The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-13
WELCOME TO THE VIKING.
Chicago GTeetS the Strange Craft and
her Grew.

Her Passage Through the Lake Con-
tinuous Ovation-The Ship Anchors
OF the Worlds Fair Grounds-A
Small Pleasure Craft Has a Marrow
Escape From Being Sunk by Big
Steamer.
Chicago, ILL.,, July 12.-Even more
hearty thau the greeting accorded week
ago to the Caravels was the welcome that
went out to-day to Capt. Magnus Ander-
sen and his crew of the Viking ship.
When the striped sail of the historic
boat made in like of the Cockstab-find,
which brought Lief Erickson to the wes-
tern world 500 years before the advent of
Columbus, appeared in the harbor to day,
it was amid the booming of cannon and
the shouts of a great throng of people
that was packed along the lake front on
the long stretch from the art place down
to the Auditorium hotel.
ONE CONTINUOUS OVATION.
The trip to Racine was one great ova-
ton TO the sturdy Norsemen and their
historic craft The Viking was met off
EvanJOn by big naval procession with
the war ship Michigan at the head, and
alongside of her was the steamer Ivanhoe.
On board the latter were the Royal Nor
wegian commissioner, Mr. Rava, Hon. r.
B Andersen, eX-minister to Denmark,
the members of the Norwegian
worlds fair committee, and the princi-
pal officers of the worlds fair The
captain and crew were taken on board
the Ivanhoe. The royal Norwegian COM
missioner Mr. RaYa, stood in the stern to
receive them, and on behalf of his cOun-
,fl alys
There was some more speech making, and
lunch was then served to the NOrsemen
in the cabin. After this the hearty sail
ors were rowed back to their ship, and
the golden dragons head at the Prov be-
gan to plOw its way to jackson Park.
WELCOMED BY THE MAYOR.
When the Van Buren, street pier was
reached a halt was made and after the
crowd in waiting had yelled itself hoarse,
Mayor Harrison, from the deck of the
City of Duluth bade welcome to the nine
teenth century Viking in the name
Of the city of Chicago, extending to
them the freedom of the city. From the
Prov Of the Gockstabfnd Capt. Andersen
made a response, accepting for his crew
the compliments paid by the mayor and
expressing the qualification which they
all felt in having reached the worlds fair
city. When jackson Park was reached,
Capt. Anderson and his crew We're es-
Corted to a stand in the grand plazar,
where Director General Davis extended
a welcome on behalf of the exposition,
and several other speeches of congratu-
lation were delivered.
A STEAMER NEARLY SUNK.
The arrival Of the procession at the
Van Buren, street pier was marked by an.
accident that came within an ace of
proving the second horror of the week
The small pleasure steamer Imperial
which plies between the pier and Lincoln
Park, was at its dock, having
just taken aboard some 40 or
more people for a north bound trip.
just as the Imperial was about to steam
out the big steamboat Arthur Orr, which
had participated in the lake parade, came
rapidly in behind. Eitherno signal was
given 10 slow up or the engineer mistook
his orders, for the big boat crashed full
IN on the little one, driving it into the
landing for distance of over thirty feet,
with force that made the crushing of
the tlmbers audible a couple of blocks
away.
THE PIER CROWDED.
The pier at the time was crowded with
people and their escape was little short of
miraculous. One man, whose name is un-
known, was caught between the boat and
timoers, and his lower limbs from the hips
were crushed almost to a Jelly. Several
others received eontusions of the
hands, feet and limbs, but not
SO serious as to prevent their hobbling
away to the nearest drug stores
Where they were treated. Heinrich
Hanson, Mrs. A Natal and w. Friedreck-
sen, all middle-aged people, were thrown
INTO the water, and were rescued only
when they were on the point of losing
consciousness.