The Quimistan Falls Apart (1929)

The New York Times on August 25th, 1929, had a chance to go to the stateroom of Captain George Pietsch and see what he had to say about his recent misadventure. It was two in the morning, but faced with reporter questions, the New York Times reported: “Captain Pietsch smiled, shrugged his shoulders and replied: ‘I’m twenty-five years on sea, yes? We sailors are not afraid. Once, twice, three times I went down in the war, but I am not dead, yes? We were castaways, but we were afraid of nothing.’ He insisted that there was no disorder, no scrambling for the boats.”Ship Name: Quimistan Year Built: 1871Tonnage: 1,661Ship Type: Iron Hulled Screw Steamship Nationality: German Year Wrecked: 1929Location Wrecked: Atlantic Ocean, 800 Miles from DelawareReason for Wreck: Old Age, Poor MaintenanceLives Lost: None Sources: https://newspaperarchive.com/ogden-standard-examiner-aug-25-1929-p-11/https://newspaperarchive.com/kingsport-times-aug-22-1929-p-6/https://www.seamenschurch-archives.org/sci/archive/files/3cb5af43f10b4978c6fd189a50df6e5d.pdfhttps://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/08/23/issue.htmlhttps://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/08/28/94175997.html?pageNumber=52https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/08/25/118348952.html?pageNumber=23https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55940046?searchTerm=quimistanhttps://books.google.com/books?id=1dz6c_UTYekC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=quimistan+ship+1929&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://books.google.com/books?id=xiHmAAAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=quimistan+ship+1929&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://books.google.com/books?id=NmBjEAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=quimistan+ship+1929&source=gbs_navlinks_s