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THE OCEAN HORROR.
The List OF the Lost by the GsIser Cstas-
trophe Now Placed at 1lS-The Thing
valla Reaches Halifax In Ssfety-Her
/ Captains story.
New YORK, Aug. 1s.--The collision OF the
steamers Thingyilla and Geiser was dis.
cussed everywhere in maritime circles.
i The main question was as to who was to
blame for the disaster. IL Is now certain
that lis persons perished when the Geiser
went down. Here is tho corrected list:
Total number OF adult passengers. .......9s
Passengers lost OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. -
Crew lost ......................... 80
Total LOST. .lls
The estimated loss on the vessel is $780,
600 and the loss on cargo about $40, coo.
The insurance is not yet fully known. The
company, it is said, will, as far as in its
power, indemnify the survivors.
Very few Of those lost belonged in
this city or vicinity; nearly all the
passengers were from the West. Forty
two tickets were issued by A.
Mortensen G Co., agents ct Chicago.
and the holders of six Of these were saved.
Fifteen tickets were issued by A. E. john
son q Co., agents at St Paul, Mimi, OF
/ whom three were saved. Two were issued
by Sven A. Hansa, agent at Worcester,
Mass, both Of whom were lost One was
issued by +. Wennstrom, agent at Phila-
delphia, and he was saved. Thirty three
tickets were issued at the New York Of
ice. of whom three were saved.
THE THISGvALLA ARRIVES
HALIFAX, n. s, Aug. ls-The steamer
Thingvalla, which collided with and sunk
the steamer Geiser with such an appalling
loss of life, arrived here yesterday.
She presents a strange spectacle with
nearly the whole of her bow torn away,
leaving an immense hole exposed to
view No persons were allowed on board.
Captain Lamb of the Thingvalla, has i'm
! posed silence upon his seamen 40 to the
disaster, but has himself prepared state
ment Of the details Of the collision as he
knew and saw. This is tie captains
story:
II vas I'm bed on the morning OF the 18th.
The second officer relieved the first officer on
the bridge at clock in the morning AT 43J
/ was awakened BY hearing the second officer
shout out: Port helm. A moment later the
telegraph bell rang to reverse engines.
jumped out Of bed and rushed on deck in my
night-cothes. Just as l arrived on deck there
! was a tremendous crash. We had collided with
| a large steamer and struck her amidships just
below the manmasi For q moment all was
confusion and there were loud shrieks from
the people on both ships. / Immediately
ran aft and ordered my crew to pre-
pare boats for launching. BY the time
returned to the bridge we had olsen
tangled ourselves from the strange shir. I
found on the bridge the second o1icer OF the
vessel we had colided with. From him l
learned that she was our sister ship. the Gei-
ser, Captain Moller. The Th!ngvalla had cut
into the Ge:ser clean to the mates state-room.
That officer Was asleep at the time. He rolled
out of his bunk and grasped the chains OF our
anchor Ny first duty was to look after my
ship and quiet my passengers. This did.
Daylight was jus. breaking. and there Eo
fog, but 1t was hazy and there was slight
shower OF rain.
| II went forward TO see what damage we had
sustained and set the pumps working. Very
shortly after the collision the Gciscr sank.
can't tell how long after but 1t was within ten
minutes. One OF our boats was afioat
when sire went down. The Geser
had three boats out. She seemed TO break
into two and went down stern first with fearful
suction. Her boats We're doubtless ali capsized
by the suction. The scenes at that moment
were indescr,bable l have read thrilling ro-
mances of great disasters at sea. but nothing 2
l ever read can compe-e fer q moment with
the reality. Above the gurgliug noise OF the
suction rose the shreks Of $50 drown
ing men and women. Oh, II was terribei
lean hear their dying shouts at this moment,
and shall never forget the scene to my dying
est cries for life began the Geiser com.
menced TO sink. Her living freight were drawn
down by her and the last cries died away a.
she disappeared from view. The final scene
only lasted two minutes, then the carnival Of
death was succeeded by an appalling silence.
.By this time our four boats were launched.
The passengers and crew OF the i-fated snip
came to the surface; We picked them up until
fifteen OF them were rescued and taken aboard
the Thngvalla. We provided them with
clothes and hot drinks. They were
mostly all in their nght-clothes, and
many of them were exhausted. Meanwhile
boats were still cruising among the
wreckase in the hope OF saving even one more
human life, but the rest had all been drowned.
We only found the floating corpse OF one
woman Our own passenge RS and crew behaved
well. Some OF the survivors had thrilling
escapes. The first second and third engineers
were all together a l fe raft The third en-.
gineer had his arm broken during the collision.
yet the first two men were lost and the dis
abled man saved.
After the Geiser disappeared We began jet
tisoning the cargo TO keep the Thngvalia
afioat. The crew and the p ssengers worked
side by side, throwing overheard what was
brought out of the hold. What was
Jettisoaed consisted solely OF wood
pulp and provisions. There was not
much wind. but heavy swell Between
and 10 o clock reached the forward lulk-
head. Then stopped throwing the cargo
over and got to work snoring up the compart-
ment We were leaking badly in the fore hold.
and kept the pumps going steadily. SO that the
water had not time 10 gain on US. At II o'clock
the steamer Wieland for New York hove in
SIGHT and we transferred all the rescued pas.
sengers, as well as our own 45O passengers. "a
her.
Captain Lamb does not express an opin-
ion ON the cause of the disaster, but says
he will leave that to be found out by the
i - =
however, it would appear that the fault
lay with the officers OF the Geiser who put
J her to starboard instead of port The Tel.
, ser's officer who was on the watch at the
J time of the disaster was among the lost
The Thingyalla, after discharging hel
cargo, will go on slip for repairs, which
will probably require two months She
will then reload her cargo and proceed 10
New York.
NoRTHwEsTERN PEOPLE LOST.
ELGIN, H., Aug. ls.-Among the passen.
| gcrslost off Sable Island were Mrs John IL
} johnson and infant, of this city.
) MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. Isl. Gustav
sen and child, of Grantsburg, Wis, were
, lost with the Geiser An Eau Claire pas
; sengcr was III the sunken steamer
CHICAGO Aug. Is 1t is definitely known
that among the lost passengers the follow
, ing came from Chicago Miss Hilda Sol
berg, Mrs. Ellen Scehus, wife II the book
! keeper of the Chicago Skdndnarea. Mrs
Seehus was on her way to visit her OLE
: home in Christiania, Norway, Mrs. A
NJ Petersen Mrs. John :. Johnson ant
baby.
sons of Veterans Eject Officers.
WHEELING, ". Va. Aug. lS.-The Ma
tional Commandery Of the Sons Of Vet
erans elected the following officers Com
mander-in Chief, George II. Abbott, oi
Illinois; Lieutenant General L. II. Mil
/ han, of Minnesota; Major General, John
: Hinckley, of Massachusetts; Council-in
Chief, q. B. Smith, Of Connecticut; w. E