The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-06

IN ueI UOhS.
The emigrants who we're tn await
Ing breakfast below, ran on deck. The
hatchwaYs were scarcely built for
these hundreds Of souls and became
clogged.
The Norge quickly began to go
down by the head. Eight boats we're
lowered and into these the women
and Children were hurriedly put. Six
Of these boats smashed against the
side Of the Norge and their helpless
inmates were caught up by the heavy
seas.
Two beat loads got safely away from
the side Of the sinking ship and many
of the emigrants who were left on
board, seizing life belts, threw them
selves into the sea and were drowned.
Capt. Guddel, 50 say the survivors,
stood on the bridge Of the doomed YES
sci until he could be Of no more ser
vice.
The boats kept together some hours.
Practically all Of the occupants were
passengers and not used to handling
such craft. The beat occu pied by the
survivors landed at Grimsby was a
life boat.
THREE BOATS LAUNCHED.
One account says that three boats
were successfully launched, the other
two holding about ten persons each.
The life boat made fast her progress
and fell in with tie Saliva. What te-
came Of the other bots is not yet
known.
The rescue of those cn the life boat
took place at s O'Clock on the morn
ing Of June 20, the survivors consist
ing of 20 men, one of them seaman,
SIX women and a girl.
One of the survivors sa d that when
he got on deck, the Norge was half sub
merged and was rapidly getting lower
in the water. Half mad with fright
the survivors all struggled for the
places in the boats. They fought their
way to the big life toat and an officer
slowed in the six women and the girl
and told the men to get in. The otf
Ger then took charge and got the boat
to the side Of the Norge. Seeing that
the boat was already oyerladen, the
officer with great heroism jumped into
the water and tried to board another
boat which vas not so full. he failed
and was drowned.
The sea by this time was a mass OF
struggling men, women and children,
gaspipg and choking from the effects
ofsthe water. They tried to get in
the already orerladen boats, but were
beaten off with oars. The boat rowed
clear OF this seething inferno and just
as she drew away the Norge went
down.
Peter Nelson, one Of the survivors,
described as young American, said:
For some hours we rowed in COM
pany with other boats, but the strong
tide drifted us away from the others
and nothing has been seen Ct them
since. The Saliva picked US up and
we were well cared for on board the
trawler. All OF us lost our entire be-
longings. We had no. time in that
fierce fight for life to think OF any
thing but the getting Of seats in the
boat"
The only hope except for these
known to have escaped is that some
few Of the emigrants might have been
washed upon the barren rock. Their
chance Of being rescued even then is
practically nil, for vessels sailing the
North Atlantic give Rockall as wide
berth as possible.
The news OF this disaster, which it
is feared, in it's death record is greater
than any previous tragedy Of the At
lantic, came with the arrival Sunday
Of the steam traWler Saliva at her
home port, the quiet fishing town OF
Grimsby. The Saliva had been on a
fortnight's cruise around the Hebri-
des.
by a lucky chance she steamed fur
'ther west than is usual for Grimsby
trawlers and fell in with the survivors
OF the Norge, who for "a hours had
been tossed about in small beat on
the rough waters Of the North Allan
tic. The survivors were taken aboard
the Saliva and were landed at Grimsby
Sunday night.
A PASSENGERS STORY.
The steam tragler SILVIA put into
Grimsby late Sunday night with u
rescued ScandinavianS aboard. Only
one Of them could speak English. He
said:
I'VE left Copenhagen June p.
There were 100 emigrants, NorWe-
gians, Swedes, Danes and Firms, on
board. The crew numbered about 80.
"All went well until June %. l lay
in my bunk waiting for breakfast. We
had little bump, then another bump
and then l rushed on deck.
II saw at once that something ser
ious had happened and I made dash
below to gather up my few belongings.
''Scores were rushing on deck and
the hatcbway was crowded with emil
grants. They were launching boats
and rushing into Them, but there was
no panic.
-Four or five were in the boat into
which I got and we cleared the ship.
Luckily for US, in our party was the
only seamen from the Norge who es-
capped and he vas able to navigate our
little boat.
"We saw two other boats capSize
owing to the heavy weather and be-
cause no one could navigate them. We
made straightaway and when we last
saw the Norge, O. large number Of en-
igrants were on the deck. Capt Gundel
stood on the bridge.
Dozens of passengers had jumped in
to the sea. They wore life belts but
we're drowned before our eyes.
After u hours the Saliva bore down
and picked US up. About 100 persons
must have been drowned"