The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-18
THE LOST STEAMER.
Further Particulars Of the
Disaster.
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
The Sons of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-Bayard on the Fisheries
OuestiOn-Etc.
The ColIiding Steamers,

consul has concluded the lnvestlgatlon
into the sinking of the GstSer Will be
be held in the courts IN Copenhagen
and not here, as first thought. The es-
.timsted loss on the Geiser Is $635,OOO,
and on cargo $4,000.
HALIFAX, August 1.-THE ThingrattG
presents a strange spectacle with nearly
the whole of her bow torn away, leaV-
ing an immense hole exposed to view. A
long piece of bow hangs over the mole
which reaches back into the sides OF the
ship over fifteen feet. The prolectlng
pier hangs over the water like an out
stretched arm, and shows Where tne
powerful iron plates we're broken
through and snapped OF as II card
hoard. Wonder is expressed that she
6 er reached port. The disabled Vessel
will discharge her cargo and the ship is
to he repaired. She Will be here prob
ably two months. After repairing she
is to reload and proceed for New York.
Captain Lamb has imposed silence upon
his seamen as to the disaster, but has
himself prepared statements OF the de-
fails Of the collision, as he knew and
saw it. His story is much
the same as those told by
other seamen yesterday. He
saws the scene as soon as the ThingUGtLa
backed away from the GeiSer was q
frightful one. II cannot describe it, I"
saws he. "Some of her passengers were
rushing madly about. her deck, while
others crowded in several small boats
in the water. l believe many passen-
gers must have been killed IN their
hunks by the force of the collision and
never knew what happened. AS the
steamer plunged beneath the water,
carving down those on board, she cap
sized the boats that had got away. The
air was cut with shrieks and prayers.
Most of the people probably went down
with the Geiser. They were followed
soon after by the Inflated souls in the
boats, who must have been sucked
under as the ship sank. The cries OF
the diving still ling in my ears. Three
of our boats were already launched,
and irving to save as many as they
could from the doomed GeiSer, but II
was slow work, as comparatively few
managed to keep afoat. At the
steamers disappearance three boats
were all that could get out
in the minute we had, and
did not know but what we might wan
the remaining ones for ourselves. The
two vessels were not more than 100 o.
no feet apart when the GeiSer wen
down. The screams of the drowning
lasted perhaps two minutes and the1
suddenly sll became quiet. Our thre
boats returned loaded with the savet
who had been picked up. l sent then
back to continue the search 10
survivors, but they returned with ohl.
the corps of a woman. We provided tn
Survivors with dry clothes, hot coffee AM
wine. and made them as comfortable
as nossibIe while attending to the in
1ured and to ourselves. The day wa
inst beginning to break when the COLI
sion occurred. 1t was raining. /
second officer told me just before tina
it was not foggy. In my opinio
nearly all the people on the Geiser
deck and the boats sank with tn
steamer. Everything we could do pos
sibIy to save them was done. Ate
the Geiser disappeared we began JettlsoI
ino our cargo to keep the ThingUatl
afioat, The crew and passenger
worked side by side, throwing over
board what was brought off the bolt
What was jettisoned consisted solel
of wool, pulp and provisions. Incl
waa not much wind but heavy SCI
Between 9 and 10 o'clock We reached
forward bulk head, then, stop,
throwing the cargo overheard and g
to work snoring up the compartment
at 8 O'Clock the steamer WtetGhd, II
New York hove in sight and we trani
ferred all our rescued passenge
as well as cur own 4OQ pa
sengers to her. The Wietd'
proceeded about 3 o'clock IN Il
afternoon leaving Us also steering Il
New York. We continued the VOL
snoring up the appointments but ait
while on account of wind and 81
Increasing. we found it impossible
kasn on for New York and decided
beed for Halifax. At this time 1t st
looked very much as if we might SIT
and some of the crew had refused
work wanting to be transferred to q
Wielnnd before she left US. We we
&C slow as two knots and
Sometimes found that too muc
We inst had to crawl. On Wednesd
afternoon fishing vessel hove IN sig
ord we bore down on her. She prov
tn he the schooner CdpiS, of Leha'
Gantain CIeveresy, and L engaged q
fo stand bv and accompany the steam
tn Halifax, SO as to be able TO pelp
in case she should go down. Last mig
wass SO heavy 1 had to turn the steam
around and run stern IorenlosU q
steering by the schooner which "
connected by the hawser to US; Wer
against the wind this. way al mig
We did not know on the 1hang0G
what steamer we struck till the seco
officer of the GeiSer jumped on Q
deck. When 1 reahed the deck INN
diately after the shock, the lights
both steamers were burning all rig
of that I am certain. The GeiSef q
been seen by our first officer seVe
minutes before the collision. She "
nearly straight ahead, but little
our port bow. She starboarded to
ont of the way and we ported;
should have ported likewise" Err
Csntain Lambs statement OF the dis
Ter il would appear that tie fault
With those on board the Geiser, who
her to stsrboard instead OF to p'
The Ge:ser's officer who was on wa
at the time of the collision, was amt
those who persisted. Captain La
himself does not express an opinion
the cause of the disaster.