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Press And Daily Dakotaian
Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota
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On July 21, 140 Icelanders arrived in New York after a 25-day journey from Iceland, prompted by severe winters ruining sheep farming, their primary industry. Some head to a Manitoba colony at Winnipeg, others to Sayreville, New Jersey, for brickmaking. Heavy emigration to the US is anticipated.
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NEW YORK, July 21. -- A party of 140 Icelanders was landed at Castle Garden. Some of them were bound for Manitoba. The journey from Iceland is one of twenty-five days. Only two steamships a year are run between that country and Scotland -- one in March and the other in October. The past winter has been a very severe one with the Icelanders, and as a consequence sheep raising, almost their only industry, has been a failure. The winters are becoming more severe each year, and a heavy emigration from the land of ice to the United States within the next year or two is not improbable.
Besides the colony in Manitoba at Winnipeg, there is one at Sayreville, Middlesex county, N. J., whither many of the recent arrivals are going to engage in the industry of brickmaking.
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Iceland
Event Date
July 21
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sheep raising failure due to severe winter; 140 icelanders emigrate, some to manitoba colony, others to sayreville, nj for brickmaking; heavy us emigration expected soon.
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A party of 140 Icelanders landed at Castle Garden in New York. Journey from Iceland takes 25 days via steamships to Scotland (one in March, one in October). Past winter severe, causing sheep raising failure. Winters worsening, leading to probable heavy emigration to US in next 1-2 years. Colonies in Manitoba at Winnipeg and Sayreville, Middlesex county, NJ; recent arrivals going to Sayreville for brickmaking.