Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
COLLISION AT SEA
BY a Collision Between Two Ocean
Steamers One Hundred and Five
Persons are Drowned.

A New York special says the steamer
Wieland, ofthe Hamburg American steam
ship line. has just brought the news of a
collision off Sable Island between the
Geiser and Thingvalla, of the Thingvalla
line. The Geiser sank in five minutes
after the collision and los persons were
drowned. The Thingvalla was go disabled
that she had to- put into Halifax, after
transferring all her passengers to the Vie
land. The Geiser had eighty-six passen-
gers aboard, seventy-two of whom we're
drowned or killed in the collision, and
fourteen were taken first on the Thingvala
and then on the Wieland. The Geiser's
crew numbered fifty; seventeen were saved
and thirty-three drowned. Capt. Mollar,
The passengers of Thingvnlla, transferred
to Wieland, numbered 455. The Geiser
left New York on August III, bound for
Stettin.. The Thingvalla was on her way to
New York, and was advertised to leave
on August rs. A heavy sea and dense fog
we're experienced through the might and
early morning the day of the, disaster.
Stories differ as to where the liability lies
if not wholly due to the fog and heavy sea,
but the Thingvalla struck the Geiser on
the starboard side amidships about
o'clock in the morning. The boats then
parted, and within five minutes the Geiser
sank. The crew of the Thingvalla did all
they could to save the Geisers crew and
passengers, but owing to the heavy sea
only thirty one we're saved. No other YES
her way to the port of New York was 100
miles away. Signs of distress were made
by the Thingvalla and the transfer of pas
sengers began. The sea was then very
heavy, but no mishaps occurred in the
transfer of passengers. The following is
list of the passengers who are saved
from the steamship Geiser:
CABIN.
Mrs. Hilda Lind, from New York to Calshan,
Sweden.
sTEERAGE.
Johann Larsen from New York to Risor,
Norway Alfred Andersen, from New York to
Gr1mslad, Norway; Chris. Eliasser, from Chi
t9 Fn a. from st.
son. from Iron Mountain, Mich, TO Stockholm;
Paul Paulson, FROM 1ronwood. Mich, to Copcn-
hagen A..ders Wilso, from Minneapolis, Mimi.
70 Chrtstiana- John 7. nweld from Hudson,
Via, to Thondjein, Norway; Fred Hansen.
Anderson, from Phiiadslphis to Christians;
Sweden, Louritz Romerlehl, fro. Lansing
Mich. to Copenhagen; Johann ADJUST, from
Iron Mountain, Mich, to Orlando, Finland.
The following is the best list of the lost
which could be obtained at this date. It
is made by striking off the names Of those
saved from the list of passengers as stated
in the books of Passenger Agent
Jensen. 1t will be seen that the total
number of names in the list of the lost is
seventy eight, six more than it should con-
tain, as there were only eighty six passen-
gers aboard and fourteen were saved.
CABIN PASSENGERS.
L. Clausen. Capt George IN: Hammer, Bertha
lrenfcls, Mrs; Hilda Lind and two children. J.
cago, wife of the editor Of the Scandinavian,
sTRERAGE PASSENGERS.
"A, Amanda n Anderson. Andrus Andersen,
Bersstsom, ,. Rocilund, c. Braath, 6.
Carlson Carlson, &C, Gsr1line Christensen and two
sen and two children, of Clinton, To-, Soren
Gs1Eielsen Kittho Gullicksen, j. Gustavson and
child, Jane Hansen, Potter Hansen, Mrs. Karen
Hansen, Nads Hansen, Andrew Ingebritsen,
wife md child. j. E. Jeln. Carl Johansen, Mrs.
Johnson and child A. q. Johnson, Mrs. j. H.
Johnson and child. J. G. johnson, Maria JOS
Kpudsten, Mrs. Bertha kastral and child O. H.
Lie. A. J! S. Lind William L. Jundstrom, Astrid
Lund, Mrs. Ida Mangane aud child, Peter Mi
Ntcolini Nimb. o. orlander, II. Olsen, Mrs. A.
n. Petersen. E. Peterson, wife and child H.
kandbin. A. Soderhonl. F. Sorensen T. E.
stromberg, Mrs. H. NJ. Stevenson and friend, A.
Thompson, c. f. Tuncberg and wife, Mrs. Anna
Wicker and child Officers and assistants, ten in
all Total crew lost, thirty-five.
The Geiser was an iron screw ship of L.
81S tons burden. She was 224 feet long,
~ feet beam and % feet depth Of hold.
She was built in Copenhagen in 1881. She
was fitted with compound inverted engines
with four cylinders of SO inches and 72 in
ches diameter and AZ inches stroke