The sun., 1904-07-04

Some OF the seamen showed the coolest
bravery and sacrificed their lives 40 that
women and children could get into the boats.
MORE THAN SANK WITH LA BoURoodNE.
Six years ago to-day La Bourgogne
was sunk by collision of Sable Island and
5s4 lives were lost The mortality In this
new disaster would have headed recent
lists Of the kind were It not for the Ole dead
OF the Slocum, for whom this city il still In
mourning
The Norge was carrying immigrants at
cut rates in competition with ships Of the
Cunard Line and the line recently estab-
lished under the management OF the two
big German lines She had an unusually
large steerage list for 1000 ton July ship.
This may be accounted for partly by the
reduced fare. Some Of her steerage pas
sengers doubtless were American citizens
returning from visit to the old country.
PERrLous TART OF THE FAR oRTHERN
ROUTE.
A lofty and rocky islet, inhabited only
by sc birds, surrounded by can erous
reefs and visited only by fishermen, is Rock
all, where the Norge struck. The nearest
inhabited land is the tiny island Of St.Kilda.
bare sixty-fve square miles in extent,
$50 miles to the east. Eighty miles further
east Is Lewis the principal island Of the
Outer Hebrides.
The boats OF the Scandinavian American
Line coming from Copenhagen and Chris
tiansand cross the North Sea and skirt
the northern coast Of Scotland, passing
to the north of and almost in sight of the
Orkney Islands. The summer track OF
ships OF the Scandinavian Line,
as prescribed by its own charts, requires
its commanders to steer sixty or more
miles north Of Rockall when going west.
The ships OF the line make higher and
more perilous latitudes than any other
liners. The great ships from ports Of the
English Channel and from Queenstown
do not fall in with Scandinavian boats
! until nearly in midsea. where the courses
converge. The Scandinavian ships are
usually the first liners Of Any importance
to pass icebergs.
The Thingvalla, ship OF about the same
I dimensions as the Norge, smashed into
big berg many years ago and carried away
her entire prov above the water line. She
was saved from destruction by her collision
bulkhead. which was reinforced with vast
quantities of cement and lumber. The
Norge, too, had several narrow escapes
from collision with bergs, and once ran
into one. In August, 1908, she sank the
French schooner La Coqnette, and sixteen
lives were lost.
THE CAPTAIN AND HIS MATES.
Capt. Wulh Of the steamship United
States OF the same line, which is docked at
Hoboken, said last night that Capt Gundell
was one Of the best seamen in the companys
employ.
capt. Gundell leaves wife and daugh-
ter, both of whom live in Denmark" said
Capt. Wuln. He entered the service of
the company as an ordinary sailor and
worked his way up. Gundell was ap-
pointed a captain four years ago.
Il haven't any idea how the Norge came
to go on the rocks, but 1t seems to me as if
either cross currents or a fog must have
been responsible for her getting out Of her
course. The spot where the ship was
wrecked is dangerous one, The channel
shippers keep to the open north Of the
Orkney Islands. The channel between the
Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands
is dangerous and very rocky"
The first officer OF the Norge was Copen-
hagen men named Gilbe, the second officers
name was Otta. Both have families in
Denmark The third officer was named
Basse.
IMMIGRANTS ABOARD, III.
At the Scandinavian Immigrants Home,
% and "a Greenwich street, Albin Ekberg,
who represents the institution on Ellis
Island. said last night that III passengers
were coming on the Norge, according to
latest advices. These were all steerage and
second cabin passengers. as the ship which
is one OF the oldest Of the lines boats, does
not take first cabin passengers.
At this time of year Mr.. Ekberg said
the seas between the Irish coast and the
Scandinavian peninsula were always dan
gerous because OF the heavy fogs which
prevail. The Oscar II. OF the same line
ran aground nearing Christiania q couple
OF months ago and is now making her
first voyage over since the accident. having
been over month in dry dock undergoing
repairs. She is due here about the 10th Of
July.
The Norge, which left Copenhagen on
June 22 and Christiansand on the 25th,
was originally the Belgian steamship
Peter de Coninck and was owned by
Theodore Engels 4 Co. Of Antwerp. She
had been repaired frequently before she
was sold to the Thinsvala Line, the prede-
cessor Of the Scandinavian Line.
She was an iron, three masted single
acrew ~ ala tona Uroas and waa 34O a