Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-19
GERMAN STEAMSHIP ANDES BELIEVED TO
HAVE GONE DOWN WITH ALL ON BOARD
IShce pungo Sea From This Pot for cuaa Venezuela on The
Morning Of October q, The Inflated Vessel Has Never
Been Heard Of b Spoken
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CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER HAD THEIR WIVES WITH THEM
ForyEgh 0ays Ship 10 De Posted at
Missing Lcyds shlppIns-owner Abana
crs;t andh Tacn
Carried
CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER HA6 THEIR WIVES WITH THEM

Fur,yreiGht days overdue from this
port for Guanta. Venezuela, the Ger
man steamer Andes Is to be posted
i'll L)uyd's Register OF Shipping as
missing. Since l o'clock on the AZ
tc:noon Of :Smuday, October 90, WHOM
the Andes pussctl out Of the Viz
ginia Capcs aud turned her nose
down the Atlantic coast she has not
boon seen or reported ana 1t Is prac.
ticaliy certain that the vessel has
either been wrecked on one of the
many trCachc;uus coral reefs around
Tie West Indies or has foundercd at
sen. The fate Of Captain Manz, his
wife. First Ohiccr j.. a. Forthubcr
aud wife and the cutirc crew OF
twcnty-onc mon Is unknown. but as
nothing has over been heard OF them
since the Andes put TO sea from
ihli por, it is feared that they have
have died Of starvation upon some
barron island.
members Of Inflated Crew.
Those believed TO have gone down
with the Andes are:
Captain Il. Num- ana Yifc. Phila-
dc!pha.
First Officer l.. a. rorthurbcr and
wife. Now York.
First Engineer l.. 'rcspcr, New
York. Second Engineer =. Do;el,
Isrooki%u. \. y. Third Engineer #.
T1nghe, Ercslau. Germany. Fourth
l:a"inecr y. Winter. Hamburg.
Stewards, W. Martin, New York;
'. Taupc, Now York; =. pinlIhert.
hamburg. ~ Muller Kla gp4ipoEt, Gcr-
iiIa4:
$rauan, II. CampoH. l.. Mclan. p.
fauloado. T. Villa. ]. Timcl, A. Percy.
u. Gobo1. al! Of Havana, Cuba.
Fircmcn, j. Gomez, q. Garcia. i.
Casal, D. Loustcrna. II. Coustanto. all
OF Havana, and j. RoduIgnc2, Of Stom.
atauder, Germany.
Had Been Forgotten.
After the Andes called from tnia
port on October 90 no further ntton.
ton waB paid her by local shipping
men until Sunday morning, when MI
j. G. Hunter, Lloyd's surveyor for
the Chesapeake Bay district, inform
cd MIR. c. H. Arnal. TO whom the
Andes was consigned, when at this
port. that the vessel had not been
, spoken Or reported since she passed
out Cape Henry bound to Guants.
The sad news concerning the i'll.
fated steamer spread rapidly among
shipping men hero and yesterday il.
was the talk in oil the local shipEln:,
ofccs and along tho waterfront.
Owner Gives Up Hope.
II was learned hero Yesterday
morning that L. GortE, of Hamburg,
owner of tho Andes, entertair3 no
hope that the vessel and her entire
crew have not been lost somewhere
| between tho Bahamas and vcnezuc!;..
Tho Andes arrived at this por:
from Havana on Friday, October 6
and proceeded to tho plant Of the
Newport News Shlpbuildng 6; Dry
Dock Company 10 undergo q thor
ouGh overhauling. The vessels ell.
Eincs, screws, boilers and hull were
cleaned and repaired. the work being
finished on Friday, October 20. when
the Andes left the shipyard and went
to Chesapeake d Ohio conl pier no.
10, where she loaded sufficient coal
for fuel during tho run to Guanta,
which should have been made In
eight or nine days.
Mr.. LittIepagc Signed Crew.
On October IS, Mr.. Lewis Little.
page. local agent for the Smolseless
Fuel Company. and acting vlce.cop.
sui for Germany ut this port, signed
crew of twenty-five mon and OF.
ficers for the Andes. Captain MANI
and First Officer Forthuber brough.
their wives here with them and
TOOK them out TO sea on tho Andes
last trip
Just before leaving the shipyard
the Andes loaded so tons OF hay
furnished by local firm. Tho hay
was 10 have been used 10 feed