The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-17

y. Uattn's deck by some of the latte
crew. One of the GeiSer's paSseuge
was picked up with a broken l"g.
soon as the WuI1,id arrived in t
lower bay Captain Miller, of the Geis
lett the steamer on a reyenus cuttt
D, tie went directly to the cffiae OF 4
agents CT the company, where be u
closeted few moments with the 8geu
he only left word that tbs accide1
- was due to bad weather aad 1T witt
out Eating his destination. The rest
the GctSer's crew were taken to tt
hotel Denmark on the arrival of Il
WtetGnd.
IWenty-lOur passengers Of the crew {
me ds'Sefi undrr charge OF second d
r ncer Jorg5nson, arrived st the Hot'
o Denmark. They we're brawny feilo rs
curIonsly attlred and but few IA
ELMER coats or stockings. secon
q ohcer Jorgenson gave q description
f graphically. II was asleep in nv pun
: when L felt the sho k, and | IT'D
mediateiy went ON deck, taking in tn
situation at glance. | ordered al
: hands en- deck. Then l swung mysel
on on the bow of the TsinsulLln ane
scram oled TO her deck. The doom ID
craft sunk gracefully, stem first, vi
ner DOW III the air. Most everybody
was sound asleep, and when she bepa
10 Nil we could hear groaus sad
hsartTendi & screams cIming from
below. Those VITO reached The
deck mads frantic efforts 10 CIT
down the boats, but they we're too ex
cited 10 BE- successful. They inaIly
grabbed no different pi-ce7 of wood and
JUN ed over the side of the vessel.
Annds Wielie, a civil engineer OF
Minneapolis, one of the passengers OF
| toe Ge;ssr. said: about 1 o'clock
tGut'day morning l WAS awakened oy
d shght shock, and thinking We had
strurz wreck, [ went on deck lust as
sore one shouted She is sinking" |
| fonna we had been struck On the star
oosrd side, about midships. There
we're at that time four or i've men
working at the boats. [ bal a cork
Jacket and felt comfortably, safe, so
SAINT people down stairs aud then
watched the boat sink. As SIZE went
Town L stuck to her and WAS carried
down some distance. Soon | felt nv
elf saooting through the water, I'M
Delled by my CORK jacket; | Was on TOP
OF the water for perhaps half an hour.
CLIMBED on the keel o; a small boat
boating uoslde down and was finally
picked up"
DR.. A. A9gwein. g y1upg dentist, who
is on his way to Philadelphia to com
plete his stCdies, was emcng the Thing
ruins passengers. He made the TO.
lowing statement to an Ass4c.ated
Press reporter: The voyage was IN
eventfui until early Tuesday forenoon.
had left my berth, and looking Ous |
saw there was a dense fog prevailing. |
could hear cur steam whistle bloYiug. !
but heard no ofher signals. Ill
was exactly 80 when was
hullsd to the fo"r of my s'ateroom
There was terrific crash and I knew
InstlnctiVeiy collision HAD occurred. ' !:
ran to the de K and found We had run
into the eamship GeiSer. AS | reache1
the deck, the ThingvaLLp drew out Of
the rent she had made in the Geiser's
side. Captain Lamb, OF the ThingvalIq.
was In his berth when the accident
occurred. He was one of the first TO
reach the deck of the Geiser. His arm
was broken two weeks ago and he was
IN his berth when the ThimgUGLIq crashed
into the room. He managed to climb
aboard the ThingvGELa as she drew
back. He was not so much as touched
~ water. The 1hingcaILo's crew did
1
mates and obeyed orders promptly. The
upper deck was not in.
jured, but her bows were broken in
from a point ten feet below the deck.
rhe dent was about twenty-s seven feet
in length and ran back above and below
the water line to the collision bulk
head. Had it not been for that bulk
head the ThingUatIa would have gone
Town like shot. Captain Lamb. First i
officer Petersen and Third Officer Jor- ,
,enson were - on the Thinqva.La's
bridge at the time. Iafterward learned | {
rom Captain Male, of the Gc1ser, that E
officer Brown was in command OF the
eel. BrowngWas lost. Lie boats wee
launched from the ThinQvalJu
md the work of rescue began. Some of
he GeUSer's passengers and crew had s
cached TIER boats, but most of them =
we're picked up from the impro yisg!
raft, chicken cnOps. campstools and Il
else that would suit. The i
urvivors had to hurry as the ;Geisfr g
7ent down stern first about five min 5
ties after The crash. The most wonder, o
IL escape was that of Assistant En- l.
ileer Berthelsen. After the Geissr had p
one down and it was known Ii
hat there were no passengers in n
ny OF the lost steamers boats lie had q
9 bows of his own vessel projected as t
r as possible with straw mattresses e.
nd other material 10 prevent wafer
ON entering. Distress signals were
bundled and the ship laid In for dav
ght. The fog lifted about $40 o CLOCK. >:
stween 10 ana II O'Clock the steam " =,
nip WieLd'ad of the Hamburg mericau VI
acket Line, was sighted. She bore :
own to US and laid to within a short
istance of our vessel. Captain Lamb
'ok boat and went to the IVjeIaad. :
aptain ELDERS, of that vessel, readily >.
to receive the rescued :,
assengers and the crew of the "a
eiser. The work of transferring n
as accomplished with only a sinele OIL
,cideut. A 15-vear-old boy those es
anne did not learn had mis- Iee .,
ushed. He was one of the ThmG- =,
,lla's passengers. A rumber of her
were also taken sboar THE "
LELAND. The sea had become some O
hat rougher by this time and there =
ere many lively scenes as childTeo N
I'd older passengers were lowered in
e slings to the boats. Able bodied q
sssengers and crew used ship ladders. y
8 we reached the WieEand the last of be
e Geiser's abandoned, life boats M
,ated out OF sight. There was ro b be
ult TO he found with tho ,na,,r1,;,, g.