THE NORGE DISASTER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8104, 1 September 1904, Page 2

THE NORGE DISASTER.

CIORY OF A REMARKABLE DREAM. , Captain Oundel, of the wrecked emigrant steamer Norge, which was lost sorae 300 miles off tho Scottish coast with close upon 600 paesengers, has arrived with twelve of his crew in. Newcastle, from Stornoway, en route for Copenhagen, to attend the inquiry there by the Danish Government into the loss of the vessel. The captain says the Norge was twenty-five miles to the northward of his intended course when she struck, and, except for the Nmr rents, lie could not account for being so far out of his course. There was.no panic, the weather was fine, and the crew did. all they could for the passengers. Gnndel has addressed, a letter to Provost Anderson, Stornowar, conveying Ms warmest thanks to noway, conveying ihia warmest thanks to tality aud goodwill, and adding: "I think no other place in the woi-ld would 'have dona what you have done for us. God reward you all." • . A strange story of weird prescience of the. fate which befell the liner Norge is given in the " Aftenposten," published in Ghristiania. It is communicated by Herr Bang, a Danish' merchant, who wai.a, passenger on,' the last journey from N«w York to 'Copenhagen, and runs : — " It was late one evening, we were out in the middle of the Atlantic on the voyage to Copenhagen from New York, We were only five first-class passengers, four gentle- ■ men and one young Norwegian lady. I at once noticed the very sad look of this particular lady. I asked the reason.-, and one of the gentlemen told me that sh© had been downcast and moody the whole of the evening. I thought it peculiar, as sbe had 1. been so cheery all the way, and as tie fog i sab in very thickly in tho evening she apI peared more sad than ever. At la^rt> one of I my companions extracted from h«r the reaj stiii. The night before she had had a ter- ! r ijji fi dream, in which sbe had seen the (Norgo "run ashore on Rockhall arid sink with everyone on board. This very night the thought that we hod. to pass Rockhall was .the cause of her sadness, as oho taught the fog! was a.gjga that her dreami would be fulfilled. I tried to- cheer her up, but it was no use. She. only shook her head and wae very nervous. No one could i encourage her to go to bed. Everyone j. wa g caught with this nervous infection, and I went in search of the captain. I could not find him, but I found one of tie other offipers.;; I asked) him. if I thought that it -would be as safe to pass that night as in nice weather. He said : ' You cannot expeofc Rockhall to be like a. smooth river:' I afterwards saw Captain Chradel, and he had- then been on the bridge forty-eight hours running- I «*Jd him of this young lady's dream, and asked 'him how many corpses ho thought there were lying at the fe-st' of Rockhall. He. was looking 1 at <me ' with a sad smile a,, Jie replied: • 'Who' knows? The dead ntver speak, neither does the sea,' and t3im he passed the; subject eff in a joke- ' When we arrive at Chrwtiania,' he said-, 'we shall have a good glass of punch together, and with .the Norwegian ■' lady as well, to celebrate the gopfd voyage Wbad homeward.' We arrived safely and ; had tfce punch.