Daily Republican., 1888-08-17
a RUNDRRD LIVES LOST.
1hs SteamshIp Geyasr sunk in Collision
~ ssa-tushIng Together In = Dsuss
Fog-Out Down By the ThinsvalIA.

WielAnd, Captain Albers, from Ham.
burg, Aug, ., via HAvre, the 7th, with
merchandise and liS cabin and 1856
stseraRe passengers, arrived to-day and
reports; August 141h, thirty miles
south Of sable Island a. noon, saw the
Danish steamer ThinRvAllA, from 90,
pen hagen for New Yerk, with signals
OF distress. The ThingvGllA had coll.
ded on the 14Ih At IA NJ with the
ataamer Geyser of the same IIRe, from
New York, August IL, for CopenhAReu.
The Gsyser sank In about Ave min
utes. Fourteen passengers aud IL Of
the crew, among them Captain Moller
are saved. seventy-tWo passengers and
W OF tae creW were lost. The steamer
Wieland brought A35 passengers from
the ThingvAllA Aad those saved from
the steamer Geysar to New York. The
EhipgvAlla will endeavor 10 reach
Halifax, N. 8.
The 0eyseF left this port on August
IL, bound for stettin. The Thingvalla
was ON her way to this city, and Was
advertised to leEve here on August 2B.
a very heavy sea and q dense fog
were experienced through the night and
early morning OF August 14,h. II is
said an objtct could not be dlstin.
guished 80 feet away by reason OF the
fog. Stories differ ss 10 where the liA-
billy lies, II not due wholly to the fog
and heavy sea, bat the ThinRvAllA
struck the Geyser on the staTboArd
side amidships. The boats quickly re.
oedea and within Ave minutes the 9ey.
ser sank. The crew OF the ThinRvAllA
did All they could to save the Gsyser's
crew and passengers, while still In
doubt whether the ThinRvAllA was not
dangerously disabled, bat, owing to
the heavy sea, only 81 were saved.
No other vessel was near At the time.
The WielAnd, on her way to this port,
was 100 miles away.
A. II 80 O'Clock on the morning Of
the lAth the WielAnd was sighted.
Signs OF distress were made by the
ThinRvAlla and transfer OF passengers
began. The sec was then very heavy,
bnt no miskAps occurred in the transfer
OF the passengers.
The otfioers Of the company were IN.
able to-niRhT to give list OF the lost.
CAPTAIN ALBERs' STORY.
Captain A. Albsrs, of the wIelAnd,
tells the folio wing story:
SAT 10 o'clock on the morning OF
August l4th We passed some WreckAge
floating in the sea and suspected that
an Aosident had happened somewhere
near us. A little later We sailed through
see OF Oil and sighted broken boat Of
the 9ayser
"About IL 80 we sighted = steamer to
the northwArd about eight miles, and,
seeing she had . dag Of distress up, we
ran down to her. II proved to be the
ThtERvalla, aud Captain Lamb, of that
IN M In
begged us to take off his passengers aud
those he had saved from the Gsyser.
he said bis own vessel WAS 10 badly In
jured that he expected to sink at any
moment.
"His forward compartment had been
completely carried away from half way
from the deck 10 below the wAterlina.
We sent out three Of our boats and tha
rhingvnlla lowered two OF hers, and In
i've hours We had transferred the saved
passengeTB and crew OF The Geyser and
also ths t55 passengers Of the Thing
vAliA. The sea wAs very rough at the
time, and the work OF transferring the
passengers was very difficult.
"The immense hole In the ThingvAll's
bow Was then patched up As well IS
possible, and hhs started for Halifax. /"
The chief eff ser of each vessel Was on
deck at the time Of the collision.
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION.
DIR. AAge Wern, of Copenhagen, 3
young dentist, who is on his way to
PhilAdelphiA 10 complete his studies,
was among the ThiDgvAllA'B passengers.
He made the following state ment 70 an
Associated Press reporter:
"The ThinRYAlla left 6tettin August
l, with 80 cabin and 400 steeraee pas.
senRerS. Our voyage Wss unaVantful,
until nearly Tuesday morning. had
left my berth, aud, looking out, saw
there WAS q dense fog prevailing. 1
could hear our steam whistle blowing,
but heard no other signals. II Was ex-
aotly 30 O'Clock when l was hurled 10
the floor OF my state room. There was
terrific crash, and knew instInotively |
that collision had occurred. | ran to
the deck and found that we had run
into the steamship Geyser. AZ reached
the deck the ThingvAlls drew out OF the
rent she had made in the Geyser's side.
Captain Lamb of the ThinRvAllR WAS In
his berth when the scoident occurred.
He was Que of the first to reach the
deck. First Officer Peterson and Third +
Officer JorRenseu were on the Thing.
vnllA's bridge Rt the time / afterwards
learned that Captain Mceller, of the
Geyaer, had gone to bed and left First
Off aer Brown In command Of the vessel.
Brown was lost. Lite boats were
launched from the Thing
vallR, and the work of rescue began.
Out Of 100 passengers and the crew on
the Geyser only 81 were eAved.
h5ome of them had reached their
boats. but most of them were picked mp
f. at,t
camp stools and anything that wonld .
hoAt. The survivors had to hurry, rs
the 9ey ser went down stern first about
sight minutes after the crash. Among
The saved passengers there Is only one
woman.
"6he is Mrs. HildA Linda, OF CinoIn-
natl, Her two little children, who we're
going to Sweden with her, were lost.
Mr.. Linda WAS not with his family.
thsae of the Geyser's Grew who
we're saved were Surgeon Dirohs and
second ONeer JorgsnHen.
hrheEe were fourteen cabin and six
lteerRge passengers and seventeen of
Inc GeyBer's crew saved. One of the
most wonderful escapes was that Of
Engineer Boerthelsen, OF the
ieyser. His arm was broken two
weeks ago, and he WAS in his berth
ghen the ThingvAlla crashed into the
,oom.
His trunk WAS out away within ak
riches OF his face. He managed to
limb aboard the ThinRVAllA as she
ireW back. He WAS NOS so much Aa
,ouohed by the water. The ThingVRllA's
rev did all they could to rescue the
and obeyed orders prompt
y"
rHR ACCIDENT DUE TO THE WEATHER.