New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05

wretches who were stin aGoat and who vainly
begged to be taken aboard while from the ship
came long, despairing cries.
The women in the boat which reached Grims-
by hid their eyes but the men. who were sit
ting facing the Norge. say they saw the cap
tain s;i, the bridge and the passengers on
deck in attitudes of resignation. While they
looked the Norge plunged forward. her stern
shot up In the air and she disappeared. The
swimmers IN the vicinity Of the ship were
drawn into the vortex. around which they
swerved ike chips in the maelstrom
Only twelve minutes elapsed from the time the
ship struck until she sank. Scotch mist
which falling at the time shut out the
other survivors from the view OF those who
were brought TO Grimsby.
EXPERIENCES OF SURVIVORS.
As soon as their boat was clear of the scene
OF the wreck these survivors devoted themselves
10 thoughts Of tleir owa safety. Jacket was
tied to an oar which was fastened So lie bow,
and a sailor Dane, took charge II The boat
Men and women were put to work keeping ,a1
boat adoat. as a hole had been stove ia hrl
bow when it was lowered from~the ship. An
examination Of the water cask showed that IT
did not contain a drop. There were some bis
cults however. and these were eaten by the
shipwrecked people in the twenty-four hours
from the time the ship struck. at ! a. m, june
2S until they were picked up by the Grimsby
trawler Sylvia
So dazed We're the survivors that 1t was diff
ncut obtain a connected story OF the dlsas-
ger Twenty-siX persons in all reached here.
nineteen men, six women and one child. girl
six years old. Every one has relatives in Amer
Tea They say the great majority Of those who
went down also were their way to join rela
tives or friends, principally 40 the Northwestern
States.
MANY BRAVE DEEDS RECORDED.
Many deeds of heroisn shine through the
gloom OF the catastrophe. That Of JAMS Peters
Jansen who has relatives in Brooklyn. n. Y.
Is told with admiration by the survivors. He
was one Of the engineers OF the Norge. When
the ship struck he learned the extent OF the
disaster, went below to where his relatives were
and told them and those near by TO go at once
to the upper deck. He accompanied them to the
boats and saw them safely on board He was
urged 10 join them. but said he must return to
the engine room. and shouting a farewell ran
90 his post Of duty. where he died
Some of the male passengers without Il
though Of self. placed women and children IN
the boats preferring TO remain behind than
take advantage Of their strength.
A mate Of the Norge. who left the ship In the
boat which arrived here. seeing that IT was over
crowded. leaned into the water for the purpose
of swimming 10 a second boat not far away
He had only gone short distance when
weighted down by his clothes. his strength gave
out and he sank.
ALLEGED LACK OF DISCIPLINE
The crew of the Norge appear TO have behaved
well after the first panic, when, it is said the
officers were compelled 10 drive them ba Il from
the boats. But there apparently was no dlsc!-
pline the orders which the captain shouted from
the bridge being misinterpreted or unheard' 30
far as the survivors here remember there was
of ha 10
boats which were not adequately manned. No
attempt was made by any of the survivors TO
save property. There WAS time TO make
preparations.
Kari Mathieson, the Danish sailor who
surned command of the boat brought to Grimsby.
joined the Norge at Copenhagen just before she
sailed for New-York. He said he knew nothing
about the ships arrangements in case Of col
lision or fires. lie had never been instructed in
fire drill. and did not understand what ii meant.
He was on deck VIII the vessel struck. but
he did not know until he heard the captain
shouting the order the boats that the
damage was great Mathieson said:
worked with the third mate and followed him
to the different boats The first We attempted
10 lower fOuled her/tackle. keeping her stern
fixed while her bows fell and shot the occupants
into the water. A heavy washed the boat
against the ships sices. We went to another.
a crowd of shreking women and children follow
ing. The launching operations were not con-
Quoted simultaneously, the officers and crew
going from one to another Had men been set
TO work at each boat more would have been
saved.
some of the crew were worse than the passen-
gers and hut for the officers would have put
off in the boats themselves. These We're driven
back and threatened with death unless they
Obeyed orders. The captain never left the
bridge. but he shouted 50 many orders that the
crew did not know what 10 do. Therefore, l
stuck to the third mate. Together we jumped
into a small boat just before the vessel went
down, but We did not think so many were left
behind appeared on the water when the
Norge sank.
and children. l saw only two other boats afioat.
one big lifeboat, easily carrying sixty persons,
and the other a smaller boat. carrying possibly
forty. 40 other boats got away, though there
were eight on board.
LIFE PRESERVERS REPORTED USELESS.
Katerina SiIander. whose husband lives at No
83l North Franklin-st. Chicago, said TO the
respondent:
Everything was quiet and most OF the passen-
gers were sleeping. had left my berth and was
dressing my baby. When the ship struck the
first time / did not know what II meant but
when it struck again l realized its meaning. !
seized my child by the hair and ran up the COM
pauionway. / threw the baby into the bottom
OF a boat and then jumped in myself
Some of the women on board had seven
eight children each from whom they became
separated. and the cries Of these mothers were
heartrendng.
rhe life belts were almost useless, for tie
strlnN would not hold.
When the boat left the ship there were many
passengers standing on the decks begging. with
hands outstretched. Many. too, threw them
selves into the water.
This Is only a sample OF the stories told by
the survivors Each one has terrible nara
tive OF his or her experience, all narrowing and
all conveying vivid picture Of the awful scenes
on board the sinking ship.