New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-17
STEAMER RUN DOWN AT SEA


tell now. The officer who was on watch on the
Cciser is dead and the same officer Of the Thing
valla went with his vessel to Hahiax. FROM
what Captain Laub said, the Gelser was nor ~, seen
by the watch on the 1hlngvalia until the inins
valla was close upon her" -,
Mrs Lind, the only woman among the surVi-
vors Of the Geiser, was rescued while cnnglng 10
q portion Of the wreckage Her mind was WANDER
ing when rescued and she has not yet tully re-
covered from a severe blow she received on the
head and the subsequent exclteneh1 anu
and feeble health Her husband Is carpenter
living at No. 1O7 East Eighty-fourth-st. her
health had been so bad that ne determines i, I 20
send her home to Sweden and they sold most %, OF
their furniture to secure funds for the UP one
was accompanied by two children, p girl Ida, oi
three years, and Charles, boy OF three months months
." / was awakened by the jar of the COLLISION,
she said last night. which thought was caused
by something falling man who occupied q
stateroom near me ran up on deck ana oo,be
quickly, saying that two boats had come togetheT
and we must all get out or we would SILK. L
took my baby, but an old lady VINO was NY
friend took her from me and SAID she "ou t
carry him. Then caught up Ida and ran up the
stairway. Something struck me on tDe ne"q
and I never have seen the children since. l
felt myself in the water going down. down, down!
| thought l would never stop and then came up
again and caught hold of piece OF WOOD III Cie
water"
SEEN FROM THE THINGvALLAs DECK
The chief steward of the Thingvalla, who accom-
panied the passengers on the Wicland, said that nc
was reused by the shock of the collision, and when
he reached the deck the Geiser lay off scarcely
ships length OF his steamer. The Geiser. he SAID,
was already sinking, and it seemed scarcely TWO
minutes before she lurcted and disappeared 40
was raining hard and there was great dlihcuIty III
distinguishing anything short distance from me
ship The crew and the passengers OF the hlhg-
valla appeared frightened, but did not be said, get
into panic.
HOW THE AGENTS GOT THE NEWS.
The sad news of the disaster was received WIN
profound sorrow by the agents of the two vessels
Messrs Funch, Edge & Co., Of South Wlllam-st''
when the story was told them By Captain Moier.
They expressed great regret for the officers ana
men who were drowned, and spoke highly OF the
officers and engineers, who were old and trusted
omnoves Of the line. After hearing the story
they Immediately cabled TO the owners IN Copen,
hagen as follows: August Is. The Wieiand
arrived to-day with all the Thingvalias passengers
and thirty lone people saved from the Gtlser IN
| Guiding the MASTER Then followed the list OF
names OF those saved given above. About one
! hundred and twenty passengers and crew perishsG
Vessels colided at a. n on fourteenth on o@ s,o
! Island Browns watch. Geher sunk IN nVe
! minutes Three boats launched and capslzeu
| Thingyila's boats rescued the SURVIVORS. ne
1hingvallas fore-port gone f0fehoSt
/ being. when left by Wieland, IN latitude As Deg
% min north, longitude so deg. min: west IT,. ,
! The comfort of the survivors OF Ills dreadl Al
catastrophe will be attended to by the agents Oh
/ the line
DESCRIPTION OF THE TWO SHIPS.
The Geiser was a three-masted iron screw
steamer. schooner rugged, with square sails on her
foremost. She was built at Copenhagen in 1881,
and WAS .093 net and 2,s3l gross tons register.
Her engines were 800 horsepower, and she was
constructed with six water-tiGht compartments.
The vessel was owned by the Ihlngvala Steam
| shin Company, OF Copenhagen. She carried ere"
/ of sixtv-seven all told The vessel was htted up
| 10 accommodate fifty saloon. forty-hve second
! cabin and 600 steerage passengers, ana had re-
| Gently had new saloon and second CABIN htOlil&S
mt into her which were of the most handsome anu
! newest description. On leaving this port she Ead
| n cargo of -four, beef leather lard. A. 100 push,
| els of corn forty-seven hOgsheadS OF TOBACCO auu
/ miscellaneous merchandise. valued IN rouhu, NJ
| ures Mt about $4,000. The steamer was valued
| at about ESQ GEO, and was Partially insured,
The Thngvalla Is an iron. three-masted, screw
! steamer and measures 3Ol feet over All; 'he -
174j net and 2,524 gross tonnage ana her en-
zines arc 400 Horsepower. She was built IN
1oncnbaQen in 1874, and is owned by the same
comnanv as tho Geiser She is commanded by
Canaan & Lamb Both vessels are classed lOl
in Llovd's Registry in England.
The cabin passengers OF the Thingvala were al
taken TO the Stevens House, on lower Broadway
last evening where they will be cared for at thC
expense Of the company until their baggase arrives
or news is received that the Thingvalla has peer
abandoned There were q number or a1ectns
scenes M the hotel last nig ht between the rescued
vovagers and their relatives and friends IN TINS
city