"DEPARTURE OF THE FOURTH COMPANY. -- The fourth company of the present season's emigration left this port on board the Guion steamship Wyoming, on Wednesday, the 3rd instant. The company numbered 510 souls, of the following nationalities, -- 291 British and 219 Scandinavians. Elder John B. Fairbanks was placed in charge of the company, to be assisted by Elders Erastus W. Snow, J. C. A. Weibye and A. P. Soderborg. Elder Fairbanks arrived in this country, from Utah, on the 22nd of May, 1871, since which time he has labored diligently in preaching the gospel in the Nottingham and London Conferences, having presided in both of them. Elder Snow came to this country on the 17th of June, 1872, and has labored as a traveling elder in the Birmingham Conference nearly the whole of the time since that date. Elder Weibye arrived here in April, 1871, and Elder Soderborg in November, 1871, both of whom have been associated with the Scandinavian Mission from the time of their arrival to the time of their departure. Elder Jesse W. Cleverly, who has been visiting his friends in this country, and Elder William Trost, who arrived about two weeks ago, also sailed with this company. We wish the elders and Saints, on board the Wyoming, God speed on their journey, and that they may arrive at their destination in safety."
MS 35:36 (Sep. 9, 1873), p.570
"Wed. 3. [Sep. 1873] -- The steamship Wyoming sailed from Liverpool, England, with 510 Saints (291 British and 219 Scandinavian), in charge of John B. Fairbanks. The company, after barely escaping shipwreck near Sable Island, landed in New York, Sept. 20th, and arrived at Salt Lake City, Sept. 29th."
CC, p.90
". . . Another company of emigrating Saints from Scandinavia (the second company of the season) sailed from Copenhagen August 29, 1873, on the steamer 'Pacific' in charge of Elder Jens C. A. Weibye, assisted by Elder Anders P. Soderborg (both returning missionaries). The company, numbering 219 souls, arrived safely in Hull, England, on Sept. 1st, about noon. The night following, the journey was continued by railway to Liverpool, where the emigrants arrived on the 2nd, about 6 a.m., and at once embarked on the ocean liner 'Wyoming,' on which also a company of British Saints took passage. Elder John B. Fairbanks was placed in charge of the whole company, with Elders
Jens C. A. Weibye, Anders P. Soderborg and Samuel Snow as his assistants. On the 3rd of Sept., about 5 p.m., the ship sailed from Liverpool, but a couple of hours later some of the machinery broke down and had to be repaired, which took two days. Having again resumed the voyage, all went well until the 15th, when the ship ran aground on a sand bank near Sable Island, 700 miles from New York. The captain immediately sent the third mate with five others of the crew ashore for help; he also fired several shots and sent up 14 skyrockets as signals of distress. Then he proceeded to cast overboard ironware, telegraph wire and other heavy articles (with which the ship was in part laden) to the value of about $40,000, which act, together with the coming tide, lifted the ship off the bank, and it proceeded again on its way by midnight, after having stuck in the sand about six hours. The boat sent out to obtain help did not return, but it was supposed, as the weather was fair and the sea calm, that it had either safely reached shore, or that the crew had been taken aboard another vessel. On the 16th the ship passed Sable Island, at a distance of about two miles with the island on the left. After the danger was past, the elders came together and offered thanksgivings and prayers to the great deliverer from the threatened danger. Most of the emigrants did not realize the danger to which they had been exposed until it was all over. On the 19th the ship arrived at the place of quarantine, near New York
, and the following day the emigrants were landed at Castle Garden. At 5 p.m. the same day the journey was resumed by rail, via Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Chicago and Omaha to Ogden, Utah, where the company arrived Sunday, Sept. 28th. Those who were going south went to Salt Lake City on Monday (Sept. 29th). A little child had died on the train and been buried at Altoona, Pennsylvania. . . ."
HSM, pp.216-17
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