Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-18

away. ] should not think il was more
than five inmates before the vessel
sank out OF sight it went down
like stone Our boats were i'm
mediately put out to rescue what
people we could. Although the sea
was smooth q good many people
sank ont Of sight, as If they were ex-
hausted or frightened, before the boats
could reach them. After the Geiser
sank, Captain Land, of the Thingyalla,
kept the vessel near the place 10 see il
we could not pick up somebody. A
lookout was kept. but nobody could be
seen, and what little wreckage we saw
did not have any survivors on Il. At
first 1t was not supposed that the Thing
valla was very much damaged, but when
She came TO be carefully examined it was
found that, besides having her PROV
stove in. she was badly used mp. We
were al greatly relieved when the Vie
land answered our distress-signals and
took off tue people and some Of our
crew"
HOW THEY WERE RESCUED.
Captain A. Albers, of the Wieland,
said "Tuesday morning about 10
O'Clock We ran through big spot of oil,
which must have been about where the
Geiser went down. We did not see any
signs oil q wreck, and there was not much
OF anything floating on the water, GER
tainly not enough to attract attention.
The fog was Just lifting, and we sighted
The 1hingvalla about ten miles away 10
the northeast, showing distress-signals.
Running up alongside, / asked if we
could be of any assistance. Captain Laud
told me what hsd happened, and wanted
TO know if / could take the passengers
on TO New York, as the Tningvalla was
disabled. l told him j would, and we
got out some Of our boats and the Thing
valla put out hers, and We transferred
everybody Who wanted TO come on board
as speedily as possible and with not
much confusion. We tried 10 make
the people AS comfortable as posi-
be, but it made a big shp-lcad for us. /
am not sufficiently informed as 20 the
details Of the accident to be able to ex-
press any opinion whatever as TO the
cause Of the collision. / have talked
with Captain Muller, but do not feel at
liberty to make any comments what
ever.
THEIR VOYAGE on THE. wIELAND.
Purser Goadeke, OF the Wieland, who
by his kindness TO the unfortunates had
evidently won Their enthusiastic graft
tude, said when We approached the
Ibingyalla we saw that there was great
black hole IN her bow. We took oil all
the passengers. both the Thingvallas and
the people rescued from the Geiser, but
transferred no baggage except such as
the people carried in their hands, as
Captain Laud, of the ThIDgyalla. SAID he
could reach Halifax with the vessel and
forward the baggage from there. When
the unfortunate people reached the Vie
land and realized that at last they Ind
siaunch vessel under them they cried
Ike children. Those who had been on the
ill-fated Gelscr were still suffering from
the shock and the rough contact with
the waves, and some Of them were hys-
tcrical, while others offered up prayers
for the welfare in another world Of lost
friends. Two Of the rescued were in
lured. both Of them being assistants 20
the Goisor's engineer. One bad leg
broken and another foot crushed. There
was on the Thingyalla the corpse Of
woman rescued from the waves too late
to save her life, but as it would have to
be buried ut sea we did not take 1t of.
We took, in all, OF the ThinGyalla 455
of her passengers, Just the number OF
our own steerage passengers, and the
tbiTty-one people rescued from the Gel
ser.
1.-The transferred people, az soon MS
they found they were safe, discovered
that they were ravenously hungry. They
had had nothing to eat for nearly TWEEN
ty-four hours, ~ the provisions OF the
Ihingvalla, being stored III the bow,
we're, | understand, nearly all destroyed.
Az quickly rs i could provided them
each with a cup of coleo and such edi-
bles as were ready, and then ordered
good supper provided for them. which
they heartily enjoyed. In addition to
our 4j5 steerage passengers We had 10
cabin passengers. and had to double
up some Of them TO make room Tor tine
additions. We had an abundance Of
and were not afraid Of run
nlng short, and therefore were enabled
TO feed them all well. Our boat was
pretty well loaded, but We hays carried
even more passengers.
81 learned from one Of the crew res
cued that when the vessels first collided
they thought of the hie-rait, but the
stern OF the Geiser went down first and
the masts pinioned the raft and carried
il to the bottom with thevessel under
stand that mono Of the GeiseT's boats
were available, as all were disabled or IN
such position that they could not be
reached. We could see no sign of tho
sunken vessel. Captain Laud, of the
Tbingyalla, said he could manage
10 Get his vessel into Halifax
without assistance, and he expected 80
reach that port tomorrow some time.
He YVES somewhere between 1870 aud 200
miles away when we left him. There
was a heavy sea Tuesday night, which
did not affect us much as We were run
ming with it; but Hs he was running
against 1t it may have given him some
trouble. Although the hull OF the
was badly stove IN, her bulk
heads appeared to be intact and / think
she will have 10 difficulty III making
Halifax"
sTORIRs OF THE SURVIVORS.
One of the most dramatic stories OF
the disaster was told by Frederick l..
Harson, sseenge passenger, who sat
with other excited passengers in the Ho-
tel Denmark, on Greenwich street, last
night. Vigorous gestculation and an
impressive though homely delivery made
him for q time the central figure of the
gathering, and as he talked the muir
muir Of voices in the bar-room ceased. q
was in my berth when the crash came,
he said, land had on my trousers and
vest. When / jumped out Of my berth
| heard long, loud whistle. Almost at
the same moment somebody on deck
cried out, Come ON deck Como on
deck All hands ON deck ! / grabbed
my boots, coat, and hat and started TO
run, ut the same time crying as loud as