Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-08-22

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TIE 0rEAN Anppon
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The List or the Lost by tine Oeiser Catas-
trophe Now Placed at 118-The Thing.
valla Reaches Halifax In Safety-Her
Captains Story =#5#,.5
NEW YoRK Aug "a. The collision ~ the
steamers Thinpvilla and Gaiaera wac AZ.
cugsed evervvhara in martina c;rc1as
The main onestion waa aa ~ who ,zoa :"
blame for the disaster r. = nnw cartoir
that 1lS persons ner1ahcd when the Ga i,.a.
went down. Here is the cnrractad l;st. =
Total nnnaDar q adult MESSENGERS : -, q,
Passengers lost. 49,. ,....... n
Crew lost. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. So
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comram, = = sa;1 NV ~ 1uny Anown: 1ne
1920: ~ - pau WIZ as iar as IN lts
w. 1 .uuy t ene SURVIVORS.
49,: ~ yuy90 4o9s gelon8ed IN
Vn's Guy or vicinity; nearly, all the
passengers were from the West. Forty.
TWO tickets were issued bv A.
M0rtensen & Co. agents at Chicago.
and the holders of six NJ theaaa ,raro ao,,ed
Fiftee, tIcl.afai u;xee! ;aauad ~ A2iT IN,
CO., r. ~ "o - 10s g. ~ q. - F. oonu !.
~. ~ ~, "een's az y" I"ul, Mlnn', OF
"non 'ntee were saved. Two were issued
ny sven "A. hansa, agent at Worcester,
MASS; Dotn OF whom were lost. One was
issued by E. Wennstrom, agent at Phila-
delphia, and he was saved. Thirtv-threa
tickets were issued at the Nau Yorlr of.
fee, of whom three were saved No."
rur ru1vnv.-I. .n.s'
u.,,p,x AZ % l ~,
r..-, ~. aug. 1o'-lne steamer
49, .e 80, n coii,ooo WIN ana SUNK
@ ue1ser Win sucn an appalling
.u"s u AAe, arrived mere yesterday.
She presents a strange spectacle with
nearly the whole of her bow torn away.
leaving an immense hole exp0sed to
view. No persons were allowed on hoard
Cantain Lamb NJ tho Tb;ro,,,no ~. -,
rosod e;,oroo ,o -: e "AAo, ""S
d;aoa+ar hrt hos h;~,as,. 20 W. .no
... ~ o i piepareu stato-
" eao oo'ai1S ~ tue coll1slon as no
Ane" ano saw. his IS the captains
story:
~ was IN bed on the morning Of the 18th.
Ine second omcer relieved the first officer on
tno oE10ge At CLOCK IN the morning. At 4:3O
WAS awakened BY hearing the second officer
snoat our: Port helm! moment later the
tele8rapn Dell rang to reverse engines.
jumped OUT OF bed and rushed on deck in my
n1ght-elothes. Just as arrived on deck there
was tremendous crash. We had collided with
q large steamer and struck her amid6hips Just
below the mainmast. For q moment all was
confusion and there were loud shrieks from
the people on both ships. Immediately
ran art and ordered my crew to pre-
pare boats for launching. By the time
I returned to the bridge We had olsen
tangled ourselves from the strange shin. I
found'on the bridge the second officer OF the
vessel we had collded with. From. him
learned that She was our sister ship, the Gel
SER Captain Moller. The Thingvalla had cut
into the Geiser clean to the mates state-room
That officer was asleep at the time He rolled
out OF his bunk and grasped the chains of our
anchor. My first duty was to look after nv
ship and quiet my passengers. This I did,
Daylight was just breaking, and there was no
fog, but it was hazy aud there was a. slight
shower OF rain.
II went forward to see what DAMAGE we had
sustained and set the pumps working. Verv
shortly after the collision the Geiser sank.
can't tell how long after but it was within ten
inmates. One OF our boats was afloat
when: she went down. The Ceiser
had three boats out, She seemed tn break
into two and went down stern first with fearful
suction. Her boats were doubtless ali cans;zed
by the suction The scenes at that moment
were indescrbable I have read thrilling 70.
mances of great disasters at sea. but nothing
ever read can compare for a moment with
the reality. Above the gurgllug noise of the
suction rose the shrieks OF $50 drown
ing men and women. Oh, 1t was terriblel
lean hear their dying shouts at this moment
and shall never forget the scene to my dying
day, but it only lasted two minutes. The Wild
est cries for life began as the Geiser COM
menced to sink. Bier living freight were drawn
down by her and the last cries died away as
she disappeared from view. The final scene
only lasted TWO minutes them the carnival OF
death was succeeded by an appalling silence.
by this time our four boats were launched
The passengers and crew OF the ill-fated ship
came to the surface; we picked them IN until
fifteen of them were rescued and taken aboard
the Thingvalla... We provided them with
clothes and hot drinks. They were
nostly an IN tne'r n'snt.clothes, and
n,,s ny 49, y. 'nem were ere e1naus1eo'' meanwhile
wrac,laoe IN no hona -, sa ui1 .mons ene
human 1ife Int the last nad ali hean drn.rn o1
We only fonnd the f7oa,ino cornse of ona
woman. Our own passengers and crew behaved
well. Some OF the survivors had thrilling
escapes. The first. second and third engineers
were all together on a fe raft. The third en-
'gineer had his arm broken during the collision.
yet the hrst two men were lost and the dis
aoleo man saved. 49,