New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-31

poIrTE OF THE ELBE FROM BREMEN IL
SOUTHAMPTON
Immediately posted on buile'in-ooarn III i''"'
OF the company's Offices only about one 100.
above a bulletin which announced the d'''s "a
sailing OF the various ships Of IN" company III
large white letters painted on blacK er"""u
unou wooden slides one Of which was strangely
inscribed "Elbe. Feb. H.. meaning tha' the
shin was scheduled TO sail hence Tor southamp-
ton and Bremen on the date Indicated. Inc
bulletin instantly attracted a crowd OF men, ana
soon afterward the Offices were besieged win IN
quries for friends and particulars OF 'he as
aster.
About two hours later a dispatch was received
from the company's agents In Southampton a.
follows:
Southampton. January 20. 1895.
Have heard from Lowestoft that fishing smack
has landed twenty persons from the Eide I'M
Guiding mate,. which Is reporter 10 ma s ,n.S
after collision VII WIZ I"''"'' f'' "
when received
This indefinite dispatch was eagerly inter
nreted as meaning that twenty persons had been
saved in addition to the nineteen mentioned IN
the previous Dispatch and that among them was
First Officer g. Wilhelm
later telegram from southampton was as fol-
lows:
Further telegram from Lowesoft says five
passengers chief engineer thiri oinrer' eeven
Of the crew and two pilots so far landed there
Feared that all the rest OF the crew and remain
dor OF 24O passengers lost Have ordered steam
shin out from Lowestoft TO search for other
boats.
A dispatch vas received late last night from
Third Officer Stoberg. Of the Elbe, giving
brief account OF the disaster. Stoliberg reports
that the Elbe was struck on the port side by
An unknown vessel The Prov OF the stranger
crashed through the side ~ the Elbe cutting
into the way-mail ROOM The Ebe sank In
twenty minutes Everything was DONE. says
stollberg. ITO save life. Perfect discipline was
maintained. At the time Of the collision the
ship was in perfect order and the watch was
keeninp the usual lookout" Mr. Stollberg ex-
presses the hope that second boatload Of peo-
pie has been saved.
CROWDS AT THE OFFICES.
The long low basement room that serves the
North German Lloyd Company for an office at
No. 2 Bowling Green was quickly crowded with
newspaper men and anxious inqulrers at an
early hour. The score OF clerks gave up their
time and attention to the work OF answering
questions and the whole establishment was
quickly turned into an Information bureau. But
information was scarce. kilograms OF inquiry
from agents Of the company in Chicago, Gin
cinnati. Milwaukee and ALI the larger cities Of
the country poured in continually. The burden
of the Interrogation was always the same. though
the locality varied
Were there any Milwaukee passengers on the
Elbc?" was the inquiry from that city. and this
was the substance OF them all. The passenger
list which had been ordered by cable. had not
come and no answer to the anxious Inquiry was
possible.
As the twilight came on and the electric lamps
glowed over the many desks and the long coun-
ter. and the waiting visitors studied the marine
sketches and maps upon the wall. or peered into
the glass case where the large model of the Lain
stood In majestic Indifference to the fate Of her
unfortunate sister. and the worriment of those