The Brookhaven leader., 1889-04-18
ABANDONED AT SEA.

Passed In Mid-Ocean. Abandoned and In
Sinking Condition Intense Anxiety as
to the Fate OF the Seven Hundred Souls
Who Sailed with Her Not One Of
Them was on the DerelIet.
LONDON, April 12.-The steamer City Of
Chester, from New York, which arrived
at Queenstown last night, reports having
passed, on April 8, in mid-ocean, the
Danish steamer Danmark, from Copen.
hagen to New York. The vessel had been
abandoned and was in q 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 12.-Ths greatest ex-
citement 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 Inmau Line
steamer City Of Chester, which arrived at
Liverpool from New York late last night,
had reported passing, abandoned, in mid
ocean, on the sth instant, the Thingvalla
steamer Danmark bound from Christian
sand, Norway, for New York. The Thing
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 26, six hundred and
dfty passengers, presumably all imml-
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
.abled 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
and was rated in the highest class. She
was of iron, brigantine rigged, had three
decks and nine water-tight bulkheads.
Her capacity was 4, 400 tons.
No in coming steamship to this port re-
ports any life boats or RATS that might
have belonged to the Danmark. Even il
the Danmark has been abandoned, she
had sufficient means to accommodate al
the passengers on board, Il
not all the crew. There were
a great number OF life boats
enough for the great passenger list-ant
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 life fol
them.
FURTHER PARTICULARS
of the sighting of the abandoned steam
ship Danmark by the Inman Line
steamer City Of Chester have beer
slowly arriving since noon. The Dan
mark was rapidly sinking when th'
Chester saw her. The Chester haC
sighted her from a distance and hat
been struck by the apparent absence Of
any life on board. She had drawn neal
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
stern of the Danmark was OF
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
ill-fortuned steamship is to be had in this
city. Several people have called at the
offices of the agents asking for informa-
ton Of friends supposed to be on the
Danmark, but all refused to give theiI
names. Funch, Edge g. Co. expect 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 & Co. was Morris Stover, q
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 Msssrs. Funch, Edge & Co., who
are also the agents of the latter line, hat
the vessel put it condition for passenger
traffic, and christened her Dan
mark" and transferred her to the
Thingvalla feet. This was the vessels
FIRST trip from the other side under heI
new colors. The reported disaster vivid.
ly recalls the collision of the stea mshiI
Thingvalla Of the same line last summer
by which many lives were lost.
The Elder Did Not See the Danmark.
NEw YORR April 12-The steamship