The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-08

LONDON. Jan. Sl.-The North Ger
man Lloyd steamship Elbe, bound
from Bremen for New York was sunk
in "A collision with a small steamer
fifty miles off Lowestoft early yester-
day morning. She carried $50 souls
But twenty-one survivors have been
landed. but few others may still be
afioat in one of the ships small boats.
At 10 o'clock last evening the number
of lives lost was given out as $50.
The Survivors.
The survivors of the wreck were
landed at Lowestoft by the fishing
smack Wild Flower at $40 o'clock yes
terday evening. They are:
Stollberg. third officer.
Neussel, first engineer.
Weser. paymaster.
Schultheiss, Linkmeyer and Sitting,
assistant paymasters.
Furst, chief stolSer.
Niobe. steward.
Wenning, Sanger and Seibert. sail
ors.
Dreson and Batko. ordinary seame n.
Weissner, German pilot
Deparde, English pilot.
Hofmann, Lugen, Schlegel and We
vera. of Cleveland, o., saloon passe n
gers and Bolthen and Miss Anna
Buecker. Storage passengers.
Hoifmann's home is in Nebraska.
His wife and boy went down with the
ship
In Pitiable Condition.
All the rescued were in a pitiable
condition. The passengers were but
half clothed Their few garments
were frozen stiff their hair coated
with ice, and anxiety and effort had
exhausted them so completely that
they had to be helped ashore. The Of
ficers and sailors we're fully dressed,
but their clothes had been drenched
and frozen, and they had been almost
paralyzed with cold and fatigue They
had been ashore three hours before
they had recovered sufficiently to tell
the story of the wreck. Their accounts
agreed upon the following points:
The Collision.
The Elbe left Bremen on Tuesday
afternoon. The few hours of the voy-
age before the disaster were unevent-
full At 4 o'clock yesterday morning
the wind was blowing very hard and q
tremendous sea was running. The
morn ing was unusually dark. Numer-
Gus lights ,-cre seen in all directions.
showing that many vessels Were near
ny. The captain ordered. therefore
that rockets should be sent up at regu-
lar intervals TO warn the craft TO lleer
out of the Elbe's course. IL was
- - IL.
fifty miles off Lowestoft, coast of Suf-
folk, when the lookout man sighted a
steamer of about 1900 tons approach
ing. He gave the word and. as pre-
caution, the number of rockets was
doubled and they were sent upat shor'
intervals. The warning was without
effect. The steamer came on with un
checked speed and before the Elb'
could change her course or reduce he
speed. there was terrific crash of tn,
collision.
The Elbe was hit abaft her engin,
room. When the small steamer
wrenched away an enormous hole wa
left in the Elbes side. The waite
poured through and down into the en-
CINE room in cataract The roor
filled almost instantly. The engine
were still, and the big hull began t
settle.
a Fearful Awakening.
The passengers were in bed. TIL
bitter cold and rough sea had proven
ed early rising, and none except tn
officers and crew on duty were o
deck when the ship was strucl
The shock and crash reused ever,
body. The steerage was in PAM
in moment, and men, women an
children, half-dressed or in their nigh
clothes, came crowding up the con
panonways. They had heard tn
sound Of rushing waters as the othe
steamer backed off and had felt tn
Elbe lurch and settle. They ha
grasped the fact that il was then lii
or death with them. and almost to
man had succumbed to their terro
They chung together in groups, facin
the cold and storm, and cried aloud II
help or prayed on their knees for d.
liverance.
The Officers Were Calm.
The officers and crew were cain
For few moments they went anon
the terror-stricken groups trying ,
quiet them and encouraging them
hope that the vessel III ight be save,
III was soon apparent. however, Thu
the Elbc was settling steadily. III
officers were convinced that she WI
about to founder and gave orders
lower the boats
Lowering the Boats.
In n short time three boats were q
alongside, but the seas were breakin
over the steamer with great force. an
the first boat was swampcd before an
body could get into il. The other tv
boats, lowered at about the same tim
were filled quickly with members