Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-08-18
HL-FATED PASSENGERS
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE
SOULS ON THE GElsER.
--latest Details of the Great Steamboat
Disaster Statements of Pass.nr,rs-
inc Ihingvaiia Arrives In Port-Ths
Captain Tells How the Accident Occur
red-The wieiands Good Work.

NEW YORK, August ls.-The corrected
list OF the lost IL los. as given by Captain
Muller, of the Inflated steamship Ge;ser.
The Geiscr carried 93 passengers and a crew
cf 4S. of the passengers, IA were saved.
snd of the crew, II. This makes the list OF
lost l9 passengers and % crew.
d +. Hansen, of Worcester, Mass. A.
Johnson Co., of St Paul, Minn.; A.
Wennistrom. of Philadclphia, AGENTS ef
the line, have been notified to send on their
list OF the tickets sold on Geiser. Mrs. Ida
Mangraye, who with her child was lost.
bought her tickets in Worcester. -Four.
teen and half tickets were sold in
ST Paul, OF which three were saved
From Chicago forty-one and half tickets
were shipped, Of which six were saved.
and from Philadelphia one was shipped
and one saved. The balance of the tickets,
twenty-three, were sold at the Office, No.
three were sold Seven hours after thecoI.
hslon the Wieland hove in sight.
Peter Julius Jorgenson, the second officer
oi the Geiser, says: The only explanation
can give IS that il was raining like HI.
ihe nrst officer was on the bridge and the
third officer was down on the deck taking
soundings when the crash came" There is
no excitement ut the Office in this city. IS
most of the passengers were from the west.
The absence OF news from the Thingvalla
Is causing considerable uneasiness. In as
reported. she started for Halifax, she should
have reached there before this. II Is
though; barely possible that she is making
Tor this port. On the other hand, again, she
may have been picked up-and taken in tow
either by the Allan steamer Caspian, from
SverPool, or the Red Star steamer Portia,
N ST. Johns, Newfoundland, both of
.ch are due at Halifax, and both of
.ich should certainly see the Thingvalla
While going to Halifax
Al ~ o'clock yesterday morning, Funchs,
Eddy Co, agents for the line, received a
dispatch from Captain Lamb that the
Ihingvaila had arrived safely at Halifax
Captain Muller. of the Geiser, went be-
fore Danish Consul Brseme, at No. 81 Wall
street, yesterday morning and swore to
his statement of the facts connected with
the collision. The consul states that the
circumstances attending the collision will
be investigated here on the arrival of Cap
tain Lamb. instead Of Mt Copenhagen, as
the principal witnesses oan be more easily
reached in New York. Captain Muller
states that at the time of the collision he
was abont thirty-fiye miles south of Sable
Island aid about eighteen miles off Hall
fax.
The following graphic account vas given
by young druggist named Jansen Cast
borg. who was passenger ON board the
Thingvalla, en- route to Galveston, Texas,
with his sister;
1T was just about daylight, and
all, with the exception Of myself
and few friends, were asleep, when
all of sudden we heard . scufiiing OF
feet on deck, and then q crunching
noise. Then for moment ali was still
In q second all the passengers were out of
their berths and all rushing for the COM
panionway. The screaming and din was
deafening, particularly from the lower
deck, where the people with families were
located. After considerable difficulty
got on deck and rushed to see what the
damage was, and Just here / wish to state
most emphatically that no whistles were
blown on the Thingvalla before the col
lision. went to the front of the vessel
and saw a gap of about twelve feet ON the
left side. The plates were rolled up. and
on the top of them lay part of the corpse of
q man, and the whole stern was covered
with blood and the fragments of flesh,
which were soon washed off by the waves.
The captain then ordered every one on
deck, and after an examination, the pas
sengers were told there was no danger and
they became quiet. The women on the
occasion behaved splendidly.
ION the right side the plates were broken
of completely, and saw the bow of our
ship 60 clean into the stateroom of an Off
Ger of the Geiser, who climbed up by the
chain attached TO the anchor. During this
time there was terrible rain storm, which
was more the cause of the extreme darkness
than any fog. The Geiser began TO sink
gradually and in eight or ten minutes
passed out of sight There was an effort
made on our ship to lower the boats, bu,
il was 50 very dark that We could not SCI
whether it was human beings or not that
were floating around the ship; but a man.
voice screamed out in the midst Of the ex
citement that he was bitten by q shark
The screaming was something awful
at was fully twenty minutes before ths
boats were lowered We all stood on decl
looking at the people being saved, bu,
poweriess TO do anything ourselves
saw three boats of the Geiser. ont
turned upside down, another smashed
in the storm, and the third had
two men, who were holding up woman
between them who seemed to be dead
Several had life preseryers on, but wers
swallowed up in the Whirlpool made when
the Geiser went down. Some came agair
to the surface and were picked up. A mum
Der of Us got life preservers and stood ready
TO cast them out but must say wondered
that so few were seen after the ships sink
ing. A great number must have drowned
in their berths. In about an hour and q
half the boats returned, and the saved wer,
hoisted on board by ropes and partly by
the aid of rope ladder. which had beer
lowered over the side. When they were go,
on deck, they were each made TO sit dowr
and they were given a glass OF brand,
apiece. They seemed for the most part Z
be in good spirits except one man, wht
was covered with blood, and the doctor sen
him to the hospital The boats were sen
away again, but they only found I
dead woman The emigrants wer'
well treated by the. people on th'
went to work to shift cargo from th'
stem ~ the stern as well as the chain an
chors on the Thingvalla- This had goot
effect on the passengers, and they go
cheerful and hopeful as all we had TO fea
was q storm, as the shattered bnlkhead ha.
been backed with planks and hogshead
aud could stand a little shock We wer
making about two knots an hour, when a
noon We saw the Wieland After som
talk between captains we were taken oil
board the Weiland, being only allowed t
take small vslise each. It's my fest ex
perience of q voyage acruss the Atlantic
and think 1t will last me my lifetime
The passengers of the Thingvalla wer
registered in Castle Garden yesterday morn
ing. and only await the arrival of their bag
gage. A number of the women seem to no
have fully recovered from tue shock yet.
The Thingvalia Arrives.
HALIFAX, August ia-The Danish steam
or Thingvalla was signaled of the harbor a
6 O'Clock yesterday morning, in charge Q
Pilot William White, of boat No. .. Sh
erawled along at the rate of two miles q
hour, and three hours elapsed before sh
arrived at the wharf Of Pickford d Blsci
her agents. Meanwhile, crowds OF peopl