"DEPARTURE. -- The third company of this season's emigration left Liverpool on Saturday, June 26, 1886, per S. S. Nevada, of the Guion Line. The total number of Saints emigrating was 426, there being 317 Scandinavians, 101 British and 18 returning missionaries. Just before starting a meeting was held at which President D. H. Wells made a few timely and appropriate remarks, which were subsequently given to the Scandinavians in the Swedish tongue by Elder Olsen. An organization was effected by the appointment of Elder C. F. Olsen as president, and Elders L. John Nuttal, junior, and R. S. Collett, as counsellors. May they be blessed with favoring winds, calm seas, and the Spirit of the Lord, on the voyage to Utah and forever after."
MS, 48:26 (June 7, 1886), p.412
"Sat. 26. [June 1886] -- The steamship Nevada sailed form Liverpool, England, with 426 emigrating Saints on board, in charge of Elder Christian F. Olsen. The company arrived at New York, July 7th, and at Ogden on the 12th. The emigrants were subjected to the most rigid questioning and examination by the officers at Castle Garden, because they were 'Mormons.'"
CC, p.134
". . . A small company of 17 emigrating Saints and two returning missionaries (Ferdinand F. Hintze and James H. Clinger) sailed from Christiania, Norway, June 18th, 188
6, destined for the gathering places of the Saints in the Rocky Mountains. After a successful voyage across the North Sea, this company arrived in England, where they joined a large company of emigrating Saints, which sailed from Copenhagen, Denmark, June 21st.
A company of Saints, consisting of 290 emigrants and 11 returning missionaries, sailed from Copenhagen, Denmark, June 21, 1886, on the steamship 'Otto,' under the leadership of Christian F. Olsen. The other elders from Zion who returned to Utah with this company were the following: Fred N. Christiansen, Mads P. Madsen, Johan Peter Mortensen, John Felt, Peter A. Forsgren, Rasmus Borgquist, Swen A. Wannberg, Elof Gustaf Erickson, Lars Toolson and Erastus Anderson.
The voyage across the North Sea was quite stormy, a brisk wind blowing against the ship most of the way; consequently, seasickness became quite general, yet good cheer prevailed among the emigrants, who were not seasick, and they passed the time singing songs of Zion and associating pleasantly together. Having safely arrived in the Humber River, the emigrants landed at Hull early Friday morning (June 25th) and continued the journey the same day by rail to Liverpool, where the emigrants boarded the steamship 'Nevada,' which sailed from Liverpool Saturday, June 26th. During the voyage across the Atlantic two children, belonging to Danish Saints, died and were consigned to a watery grave. As they had been sick almost from the beginning, their demise was not altogether unexpected. A little girl from Copenhagen died July 6th, of lung trouble and the same evening a lame sister (Andreasen) from Copenhagen, Denmark, was stricken with apoplexy, which ended her life. One of the stewardesses in the employ of the steamship company was also stricken with a fit of apoplexy and died on the 6th, and her remains, like the others, were lowered into the depths of the sea. Such mortality among Latter-day Saint emigrants was something very unusual in the history of the emigration of recent years. Otherwise the condition among the Saints on board during the voyage was good. Union and peace prevailed and the Saints were willing to abide by the counsel given by those in charge. A number of meetings were also held on board. The 'Nevada' arrived in New York July 17. The railroad journey was commenced from Jersey City and at Philadelphia, 12 persons were added to the company, increasing the total number of the emigrants and returning elders to 437 souls. Traveling via Chicago and Omaha, the company arrived in Ogden, Utah, Monday afternoon, July 10th, and those who were destined for the southern settlements reached Salt Lake City the same night. Elder Christian F. Olsen proved himself an efficient leader. . . ."
HSM, pp.296-98
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