"DEPARTURE OF THE THIRD COMPANY. -- On Saturday, June 20th, at 3 p.m., the Guion steamer Wisconsin left this port for New York, having on board 541 Saints, including 30 returning missionaries. There were 158 British; 335 Scandinavians; and 18 Swiss and Germans. A meeting was held on board, when Elder C. W. Penrose addressed the emigrating Saints, giving counsel and encouragement to them, and general directions as to their conduct, and President D. H. Wells nominated the following: Jorgen Hansen as president of the company; W. C. A. Smoot as first, and J. G. M. Barnes as second counselor. These elders were sustained in these positions by unanimous vote. With songs of Zion the Saints started on the journey in excellent health and spirits. May they go in peace swiftly."
MS, 47:25 (June 22, 1885), p.391
"Sat. 20. [June 1885] -- The steamship Wisconsin sailed from Liverpool, with 541 Saints, including 30 returning missionaries, under the direction of Jorgen Hansen. They arrived at New York July 1st, and at Salt Lake City July 7th."
CC, pp.121-22
". . . A company of emigrating Saints, 32 in number, sailed from Copenhagen, June 11, 1885, per steamship 'Cato' in charge of Elder Lars F. Swalberg. Another company of Saints, 40 in number, sailed from Christiania, June 12, per steamship 'Angelo,' in charge of Elders Martin Christoffersen, Thorvald A. Thoresen and Joseph Monson. After a pleasant voyage, this company of emigrants arrived in Hull, England, on Sunday afternoon, June 14th, after 47 hours' voyage across the North Sea. They remained on board the ship until Monday morning, when they continued the journey to Liverpool by rail. Here they joined the company of Saints which had left Copenhagen the previous
Thursday (June 11th).
A company of emigrating Saints, consisting of 273 Danish and Swedish emigrants, sailed from Copenhagen June 15, 1885, per steamer 'Panther,' which had been specially chartered for the purpose of bringing these emigrants to England. The company was placed in charge of Elder Jorgen Hansen. Other returning elders were the following nine: Frederik Ludvigsen, Charles J. A. Lindquist, John Hyrum Anderson, Samuel P. Nielsen, Emil Erickson, Ole Sorensen, Charles J. Christensen, Ole Hansen, and Christian N. Lundsteen. The weather was fine and the best of order prevailed while the emigrants boarded the ship. Many friends and strangers had gathered on the wharf to witness the departure of the 'Mormons.' Just before the sailing of the vessel, Elder Christian Nielsen Lundsteen was brought on board by the police; he had been banished from the country, and when he arrived in Copenhagen the previous Sunday morning and reported himself at police headquarters, he was placed under arrest and kept a prisoner till the following afternoon. He did not feel downcast because of the unpleasant event, but rejoiced because he was counted worthy to suffer for the sake of Christ. The steamer 'Panther' encountered stormy weather on the voyage from Copenhagen to Hull, especially in doubling Cape Skagen, where a delay of 12 hours was made necessary on account of the bad weather. Considerable seasickness prevailed as a matter of course. Early in the morning of June 19th, anchor was cast off Hull, but, owing to low water, the emigrants did not land till about noon. The same day an extra train was placed at their disposal and they left Hull at 12:30 p.m., and arrived in Liverpool in the evening, the train taking them direct to the Alexandria dock, whence their baggage was hauled to the steamship 'Wisconsin,' on which they went on board, together with quite a number of emigrating Saints from Great Britain. The whole company then consisted of 541 emigrating Saints and 30 returning elders, under the direction of Jorgen Hansen. . . ."
HSM, pp.290-91
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