Telegram-herald., 1888-08-18
THE GEISER DISASTER
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N=s YORK
The correct lat 0f ths lost IS l05. a. given
~ Captain "a 4l.sr of lke iil-fa-sd steamer
oelscr. Tue H-lssr carried sj passengers
snd = orss Of g. VI the passengers IA we're
SAVED sn4 Of -hs cfss ~.
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E0nts 10 fi4igsat0u-
I. Va Iust about daylight 4nd al with
the sxeepuon o. myself aud a leN friends
-srs asleep. sbsa a. u a sudden Ne heard
. scufdinx 0f feet GA ths deck and taen
crushing noise. thea Tor 4 moment a. sA5
stlL ia q second al the passeugers we're
out ol their 1erths AID al rushing Tor the
com panlonuay The screaming anI dia
vsre deaien-ns. particularly from the lower
dsCk here people With families we're located.
After consiaefaols difficulty. / xOt on deck
aud rushed 10 see vhat he damage NAs.
snt Dat hers. / ssh % state most
smphafically tnst no Whistles were
blown on the Ihlugvalla before tns c9lu-
SION. 1 vent % the front of she vessel
snd saw gap " about tHolVe iesl. Ca
the left ale he plates Eers rolled. aud on
tne top 20 Lhem Az part % the corpse Of
a gnsn and the whole stern vss covered
with blood and iragm9nls of d-sh, which
Wers soon Nashed OF oy the waves. Tne
Captain taeu 0rtsrsd every one 01 deck
snd si.sr "a examination the passengers
ssrs sold that there was no danSer and
they became quiet. The WOrsen behaved
sDlent,diy. On the right side the plates
we're broken on completely, and | saw the
boz Of our snip 20 clear INTO TIE state
room OF an Officer Of ths 0viser. who
ellm bed up Dy ths chain attached 20 the
anch0r. DunnE tAls time terrible rain
storm. Nhce .ss more the cause OF the
extreme darkness than any fog the Geiser
began 20 sax gradually. aud Ia sight or ten
minutes pssssd down out OF signt. There
rss an ed3rJ maize on our ah!p 70 lover
sas boats. ou. 10 vas 50 very Garx THAI Ns
could not see whether they were human
beings or not that we're floating around the
snip bat mans voice screamed out IN the
midst OF The excitement that ne had been
bitten oy shark.
The screaming vas sOmething awful IL
was fully tHeuty uiinxtes before the boats
we're lowered. We al STOOD on the dec
looking ~ the people being saved bat were
powsrlsss % Do anything ourselves | saw
three boats OF the 0eiser. one turned upside
down. snothsr smashed IN the storm. aud
ths ihiri bad Two nen n 10 vho were hold
iHx up woman between taem Who seemed
90 5e dead Several bad lEs-preservers on.
bui tney we're swallowed gO IL the whirl-
pool made when tos Gsiser vent down.
some came again 90 the surface and were
picked up. A number Of Us cot life-pre-
servers aad stood ready TO csst them out
bat must say | wondered that so few were
sen sfter the ships sinking. A great num-
Der must have been drowned a their berths.
In about 81 nour AMI = half tie bOats re-
turaed. snd those saved rere hoisted on
board partly by ropes and partly oy the AID
o. rops isdasr which had been lowered
over the side.