St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-23
SAVED FROM The SEA.
The Missouri Lands the Pas
Sengers Taken From the
Danmark.
Greeted With Cheers and
Kindly Cared for at Phil
adelphia.
Capt. MurfelI, Of the Mis-
souri,, Praised Without
Stint.
The Danmark'S PerilouS EX-
perienee Vividly De-
seribed.

PHILADELPHIA. April 22.-Hundreds
Of voices blended in great shout, and
cheer after cheer rent the air as the
Missouri with her precious cargo, which
she had SO gallantly rescued from the
Inflated Danmark. arrived safely at her
dock at Washington street wharf at $50
o'clock this afternoon. The passengers
on board the Missouri returned the
greeting with no less enthusiasm.
Handkerchiefs fiuttered in the stiff
breeze, happy smiles lit up the
faces of the more than 800 emigrants
who had been so providentially rescued
from watery grave. and in every way
the scene was one that indelibly fixed
itself upon the minds of those who wit
messed it. On the wharf were not lew
men and women who were there to meet
relatives and friends, after having re-
signed all hopes several days ago ofsee-
ing them again. Fathers were there to
meet mothers: children had travelled
hundreds of miles to greet their par
ents, and friends stood on the pier and
gaZed with gliStening eyes toward the
dren who stood along the port line
OF the big vessel as she steamed slowly
mp 10 the end of the wharf. FerrybOatS
and tugs which were passing added to
the enthusiasm with their steam Sa-
lutes. Cheers of joy continued. until
The Missouri had been swung around
and made her mooring at the wharf.
Then a ladder was thrown of, and the
custom house officers, followed closely
by the press representatives. made their
way up the side of the vessel, and
alighted on her decks. Brave Capt.
Murrell, who stood on the bridge of the
steamer, surrounded by G. w. Davis
and other representatives of Peter
Wright 81 Sons. was the cynosure of all
eyes. He was at once surrounded by
the reporters and his many friends, all
bent on
PAYING 4 TRIBUTE
to his gallant service in saving so many
Ives. Among the first to board the YES
sci was Rev. J. w. Holm. of the Swed-
ism society, who busted himself with
giving hearty welcome to the hun
dreds of Scandinavian emigrants, the
great majority of whom were unac-
auainted with a single word in the Ian
guage of the country which will hence
forth be their home. The passengers
Capt. Murrell and his brave crew. DR..
JeSperson, one OF the passengers taken
from the Danmark. who was on his way
| TO New York. spoke in the highest
praise of Capt. MurrelFS action in the
behalf of himself and his fellow passen-
gers. In relating his experience, DR..
JeSperSon stated that he never had seen
before such clear-headed work under
the trying circumstances. lit is Capt.
MuTrelFs perfect self-contrOl, said
the doctor. Ito which we are in great
measure indebted for our lives at this
present time. But our experience for a
time was certainly most thrilling, and
one which | hope never to have to pass
through again. Up to the 4th inst. our
trip on the Danmark had been a pleas
| ant one. On that date. however, we
encountered severe storm. We would
have WeatheTed it all right, suppose,
mad Our engines held out. but the shaft
| broke near the aft end of "A" section.
| As a result hole was cut through the
bottom of the vessel. 1t appear that
simultaneously with the breaking of the
shaft. an engine pipe burst, and En-
| gineer kass was instantly killed. An
| other leak was caused by the bursting
| of the pipe in the side OF the vessel.
| Thus matters grew
and our vessel was left at the mercy of
/ the waves. Capt. Knudsen endeavOred
| to keep her in the path of ocean steam
| erS. We sought vainly that day for the
| sight of a sail, but night fell and we
| still remained in our perilOus position.
| The dawning OF the following day was
| destined to bring us relief. A sail was
! sighted by the OutloOkS, and we at once
| put up signals of distress. The sails
/ proved to be those of the Missouri
| When IN speaking distance Capt. Knud-
| sen asked if the Missouri could take our
| passengers on board. The commander
| of the latter steamer said that it would
| be impossible, as he had nowhere to
! to take us in tow. We got
! along we'll enough for a few hours, when
| it was discovered that the water was
| fast pouring into the steamer through
| the big hole in her stern. The pumps
| were kept going without intermiSsiOn.
but they proved almost useless as far as
| saving the vessel was concerned. We
| kept at ii, however. until the 9th. and
| then it was seen we could no longer
| hope to save our ship. AS noon ap-
| preached the danger grew more i'm
| Ininent. Captain knudSon boarded the
] Missouri and asked that our passengers
! u
/ the work of transferring the hundreds
of souls from the Danmark to the Mis-
souri, was begun.
I FIRST THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
were taken aboard the latter boat, then
| the men, and lastly Capt. Knudsen ;and
( his crew. You may imagine that dur
ing this time the excitement was in
| tense. but any semblance of panic was
| ayerted by the GOODNESS of both Capt.
! Murrell and Capt. KnudSen and the
| prompt manner in which the crews
| obeyed their every order. After six
| hours work. at o'clock on the night of
/ the 9Th all the passengers of the Dan
mark had been safely landed on the
Missouri. OF course large part Of the
latter steamers cargo had to be Jetti-
| soned before accommodations could be
| found for the ri souls. Many of these
| had to abandon their valuable effects, as
| the amount of goods each passenger was
| allowed to retain was necessarily linn
| tied to what was really indispensable.
! The Missouri was then headed for the
/ Azores. the nearest land, where we ar
/ rived without any further incident the
i 10. There all the young unmarried men,
i to the number of $50 and including
i Capt. Knudsen and the largest part OF
i his crew, were landed. The 11tn we
again set sail, after having laid in a
stock of provisions. which. added to
/ those we took from the Danmark before
1 deserving her, proved amply sufficient.
Can't Murrell deserves the highest
praise for the manner in which he has
treatedsus during the entire passage.
4 He gave US all the best accommodations
possible, and did all that lay Ii his