"DEPARTURE OF THE SECOND COMPANY. -- Another company of emigrating Saints -- the second of the season -- started on the 16th instant, in charge of Elder Benjamin E. Rich. They numbered more than the corresponding company of last year, there being a total of 427 souls, including 217 Saints from Great Britain, 184 from the Swiss and German Mission, 12 from Scandinavia, and the following named missionaries (14 in number
): Benjamin E. Rich, Alfred Alder, C. H. Greenwell, F. B. Woolley, Robert Ure, Edwin Eyre, Henry Green, J. J. Walser, James Beus, Alexander Newberger, Rasmus Christofferson, Jens Jacobson, Lars P. Mortenson, Niesl F. Borreson. With the exception of Elder Eyre, who had been suffering for some time from asthma, and had not entirely recovered, the members of the company seemed to be in their usual health, and all were in excellent spirits in anticipation of an early arrival in Zion. The weather, too, was very favorable, and we bespeak for them a pleasant voyage."
MS, 45:21 (May 21, 1883), p.330
"Wed. 16. [May 1883] -- The steamship Nevada sailed form Liverpool, England, with 427 Saints, including 14 returning missionaries, under the direction of Ben. E. Rich. The company arrived in New York May 27th, and in Salt Lake City June 3rd."
CC, p.112
". . . A small company of emigrating Saints (12 persons) sailed from Copenhagen May 11, 1883, on the steamer 'Bravo,' bound for Utah, together with four returning elders from Zion, namely, Lars Mortensen, Rasmus Christoffersen, Jens Jacobsen and Niels H. Borreson. On their arrival in Liverpool, England, they were united with a large company of British, German and Swiss Saints (about 400 souls), which sailed from Liverpool per steamship 'Nevada' May 16, 1883. After a pleasant voyage, the company landed in New York, May 27th, and reached Salt Lake City, Utah, by rail, June 2nd. While journeying through the State of Wyoming, an axle broke on a loaded car, causing five cars to leave the track, but none of the emigrants were hurt in the accident. . . . "
HSM, p.269
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