Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-18
ABANDONED AT SEA.

The Thingvalla Line Steamship Danmark
Passed in Mid-Ocean. Abandoned and In
Sinking Condition Intense Anxiety rs
to the Fate OF the Seven Hundred Souls
Who Sailed with Her ms Not One of
Them was the Dereliet.
LONDON, April 12.-The steamer City Of
Chester, from New York, which arrived
at Queenstown last night, reports having
passed, on April s, in mid-ocean, the
Danish steamer Danmark, from Copen-
hagen to New York. The vessel had been
abandoned and was in a sinking condi.
ton. She had apparently been in COLI
sion. Her bow stood high out of water,
while her stern was sunken almost below
the leTel OF the sea.
Great Excitement in New York.
NEW YoRK. April 1.-THE greatest ex-
element prevails in shipping circles in
this city to-day. EARLY this morning a
cable dispatch from London to the Mari
time Exchange said that the Inman Line
steamer City of Chester, which arrived at;
Liverpool from New York late last night,
had reported passing, abandoned, in mid
ocean, on the 9Th instant, the Thingvalia
steamer Danmark bound from Christian
valla line is probably the largest immi-
grant-carrying line that plies between
this port and Europe. The Danmark had
on board when she left Christiansand for
New York, on March &c, six hundred and
fifty passengers, presumably all immi-
grants. Including the vessels captain,
r. N. K undsen, the crew numbered forty
men.
The agents Of the company do not credit,
the report Mr.. Edge, of the firm, has
cab1ed to the London Office for further
particulars. At noon Mr.. Edge said that
nothing further had been received. The.
Danmark was formerly the freight steamer
Jan Rydel, of the White Cross line. She,
was built in 1880, at Newcastle, England,
and was rated in the highest class. She
was of iron. brigantine rugged, had three
decks and nine tight bulkheads.~
Her capacity was 4, 400 tons.
No incoming steamship to this port re-
ports any life boats or RATS that might
have belonged to the Danmark. Even if
the Danmark has been abandoned, She
had sufficient means to accommodate all
the passengers on board, IL
not all the crew. There were
great number of life boats
enough for the great passenger list-and
several new life-rafts of the latest pat
tern and improvements, which could
have accommodated the crew and officers
and some of the passengers if there were
not enough room in the boats for
them.
FURTHER PARTICULARS
of the sighting of the abandoned steam
ship Danmark by the Inman Line
steamer City of Chester have been
slowly arriving since noon. The Dam
mark was rapidly sinking when the.
Chester saw her. The Chester had
sighted her from q distance and had
been struck by the apparent absence of
any life on board. She had drawn near
and investigated, and afterward made
sure that no one was on board of the
abandoned wreck. The Chester lay to
and about for several hours. The
a level with the sea- He bow was
far out of the water in the air.
There was no visible signs of collision.
No wreckage was floating about. The
boats were all gone from their davits and
nothing indicating haste and panic were
noticeable. After laying to near the.
wreck for some little time the City Of
Chester proceeded.
No list of the passengers on BOARD the
A1-loA tuucu StcduSu'p 10 W 10 udu Ill tillS'
city. Several people have called at the
offices of the agents asking for informal
ton Of friends supposed to be on the
Danmark, but all refused to give their
names. Funch, Edge & Co. expect q pas
senger list by the Norddeutcher Lloyd
steamer Aller, due at this port to-mor-
row.
Among the first callers at the Office OF
Funch. Edge s. Co. was Morris Slower, a.
young farmer from somewhere in Massa-
chusetts, who got here last night to await
the arrival of the steamer, upon which
his brother and sweetheart, Mary
Muller, had taken passage. His
grief was uncomfortable when Mr..
Edge said that no contradictory
dispatch had been received at noon. The
Danmark was formerly the freight steam
er Jan Rydel, of the White Cross Line
Last fall Messrs. Funch Elye Sc Co., who
are also the agents Of the latter line, had.
the vessel put it condition for passenger
traffic, and christened her Dan
mark" and transferred her to the
feet. This was the vessels
first trip from the other side under her
new colors. The reported disaster vivid
ly recalls the collision of the stea mship
Thingvalla of the sam9 line last summer,
by which many lives were lost.
The Elder Did Not Sec the Dapmark.
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE steamship
Elder reached her dock shortly after one,
O'Clock this afternoon. She did not see,
any thing of the Danmark.
The Agents Losing Hope.
NEW YORK, April 12.-No answers to
the cables sent by Messrs. Funch,
Edge & Coto, London and Copenhagen,
had been received at two O'Clock this
afternoon. The excitement is still very
intense and the agents are losing hope.
No News by the Brittanic.
NEW YORK, April 13.-The steamer
Brittanic which arrived from Liverpool
yesterday brought no news Of the wrecked
steamer Danmark. The Brittanic en-.
countered heavy weather, and part of her
bridge was carried away by sea during
a heavy northwesterly gals on SATURDAY..
She brings ITO cabin and $50 steerage,
Passengers From Copenhagen.
COPENHAGEN, April 13-The steamship,
Danmark which was sighted by the Brit
ish steamer City of Chester in o sinking
condition on April in lat. 6, NJ; long. 81
W., carried $40 passengers from here.
Giddy Gusher
TIFFTN, O., April 12.-Great excitement
was created here to-day by the discovery
Of large increased capacity in one Of our
gas wells. About q year ago the wellwas
drilled the Highland addition 70