Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-04-25
THEY ARE SAVED.
Passengers and Crew of the Dan.
mark Picked UP.
No Lives Lost Except That or the
Engineer--Story OF the Acct
dent and the Rescue.


in New York, received tho following
cablcgram from Lisbon, April 2lst;
Passengers and crew of the steamship
Danmark landed at the Azores. Three
hundred and forty o! the passengers
are on tho steamer Missouri bound for
Philadelphia. Rest to follow by tho
next steamer In an Interview with
n reporter Peter Rabsen. third mate OF
the steamer Danmark, related the cir
cumstances of the loss Of that vessel.
| Her engines, he stated. broke down on
April 4, while the vessel was 500 miles
from Newfoundland. Engineer Kaas
was found lying dead on the floor and
the cause of the accident could not be
ascertained On April the Danmark
was spoken by tho Missouri which
towed the Danmark until April 6. The
Danmark was then settling down, and
we asked tho Missouri TO take our
passengers. The Missouri, as she was
loaded, had room for only twenty adj
| ditional persons, but she jettisoned her
| cargo and took us all on board-S00
OF us--landin2 us Mt the Azores. She
then proceeded for Philadelphia, taking
$40 OF the passengers, besides tho
captain and sailors. Three OF the
| engineers proceeded to London on
board the Demerara steamer. The
first and second mates are still at the
Azores, and the remaining passengers
and forty-two sailors sailed for Lisbon
on the steamer Acor. The death OF
the engineer was due To the bursting
OF the engine pipe. The engineer was
killed on the spot and the ship was
| badly damaged. In consequence OF
this damage, together with the break
ing OF shaft, the vessel was helpless
in the heavy seas that prevailed.
A London dispatch of the 2lst says:
Although there were no English pas
sengers on board the Danmark, public
interest in the fate of those on board
that unfortunate vessel has been in
tense here. At 7:40 o'clock this even
ing the afternoon papers got out extras
containing special dispatches announc-
| ing the safety of the Danmark's pas
sengers and crew, and their sale was
enormous. Bulletins wero displayed
in front OF the various newspaper
offices and the crowds which surround
| cd them blocked the streets.
On the afternoon Of the 2ist the
steamer Missouri with $40 OF the pas
sengers arrived at tho Delaware break
water, Philadelphia. A dispatch OF
the 22nd from that city says: Hundreds
OF voices blended in a great shout and
cheer after cheer rent the air as the
steamer Missouri with her precious
cargo, which she had SO gallantly
rescued from the Danmark, arrived
safely at her dock, at Washington
street wharf, at $3.50 this afternoon.
| The passengers en- board the Missouri
returned the greeting with no less en-
thusiasm. Handkerchicfs nuttered in
the stiff breeze, happy smiles lit up the
faces of the more than three hundred
emigrants who had been SO proyidenti-
ally rescued from watery grave, and
in every way the scene was one that
indelibly fixed itself upon the minds OF
those who witnessed IL. On the wharf
| were not few men and women who
| were to meet relatives and friends, af-
ter having resigned hope OF ever seeing
| them again. Fathers were there TO
meet mothers, children had travelled
miles to greet their parents, and friends
stood on the wharf and gazed with
glistening eyes toward the long line OF
men, women md children, who stood
along the port line on the big vessel as
she steamed slowly up to the end OF
the wharf. Ferry-boats and tugs adj
ded to the enthusiasm with their steam
salutes. Cheers and cries Of JOY con-
tinued without much interruption until
the Missouri had been swung around
and made her mooring at the wharf,
Then ladder was thrown off and the
custom house officers, followed closely
by the press representatives, made
their way up the side and landed on
her decks. Brave Captain Murrell,
who stood on the bridge OF the steamer,
surrounded by G. w. Davis and other
representatives OF Peter Wright q
Sons, was the cynosure of all eyes. He
was at once surrounded by the report
ers and his many friends, all bent on
| paying tribute to his gallant sery ice
in saving so many lives. Among the
first to board the vessel was Rev. j. w
Holm, of the Swedish society, who
busted himself with giving hearty
welcome to the hundreds OF Scandina-
vians, the great majority Of whom
were not acquainted with single word
OF the language OF the country which
will henceforth be their home. The
passengers united in praising the noble
work OF Captain Murrcll and his brave
crew. DIR. Jesperson, one OF the pas
sengers taken from the Danmark, who
was on his way to New York, spoke in
the highest praise Of Captain Murrel's
action in behalf OF himself and his fell
low passengers. In relating his ex-
perlence TO a reporter Of the United
Press, DR.. Jasperson stated that he
never had seen before such clear-head-
ed work under the trying circumstan-
ces. ut is Captain Murrell's perfect
selfcontrol," said the doctor, "to which
we are in n great measure indebted
for our lives at the present time"
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