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up, and on the top of them lay part of the
corpse of man. and the whole stem was
covered with blood and fragments of flesh,
which was soon washed off by the waves.
The captain then ordered every one on deck,
and. after an examination, the passengers
were told there was no danger and they be-
came quiet. The women on the occasion
behaved splendidly. On the right side the
plates were broken off completely, and | saw
the bow of our ship go clean into the state
room of an officer of the Geiser, who Climbed
up by the chains attached to the anchor.
During this time there was terrible ram
storm which was more the cause of the ex-
treme darkness than any fog. The Geiser
began to sink rapidly, and in eight or ten
minutes passed down out of sight There
was no effort made on our ship to lower the
boats, but it was so very dark that we could
not see whether it was human beings or not
that were floating around the ship, but a
mans voice screamed out in the midst oil
THE EXCITEMENT
that he was bitten by shark. The scream
ing was something awful 1t was fully
twenty minutes before the boats were low
cred We all stood on the deck looking at
the people being saved but powerless to do
ANYTHING ourselves | saw three boats of
the Geiser one turned upside down, another
smashed in the storm, and the third had two
men who were holding up Il woman between
them VINO seemed 10 DE ufau. SeNeTal
life-preservers on. but were swallowed up IN
the whirlpool when the Geiser went down.
Some came again to the surface and We're
picked up. A number of us procured hfe-
preservers and stood ready to east them out,
but l must say | wondered that so few were
seen after the ships sinking. A great num-
Der must have been drowned in their berths.
In about an hour and half the boats re-
turned and the saved were hois.cd on board
by ropes and partly by the aid of rope lad
der, which had been lowered over the side.
When they were not on deck, they were each
made to sit down, and they We're given n
glass of brandy apiece. They seemed for the
most part to be in good spirits, except one
man, who was covered with blood, and the
doctor sent him to the hospital. The boats
were sent away again, but they only
found n dead woman. The emigraEts
were well treated by the people on the Thing
valla. The passengers and crew then went
to work to shift the cargo from the stem to
the stern. as well as the chain. anchors, etc,
on the Thingvalla. This had n good effect
on the passengers. and they got cheerful and
hopeful, as all we had to fear was storm,
as the shattered bulkhead had been backed
with planks and hogsheads. and could stand
n little shock We were making about two
knots per hour, when at noon We saw the
Wieiand. After some talk between captains
we were taken on board the Weland. being
IL
It's my first experience of a voyage across
the Atlantic, and think it will last me my
life time
ST. PAUL SURVIVOR.
New YORK, Special Telegram, Aug. IL
Peter Johannsen ofSt. Paul, railroad hand,
was another of the survivors who was on his
way to visit in Sweden. He was in one of the
life boats cutting it loose when the Geiser
gave its final lurch and went under.
81 musf have been smoked Twenty-Five feet
beneath the surface" he said. "and when |
came up again l struck the under side of the
life boat which was bottom up, 1t stunned
me so nearly drowned before | could get out.
There were two Others on the kneel and they
helped me out. | hung on with them till aid
came from the Thingvalla. The only things
l was able to save was n shirt and pair of
pants. 1t was terrible sight to see the peo-
pie going down all around, and not able to
give them any assistance