Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-17
STEAMERS COLLIDE.
The Sea Augments the Mum
Der of Its Dead.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE VICTIMS.
The Geiser Run Down by Sister
Vessel-SwallOwed by
the Waves.

NEW York, August 16.-The steame
Weiland OF the Hamburg American
Steamship Line, has just brought new
of collision off Sable Island, between
the Geiser and Thingvalla, OF the Thing
vail Line, which occurred at O'Clock OF
the morning of August IA. The Geise
sank in five minutes after the collision
and 105 persons were drowned. Th'
Thingvalla was so disabled that she hat
to put into Halifax after transferring al
her passengers to the Weiland. Th'
Geiser had eighty.six passengers aboard
seventy-two Of whom were drowned Of
killed in the collision, and the remain
ing fourteen were taken first on the
Thingvalla and then on the Weiland
The Geiser's crew numbered fifty
seventeen were saved and thirty three
were drowned. Captain Moller, of the
Geiser, was among those saved. The
passengers of the Thingvalla transferred
to the Weiland numbered 455.
The Geiser left this port August 11th
bound for Stettin. The Thingvalla was
on her way to this city, and was adver-
tised to leave here on August 25th. A
very heavy sea and dense fog were ex,
perienced through the night, and early
on the morning of the 14th the Thing.
yalla struck the Geiser on the starboard
side amidships. The boats then parted,
and within five minutes the Geiser sank.
The crew of the Thingvalla did all they
could to save the Geiser's crew and pass
engers, while still in doubt as to whether
the ThiDgvalla was not dangerously dis
abled, but owing to the heavy sea only
thirty-one were saved. No other vessel
was near at the time. The Weiland, on
her way to this port, was 100 miles away.
At IL 80 O'Clock on the morning of the
14th the Weiland was sighted. Signs of
distress were made by the Thingvalla
and the transfer of passengers began.
The sea was very heavy. but no mishaps
occurred in the transfer of passengers.
LIST OF THE SAVED.
Following is list of the passengers
saved from the Geiser: Mrs. Hilda
Lind, New York to Calsham, Sweden !;
Fahann Larson, New York to Riser, Nor
way; Alfred Anderson, New York to
Grimsland, Norway; Christoffer Eliazer,
Chicago to Bergen, Norway; Peter Jo-
hansen, St. Paul to Gosberg, Sweden; !;
John G. Johanson, Iron Mountain, Mich,
to Stockholm; Paul Paulsen, Ironwood,
Mich, to Copenhagen, Denmark; Anders
Wise, Minneapolis to Christiania. Nor
way; John Tenwuld, Hudson, Wis, to
Throndhjem, Norway; Fred Hanson,
Perth Amboy, N. j., to Copenhagen; !;
Fens Anderson, Philadelphia to Chris
tiania, Norway; Anders G. Peterson, st.
Paul to Gosborg, Sweden; Lowritz Rom
erdahl, Lansing, Mich. to Copenhagen,
Denmark Johan Alquist, Iron Mountain,
Mich, 10 Orland, Mich.
List of Crew-Captain, Carl Wilhelm
Moller; second officer, Peter Fuliers
Fergensen; third officer, Petersen phys
ician, DR.. Peter Dircks; officers boy,
Louis Dormonville de Ia Cour; assistant
ensign, Hans Bertelsen; mate, Frank
Oscar Petersen; lampman, Fritz Holm;
sailors, Andras Gregorsen, Wiedmar
Muhldorf, Axel Anderson, Peter Freder-
icksen, Hans Christensen, Johan Han
son, Niels Peter, julius Nelson, John
Albert Elkstrom, Carl Johansen.
The officers of the company were un-
able tonight to give list of the lost.
CAPTAIN ALBERs' STORY.
Captain A. Albers, of the Weiland,
tells the following story: At 10 O'Clock
on the morning of August 14th we passed
some wreckage floating in the sea, and
pened somewhere near us. A little later
we sailed through a sea of oil and sight
ed the broken boat of the Geiser. At
about II 80 we sighted a steamer to the
northward, about six miles off, and see
- l,cI of
down to her. 1t proved to be the Thing
valla, and Captain Laub, of that vessel,
came to us and begged us to take off his
passengers and those he had saved
from the Geiser. He said his own
vessel was SO badly injured that he
expected her to sink at any moment.
His forward compartment had been COM
pletely carried awe, from half down from
the deck to below the water line. We
sent out three of our boats and the
Thingvalla lowered hers, and in five
hours we had transferred the saved pas
sengers and crew of the Geiser, and also
the 455 passengers of the Thingvalla. The
sea was very rough, and the work OF
transferring the passengers was very diff
ficult. The immense hole in the Thing
valla's bow was then patched up as we'll
as possible and she started for Halifax.
THIRD OFFICER PETERsENs' TALE.
The collision, go far as known, was
caused by fog, and the chief officer ol
each vessel was ON deck at the time ol
the collision, and Third Officer Petersen
told much the same story of the occur.
renee. He said:
The fog was very dense, and the frs
we knew the vessel approaching was
upon US. She appeared on the starboarC
side right upon US. Both vessels ATTEMPTED
to steer off, but without success. The
Geiser was struck opposite the engin,
room, amidships; being heavily loaded
she was very low in the water, SO tina
the Thingvalla ran over the decks of tn,
Geiser. The Geiser's deck houses were
carried away and the state rooms were
smashed in and the occupants killed.
He heard the bell ringing in the Gels
er's engine room, but could not tell wha
the order was. Officer Petersen ran OF
deck as soon as he heard the bell ringin,
again. this time to back, and the steame
had lust commenced to reverse when tn,
Thingvalla struck her.
The Geiser's whistle was blowing a
the time that Second Officer Fergeser
Jumped for the Thlngvalla, when they
struck, and was hauled on the Thing
valla's deck by some OF the latter
crew. One of the Geiser's passenger
was picked up with broken leg.
AS soon as the Weiland arrived in tn
lower bav. Captain Moller. of the Geisel