The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-13

Rescued
Over 700 Danish and Norwegian
emigrants bound for New York are
believed to have been drowned In the
north Atlantic. Out OF nearly 800
souls on board the Danish steamer
Norge. which left Copenhagen June q.
only 12S are known to be alive and
for the rest no hope is held out.
When last seer the Norge was sink
ing where she struck on the islet OF
Rockall, whose isolated peak raises IT.
self from a deadly Atlantic reef some
200 miles off the west coast OF Scot
land.
Early on the morning OF Tuesday
the Norge, which was out of her
course in heavy weather, ran on to
the Rockall reef. which in the dis
lance looks like q ship under full sail
The Norge was quickly backed of.
but the heavy seas poured in through
q rent in her bows
Lifeboats Are Capsized.
The emigrants, who were then
awaiting breakfast below, ran on
deck. The h~atchways were scarcely
built for these hundreds Of souls and
became clOgged
The Norge quickly began to so
down by the head. Eight boats were
lowered and into these the women
and children Were hurr1edly put Six
Of those boats smashed against the
side. of the Norge and their helpless
inmates We're caught up by the heavy
seas.
Two boat loads got safely away
from the side Of the sinking ship and
many Of the emigrants who were left
on board. selling life belts threw
themselves into the sea and were
drowned.
The Norge foundered suddenly and
some COO terrified emigrants were
thrown into the water or drawn down
with the sinking ship Those who
could swim tried to reach the boats,
but these We're already too full and
their occupants beat of the drowning
wretches with oars
Two Other Boats Missing.
The boats kept together for sope
hours. Practically all OF their occu-
pants Were passengers and were not
uSad 70 cuch r~ o<% rbo haox
occupied by the survivors landed at
Grimsby was a lifeboat.
One account says hat three boats
were successfully launched. the other
two holding about ten persons each.
The lifeboat made faster progress and
fell In with the Saliva The rescue of
those On the lifeboat took place at 8
q clock on the morning OF Wednesday.
the survivors consisting Of twenty
men, one of them a seaman, SIX WON
en- ard q girl.
One OF the survivors said that when
he got on deck the Norge was half
submerged and was rapidly getting
lower In the water. Half mad with
fright the survivors all struggled for
places in the boats. They fought their
way to the big lifeboat and an officer
slowed in the six women and the girl
and then told the men to get In
Heroic Officer browns.
The officer then took Charge and got
the boat away from the side Of the
Norge. Seeing that the boat was al
ready overloaded, the officer, with
great heroism. jumped into the water
and tried to board another boat which
was not sc full. He failed and was
drowned.
In the sea by this time was O mass
of struggling men, women and shil
dren, gasping and choking from the
effects Of the water. The boat rvwed
clear Of this soothing inferno, and Just
az she drew away the Norge went
down
Survivors Of the Disaster now are
known to number 12S, 1O2 having been
picked up by English and German pes-
sells from lifeboats in which they were
adrift on the e Among those
saved is Captain GuisIel Of the Norge,
who was carried down when the ship
sank. He rose and swan fog a Me
boat filed with ether survivors,
For more than a year the Norge has
been bringing over a mixed class Of
emigrants. She could easily carry
1000 or 100 passensera OF late her
|. passenger list has included Danes, Nor
| wegians and Russians.