The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-08-23
AcnLLISON All SEA.
One stsamsr.s and Over Hundred PsOpl


W9iland from Halnburgl which
arrived here to-day, reports that or
August 18th, off Sable Island, the Dan.
ish steamer Thingvalla was in collision
with the steamer Geiser, and the latter
sank in five minutes. Thirtg-one per-
sons were saved from the Geiser, but
all the others were lost. The Thing
vaIla's passengers and the crew of the
Geiser were transferred to the Wyland.
The Geiser and Thingvalla both be
long to the Thingvalla line, which plies
between New York and Christina,
Copenhagen and Stettin. The Geiser
was Danish steamer, of 1871 tons.
She left New York August 18th. The
Thingvalla, which registers 1,S4l tons
and is commanded by Captain Laub,
left Stettin July 26 and Copenhagen
August 4th. for New York. Captain
MOller commanded the Geiser.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
NEW YORK, Aug, 16.-The steamer
WieIand, of the Hamburg-American
steamship line, has just brought news
of collision off Sable island between
the Geiser and Thingvalla, of the
Thingvalla line. which occurred at 4
O'Clock, on the morning of August IA
The Geiser sank in five minutes after
drowned. The Thingvalla was SO dis
abled that she had to put into Halifax
after transferring all her passengers
| to the Wieland. The Geiser had
eighty-six passengers aboard. seventy
| two of whom were drowned or killed
| in the collision, and fourteen were Ia
ken first on the Thingvalla and
then on the Weiland. The
Geiser's crew numbered fifty, thirty
drowned. Captain MOller of the
Geiser was among those saved. The
passengers of the Thingvalla trans
ferred TO the Wieland numbered Ass.
The Geiser left this port on August
| 18th, bound for Stettin. The Thing
valla was on her way to this city and
was advertised to leave here on
August 18th. A very heavy
sea and dense fog were
experienced through the night and early
morning of August IA. 1t Is said an OBJ
away by reason of the fog. Stories diff
fer as to where the liability Ii s, if not
wholly due to the fog and heavy sea
The Thingvalla struck the Geiser OIL
the starboard side amidship. close on tt
4 o'clock in the morning. The
boats then parted and within
five minutes the Geiser sank; thu
crew of the Thingvalla did all they
could to save tue Geiser's crew anC
passengers while still in doubt as tt
whether the Thingvalla was not dan
gerously disabled, but owing to TIT
heavy sea only thirty-one were saved
No other vessel was near at the time
The Wieland on her way to this por
was 100 miles away. At 11:30 O'clOcl
on the morning of the 14th the Wielant
was sighted and signs of distress Wer'
made by the Thingvalla and a trans
fer of the passengers began, the SCI
was then very heavy but no mishap
occurred in the transfer of passengers
The officers of the crew tonight wer'
unable to give list of the lost.
Captain Albers, of the Wieland
tells the following: AT 10 o'ciobk OF
the morning of Aug IA, w
passed some wreckage fOatin
in the sea and suspected tina
an accident had happened somewher
near us; little later we sailed throug
sea of oil and sighted broken boa
of the GeiseI; about 1880 we sighted
steamer to the north about eight mile
off and seeing she had flag OF dlstres
up we ran down to her. 1t proved
be the Thingvalla, and Captain Lam
bolt came to us in a small boat an
I, begged us to take off his passenger
D and those he had saved from tn
I Geiser. He said his own vessel was S
badly injured he expected her to sin
! at any moment. His forward con
Q partment had been completely carrie
g away from half way from the deck
Z below the water line. We sent OF
three of our boats and the Thingval
lowered two of hers and in fix
q hours we had transferred the save
j passengers and crew of the Gels
o and also the 455 passenge
8 of the Thingvalla. The sea was vel
l. rough at the time and the work
I transferring the passengers was vel
difficult. The immense hole in Il
Thingvalla's bow was then patched
as well as possible and she started +
70 Halifax. The collision so far as know
8 was caused by the fog
n The chief officer of each vessel was {
"a deck at the time of the collisiO
IL The third officer, Peterson, told mu,
d the same story of the occurrence. |
n said the tOg was very dense, al
is through the night rain had fallen
rs intervals and the first we knew of &
u Geiser's approach was when she a
"a peared on the starboard right upon I
W Both vessels tried to sheer off, and /
~ ing head-on, the Geiser was stru
e. opposite the engine rooms amidshiI
t, The Geiser being heavily load
or er so that the Thlngva
OF carried away her own compartmel
The upper part of her bow ran oy
the decks of the Geiser, and
Geiser's deck houses were CARR
ne away and the state rooms We
X We heard bell ring in the Geise
=. engine room but could not tell WI
the order was. Officer Peterson "
p. on the deck at the time. He tn
IN heard the bell ring again, Il
or time to back, and the steamer had j
n commenced to reverse when the 1'hil
he valla struck.
.e- The Geiser whistle was blowing
ng the time, Second Officer Fergens
NJ they struck, and was hauled on
NJ Thingvalla's deck by some of the latti
TX crew. One of the Geiser's paSseng
de was picked up with a broken leg.
rs. soon as the Wieland arrived in
lower bay Captain Muller of the Gel
left the steamer on a reveI
Il. cutter, he went directly to the Office
on the agent of the company where
he was closeted a few minutes with
agents. He only LETT word that
an accident was due to the weather &
ed left without stating his destination.
I'D. The rescued crew of the Geiser "
on taken to the hotel Denmark on the
Pc rival of the Wieland. Twenty-fouT
ST the passengers and crew of the Gel
ng, under charge of Second Officer JOrg
ng sen. arrived at the hotel Denma
er- They were brawny fellows, curiou
led attired and but few had either coat
OF stockings.
Second Officer Jorgensen gave gra
ic description of the collision. He S;
II was asleep in my bunk when he
loi- a shock, and i immediately went
ere deck. Taking in the situation /;
me glance, 1 ordered all hands on d,
pia Then l swung myself off on the
of the Thingualle and scraml
he on her deck. The doomed C
her sank gracefully, stern Fl
hSh with her bow in the
Ine Most everybody was sound asleep
eu when she began to ill 1 could !
Out groans and heart-Tending sore
use, coming from below and those
neF reached the deck made frantic eff
iSIl6 h,,k d.