The sun., 1917-07-16
BEARINGS LOST IN FOG
All Passengers Land on
Newfoundland COast-Sal-
wage Hoped For.
GERMANS ABOARD SHIP
Schaffhausen, Won BernstOrff's
Right Hand Man, Among
Those Saved.

ST. JOINS n. F.. July 15.-The Nor
wegian-American liner Kristiania ford,
carrying 1900 passengers from an
American port via Halifax to Norway,
ran ashore to-day. seven miles west of
Cape Race on the southeastern coast of
Newfoundland. 1t was found necessary
to remove the passengers. all of whom
were landed safely at Portugal Cove.
The liner lost her bearings during the
night in a heavy rainstorm which was
accompanied by fog.
As there Is no accommodation at the
landing place for any large number Of
persons prompt measures were taken to
have the rescued passengers brought to
this city by train.
Several steamships from this port and
the Canadian Government steamship
Stanley, which was reached by wireless
at sea, have been despatched to the as-
sistance OF the stranded liner. Wireless
dispatches from the Kristianiafjord indi-
Gated that she was badly damaged.
Three of her holds are full of water.
The greatest of Scandinavian mer-
chantmen. as the Kristianiafjord has
.
July Z, with one OF the biggest passen-
ger lists of war times and a great cargo
OF general merchandise, including a vast
quantity Of grain. She arrived at Hall
fax on Monday last and was detained
until o'clock on Friday afternoon
while British officials overhauled her.
Bernstorfr's Aid Aboard.
Among her passengers were several
Germans who until recently had been
attached to the Swiss legation at WASH
ington, including Heinrich Schaffhausen,
who was Count Won Bernstorff's right
hand man in Washington. Other pas
sengers were Cristoffer Hannevig, head
of the Hannevig Marine Trust Company.
formed to loan money on ships, a new
sort Of enterprise for the United States
Col. Wsevolod Yurevitch OF Petrograd,
Capt. C. W. Storm Of Brooklyn. William
T. Humes Of this city, Col. Nicholas
Roubockme Of Petrograd. George Sher-
man Of Chicago and Capt. and Mrs. Owe
Lange Of Brooklyn.
Theodore Hanson, passenger agent of
the Norwegian-America Line, received
a despatch from Capt. S. c. HJortdRhl
announcing that all the passengers OF
the stranded ship had been safely
landed.
Captain Hopes to Save Her.
she is an exposed position" Mr..
Hanson admitted. ~and her forward
holds are full of water. showing that
she evidently went on the rocks head
on but the engine and boiler compart-
ments have not been affected and we
have hopes OF salving her. A Govern
ment steamer has gone to her assist
ance She lies about seven miles west
Of Cape Race"
The up to date construction OF the
Krstianiafjord may enable her TO win
victory over the rocks that have halted
her She Is built with double bottom
throughout and divided into twelve
watertight compartments. The absence
Of damage to boilers or engines will
enable her to use her own steam in as
sisting wreckers TO Balve her. She is
especially we'll equipped with llfeboats,
all launched by the Welin davlts. that
defy heavy lists and all her passengers
might have been accommodated in life
boats alone, independent of other life
saving appliances.
Has Done Big War Business.
The Kristianiafjord and her sister
ship, the Bergensfjord, are the largest
and finest vessels flying the Norwegian
nag. measuring 1850 tons gross and
tl2 feet in length. The Kristianiafjord
was built at Birkenhead In 1919 and
has run somewhat irregularly because
OF war conditions between this port and
Bergen since the beginning OF the war.
In January, 1915. when the neutral lines
we're revelling in topnotch freight prices
the Kristianiafjord made the trip from
Bergen of $500 miles merely to dry
dock at the nearest available port to
groom for taking a big cargo to the