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Norge ship clippings, 1904-2000
- Title
- Norge ship clippings, 1904-2000
- Identifier
- P1666
- Date
- 1904-2000
- Description
- Clippings and other information about a Danish emigrant ship (Thingvalla Line) which sank June 28, 1904 after hitting Rockall (400 miles from the Orkneys) with the largest loss of life in the Atlantic before the sinking of the Titanic. Only 168 people of the more than 700 passengers and 68 crew were rescued; most were emigrants from Eastern Europe, with some from Norway. Contents.
Advertisement for book Titanic's predecessor: the S/S Norge disaster of 1904 (Bergan, Seaward Publishing, 2004) by Per Kristian Sebak; also for Sebak's book Titanic: 31 Norwegian destinies (1998) which gives information about the 31 Norwegian passengers on the Titanic, only 10 of whom survived. Correspondence (2003) between Eleanore B. Lundeberg (whose father's sister and family were lost) and Kevin J. Heath, who located the wreck and is working on a filmed documentary; and Philip K. Lundeberg and Paul Johnston. Photocopy of page in book The Atlantic ferry in the 20th century by F.R. Corsin (1921) describing the incident.
Photocopy of article in Feb. 4, 1939 New York Sun. copies of obituaries (1956, 1964) of Helmer and Karen Fosmoe, who survived the wreck. Copy of Lorraine Shearer's article in the Orcadian Features (Aug. 14, 2003), 13 p.; Added 2004: photocopy of article by Thor Bjarne Bore, (The Norseman, May 2004, pp. 43-47) reviewing Sebak's book. - Location: 13/C/2
- Extent
- 1 folder
- Type
- Clippings
Collection
Citation
“Norge ship clippings, 1904-2000,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/10947.