Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-05
LOCAL PEOPLE
LOST IN WRECK
OF STEAMSHIP.


l NUA ~ wv &OINAaAaeth 0ohN N@f
only 100 are known to be alive.
The Norge sank suddenly where she
struck on the Islet Of Rockall, whose
ISOLATED peak raises itself from a dead
~ Atlantic reef some 300 miles of the
west coast Of Scotland.
The German steamer Energie brought
seventy survivors into %Stornaway, and
1 little later the British steamer Ger
Vona brought in th{rty-two more. With
The twenty-seyen landed at Grlmsby
by the steam trawler Saliva, that
makes 12D out OF the T05 aboard the
Norge who have survived the disaster.
A fourth boat Is said to have got
away from the Norge by the survivors.
Unless II was wrecked or the occupants
| are dead there may be another score
Of the rescued. fa
Those brought In by the Energie and
the Ceryona are In the same lamenta-
bic condition that marked those land
ed at Grimsby. eyssuffered fearful
agony. exposed TO heavy weather and
tremendous G for days in their
| open boats and without any food or
wstcr. The Cervona picked up her
| thirty-two Sunday night just west of
the Butt of Lewis. They were almost
all naked. and there was one dead
| .hlld In the party. The mother was
| clasping II to her breast and refused
to commit II to the sea. When It was
taken AWAY from her she almost went
Insane.
Many deeds OF heroism shine bright
ly through the pail Of the catastrophe.
| That Of Jams Peters Jansen. who has
relatives IN brooklyn. Is told with adj
mirntion by the survivors. He was one
Of the engineers OF the Norge. When
the ship struck he learned the extent
Of the disaster and went below to
| where his relatives were and told them
and those near by 10 go ut once to the
upper deck. He accompanied them TO
| the bouts and saw them safely on
board. lie was urge,i'to join them. but
said he must return to- the engine room
| md. shouting a farewell. ran to his
post of duty. where he died.
Some OF the male passengers, with
out Il thought OF self, placed women
| and children IN the boats, preferring
20 remain behind rather than take adj
| vantage Of their strength.
The mate Of the Merge. who left the
shlp In the boat which arrived here,
| ce.ng that II was ovescrowded, leaped
| nto the water for the purpose Of swim
| ming 10 a second bont not far away.
lie had only gone a short distance
| when. weighted by his clothes, his
| strength gave out. and he sank.
The crew Of the Norge appear to
| layc behaved well after the FIRST pan
| 9. when. Il Is said. tue officers were
! compelled to drive them back from the
boats. hut there apparently was no
| discipline. the orders which the cap
| tain shouted from the bridge being
| mIsinterpreted or unheard. So far as
| the survivors here remember there
| was no systematic distribution OF the
| people % the boats. which were not
| adequately manned. No attempt was
/ made by any OF the survivors to save
| property. There was no time to make
| preparations.
Johan ~Johansen. a gray bearded man
| from Tromso, said:
"wien the ship first bumped most OF
us were below. All rushed to the deck.
I had my wife and five children with
me. At first none Of Us was aware Of
what had happened. and we kept quiet.
nut In n minute or two we saw the
alp was sinking. and then there were
| shrleks and cries too awful to describe.
We had nearly 200 children aboard.
and they screamed with terror. Their
mothers, too. were frantic, though some
OF them ealmer than the o~thers-be-
gan putting their little ones In the rig
cling and other elevated positions.
$50 fur Ms / could see. the officers OF
the ship kept quite calm. but the crowd
was uncomfortable. Men and women
began jumping into the sea, while 9th
ers ran up and down trying to snatch
life belts from those who had them.
As soon ms the FIRST boat was got out
there wa a mad rush for her. with the
result that she Immediately sank. In
this way three boats were lost"
The Danish Admiral Riehelleu, a d.
rector Of the United Steamship com
pany. which ownei the Norge, said:
THE Norge was a good strong ship
ana had sailed 300 times 70 the United
states without meeting with any acci-
dent. The catastrophe ~ due 10 the
weather and to che strong current.
After the disaster I rassesi Rockaii.
but Il was Impossible 60 see the islet.
The best ship IN the weird might he the
victim Of = similar fate n during such
weather she had to make the course
that way"
Captain Gundel Of the Norge. who
escaped almost by a miracle. said:
IAN went well until about a quarter
to : O'Clock. When about eighteen
miles south OF Rsckall ! felt the steam
er strike heavily forward On = sunkeH
rock. There was a gentle breeze blow
ing from the south. with q cloudy sky
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