Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-07-06
Another Ffightful Horror of the Deep
With Terrible Loss of Life
PASSENGERS MOSTLY EMIGRANTS
The Danish Steamer Norge, Bound
to New York, With Nearly 800 Dan
ish and Norwegian Emigrants,
Strikes Rcck in the North At
lantic and Sinks.

London by Cable.-Over 700 Danish
and Norwegian emigrants bound for
New York are believed to have been
drowned in the North Atlantic on June
2S. Out of nearly 500 souls on board
the Danish steamer Norge. which left
Copenhagen June -. cnly 81 are known
to be alive and for the rest no hope is
held out.
when last seen 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
290 miles Of the west coast of Scotland.
Early on Che morning of last Tuesday
. the Norge, which was out of her course
In heavy weather. ran onto the Rockall
reef. The Norge was quickly backed off
but the heavy seas pOured in through
a rent in her bows.
The emigrants who were then await
Ing their breakfast. ran on deck The
hatchways were scarcely built for these
hundreds OF souls and became clogged.
he Norge quickly began to go down
by the head. Eight boats were lowered
and INTO these the women and children
were hurriedly put. Six of these boats
smashed against the side of the Norge
'NN N.'~'A HNiplSSS ltS were CdnGnI
up by the heavy seas. Two boat loads
got away safely from the side of the
sinking ship and many of the emf
grants who were left on board seizing
llie belts, threw themselves into the
sea anu were drowned Captain Gun
uel so say the survivors. stood on the
bridge or the doomed vessel until IL
could he seen no more.
me boats kept together some hours.
Practically all of their occupants were
passengers and not used to handling
Such craft. Tie boat occupied by the
SURVIVORS landed at Grimsby was n life
boat. one account says that three boats
were successfully launched. the other
@ 1wo hoiNhg about ten persons each.
me llTeboat made faster progress and
fell in with the Saliva. What became Of
the other boats is not known. The res
cue OF those on the liteboat took place
ats CLOCK on Yhe morning of June 30.
tne survivors consisting OF 20 men. one
OF them seaman, six women and a
girl.
one of the sur5iv> IS said that when
he got on deck tie Norge was half sub
merged 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
'"c plS lllSpodI ana an Officer slowed
IN the six women and the girl and then
told the men to get in. The officer then
TOOK charge and got the boat to the
side of the Norge. Seing that the boat
was already overladen. the Clficer with
great heroism jumped into the water
and tried TO board another boat which
was not so full. Ee failed and was
drowned
In the sea by this time was a mass
OF struggling men. women and children
grasping and choking from the effects
OF the water. They tried to get i'm the
already overladen boats. but were beat
en- off with oars. The boat rowed clear
OF this seething mass 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 company
with the other boats. but the strong
tlde drlfted us away from the others
and nothing has been seen of them
since. The Saliva picked us up and we
were Wen cared for on board the Traw-
Ter All Of us lost our entire belong
lngs. lie had no time in that fierce
hight for life to think of anything but
The getting Of seats in the boat.P'
The only hope except for those
known 20 have ESCAPED is that some
Few of the emigrants might have been
washed upon the barren rocks. Their
chance of being rescued even then is
practically nil. for vessels sailing the
North Atlantic give Rockall a wide
birth as possible