The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-05-03
GALLANT CAPT. MURRELL1
Tho Man Whose Herv8sn Saved the
Lives Of the Wrecked Dan.
marks Passengers.

PHILADELPHIA. April 2Z.-Tho eteam8htp
Missouri, with 306 Of the psople from the
wrecked steamer Danmark. arrived at the
American line steamship's dock this evening
All were well on board with the exception Of
three persons All Of the Dsnmark's passen.
gera look hearty aud bright. aud show M
signs of the hardships which they must huve
necessarily endured. General Passenger
Agent John Rath, Of the Thts9valla line, ,oame
from New York TO make provisions for The
comfort Of the people from Ne unfortunate
Danmark. He stated that ali would b fos-
wnrded to their destination from this city II
satisfactory Arrangemsnts could be made
Nearly all the emigrantA are bouud for points
in the Vest Capt Hamilton Murrell, the
commander Of the Missouri, makes the fol-
lowing statement:
We left London with Q general cargo for our
nrst trip 70 Philadelph!a on Msrch %. We had
r.. ps,s4s up 70 Al When ssa,sa the
The wind q the tima was blowing strong frcm
the west. We bore down on the steamer and
found hsr d...b!ed. Capt kuudsen. her com.
w.s h.oss9 "a g xl.sed, nas .sc take his pss.
weather and because Of the fact thst I was not
pie I declined to acoede to his request, but Oh
fered instead to tow his vessel ~ the nearest
port. This offer Capt Knudson accepted. and
Two hours sitter We first SIGHTED the Danmark We
ceeded slowly, turning to the sea and wind, and
heading northwest for st. johns. N. F.. which
considered the best port to make under the cir
force all night and progress was most tlifiicult
On April q, finding that I could make no head
way IN westerly direction aud seeing ice to
reaching St. Johns and determined to make for
St Michael's. one Of
THE AZORES ISLANDS,
Tho. Danmark signalled to us: I'VE are leaking
considerably; there are now three feet Of water
IN ,n, the at hold; and It is gaining rapidly.
Keep on towing" The Danmark again sirnaici
US. This time the signal read: "The Danmark
10 sinkine-.we must abandon the ship Will
s.ae 9H, ss without
on board and do the best can" I then cut the
towltnc and We dropped down TO the Dannark
A heavy swell was running during all of this
memorable day, making tho work of removing
tho people from the sinking ship one Of great
difi:ultv. After we had taken every body from
ias tin.. Danma.k, we pulled the plugs out Of the
used and left them to sink to the bottom " Of the
Atlantic. and can't understand how the Minne-
sofa picked up one Of these boats ak days later,
O9r last view OF the Danmark showed thst ves-
gel 10 DC rapidly going down. her stern i,cinv ul-
most even with the sea, and the water was
breaking over her. We threw overheard most
OF our cargo between decks. consisting princi-
pallv Of baled rags, In order to accommodate the
large addition to our passenger list. On look
ing over our provisions we found after careful
estimate ti, Of the number Of mouths We had to
iced. we had only enough food on board to last
three days. and decided to make all possible
haste to the port Of ~. Miohaei's. which was 12O
miles away. Om April 2. about ten hours after
me transfer was made. Mrs. I.inne, agell eiul-
teen years. Danish woman who was on the
way TO America to meet her husband,
GAVE BIRTH TO A GIRL
in my cabin. The little stranger was chris,cne.
Atlanta Missouri. Tho child was horn during
bowling storm, which rocked tho vessel and
caused the sea to break over us. It must bn re-
mcmbercd that we were very short CT provisions,
anu this storm at he very outset Of our journey
! hat port safely. On April l we landed ,7V of
the PASSENGERS and crew Of The Danmark, incud-
ing Capt. knudsen, at 1t Michaels. In dividing
ap onr load We kept ON board the Missouri, the
iamiiles. endoavOrtnR, as lar possible to leave
the single men and those not having children
81. 81. MicLael,s with 3G5 people from the Danmark,
were allowed to come with us We had fine
weather all the wav to Philadelphia, and re-
marknbly small amount OF sickness on board,
We have now three cases in the hospital. Ali
The officers chcclfuly gave up their auarters for
the use OF the women and children. and the hest
Of good nature has prevailed the entire trip We
had plenty to eat on the voyage from St. Mich
ael's here having take, on supply ct that place
amply sufficient to last US.
NORTHWESTERN PASSENGERS.
NEw YORK, Special Telegram, April GA.
y johnson, the general Northwestern agent
hero from Philadelphia tonight. To tbs
PIONEER PRESS correspondent Mr. johnson
said, were some few things of in
terest TO the Northwest about the
Danmark's passenger that would probably
not be mentioned in tho press dispatches,
Ihe Missouri was docked ut q o'clock. The
passengers were In good health, the only in
disposed person in tie whole lot being q
young child. Tho Thingvalla company made
arrangements with the PENNSYLVANIA Rail-
rond company to forward oil the Western
anu northwestern passengers from Phila.!el-
apha Mt midnight tonight. Through the
courtesy OF Peter Wright 4 Sons the steam
their docks and the Pennsylvania trains will
load right upon tho dock. A substantial
meal was provided for every one upon land
ing and tho passengers will also be furnished
with the necessary provisions for their Jour.
ney. Ihey are due 10 Chicago "Wednesday
sssngers. and those for other points in the
Morthwest Nc will leave Chicago ut $50 on
wednesday afternoon on the Chicago 4 North
western, arriving ut st Paul and Mlonenp-
oila early on Thursday. There are
probably $50 people OH the Missouri bound
Tor the Norshwest Miss Emily Lofgren Of
Hudson, Wis, who IL well known as a church
choir singer in Minneapolis. was among the
nrst-class l'assengers on the Danmark She
arrived safe and we'll on the Missouri, and
viii proceed a. once to the Northwest. Mr.
johnson tays III, steamer Hekla, which left
Car!stianshand for tn 8 country last Sunday.
has 900 passengers for the Northwest The
new steamer Norway will take the place of
the Danmark in the May saiinga