| Show SAVED FROM DEATH NEW YORK feb fab 10 the ou umbria captain dutton which sailed from liverpool february Quara quarantine titine this bie morning shortly af aber or noon yesterday the ocean greyhound steamer passed quarantine anthe her shrouds anu ana part art of her bulk covered with ice anu glistening like myriads of diamond diamonde dia moode icicles hung irom from before and aft from the ibe topmost edite of the bridge to the tbt deck was one mass masa ot of glittering ice during the only spell lf if good weather on the ves aela voyage se ee 0 o was enabled to rescue fourteen four teun persons who were adrift in a water logger belp lees bark capt tin kin D dutton litton said gaid we had bad a filfly ghou voyage after leaving leavine until we struck the blizzard outside the hook yesterday it was waa 1214 a m on february ith that we picked up the captain and crew of the french bark jean bap t tiete aste iste the distressed crew was wa displaying red lights lighta to show bow that the vessel was wa out of control and as aa we made her three went up into tae mizzen rigging with torches toe the balk baik was waterlogged when our boat reached the distressed vessel the meo men found aund the crew bad launched two boat and were loading all of their eti encia tetti captain lebit houct and hla eon were the IX laai t leave the jean baptiste they came away in our bost boat the refit reet ot of the crew came to us la ja welt their own boats and said they had bad brought all their personal effects with them the jean baptiste belonged at havre anu and was trum ij alifar so cork corb with goals adale she won net mt insured injured captain dutton continuing said bald at 5 yesterday afternoon burlog the helgoth ol of we the sto ato m miles egoh of sandy hook we a four masted at anchor rid ini ing very heavily she had a flag up and nj nu no nails halle att I 1 had bad the veasel put about and ran town down close to her bar we laid to half an hour waiting for some signal but none come came we left them riding at anchor in a heavy sea la in a very unusual place for a of character right in abo of the ocean steamers camera til then we came on to harbor and experienced the worst tier of the whole trip 21 on board the umbria were three eur sur vivon of the elbe eugene haugene Bohle gei ej of furst germany Germ auy on ills his way to this country with his hie bittar emma who was lost with the ship john of cleveland 0 and carl huffman of island neb whose wife and child were among the he lost loit to an press reporter mr holtman told the following tory story of the wreck his hie statement tat ement was waa made in a very disconnected abion fa and was wag inter liberally with threats of prose buting the north german clorman lloyd jlloyd eava pany and frequent outbursts ol of tears my wife and boy and myself bj bad a stateroom on the starboard side aide art aft 3 in the section between the numbers 69 and 11 1 he said 1 11 I woke early on the morning ot of the collision bud and hud had kone one auton dock deck and returned to our stateroom where I 1 told my wife how the weather was and put pui another blanket over my boyt boy who was la in the upper beird beatti lor for it was wae very cold suddenly I 1 board beard a crash and the ship trembled violently I 1 rushed out ida aide to see aee what the trouble was waa and I 1 as aa L did so ao I 1 att mr ela sister RU em ma who was running forward towards toe the gangway nune none of the lipid crew could give me say any information ai to what had bulsa I 1 board beard great confusion overhead aud bounds of many people running to and iro fro I 1 ran back to our cabin and told nay my wife w afe to 10 dress drees hensolt and tue ouy buy as aa quickly as aa possible with wilb my boy on one arra arm and ana supporting my wire wife with tile the other started for the dav y just juet then come one on dock deck gave the lor for every one to go below sud aud in he rush that ensued to obey the order I 1 was carried down the steps aano I 1 went upon up on deck roga rules jeaa order anti and stood at the head bead of the gangway opposite site tue tile third hoat boat on the port tilde itie une una I 1 eventually got into then the order to lower the bats was given the lost one on the purt side aide was we first to be lowered and ad into this thia a number of jumped but were promptly ordered out again no one got into the second boats boat which was waa next un on the part aid aide to this and the one directly op opposite posits where we were standing anding at was waa lowered lowe reu into Luto taia tais I 1 throw threw my valise my boy into my arms arma I 1 turned and kriesen my wile wife who whoa said aid god glod may belp us yet and then I 1 jumped into it tb abi boat which had not yet been lowered just juat then the order was given tot for all women and children ob ildren to go to the starboard side bide and my wife obeyed the order Neusa elli selli the officer of the boat caught my boy out of ef my may arma in obedience to tie order bruer that wall waa la is sued and that was the last I 1 saw of either of them Y mr hoffman hodman complains that he be was compelled to assiat in the management of the ships boat and declares there was plenty of time to have lowered all the boats ot of the elbe it 1 proper discipline had been maintained his nerves have bedou badly shattered by bj his trying try ing experience and it is his big intention laten tion so remain in hoboken tor or deveral days bea beffre ire be returns to his bis home in nebraska later in the afternoon he said he had made a state ment presumably to bi bis lawyers but ne be refused to tell the nature or ol it |
