Show TEL NEW YORK aug 16 the steamer wieland of the hamburg american y steamship line has just brought news ot of the ane colit co Llalon sion olf off sable island between the geiser and the the Thing valla line which occurred at 4 a in aug 14 the geiser sank in five rul minutes after the collision and persons were drowned the Thing th valla was so disabled that she had to put into halifax after transferring all her passengers to the wieland eland the geiser had eighty six paa passengers aboard seventy two of whom were drowned or killed in tile the collision and fourteen were taken on board the Thing valla and then to the wieland the geisert Gei sers crew numbered fifty thirty three were drowned and seventeen were saved captain moller of the geiser was among those saved the passengers asse of the Thing valla transferred trans to 0 the wieland eland numbered the geiser beiser left this port august bilth bound tor for station and the Thing valla was on her way to this city and was advertised to have been here on august letb A very heavy sea and dense fog fo 9 w were re ex experienced perlen ced through the night and early on the morning of the the Thing valla struck the geiser on the starboard bide aide amidships the boats parted then and within five minutes the weiser reiser sank the crew of the thin evalla did all they could to save pave the Gei geisert rei sers crew and passengers while still in doubt as to whether the thing valla was not dangerously diaab disabled lid but owing to the heavy sea only 31 were saved no other vessel was near at the time the wieland on her way to this port was LOO miles away at 1130 on the morning of the the wieland was sighted signs of distress were made by the Thing valla and the transfer of passengers began the sea was very heavy beavy out bat no mishap occurred in the transfer of the passengers LIST OF THE SAVED following is the list of passengers saved from the geiser cabin mrs hilda lind new york to balsham Cals Cal bam sham sweden steerage jobanna larson new york to riser norway alfred Anderson New york to grimsland norway christopher eliaser chicago to bergen norway peter johansen st paul to gosberg sweden john G iron mountain M alch I 1 ch to stockholm ra paul ua olsen oleen ironwood michigan to C copenhagen 0 pen hagen denmark E ers rs wilse minneapolis to christiana N norway arway john hudson wisconsin to norway fred Hanson Perth amboy to copenhagen yens fens andersen philadelphia to norway anders G petersen st paul to gosberg sweden lawritz Romer dehl lansing mich to copenhagen denmark johan aquiat alquist iron mountain michigan to oriand finland list of the crew captain carl wilhelm moller second officer peter fu ders jorgenson third officer peterson p physician hys ician dr peter diecks officers isery louis and Dorm orriville deela coner assistant ensigns hans bertet sin mat frank oscar peterson amp lamp man fritz holin hohn sailors andros gregorsen and wildemar Muhl dorf head bead fireman axtel andersen firemen peter frederickson hans christensen joe hansen julius nelson john albert El kstrom carl jo lia hansena han seni the officers of the company were unable tonight to give a list of the lost captain A albers of the wieland tells THE FOLLOWING STORY A adlo till on the morning of august ath we passed dome wreckage floating in the sea aea and suspected an accident had happened somewhere near us A little later we sailed through a sea of oil and sighted a broken boat of the geisek about 1130 11 30 we sighted a steamer to ab about out faix miles on off and seeing she had bad a flag of distress up we ran down to her it proved to be the Thing valla and captain lamb of that vessel came to us in a small boat and begged us to take off his passengers and those he had bad saved from the geiser he said his vessel was so badly injured he was expecting her to sink at any moment his fo rivard compartment had been completely carried away from half down from the deck to below the water line we sent out three of our boats and the lowered hers and in live five hours we had transferred the saved gers and crew of the geiser and also passengers of the Thing valla the sea was very rough and the work of transferring the passengers was very great th the immense hole in the thing then patched up as well as possible and she started for halifax 11 the collision so far as known was caused by a fog and the chief officer of each vessel was on deck at the time of the collision third officer peters told much the same imme story of tile the occurrence he said aid the fog was very dense through the t he night rain had fallen at intervals and the first we knew of the vessels approach she was upon us she appeared on the starboard side both vessels attempted to steer ott off at once the geiser was struck opposite the engine room amidships ThelO eiser being beilig heavily loaded was low in thel water re he heard the NO bell ringing in the geis Gei geisert ers sers engine room but not tell what the order peters ran on deck as soon aa he heard beard the bell ringing again this time it was to back and the steamer had just commenced to back when the thing valla struck strack her the keisers sers whistle was blowing at the time second officer jorgenson jumped tor for the Thing valla v when hen they struck and he WB WAs bau haule leNon