Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-18
One Hundred and Fifty Persons
Missing---The Thingyalla Ar
riyes at Halifax.
The Circumstances Concerning the Coli
sion of the Two Vessels viii be In
vestigated by the Company.
Rain at Various Places Postpones Several
Games of Base Ball-Races at Brigh-
ton Beach-General MiScella-
Ie0us News.

BOSTON, Aug. IA Halifax special says
the steamer Thingvalla was sighted com
ing up the harbor at S:15 a. m.
NEW YORK, Aug 1.-THE absence of
news from the Thingyalla is causing con
siderable uneasness. If, as reported, she
started from Halifax she should have been
there before this. 1t is thought barely
possible that she is making for this port.
On the other hand shouldshe have
been picked up and taken in tow
by the Allen steamer Cassan,. from
Liverpool, or the Red Star
steamer, Portal from St. Johns, New
foundland. both of which are due in Hall
fax today and both of which should GER
tainly see the Thingvalla while going to
Halifax.
The corrected list of the lost is 105, as
given by Captain Miller, of the i'll fated
steamship Geiser. The Geiser carried sew
enty-three passen gers and a crew Of 43.
OF the passengers fourteen were saved
and OF the crew seventeen. This makes
the list of the lost seventy-nine passengers
and twenty-six crew.
Peter julius Georgensen, the second Off
Ger of the Geiser, says: "The only explana-
ton | can give is that it was raining like
h-ll. The first officer was on the bridge
and the third officer was down on the deck
taking soundings when the crash came
There is no excitement at the offices in
this city, as the most Of the passengers
were from the west.
The following graphic account was given
by young druggist, named Jansen Cast
borg, who was II passenger on board inc
Thingvalla enroUte to Galveston, Texas,
with his sister
at was just about daylight, and with
the exception of myself and few frinds,
all were alseep when all OF a sudden we
heard scuffling of feet on deck. fol-
bowed by a crunching noise. Then Tor a
moment all was still.
in a second all of the passengers were
out of their berths and all rushing Tor the
companionway. The screaming and din
was deafening, particular from the
lower deck where the people with fam
lies 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 Thingvaila before the collision;
Il 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
tops of them lay the part of a corpse Of a
man, and the whole stem was covered with
blood and fragments Of flesh, which were
soon washed off by the waves. The cap
tain then ordered everyone on deck and
after an examination the passengers were
told there was no danger and they became
quiet"
At 10 O'Clock this morning, Funishee,
Ede x Co., agents for the line. received u
dispatch from the captain saying that the
Thi gvala had arrived safe at Halifax.
Captain Miller, of the Geiser went before
Danish Consul BIaeme, at 81 Wall street,
this mornlngiand swOre to his statement
of the facts connected with the collision.
The consul stated that the circumstances
attending the collision will be investigated
here on the arrival of Captain Lamb, in
stead of at Copenhagen, as the principal
witnesses can be more easily reached in
New York.