch coast. He thinks she must have been the Crathie.
 Miss Buecler has been interviewed a dozen times this morning, despite her nervous reaction, following her ex- perience. She stated that she had been visiting relatives in Bremen and was returning via Southampton to Ports | mouth, where she earns her living as a lady's companion. She said
 "As the trip was so short I did not | undress, but lay down in my birth with | my clothing on. I was sleeping lightly | when the crash came. Somebody was | at my door almost immediately calling | to me that I must get ready to leave | the ship. I put on my hat and jacket | took my watch and money in my belt. and jointed the other cabin passengers who were rushing for the deck A life boat was being got ready and two men put me in it. As soon as the boat reached the water it began to fill. I be- lieve the water came from the hole in the bottom. As the boat sank the other persons in it grasped the side of the ship which had settled almost to level with the water. They clambered up to the deck, but I could only cling to the Elbe's rail. Before long another boat was launched I worked my way along the side of the ship and grasped one of the oars. A sailor pulled me in with great difficulty, and laid me on the bot tom of the boat. I had been in the wa ter about ten minutes and was almost paralyzed. did not see anybody else In the water. The waves swept over the gunwale of the boat continually, so the men could not stop bailing for minute. There was no rest for them from the time we left the steamer until we boarded the Wildfiower.'
 The surviving officers and seamen ar- rived here from LoWestOf at to-niphr