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: 1871

Tonnage: 1,661

Ship Type: Iron Hulled Screw Steamship 

Nationality: German 

Year Wrecked: 1929

Location Wrecked: Atlantic Ocean, 800 Miles from Delaware

Reason for Wreck: Old Age, Poor Maintenance

Lives 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.pdf

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/08/23/issue.html

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/08/28/94175997.html?pageNumber=52

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1929/08/25/118348952.html?pageNumber=23

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55940046?searchTerm=quimistan

https://books.google.com/books?id=1dz6c_UTYekC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=quimistan+ship+1929&source=gbs_navlinks_s

https://books.google.com/books?id=xiHmAAAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=quimistan+ship+1929&source=gbs_navlinks_s

https://books.google.com/books?id=NmBjEAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=quimistan+ship+1929&source=gbs_navlinks_s