The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-04-25
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The Passengers and Grow Of the III
Fatod Danmafk Saved by the steamshi

The Passengers and Grow Of The M
FAtod Danmark Saved BY the steamship
Missouri 3SsSs
CoPENHAaEN, April "A telegram from
Lisbon to the United Steamship Company.
announces the safety OF the crew and pas
sengers Of the steamer Danmark The good
tidings reached Lisbon from the Azores II
Is stated that every one who was on tho
Danmark 1s safe, and that only an engineer
was injured Some of the passengers ar
rived at Lisbon Sunday, number are on
their way to New York and the remainder
are still at the Azores
LISBON, April 22-Forty two of the crew
Of the Danmark and $40 passengers have
arrived here. Nh. Raben, tho first officer,
who is among them, reports that April
next day the disabled steamer met the
steamship Missouri, from London, March
2s, for Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The Missouri lowed the Danmark
until the 9th, when the latter seemed to be
about to sink. At first the Missouri was
only able to take aboard twenty of tho
Danmark's passengers, but after having
thrown over portion of her cargo she
found accommodations for all the crew and
passengers Of the Danmark. The Missouri
then proceeded to the Azores and
left there the first and second officers and
| $40 passengers. She then continued her
journey to Philadelphia with $40 passengers
and the remainder Of the crew. The cap
| tain and three engineers of the Danmark
left the Azores the 18th for Lon
don. The Danmark was about 500
miles from Newfoundland when the
accident happened Some say that
the engines broke down. ngineer
Kaas was found dead I'm the engine-room
after the accident The captain and three
engineers proceeded to London on board a
steamer from Demerara The sailors and
passengers left at the Azores by the Mis-.
| souri, came to Lisbon on the steamship
Acor. The death of the Danmark's engi-
neer was due to the bursting of an engine
pipe. The engineer was killed on the spot,
and the ship was badly damaged. In con-
sequence OF this damage, together with the
breaking OF the shaft, the vessel was help
less In the heavy seas that prevailed
DELAWARE BREAKwArER, Del, April 22-8
a. m.-The steamship Missouri, from Lon
don, has just arrived It is supposed she
has on board large number of the rassen-
gers OF the Inflated Danmark.
| The Missouri is anchored a distance of
from three to four miles from this station.
The sea is too rough to admit OF boarding
the steamer before daylight with a small
boat
The Missouri is new steel vessel be-
longing to the Atlantic Transport Line and
has only crossed the ocean a few times
She is described as being one of the finest
and best built boats carrying the English
flag. She is commanded by Captain Murrell,
who has been trading between Philadelphia
and London for the last six years. She
sailed from London March Is with a general
cargo consigned to Peter Wright l. Sons
The Danmark was sighted by the Inman
Line steamer City of Chester April 8, in
latitude 46 degrees north and longitude ~
degrees west, four days, as it now ap-
pears, after she was disabled, and
two days after she was finally aban-
doned. The passengers on the Missouri
will be sent on at once to New York, and
they will be given every attention by the
Danmark's agents and forwarded to their
destinations. Only steerage passengers
have come on. The cabin passengers went
to Lisbon, Spain, from the Azores