Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-26

lower deck to better places
IN the fore part Of the Ves-
4. SCI administered to number
of them. The English saints enter
y tained us with singing ana telling anec-
5S eotes @ were now on the banks or
d New Foundalnd with 80 fathoms Of
Vt ter. The weather was fine. So
s#5s. NARROW ESCAPES.
sAl Saturday, 25- Good wind. We saw
eight fishing srnacks and three larger
\ w sseis at anchor. We encountered IL
Z our sails was torn and Brother Peter
H Ssh rtstiansen, from Vendsyssel. Den
mark. broke his leg through the ship,s
anchor sliding on to him. Others OF
Nj stle saints had narrow escapes from.
81 teing nurt.
sunday 2s-The storm continued.
though scarcely so severe as on the first
day. but the sea was very rough; the
Y WIND tyre one of the larger sails, blow.
ing portions Of IT into the sea- We
n buried two Danish children who had
died the previous night; one belonged
& to Brother Jens Ostermand, from
sireiaa. and the other to a widow from
s Shetland Denmark. Still another Dam
ish child died the same day
NJ onday. . - Rain and contrary wind
We buried the dead child. The doctor.
IS ana captain insisted on amputating;
Brother ChristiansenSi broken limb. but
Detected, and SO 1t was bandaged in
Z stead We distributed special food and
drink among the people, In order Il, all
Z leviate sufferings and cheer than.
+ put great number of the saints felt
doWnhearted and discouraged and
some tainted through weakness Dur
Ing the violent heavlng OF the vessel
: nulnbersof beds or berths fell down
With people, boxes and valises that
were IN them, and everything of a
y movable nature that could possibly
I get loose. was tossed about In the ship.
tuesday, ISL was taken sick with
4 lever. dinrrhea and severe pains in the
stomach. The doctor and captain made
y another attempt to amputata Brother
Christianaer's broken limb, but he pro
tested SO earnestly that they gave it
i up. S l,355 I'm
Wednesday, 29--MS sickness contin-
& ued. Elder James Smith and Mons Pc
tersen visited the sick The weather
was better and the wind favorable.
TWO MORE BURIALs.
Thursday. 3oTwo children died and
We're buried in the sea. One of them
y belonged to Johannes Olsen from vend-
\ syssel, Denmark. I began to recover
4 from my sickness. but several OF the
saints on the lower deck were seized
with fever.
Friday. ST. was better. but Brother
i Ieter Hansen was seized with the game
sickness that had suffered with
Saturday. Aug. IA child belonging
ito Knud Christensen, from Aalborg
+ conference Denmark. died and was
buried at sea. 1 was still very weak
from the effect Of my sickness.
Sunday, 2---H eavyg wind Another
child belonging to Brother Osterman
I died and was consigned to a watery
graxe; the family was from Aarhus
conference, Denmark. Another child
belonging, to Brother Nobel of Copen-
hagen conference. Denmark, died and
was buried in the sea.
Morday, San English sister, 81 years
old. and another Of Brother Nebel's
children died and We're buried in the
ocean. I was gradually getting better.
though still weak but / was over
whelmed with sadness because Of the
suffering and deaths among my people
Tuesday, 4-Three children died and
We're buried at sea. One OF them be-
,longed to Hedvig D. Hahl, another to
Henrik Hansen and the third to Niels
Christofferson; the two latter were
from Oernes conference, Denmark. j L
{ had by this time regained my health
and held two <meetlngs with the saints
on the deck.
100 PASSENGERS SICK.
"Wednesday, 5--T visited the sick, im-
provised a new hospital on board to
Which we removed a number of the
sick. BY actual count we found that
lao Of the surviving passengers were
Sick. The cause of this terrible condi-S
ton was mainly this. that the water
had spoiled and had become impure,
Sickness had also in the first place
been brought on board at Liverpool.
Thursday, GA little girl belonging
to Brother Osterrnan died and was
buried In the sea. we held Il meeting
on the deck. The wind was favorable,
though it rained considerable during
the day. and it was also foggy off and
ON. We made an inventory OF the
ccmpany's baggage and counted LIS
I.ieees
SIX BURIALs.
Friday, T-Six of our children Cone
English and five. ScandinaviaID dled
and were buried In tho sea-. We. held
servicesSas usual before the burial and
/ spoke first to the English and after
wards to the Danish saints. I could
scarcely control my feelings on TINS
sad occasion; the innermost feelings
OF my heart We're touched, and there
was scarcely Il dry eye in the assembly.
I'VE ali feltiour situation most keenly;
orr losses and sufferlngs seemed to be
greater than we could bear; for there
were still many sick nigh unto death
a1nons us. III the afternoon we held
q, general meeting for the Scandinavia
ans and we spoke plainly TO them
Z concerning the situation on board and
how careful they ought to be after
landing, with their food and water.
Later / held Il council with the ward
presidents and gave them the neces-
sa1y instructions. Toward evening we
took pilot on board, which cheered UP
the dropping spirits III part, though we
we're still 800 miles from our destlna--
ton.
ANOTHER. BIRTH.
Saturday. S-Good weather prevailed
hut We had contrary wind. The sick
In Tho. hospitals were Improving an
English sister gave birth to daughte r
The emerald Isle is a three masted
s f,,irate with three decks; the captain
nameSSis Gillespie, that of ne lrst
nate check. and that Of the SET
tnii mate MeFarlind; the doctors
,a1ne is GREGG The whole roster q
sailors numbered 49, nearly al bad ana
IN fampersd fellows. We had a ca p
at,inl,bv the name of Kerhy along as 9 &
j cshin ma ssenger. The officers were con-
tinually auarreling among themselves q
NEARLY CAME TO BLOWS.
sunday, 9.-We held general meeting
on the deck. | blessed inc Ensns a
child born on board; 1t was naine1
Emerald after the ship aztec. this
married Peter Nielsen, from i Slssn 4