dpn tahe Thing vallas deck by some of the batters lat crew one of the geis ers era passengers was picked up witha w ith a broken leg 11 As soon oon as arrived in the LOWER aay BAY captain moller of the geiser left the steamer or oc a revenue cutter lie lie went directly to the office of the agents of the company where he was closeted close tad a few moments with the agents ile he only left word that the was due to bad weather and left without stating his destination the rest of the gels ers eis ei s crew were taken to the hotel denmark on the arrival of the wieland twenty tour four passengers and crew of the geiser under charge of second officer jorgenson arrived at the hotel denmark they were brawny fellows curiously attired and but few had either coats or stockings second officer jorgenson Jorse naon gave a graphic description he said 1 I 1 was asleep in m my bunk when I 1 felt the shock aad and I 1 immediately immediately went on deck taking in the situation nt itt a glance I 1 ordered all 11 hands on deck then I 1 swung myself off on the bow of the Thing valta valla and scrambled to her deck the doomed craft sunk gracefully stern first with her bow in in the air most everybody was sound asleep and when she began to fill I 1 could hear the groans and heartrending heart rending screams from below those who rea reached cheif the deck made frantic efforts to cut down the bo boats ats but they were too excited to be success successful ful they finally grabbed up different pieces of wood and lumped jumped aver A er the side of the ves sel eel 11 ANNAS a civil engineer ep of minneapolis one of of the passengers of the geiser said about 4 thursday ma morning in I 1 was awakened by a slight shook shock i rd and tf thinking aking we had struck a wreck I 1 went on deck just as someone shouted Is she lie is sinking I 1 found the vessel had been struck on her starboard side about there were at that atiat tune time four or five men working g at t the boats I 1 had a cork jn jacket on 0 ra and felt felt comfortably safe so I 1 called to the people down stairs and then watched the boat sink As she went down I 1 stuck to her and was carried down some distance and soon I 1 felt myself shoo shooting I 1 through the water impelled by my cork jacket I 1 was on top ot of the water for perhaps half an hour I 1 climbed on the keel ofa of a small mail boat floating upside down and was finally picked up dr A ewein young ayoung a dentist who is on his WILY way to philadelphia to complete his studies was among the thing vallas s passengers he made the following statement to 10 an associated press reporter the voyage was uneventful until early tuesday morning I 1 had left roy my berth and looking out saw there was a dense fog prevailing vai ling I 1 could hear our stearn steam whistle blowing but heard no other signals it was exactly 4 30 when I 1 was hurled to the floor of my stateroom state room there was a terrific crash and I 1 knew instinctively instincts ely a c collision had bad occurred I 1 ran to the deck and and found we had in into the steamship geiser As I 1 reached the deck the thing thin vala wout of the breach she had rual made in the geisert dei Gei sers side captain lamb of the Thing vatta was in ins his bertli berth when 11 the ac accident 0 ident occurred ue he was one 0 ol 01 1 the first firs t to reach the deck of the geis vaser er his arm was broken two weeks ago and he was in in his berth when the crashed luto juto the geiser he managed to climb aboard the th agi alia as she drew back he was not so much as touched bv the water the Thing crew did all they could to rescue the unfortunates and obeyed orders promptly prompt lv the Thing upper deck was not injured but her bows were broken broken in from a pom poin ten teet feet below deck the dent ent was about 27 feet iii length and ran bark back above and below the water line to the bulkhead hed it not been for that bulkhead the Thin gialla would have gone down like a shot captain Lamb First officer peterson and third officer jorgenson were on the 2 hin fun valas budge bridge it at the time I 1 afterwards learned that captain moller of the geiser had gone to bed and leit first officer brown IN COMMAND of the vessel brown was lost the lifeboats were promptly launched from the Thing valla vaila and the work of rescue began some of the Ofis Gf ers passengers and crew had reached their boats but most of them were picked up from improvised kraftschick cratt craft schick en coop scam scamp the tools stools and anything else that would suit the survivors had to hurry as aa the geiser went vent ste stem first about five min minutes atter after the crash the most wonderful escape was that of assistant engineer berthelsen alter the geiser had gone down and it was known that there were no passengers in any of the lost steamers boats he had the bow of his hie own vessel protected protect as far as possible with straw mattresses a and na other material to prevent the water from entering distress signals were sounded find and the ship laid to tor for daylight the day lifted at 5 40 a in between 10 and 11 the steamship wieland of the hamburg american packet lin lane e was sighted she bore down upon us and laid to within a short distance of our vessel captain lamb got oti m a boat and went to te the cap aap gin