The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-05
HORRORS OF NORGE
WRECK GROWING
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hungrily into the huge rents made by
the rocks in the iron hull. Suddenly
the vessel began to sink by the bows
Without waiting for orders, without
paying attention to- their proper man
ming, the occupants who had crowded
into the lifeboats, began to lower the
boats.
The starboard lifeboat began slow
ly to fall when, to the horror of those
on board, the stern tackle failed,
while the bow tackle ran free. Soon
the boat was almost perpendicular.
Those who were in it chung desper-
ately to the sides and seats until a
great wave came towering along and
struck the boat, smashing it against
the side Of the ship. The occupants
of the boat who were not killed by
the impact were thrown into the
water.
Undeterred by the experience of
the first boat, a second, loaded prin-
lowered. This time the tackle ran
smooth, but the, hopes Of escape OF
the passengers on board were blasted
The moment it touched the water
waves picked up the small craft as
if it had been a feather and dashed
it against the side of the ship. Then
the sea swallowed more victims.
The upper deck of the Norge at the
time of the disaster to the second boat
was only few feet from the water
and 1t was apparent to everyone thai
only a few minutes more and she
would be plunged beneath the waves
In the final crisis, those who were able
to remember clearly what happened
say that the shrieks and sobs dice
away and that quiet was only broker
by the curses of some men, whose feal
found vent in blasphemy.
Suddenly one man threw himsel1
overheard and another followed his
example. Still another jumped into the
water, and soon around the ship hun.
dreds Of persons were struggling ir
the sea.
Three Boats Safely Launched.
Three boats, it is known, success
fully reached the sea. The passenger.
frantically pulled away from the
doomed ship passing by poor
wretches who were still a1oat and who
vainly begged to be taken on board
while from the ship came long, de-
spairing cries. The women in the boa
which reached Grimsby hid their eyes
but the men who were sitting facing
the Norge say they saw the captain
still on the bridge and the passengers
on the deck in attitudes of resignation
While they looked, the Norge plunged
forward her stern shot up in the all
and she disappeared. The swimmer!
in the vicinity Of the ship were drawn
into the vortex, around which they
swirled like chips in the maelstrom
But twelve minutes elapsed from the
time the ship struck until she sank
An examination of the water casl
showed that it did not contain a droI
Of water. There were some biscuits
however, and these were eaten by thu
shipwrecked people during the twenty
four hours from the time the shil
struck at am, June 20, until thev
were picked up by the Grimsb,
| trawler Sylvia.
and we who sat, horror-stricke
in that small boat, avoiding as mucl
| as possible the heavy seas because W.
were afraid we would sink said Lar
ra Christina Peterson Of Copenhagen
who Is on her way to join her cousin
John Schroeder, at Chicago 1--WE wer
dancing and singing to the music O
guitars and violins the night befor
on the promenade deck Of the Norge
We were SO happy then. But, in tina
small boat, not knowing what woul,
be our fate, with the memory of tn
/ horrible scenes on the steamer, w
could do nothing more than pra
miserably for the succor and help tina
Ecame."
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