The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-05
Survivors Tell the Story.

Grimsby, Eng. July flowing to the strict enforcement of certain regulations and the fact that there is no Danish con sul here all tho survivors of the Norge who arrived here on the steam trawler Salvia were kept on that vessel all night. They were in a pitiable condition. This morning in the dingy cabin of the traw- Her the representative of the Associated Press saw over a dozen persons, includ- ing five women and two children, hud- sdled together. One of the three women < was in a bunk. one was lying on the cabin floor and the other was leaning against the captains berth too bewilder- ed to move. One of the women pleaded to see Danish minister of the gospel, but the one settled here happened to be away.
 John A Hansen, gray-bearded man from Tromsoe, said:
 When the ship first bumped most of us were below. All rushed to the deck. l had my wife and five children with me. At first none of us was aware of what had happened and we kept quiet, but in n minute or two we saw the ship was sinking and then there were such shrieks and cries too awful to describe. We had nearly POO children aboard and they JFnraan1ad witlsA Aa-ror. 4 1,b cir. xn5tnc~e too, were almost frantic. though some oi ,them-calmer than the others-began put ting their little ones in the rigging and iother elevated positions. So far as ] Sould see the officers of the ship kept Every calm, but the crowd was uncontrol- sable. Men and women began jumping into the sea, while others ran up and down trying to snatch life belts from those who had them.
 Mad Rush for Boats.
 "As soon as the first boat was got out There was a mad rush for 1t, with the fresult that she immediately sank. h this way three boats were lost. Mean while had put my wife and five children in a hatch and implored them not tc move until returned. When l saw other loats being launched I returned to fetch my wife and children. but they had dis appeared, Whether they had gone 1T another boat or were carired away 1T sthe mad rush I do not know l an absolutely alone in the world.
 Our boat was crowded to nearly dou. ble It's proper number. All around us people were struggling in the sea, shriek ing for help and imploring us to taks them in. We had an old sail and g couple of oars, but no mast. In launch. ing the boat large hole was knocked Ain her side and we men had to take turns in bailing her out We could do nothing but allow the boat to drift.
 "The five women behaved splendidly ln1ever murmuring All around us were gpeople bghting for their lives. The shrieks of those left on the ship, par ticularly the children, could be heard tabove all the confusion around us. But 1t was soon over, as we saw the Norge sink in less than half an hour from the I first shock"
 Another survivor told the Associated Press representative that most of the Tla Gc xua ~afv. America. One of the five surviving wo. men was going out to her husband and she had throughout clung to her little girl of five years. Another woman in her delirious joy at being picked up offered one of the crew of the trawler her we'd ding ring.
 Captain Dies BraveIy.
 While some of the boats were over. crowded, others according to the sur. vivors had only few persons in them The captain absolutely refused to leave the ship. He was standing on the bridge and appeared to be overcome at the ap. palling catastrophe.
 It appears that the weather was very hazy when the Norge struck, but the cap. tain of the trawler and others say Rock all reef is so well known, especially tC New York traders, that they cannot un derstand how the steamer struck
 Ihe surV1VorS were landed at abou 10 o'clock. They will be sent back to Co ,penhagen on the Bothnia. sailing tonight
 Karl Mathiesen, the oniy member of tn, crew among the survivors, said to tn, Associated Press representative tha Rockall reef was invisible in the fog anc rain.
 The captain and chief officer of tn, Norge were both on the bridge at the tim, of the accident. The chief officer got Int enc of the boats, but the captain wa: seen on the bridge. surrounded by many other persons, all in an attitude of prayer as the Norge sank.
 Many Deeds of Herolsm.
 Many deeds of heroism shine brightly throughout the pail of the catastrophe That of Peters Jansen, who has relatives in Brooklyn, is told by the admiration of the survivors. He was one of the engi neers on the Norge. When the ship struck he learned the extent of the disaster and went below to where his relatives were and told tfecn and those nearby to go al once to the upper deck. He accompanied the to the boats and saw them safely on board. He was urged to jodn them,