New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-31
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Flower. and ali of the survivors express 'n Wa
deepest gratitude to 'he fishermen MT We
vera's leg is badly bruised. but otherwise ne
suffered no harm.
Fuertt, a stoker, said in an interview;
j was in the boiler-room at the time Of thc
collision The water rushed In imneui az -,
through big gap In the side IL ,ps Uu.1hd the
a tremendous rate and soon extinguisheu ~ tho
fires Everybody in the boiler-room Kne" .ne
vessel must founder. When reached me . 's sen
saw the captain on the bridge, put oiu "o' 49,
the pilots ! do not know where the pi'o''
were.
The seaman Singer says that the Elbe was
struck inst abaft the engine. room. the stem OF
the other steamer crushing into the secoho
cabin.
CANNOT EXPLAIN THE COLLISION
Third officer Stollberg says that ne caiiho'
explain the collision. and that IT IS uhi'he'.
that any adequate account VIII be oo'aiheu as ''
the deck watch on duty at the time were
drowned. The captain was on the Dridse w"e'
the collision occurred and Officer StoiDerg
heard him shout in a loud, firm voice That the
women and children were to be saved nrst
The captain's voice reached considerable dis
lance His order was repeated by the chief
officer an6must have been heard by everybody
aboard Officer Stoberg expressed the warm
est gratitude to Skipper Wright and the ere"
OF the Wild Flower. The roughness or the sea-
he said, made the work OF rescue extremely
perilous. The fishermen gave. the survivors the
use Of everything aboard the smack and ted
and clothed them.
There Is some hope that the missing boat mas
beer rescued inasmuch as there were seVerai
smacks in the vicinity of the collision some
women and children may have got into the
missing boat.
THE OFFICIAL REPORT
In answer to dispatch from the United
Press. the North German Lloyd sent this oiiiciai
abatement from Bremen tonight:
The third officer of the Elbe reports from
Lowestoft that the vessel was struck on .re
port side In the way-mail room by an unknoMn
steamer sinking in twenty minutes. otoIny
weather; watch In order. HOPE s Several Ash.
ing vessels and a steamer are IN the Vlcin''!'
Good discipline: everything done that was poS'
sible to save life
The first official report received oy the o"hei'
was dated at Lowestoft and said
The mail steamship Elbe. which LETT bre hI.
haven YESTERDAY for NewYork. sank AFTER pe,hs
ir collision at this morning a ooat mas '"""e"
twenty-five. No news OF the remaihuei'
Then followed the statement given aoo'e'
Those reports seem to prove that only two boats
were lowered despite the varying statements oi
messengers. some of whom said that as many as
s,,h, wara oil, loose The boat carrying the sur
vivors was tossed at the mercy or the waves III
a hitter southeast wind until IL O'CLOCK M MEAN
time they sighted several vesses' Wniie ,0 .h
selves unseen The scantiness or their ciotnIns
made their sufferings moro intense wren lney
sighted the Wild Flower frantic efforts Were tHue
TO attract her attention Sails SHIRTS .ho esh;ns
clothes were waved some tlille peio'0 'S o
smack answered their hat.
EXCITEMENT IN GERMANY
The exact place Of the collision is forty-seVeh
miles southwest of the Hook Lightship
Mr.. Neussell. the first engineer. told Dahy
News" repopter that it was only the poslton
the vessel assumed when the water maze us
volume felt that prevented the launching OF
more boats. " 49,. -,rox,o,
is In q state of CONSERVATION and the whoie
country is excited by the news OF the wreck
The passengers came from all paris .. ue frnn,
nire steamer has been ordered sent from
iowestoft by the North German Lloyd 10 search
for the other hfeboat ., .u
The steamship company has deferred untI
morning its decision as to sending the survivors
10 New-York The passengers In the steamship
Fulda were intensely excited when informed al
Southampton of the loss OF tpe Eioe. l., cor.,
The following persons were Wa1tlng In ooutH-
ampton to take passage on the Elbe Tor New
York: Messrs Newnane. Feearer: Haoisrentin-
heimer. Burchardt, Barnefed and Ludwig Box
endale. and Miss Louisa Burchardt Mr. Box
eny3ale was to Join his wife and daughter on the
steamer.
DID THIS VESSEL SINK THE ELBE?
. THE STEAMER cRATHIE PUTS INTO AMSTERDAM
DAMAGED BY COLLISION WITH AN
UNKNOWN STEAMER.
London. Jan. 3o.-A dispatch from Amsterdam
says that the steamer Crathie. from Rotterdam
for Aberdeen. has returned TO Maasluis with her
stem stove In. Her captain reported that ABOUT
8 o'clock this morning she came into COLLISION
with a vessel. whose name he could not learn
some thirty miles from the Hook OF Holland. 1t
Is supposed that the Elbe Is the steamer In ques-
mas leaking when she