The Forrest City times., 1888-08-25
A MARINE DISASTER.
Over a Hundred Lives Lost by . steam.
 ship Collision.
The eei.er and Ihipsvaiis Meet In the Fog and Terrible Tragedy Follows.
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 NEW YoRE, August lT.-The cap ,ain and his watch and the passengers of the steamship Geiser of the Thiiig- yalla Line were asleep early on the morning of Tue sday last. and tho ship ploughed her way to the East through fog and mist and torrents of rain and over tie big white capped waves, stirred up by stiff southerly breeze. She had left New York last Saturday with 139 souls on board, and was of Sable Island. The first gray rays of dawn were struggling up in the east as the steamship Thinevalla of the same lire loomed up almost dead ahead. There were quick blasts of the steam whistles, the changing of bells and shouts from the officers; The low of the Gciser swept away to the north and also the bow of Thingvalla followed to the North. Another min ute and the Thingvalla crashed into the Geiser, cutting through the hull close to the centre line of the deck. The Geissr rolled heavily over to the port. and then, as the Thingvalla backed slowly away, lighted and led over with her wounded side al
 m, st out of sight in the water. At once a phantom-like host of scream ing eople in their night clothes came rushing up from the lower decks, ad- ng their cries and prayers to the noise of falling spars and the confu- sion Of she uting men. The Geiser' deck was aslant and wet, and the ship lurchel constantly toward her wound ed side, and passengers, unable to find ioothold, pll nged anl rolled over. board almo tas rapidly as they reached the decS.
 A HERDS DEATH.
 In seven minutes the dying Geiser gave her last lurch. A wave swept across the deck, and when it subSided only tbe bow with the bridge above it, and the clief officer. Henry Brown, standing n the bridge gripping the ra ling and looking away over the bow of tl.e iip into the fog and mist An. other instant and ship and man were gone. There floated over their grave two lifshoats, bottom idle up, and pieces O tim CTS aud b ards anl toat- cars and lifs pies rvers, with half a h. II lred peop.e clinging t. them, or swimming [ om ono floating oDject to another. Tie waves swept over them and the spray hil them, and as each
 wave pa se1 the horrilied spectators on the decA Of the Thing ala saw that those HhD remained numbered less than they had seen before. and that the screams and prayers for help were rapidly flushing.
 REsCUERs AT WORK,
 With such haste as men can make in time Of overwhelming disaster, three toats of the Thingvalla were lowered and manned. The first away rowed straight to an np.urned boat on which d woman wa supported by Thiid Offi- Cer Peterson. together with an engin- ger who had his arm broken and sea man with broken leg. These were taken on board the boat and soon after ward the other boats had picked up the few others who survived thirty one all told of passengers and crew. One hundred and sevt nteen souls had been drowned.
 Meantime the officers of the Thing val not so engaged la made haste, with fear and trembling, to examine t damage done to their own ship, and only these who have es aped an awful death by so narrow margi 3 s the thicknes of single Il kheai, and that badly strained can appr1c ate the relief they felt when they found that they were at lea for the present .afe, The rescued from the Geise were b ought alongside the Thin cvalla and one by one ho:s'e1 out Of the boats with roTe dangle fog Tn mute over the ris ng waves, often plunged be- ne1th one t. at rose sooner than ex- pecie l, swung out in pace to be hurled baf a ain the iron side of the ship with bl W that seemPd hard enough I to bleak their bon s, Eut finally, often more dead than alive landed on deck and sa e. 1t wa a crue. fate that had overtakea them, but $, me of them knelt down and gave anks that they | had escaped w tn CT lives. Then, ! whi e the stew rs O. the Thingvalla | went about making coffee and cookiE 2 | teef 10 feed tn res ued others of the | crew carried hanks a q tlmters down | into the forward ho d and placed them ! as nest they could b bra and | strengthen the forwar bu lkhaal that | alt na cod between them an death. | t wasa s.oy job an 1t had no. been | com let q when aC II 80 clock, a | steamer was seen away to the east ! war
 The weather had cleared now some | what and at once th' whi te of | he Tn ngval WIS e allowing and | ignlls tf q dstress wtrc hoisted. The | tranger came st, aght for the Thing | y, la. aed reac, h r before noon. | 1t was thJ Wieland of the Hamburg | Line. ''E' en Def, re We saw the l team with Ter sign ls of distress | hoi,te said Capt A. Albers cf the | A ielanl. "ve had seen the floating l rec. dr fling about. When VIC were | ncar emo gh ioat p,t of from the | Fhng alla which lro Ight Capt. Laub
 o us. i-e tel me brieiy of the col | isl n, a Il asi c ma 10 take those res | e isom h c. iser n well as his own l as ngess. on lie Wieland. for h' | are his own shi might spring l laak | tt aNY time and gD down. Of course, l caiy agreed 10 do so. We rsed | h ce of o oir oats and two of the IS, 1 lnd b tween l2 o'clor'l and P. m. | to k O not only tEe reSc led from the | Geiser. lai.t 455 passengers eiong ng l 10 tie Thingyalll. We had to hoist l them all. one by one, on oGrd with l ropes. on acco' mt of the heavy sea;
 but we did it without miShap, and here
 we are safe in New York"
 THE LOST.
 Tl;s is tho best lst Of the lost that | tou.d | @ ua e ont tonight. It was
 made hy checking of the saved from | the S of passenger, on the books of Pas enger Agent Han en. It will be
 en that the total nun he of names m | t''e list of pssSeng ITS lost IS seventy
 eight. SIX more than it sl ould Ee, since the:e we only eighty abroad and
 .ou;teen wcre saved. The error cannot | be re tfed til later.
 Cab passen CTS l.. Clausen, Capt.
 Geo. \. liammar. Bertha Ibenfeld.
 two children of Mrs. Hella Lind. of
 C. Me borg, Allert Ol on, Mrs. Ellen