Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-27
VALE MAN WAS IN
COLLISION AT SEA
T. r. Nelson Tells of the Ac-
cident to the Steamship
New York.
(staff correspondence

Vale. June Eft. T. Nelson, Wales
well known furniture dealer, returned
this week from two months trip to
his old home at Skein, Norway, which
is 90 miles from Christiana, the CAPT.
tai. This is Mr.. Nelson's first trip to
his far-off home in "a years. He was
a passenger on his return trip on the
steamship New York which had a col
lisioo with the German liner Pretoria
when within 500 miles from New York
city. The Pretoria ripped q great hole
in the side of the New York. This
hole was IS feet long and extended to
within four feet of the edge OF the
water. Fortunately there was a calm
sea at the time. and tho New York
steamed safely to the port at New
York. Had the sea been rough. there
would have been grave danger of the
steamship rocking and thus permitting
the water to rush through the great
hole in her side
Thought All Passengers Doomed.
Mr.. Nelson brought home q souvenir
of the collision in the shape Of a piece
of twisted steel which had been cut
off the side OF the New York by the
Pretoria Hundreds of pieces of cut
and twisted steel fell on the deck of
the New York. said Mr.. Nelson The
collision occurred at $3.50 o'clock on
the morning Of June 10. Six hundred
passengers on the New York were
asleep at tho time. Mr.. Nelson was
awakened by the stopping Of the New
York's engines. He put on his bath
robe and stepped outside his state
room. He found entrance to the ships
deck closed by a great bulk head. This
entrance had not been closed on any
previous occasion during this trip, and
Mr.. Nelson Immediately concluded that
something terrible had occurred to the
ship and that he and the others on
board were doomed. He ran back to
another part of the ship and felt much
relieved at finding another stairway
leading to the deck. He then learned
of the collision and the narrow escape
from sinking his ship had All on
board the vessel put on life preservers,
and none went back to bed all of that
day or night. Among the passengers
was an ardent suffragette. She went
after the captain of the ship at great
rate for not waking up the passengers.
Business in Norway Fine.
Mr.. Nelson said his trip abroad was
most enjoyable. He has two brothers
still living in Norway. They are we'll
fixed and showed him the time OF his
life. They wouldn't let him spend any
of his money while In Norway. He
said business conditions in Norway are
fire. There Is new town Of 1000 peo-
pie in Norway called Young America
Most of those living in this town are
Americans.
Mr.. Nelson said work in Norway has
been started on a great water power
plant that Is to have a capacity OF
100000 horse power, which is suffi-
Gent to run every wheel in Norway
and Great Britain. A great wireless
telegraph station is being built in Nor
way that will be capable of sending
wireless messages clear across the At
lantic to the United States.
Mr.. Nelson says wages in Norway
now are better than in the United
States. He said food stuff in Norway
costs as much as in this country, but
clothing In that country costs about
one-half as much as here
Will Not Cross Atlantic Again.
Mr.. Nelson said that while he had q
splendid time on his trip, he is glad to
get back TO Vale. He said the collision
at sea did much to spoil the pleasures
ne had enjoyed He said he would not
make another trip to Europe till there