The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-07
HELPED DIG Up THE VIKING.
liz, klTl Andersen T1l6S About thC
Wonderful Morse Ship.

He was One Of the First on Board
When She Was Dug Out OF Kings
Hill Near saudeGord, His Home.
The Story of the Finding Of the Vik-
ing and the Superstitions Connected
With 1t Told BY "a Norvo-ian Gentle
man Who Now Lives ia Savannah.
~ The Fac Smile Of the Viking Which
Was Perhaps 1000 Years Old Now
On It's Wav TO Chicago.
One Of the events in which both the old
world and thenew are just now interested
is the advent of the Norwegian Viking
ship to the worlds fair. The Viking is
expected TO land at Newport to-day or to-
morrow. whence she viii proceed to the
world fair via the Erie canal
Mr. Karl Andersen. who is now with S
p. Sh0tter IL Co, is native Of Sandef-
lord on the southern coast of Norway. In
1850. when q schoolboy, he helped dig up
the old Viking ship which was buried in
Kings hill, 2l} miles from his homo. and
of which the present Viking ship, which
is Just completing a transatlantic voyage,
is a counterpart.
"The Viking ship was buried in
mound known as Kings hill near my
home" said Mr.. Anderson. yesterday,
land as far back as ] can remember the
people used to talk about these hills and
tel strange stories auouI lheIh. 1Here
was nQeeu soheIlluE very mysterious
arout them' ana many Strange super
Suuons were connected WIN IneIh- III
was s3lu lhdt Hfe coula oe seen on the
top of the hill every night, and that
solitary hOrsomau could Ue seen riding
around it. These stories and many other
Told me often bv an old woman who lived
nj Sandarjord
r, ,,--.r-,,,, .r,,,,,
az ~ 40
Inc CAlS.'itC o. unCse 9uptIS JIOiOuS
was respohsiQle lef inc IacI IhaJ the MI
was IelJ ul!9. ufoeu Iof SO long tlIhe.
LATER lhNeaols1 Ilous ShoWeu IufI II was
ppdDly loflllea over wv yours ago. An
olu sall0t AhailE utCiueu 10 ulE uoWh IN
hlhS M uiiu sCc "IldU ~ sIetit9 IL con
Gdlileu NJ WIS uI9uo uI.Seu III ms cHofVs'
pGt went "noau' ueFeI UHu-cSs' anu MANY
OF US schooioo&S usTo 10 sPend great I
eeal or our llme IHefe heIplhg 10 ulg |
down IN mat ola hlI instead oil gong TO
scHool- 5000.
n many, IN UHe SUMMER OF ioo0' me
", " ihIis snip was uiSe9Nere III Ile mn.
nc uI9coNeIy cttate1 Etedt excitement
VIIIousiIoI. uHe Guy LlerEuouy came ouI
20 the pltce 10 see IT, anu IhS people
upon whose Iahq IL was Iouhd maze
silail fortune pS CnafSlng an amount
e4ulVaIeht 10 OF q cents Iof each one
VIZ W1Hy O'O; i-A''l9ly llI'v9 NdIiV 10
oaHGeIJotu IN l9rg9 NUMBERS 10 see Jhe
Wonuef4uI vessel remember one day
sceluE as many "S WE'VE or thirteen |
sUeiiupodts Ihefo' Wnlch was faJher an
IN qs udi Sight
RELICS OF AN OLD SEA KING.
when the VIKING snip was discovered |
l was one Oh Of, Ihe hrsI 70 go ON board OF |
her, "a; "a SAcASton ot d ni,n was round
Saant'.S cree az me lii%st nedu, ana IN
front o. ~ was lhe SaeleJoh OF a morse, /
AIouhu lle skelcgoh were some o!u Morse /
3Llls anu Golu IA USE CTuSuIl9S ago /
y aaa l,llC39eu tIlaI Ge le9sel was
over LUOo years iI7.' olu anu perhaps Older
,,;. nl4Iy pictures ,l OF Iue olu VIKING |
SSnIpo new IGN ia MS Oc4i1o IA NORWAY 1
Ioa o,'IS, anu, a.rAl.2c 20 say, vhls yessel
so,,ta "A G fta M ~ a. ~ was EtPiG
soille I'm III O1t FiCIqreS. he TO" OF shleius
NeS los4lle5 i oa Sl,iler sue tne ornaments
oo,iii anu ''eili IN" 'lo Single mast III
'n I'M TSllv tt. ....,....,- 49,,
~, ny 'ilooiS IN !o5s'rI 10 ms ulu snip
i.Ulli5 - ~ ~ was customary
eoIiuli ~ ago wien d SIedO warrior or |
Iul '.Il uleu' OF was h!teui 70 pur$ an the |
liIof tIi pLol'cIS Htvn nm nus was /
J {sttiS 81 NV ~ - -, ms NV Hd9 hlIicu
IA oaGuie' aJ leaSg JhaJ IS the ldea enter /
3 Saliel w Il5 Nor" 'S aus, ana ne was /
1 pufi icy WIN One usual hohorS; surrounded
~, ~ ms property ms Veasel, ms arms, /
HoIse' money duu oUhgr accoutermen0S
a suaru was pIaceu near the vessel TO |
PfcIGuu any one from taxing away any OF 1
. elle .illiiss iouhG III thG Doat, out we boys
SetsIeu several OF me pOhes ana other /
Sultps' anu / nave some OF Uhen AT nome /
al NORWAY now
TO SUSTAIN LIEF ERICssoN's CLAIM
"It is held by our peonle that lief
Ericsson discovered America go wears /
before Columbus and II 10 he
lieved that he sailed in one of
these Viking sbips ma idoa in bnildinar
this fac smile was 10 demonstrates tbot +
could easily make tho transatIantic vow.
age. W.
,"The Vilyino WAS buiIt at c,Ddafio,d
and from there adva,.t;sor ,r,.g ,,,,., St
ont for thirteen mon as 49,
to sail il to America 0ver
9S0 raenondad OIL, +l,i,'tl.',l
he Iar%o cifin ''o in Wa,, o,iT i-iii oen Oh
ny VESSEL - q lccU III lehgIh ana 10