Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-25
JERSEY WOMAN IN
/. THRILLING FLIGHT
| ACROSS FINLAND
Mrs. Boyer, of Camden, in Par.
ty of Refugees Reaching
Stockholm.

STOCKHOLM, via London, Aug. 25.
The American minister, Ira Nelson
Morris. with his family, has arrived
here after a good voyage from Eng
land to Bergen, Norway. He stated
that he was glad to become acquaint-
ed with Sweden, because of the large
number of Swedes living in the
United States.
Among the American tourists who
are staying here are Mrs. A. H. Sage
and her daughter, of New York, and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Barney, of Day.
ton, o.
A thrilling trip was made in Fin
land by twelve Americans, one of
whom said:
Our party left Stockholm on July
81 on a steamer for st. Petersburg,
but we were stopped by a Russian
warship and compelled to return to
Hango, where we were lodged in a
hotel. The steamer was taken in
charge by a Russian warship and
blown up in the harbor channel. At
the same time several cranes and
other harbor works were dynamited
to block the channel to the Finnish
harbor The explosions made a great
spectacle sight for the Americans.
Our party was unable to leave I'M
TIL August 8, because the round house
and other buildings near the railway
station were in flames.
Starting for Stockholm by train we
Travelled in cars already overcrowded
with refugees. Arriving at Hyvinge
we found at least 5000 persons wait
ing for the next train north. The
town was already filed and people
were sleeping on the staircases of the
overlooking hotels and in the parks
We finally found lodgings in a sani-
tarium outside the town. The next
day we continued our trip in a train
loaded with Germans, who had been
expelled from the country. We next
arrived at Seinajoki, a hamlet near
Tammerfors, which boasts of only one
hotel, but was trying to entertain
5000 strangers. Every private house
was filled to it's capacity and we
would have been compelled to spend
the night in the streets had it not
occurred to the manager of the hotel
to suggest that we proceed to Nico-
laistadt a seaport fifty miles to the
west. We took his good advice and
found comfortable lodgings in that
place. We also had the good fortune
to discover an American freight
steamer, on which we were permitted
to sail on August 5. The voyage was
dangerous, as all the beacon lights
had been removed from the passage
outward, which is narrow and made
hazardous by shoals.
1.-TWO other steamers left port at the
same time. The first was commanded
by a Russian pilot. 1t ran aground
and was wrecked. The other vessel
narrowly escaped the same rate. our
steamer, however, got safely clear and
we arrived without accident at Her
nosand, Sweden.
sour trip through Finland had in
teresting and even exciting moments,
but we were not Ill treated by the
Russians. Ours was the only party
which reached Sweden in this man
ner. as traffic from Nicolaistadt was
stopped on the day after we sailed
and all tourists and refugees were
forced to continue their journey by
rail across Tornea. After having
rested at Hernos for several days we
came on to Stockholm. We will re-
main here until September 10, when
we will continue our journey by canal
to Gothenburg. On September "a we
will sail from Copenhagen for the
United States"
Those in the party are: Judge and
Mrs. S. Hastings Green Bay, WIS;
Professor Byron Groce, Boston; DR..
and Mrs. M.~F. Page, Mount Vernon,
n. y; Mrs. Thomas S. Belloch, Will
mington, Del; Mrs. Benjamin E.
Boyer, Camden, N. J.; Mrs. A. M.
Chamberlain, Central Falls. r; l.;
Miss Mary S. Erdman, Allentown,
Pa. Miss Anna r. Mckenzie, Wash
ington; Miss Clara V. Kleisz, Phila-
delphia, and Miss Jane M. Lewis,
Scranton, Pa.