The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-02

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sbled BY tho collision, and we lay to; The wheel
box had fallen and had boon jammed down: This
Hekis " came pc09 ap 70 r US again and Ia Gsptais
above I SSsa the water IiaoSSastfs ySarFsI' g., ! an y;
right, and Captain Isub replied, viii
R Rro% ib,s 10 tBB oFt- rep fvo mS.' was ! un fn 1000
enough condition to continue, her trip to Chris
tiansand, where she will DO due on Saturday.
water line. There was a biz. jagged hole, shaped
somewhat similar to a mans face. The Hekla's
fSS5. sssSN was I SSs% t IN two, r but b StS IN mot tb tsl sS Sn
extended down TO about a foot above tho red
paint on her hull. Upon Investigation, we found
into our port quarter" -
were: j. i. Kipling. ]. A: Henry. 4. s. Rankin,
Reyes, One Of t6se; passengers told this story OF
AS soon as we knew that there was another
ship poking around in the fog somewhere near
YOU could feel 4, ike e sossy blSnket: was
the bow Of a steamer pointed right at me. 1t
looked taller than a church steeple and sharper
sa R,s { 9 51st ws Il sse I sso &c me Y tas' s Il sf | afiSal n
pretty good rats. and the bow dlfda't look % 50
it must have been further. In a minute saw
tho bow was turning and then she struck US.
how long I could swim and whether The other
ship would put out boats. We were heeling un-
1 si I Errss S%st 5ei Fs en t. t.. fSsf YRss fsslp s'l @as shout Sasi.
ing orders. I Thought 1t was n waste Of breath.
T ahs lo Ss sdiG e sse SR9t afis ove She sn wa, ! h isahss over over
and her. foremost was tangled in our rigging.
! think she would have gone over but for that.
ing. too. and I believe I yelled, out. because l
thought she was going to turn bottom side up
And then the women, That ship seemed
filed with them. 1t would have turned you sick
with { babies In their arms. and he fiung them.
selves around and held the babies up as high, as
they could, as II the water was already coming
in. All of them seemed to be trying to scramble
away from the rail. and no wonder. for the water
washed in at one time. 1t was terrible. to see
them clutching at each other and lighting Tor
Through 1t all I could hear the officers
were giving orders and trying to quiet the
women, and they seemed to be everywhere at
once; tell you. it was great For 3 minute M nut ,I I
and shout. After a while-it seemed a terribly
long time-the Hekla began to right. Then she
S Tss ' again ,t sad We Wondered sR& f how long %e:d Essp
afoat. All of us were paralyzed with surprise
to sink. The Hekla came back and hailed Us.
and then went ,S on. t She seemed med to line me terribly or rtsE
R RsTt sTsa q rpsass sha ' lSnd. / h nsxs f her c % tain
hail us and say that he was on his wal, to Hall.
fax 70 get coal, as he vas short, and that he
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somewhat slower than usual, but not very much,
and 1 don't think that the Hekla was running
"Inearly forgot to tell you a queer incident.
As the Hekla's bow came on ! saw a man run
t Ca, to fe en- the eF PFf fSs p sSlii sR a '' When snd the Ss' frs Il
crash came I suppose he realized the foollshness
OF rV what hM, he ss was trying ~ g to % d S.r ,or hs me t oanSS, u Il
the smash. i think he must have been killed OF
injured"
showed no signs Of damage. IL was only when
the spectator got pretty well toward the sterr
There was a hole in the iron sheathins about Il
i Sss : a.. SsPf So ss { sPs 81 H' bsi5vP H. 81 lea s s,ss sa'
two small dents. At the sides Of the gap thu
tons gross. and was built BY Harlan 8, Wolff q
e ssltsss IN engines nsyD; s sna. Is sn iiHS,P @est Of %'t The SHIP shIp
Of the Atlantic Transport line. she Is propelled
Agent johnson of the Thingvalla line is in
clined to think that the Hekla, was not serionsl!
asG Gseist,a I'm tns fea4ssen d sRs s Iseei x. a leaye
it is probable that she would have made for tn
nearest port to the scene of the accident, whicl
is st. JOHNS. Newfoundland. She doubtless con
tinued on her course and will probably be hear
vessel Of $3.50 tons and was built at GreenocL
Scotland. in 1884. This is the list Of her cabi
passengers:
uEh, lllA v. a ANtN VIZ hihs vi - A''
conner, New York; Miss Marjorie Neweomor: Ne,
York; Master Martin Newcomer, New York; Maste
Vincent Newcomer. New York; Miss Anime Petersen
New York; MIS-. Ellen Nissen. New York; Miss Iin
Minneapolis. MINI; Mrs. K Z. Andersen: Savannah
Ca; Mrs. q. HammarSkFld. Yonkers. n. Y; Miss Els
Hammarsk6id, YonkeS y. Y; Miss Karen Hammai
ksIs. York J; y; a,,s MFs c..I r; sill tina,.p5m, and 6h Salls
Sitting. proeEiyn., II: T.; Ellen shilling, Brool
Mrs. A. Thomson, Lowell. Mass. Mrs. ovidia IA
Brooklyn, u. Y; Mrs. Marie West. Brooklyn, N. Y
Mrs. Hanna Fredriksen. New York: Mrs. ": 7. Dot
New York; Mr.. Charles ]. Blomstrom chicago, III
brooklyn, N. Y; Mrs. r. R. Boyc., st. Paul. MINI
Mrs. N. Rasmussen. Chicago. H.; Miss Kamina stu
Ing, Brooklyn. \. " Miss cara egis.' rassSiS; ~; )
Frtsch, Chicago. Ill; Mr.. N. N. Cornelius. Riversid,
Cal; Mrs. Mary Cornelius. Riverside. Cal. ; Mr.: {
Arhlen, Chicago. III; Mrs. Q: Arhlen and child; On
Miss Conradine Wilson, Boston, Mass. Miss Alberto
Johnson. New York; Miss Emily Erickson, New Yorl
Miss Klara Kindvall. New York; Mrs. Lizet Carlso
New York; Miss Anna Anderson. New York; Mi
Miss RIkke Andersen, Chicago. H.; Miss Julia stoc
niger. BROOKLYN. N. Y; Miss Marie Lunde, New Yorl
Mrs. l.. NJ Anderson. Chicago. H.; Miss Jenny Winge
Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Lilly Gibson, Philadelphia, Pa
Miss Christiane Jacobson. Albany. NY; Misc EliHabei
Willumsen, New York; Miss Elise Some. Cambridg
Mass. Mrs. Il Madsen, Chicago. ILL.,; Miss ChristiI
Lund, New York; Capt. /. Rasmussen, New York; n
O. Claudius. San Francisco. CAL; Mr.. Martin Bakk
/ Freese. San Francisco. Cal. Miss Doris Freese. Ne
York; Mr;L Dahl. New York; Mrs. Mathilda Beye
Chicago. Ill.
, Capt. Laub OF the Hekla recently celebrate
!, hiB one hundredtht trip across the ocean, and toe
7 pride In stating that he had crossed the ocean II
l TiFnaa yvtthnuf Tnanfinn tptth nm anoiHAnt