ell hers of that vessel readily consented to receive the rescued passengers and the crew of the geiser eiser ff the work of transfer ring was accomplished with only a single accident A fifteen year old loy boy whose name I 1 did not learn had his leg crushed he was one of the passengers A numble number r of her complement were als also 0 taken aboard the witt an d the sea had become somewhat rougher by this time and there were many lively scenes as children and elderly passengers were lowered in in slings to the boats able bodied passengers 88 engers and the crew used the ship ladders ders As we reached the wieland the last of the geysers sers abandoned life boats floated out of a thero there was no fault be found with the manner in which wo were treated aboard the wieland nothing was too good for us even the passengers divided their clothing with the nates from the geiser captain albirs albers of the wieland upon reaching quarantine lRe telegraphed THE FIRST intimation of the disaster to captain E barden huser general superintendent ot the hamburg lines arrangements were at once made tor for the reception ot of the rescued passengers in new york sur beyor of the port beattie and his assistant si stant 1 john whelan together witt with the ag agent ent of atthe the Thing valla line met the wieland as she reached her hei does docic at Ho hoboken boxen the geiser was one of the four vessels owned by tire the Thing valla line and was considered their crack ship most of ner her passengers were western people w who h 0 were booked by A mor ton son it is co general agents of the line at ch cago the following is the best LIST OF TOK LOST which could be obtained tonight tonii ht it is made by striking off the names of those saved from the lit list ot of passengers as stated in the books of passenger agent jensen it will be seen that the total number of names in the list of lost is devent seventy Y eight six more than it did contain as asthore thare were only eighty six passengers aboard and fou footeen iteen were saved captain geo N haia i mond mentioned among armong the lost cabin Ms passengers is said to b be an old shipmaster hailing from Cili california fornia cabin passengers clusen L hammer captain geor george geore e Ire arenfeld afeld bertha lind two children and mrs hilda lind J C olsen albert mrs ellen chicago wife of the editor ol of an thild steerage passengers anderson amandaa Am andam anderson andrus anderson Jo banson anderson louis anderson Mag ausberg mrs elizabeth and child hilda bock JB oath C carlson C carl ti anven mrs Chai Chat laae laue and two children Christopher Christop bersen seu ole mrs airs julia and two children Gabrlel gabrielsen sen soren gullicksen kittle gustavesen J and child hanson james hanson pete hanson mrs karen hansen mads Inge brightsen andrew wife and child jelm jelin johansen be n karis johnson mrs and infant J jobeson Jo ork boson bork A G johnson mrs john johnh H and infant Johnst johnstan cn J G josephsen maria 11 years old sent back alone to relatives in sweden gina gida knudsten christian Chi istian knudsen christina Chri sister of above Ko mrs bertha and child lies 0 H lind A J S Junt straw wm win lund astrid Mange langeane Man geane aue mrs ida and child miller peters barston marston peter hansen nelson ellen mima nicolina Nic ohna orlander orlanders Orl anderU 0 W olsen helga petersen mrs ann and c hild child Rand binH if Soder belm andrew sor ensen ens enFred fred stromberg T E stevenson mrs ann and friend TA ompson anna carl E and wife wicker mrs ann and child officers and crew brown henry first officer Gri gegerson gerson purser fo FOBS BS aksell chief engineer larsen first engineer lH hansen ansen thud third engineer levensen Se vensen W assistant engineer raum copenhagen a you young 11 g student in officers mess seven men in engine room ten sailors catering department part ment went stewards stewardess and cooks ten tea in all total crew lost 35 05 triese are the latest and add best estimates of the lost the geiser reiser was an iron screw steamer crier of 1818 tons burden she was 32 4 feet long J 3 feet beam and 22 feet depth of hotd hoki abe bbc was built at the yards of burmester wain at copenhagen in 1881 she had three masts and was fitted with compound inverted engines with four cylinders of 16 ab and 7 72 2 inches diameter and 42 1 ue li Dui aug IG eleven persons were al arrested rested today faday in connection with the eviction of farmer somers of who offered a strenuous resistance si all day somers had fortified his place with earthworks earthworms earth works and trenches before operations were begun began he made an offer wall which h the magistrate advised ad ased the landlord to accept the landlord however refused to accept the offer two hundred policemen with the aid of a battering ram then began the attack after three hours of useless conflict an american gentleman offered to pay half of the rent but his bis offer was refused the police then resumed the attack using their bayonets but they were compelled to retire many being injured at 6 p in scein seeing the gable was on OB tire fire mr real bed 1119 mend 1 cation canon doyle advised the inmates to surrender the defenders came out and were arrested LONDON aug igra lw A dis 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