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Show A SINK INu SHIP. THE MACNIFICENT STEAMER EIDER SEEMS DOOMED TO DESTRUCTION. She May Slide Ofr the Lc,Ke at Any Moment, Mo-ment, in Which F.vcut she will Go to the Bottom All Hands Have Lefl Her, London, Feb. 2. The -ale that act in Inat nii;ht caused a heart -en t ,, ., in tu. chau-nel, chau-nel, which added to j,u-;tn of the steamship l.: ler at Herrleld ledge. The place is expose t.. the fuli force of the wind and sea, and no ,,. most noril. hub points in the channel. T he w ind continued con-tinued to freshen throughout the night, and the position of the 1 . -U r grew worse and she pounded unite b ird upon the rocks. The crew staid by her. Her stern sunk further, lifting the bow higher. Should sho slide oft the ledge she will surely go to the bottom. Marine men think she is almost sure to be lost. Captain Heineck has signalled sig-nalled that the leak is gaining rapidly on the pumps. The Atktsrtl. i.l 1,'fe Boat crew is making reparation- I g to the assistance of the crew. 11 a. ui. The .position of the F.iderhas become be-come most critical. The tide is rising, and as It approached flood the water poured into the steamer, .after 1. 1- l,. 1! was full it pulled the Minjiitowri, leaving the forehold perfectly dry. (Che .n-a i wa-hing over the quarter deck ijnd it Jooks as though she would slide, off at any moment. All hands are hastily heaving her. The pumpB on the Eider w ere kept working work-ing at their Vtl capacity all night, but the sea kept slowl gaining, the water pouring through a bole in her side, where the rocks had torn the ir n plates. At daylight signals sig-nals were run' p asking for help. Life boats w immediately sent out ami after a dangei ofta passage everybody was landed in safety.' A few bags of mail and 277 passedkers were taken to Southampton where all destined for Bremen will lie transferred trans-ferred to the steamer Havre which arrived at Southampton this afternoon. All the passengers concur in denying the sensational sensa-tional reports tha ' -.aiiie prevailed when the steamer strfi"Hcrward8. |