Butte semi-weekly miner., 1888-08-22
THE 0OEAN DIsAsrER.
More Particulars Of the Terrible Collisi
on Novia scotia ON Tuesday.

NEW YoRK. August TIA corrected ii
OF the lost, is Jos. as given by CAPITA
Muller Of the Geiser. The Geiser carrie
Ininety-three passengers and q crew Of fort.
three. OF the passengers fourteen wei
saved, OF the crew seventeen.
Agents OF the line throughout the countr
have been notified to send q list OF ticket
sold on the Geiser. The cne and a ha
tickets sold in Worcester, Mass, are bot
lost; fourteen and half in st. Paul, {
which three are saved; forty-one half
Chicago, six saved; one in Philadelphi
saved; remaining tickets, twenty-three sol
here. three saved.
AN INVESTIGATION TO BE HELD IN coPEs
New YoRK. August 1.-THE Danish cor
sui has concluded that the investigation
into the sinking OF the Geiser win be he'll
by courts in Copenhagen and not here, a
at first determined.
The estimated loss on the Geiser Is $3.50,
600 and on the cargo about 100000.
HALIFAX, August 1.-THE Thingvall,
reached the pier here, at 11:30 a. M, thre
hours after being sighted. Capt. LAM
was asleep at the time of the collision. Hi
statement has furnished nothing new.
The Thingvalla presents strange spec
tacle with nearly the whole OF her boy
torn away, leaving an immense hole ex
posed to view. A long piece of the boV
hangs over the hole, which reaches bacl
into the sides OF the ship over I5 feet. 1
projecting piece hangs over the water lik
an outstretched arm, and shows where tn
powerful iron plates were broken through
and snapped off as if they had been cart
board.
WONDER Is EXPRESSED
that sue ever reached the port at all. TIL
disabled vessel will discharge her cargo ait
go on the slip to be repaired, and will b
here probably two months. After repair
ing she is to reload and proceed for New
York.
Captain Lamb has imposed silence upo1
his seamen as to the disaster, but has him
self prepared statements OF the details o
the collision as he knew and saw it. His
story is much the same as those told by
other seamen yesterday. He says of ths
scene as the Thingvalla backed away from
the Geiser, was frightful. II can attemp.
to describe it," said he. 'Some OF her pas.
sengers were rushing madly about her deck
while others were crowded in several boats
in the water. / believe many passengers
must have been
KILLED IN THEIR BUNKs
by the force OF the collision. and never
knew what happened to them. AS the
steamer plunged beneath the water carry
ing down these on board, the air was rent
with agonizing shrieks and prayers. oi
those who went down with the Geiser and
they were followed soon after by illfated
souls in the boats who must have been
sucked under as the ship sank. The cries
Of the dying still ring in my ears.
"Three of our boats were already launched
and trying to save as many as they could
from the doomed Geiser, but it was slow
work, as comparatively few managed to
keep afioat after the steamers disappear
ance. Three boats were all l could get out
IN time.
The two vessels were not more than 100
Dr. $50 feet apart when the Geiser went
lown. The screams of the drowning lasted
perhaps two minutes, and then
SUDDENLY ALL BECAME QUIET.
"Our three boats returned loaded with
,he saved who had been picked up. sent
hem back to continue the search for the
survivors, but they returned with only the
corpse of a woman.
I'VE provide . the SURVIVORS with dry
,lothing, hot coffee and wine and made
hem as comfortable as possible, while at.
ending to the injury to ourselves.
DAY was just beginning to break when
;he collision occurred. 1t was raining, and
;he second officer told me just before, it
vas not foggy. In my opinion nearly all
The people on the Geiser's deck and boats
Iank with the steamer. Everything we
;ould do possibly to save them was done.
AFTER the Geiser disappeared we began
EFT soning the cargo to keepthe Thingvalla
float. The crew and passengers worked
ide by side, throwing overheard what was
brought out of the hold.
'THE JETTIsoNED ARTICLES
solely of wocd-pulp and provis-
ons. There was not much wind, but heavy
,ea. Between 8 and 10 o'clock we reached
;he forward bulkhead, and then stopped
throwing the cargo overheard and got to
work snoring up the compartment.
"At IL O'Clock the steamer Wieland, for
New York, hove in sight, and we trans
erred all the rescued passengers, as well as
Dur own four hundred passengers, to her.
The Wieland proceeded on her way at
about 8 O'Clock in the afternoon, leaving
IS also steering for New York. We con-
tinued the work of snoring up the part
ment, but after while; on account OF the
wind and sea increasing, we found it impos-
sible to keep on for New York, and decided
10 head for Halifax. At this time it still
looked very much as if we might sink and
SOME OF THE CREW HAD REFUSED TO
WORK,
wanting to be transferred to the Wieland
before she left us. We went as slow as two
knots an hour and sometimes found that
too much. We just had to crawl, that
was all. -
son Wednesday afternoon fishing YES
sci hove in sight, and we bore down for her
She proved to be the schooner Capis ol
Captain Cleversy, and l engaged
her to stand by and accompany the steamer
to Halifax so as to be able to help in case
she should 60 down. Last night the sea
was so heavy l had to turn around and
run the vessel stern foremost, steering by
the schooner, which was connected by 8
hawser with the steamers bow. We rar
against the windth is way all night.
"We did not know on the Thingvalis
what steamer we struck until the SECOND
officer OF the GSiser jumped on our deck
When I reached the deck Immediately aftel
the shock, the light on both steamers were
burning all right. OF that l am certain
The Geiser had been seen by our first OF
ficer
SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE THE COLLISION
She was then nearly straight ahead, but t
little bit on our port bow. She star
boarded to get out OF way, and we ported
She should have ported likewise"
From Captain Lambs statement of thu
disaster it would appear that the fault la.
with those on board the Geiser, who pu
her to starboard instead of to port. Th
Geiser's officer who was on the watch a
the time of the collision was among thos
who persisted. Captain Lamb himself doe
not express an opinion on the cause OF tn
disaster.
B4YARD ON THE FISHERIES TREAT
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