The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-08-25
persisted AT SEA.


o4olo 4clouu.
The Former went uown An Five
Hlinuscs and One Hundred and
seven Persons Were
Drowned.
A story OF death aud disaster at sea was
brought 10 New York on Thursday by the
steamship weland, OF the lfambnrr-Ameri-
can steamship line which oppressed the city
with it. suggest ons OF mortal agony aud M
fright. Sister ships the Thingyaila aud
Geissr, OF the Thlngynlls line OF Scandinavian
steamers. q ashed togcthcr IN the darkness
and mist OF Tuesdays caily morning and the
helpl,s. Geiscr was sent TO the bottom OF the
OCEAN. Help was ut hand. but It's promise
WA illusory. The Th.ngalla exhausted her
forces 81 rescue, but the sinking OF the Goi.er
was 20 rapid that comparatively few Of the
people who thronged her decks could be
snaitiicd from The Jaws OF the waves. Thir-
ty-onc persons were ,ayed. The dead num-
Der 100. The s.lai ely vessel and her rich
cargo are lost. The Gcissr was on her way
ffem New York 10 copenhagen. The Thing
vaiia was sailing hither fiom Scandinavian
20. =. The disaster occurred ~ O'Clock
q. ~.
The scene was about thirty miles south
Of Sable Island, OF the coast Of Nova Scotia.
There was a comparatively smooth sea.
Accounts vary as 10 the dcnscness OF the
atmosphere. The Thingvalla struck the
Gtissr amidships on the sfarboard side and
cut her half in twain. The Geiser sank IN
less than five minutes. There were eighty
three adult passengers on the steamer, and a
number Of children. The hingyalas bows
were smashed IN rs FAR back a. the forward
collision bulkhead. The bulkhead was not
injured, and 10 this fact the steamers pas
sengcrs owe their lives; orhad the bulkhcad
given away the Thingyalia. too, would
have gone down with all on board. AS soon
as possible the Thngyalla's boats were low
crei, but only fourteen OF the Gciscr's pas
scDgers and seventeen OF her crew were
picked mp. The Ihingynlla hoistcd signals
OF distress, and at III o'clock the same dry
(Tuc~day) the liamburg-Amcrican packet
steamer Wieland from Hamburg hove In
sight and took of all the passengers OF the
IhingNa.la ard the survivors OF the Gciser
The ThingNalla then steercd for Halifax rs
the nearest port Of refuge. snch In brief is
the story OF the latest ocean horror.
Capt. 4. Aibers OF the wicland tells the
following story:
AT 10 o'clock on the morning OF Aug. IL,
we passed some wrcckage floating in the sea,
and suspected that an accident had happened
somewhere near us. A little later we sailed
through sa Of oil and sighted broken
boat OF the Geiser. About ii 80 we sighted
steamer 10 the nofthward about eight
miles OFF, and, seeing she had a fag OF dis
trcss up, we ran down 10 her.
Ill proved 10 be the Thingyalla, and Capt.
Lamb OF that vessel came To us In small
boat and begged "a 10 take OF his passengers
aud those he had saved from the Gciscr. lie
said lis own vessel was 80 badly injured lac
expected her TO sink a. any moment. His
forward compartment had been completely
carried away from halfway from the deck TO
below the water line. We sent out three OF
our boats and the Thin2yalla lowered two
OF hers and IN five hours we had transferred
ths saved pa .sengers and crew OF the Gescr
and also the 40 passengers OF the 1hingyalla
'The sea was very rough at the time ant
the work OF transferring the passengers was
very difficult. The immense hole In the
Thingyala's bow was then patched up as
well rs possible and she started for Halifax.
The collision, 80 far AS known, was caused
by the fog"
The Gciscr made her maiden trip 10 this
port In February, 1882 She was built OF
iron In Buinnestcr & Won's ship-yard nc
Copenhagen, and cost In the neighborhood OF
$4,000. Her net register was nineteen
hundred tons Her length was 3I2 feet
breadth OF beam 40 feet, and depth OF hold
30 feet. She was provided with steam
winchcs and many other OF the most modern
appliances. Her hull was constructed OF the
best Iron and wns divided into five water
tight compartments. The accommoda-
tons I'm the cabin were limited, but
between decks there was room for
fully seven hun lrtd persons. There were
three hospitals aboard with hunks Tor furty
patients. Tn d., X shs ca ried eight larg,
life-boats. 4 h. main d ok was rye and
p TtIcularly ID for promenading bsing
guard Il by high Rulings. The officers
guar ers were on the lower d elk ami iships,
I'd the for. castle was forward on the main
dsck. TIL 81 AMIR was bark sntine r,gg d,
and was said 10 b. ,asily able To make twelve
knots an hour. She carried a crew of fifty
m ~ and was onmand d by Capt. Carl w.
Miller. She II this por, on August ii for
Cop nhagtn, carrying lU7 passengers.
The Thlngvalla - a sstT ship 10 tn
G,iser aud 4 run by the Thingyalla linz,
which plies b tween New York aud chris
tiana, Cop nhagn and st2ttin. The Thing
vaila registers l,Tf5 tons, and was built In
Coprnhag n in 1873. Her ZENITH Is 29J
feet, breadth OF beam ~ feet and depth OF
hold ~ feet She has two compound direct
acting cylinder sneines. She has three
decks, and is built ofiron. She il commands
ed by Capt :. Lamb, and left Stettin July
70 and Copenhagen Aug. for New York.
he Gciser carried as cargo for Christ .ania
75i tubs OF lard, 22j barrels OF beef, 1920
sacks OF four and 20 tubs OF butter. For
Copenhagen she had go tierces OF lard, rs
barrels OF beef, III tubs OF butter. 81 hogs
heads OF tobacco, and A., 0GG barrels OF bacon.
For Stcttin she carried 300 tierccs OF lard,
zoe half barrels OF lard, 90 ticrccs OF grease,
800 boxes OF timothy seed, and 81 barrels OF