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Hundreds of Scandinavian Emigrants Bound flor Neau
York and the Northeast Aye Dy0aysed IN the North
Sea, Steamships Rescwiag only 100.

London, July 4.--More than 600
Scandinavian and Russian emigrants
bound for New York are believed to
have been drowned in the North sea
June %. OF TIA persons who left
Copenhagen June 20 on the Danish
cued.
When last seen the Norge was sink
Ing, where she struck on the Islet Of
Rockall. whose isolated peak raises it.
self from q deadly Atlantic reef goo
Early on the morning Of last Tues
day. the Norge, which was out Of her
course In heavy weather, ran onto the
Rockau reef. which in the distance
looks like a ship under full sail. The
Norge was quickly backed off, but the
heavy seas poured in thru q rent in
her bows.
The emigrants, who were then
awaiting breakfast below. ran on deck.
Except that the hatchways were
scarcely built for these hundreds Of
souls and became clogged, there was
no panic.
Boats Are Quickly Lowered.
The Norge quickly began to go
down by the head. Eight boats were
| lowered and into these the women and
children were hurriedly put. -Four
| of these boats smashed against the
side Of the Norge and their helpless
inmates were caught up by the heavy
| seas.
The survivors say that altogether
four Of the Norge's boats got away.
One boat, therefore, Is unaccounted
| for. The steam trawler Saliva has
landed at Grimsby, Eng, with twenty
seven survivors; the British steamer
Cervona took thirty-two to storno-
way, Scotland, and the steamer En-
ergie soon afterward arrived with
sixty-rline.
| One Of the survivors said that when
| he got on deck the Norge was halt
submerged and was rapidly getting
| lower in the water. Half mad with
fright, the survivors all struggled fol-
way to the big lifeboat and an officer
slowed in the six women and the cir
and then told the men to get in.
The officers then took charge and
got the boat away from the side o.
the Norge. Seeing that the boat wa.
great henoisn Jumped into the water
and tried to board another boat which
was not SO full. He failed ant
drowned.
In the sea by this time was a mas!
Of struggling men, women and chill
dren, gasping and choking from thu
effects of the water. The boat rowet
clear Of this seething inferno and JUS
as she drew away the Norge wen
down.
Picked Up by Traw1er.
Peter Nelson, one OF the survivors
described as a young American, said
'For some hours we rowed In com
pany with the other boats but TIN
strong tide drifted us away from TIL
others and nothing has been seen Q
them since. The Saliva picked us VI
} and were ell cared for on board tn
trawler. ALI Of us lost our entire be
longings, as we had no time in tn
. fierce fight to think of anything blu
J the getting Of seats Ia the boat"
, The news Of this disaster, which
; it is feared, Is greater in its deaf.
{ record than any previous tragedy o
the Atlantic, came with the arrive
tonight Of the steam trawler Salvi
9 at her home port, the fishing tow
s of Grimsby. The Saliva had been o.
! a. fortnight's cruise around the Heb
. rides.
t The Norge sailed from Copenhagse
4 Butt Of Lewis (the northernmost poir
q Rockall, the islet on which she strucl
= is about 200 miles west Of the Heb
!" rides. It is a danger GUS reef, wit
, a rock about seventy-f1ve feet hig
: above water.
!" According to the survivors, the nae
ment the vessel struck the engine
: were reversed and the Norge can,
= back into deep water The rent
9 her bows was SO large, however, the
she began to fill rapidly.