River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25
RESCUED IN MID-ocEAN.
The Passengers and Crew of the Ill
Fated Danmar< Saved by the Steamship

The Passengers and Crew of the Ill
Fated Danmark Saved by the Steamship
Missouri.
COPENHAGEN, April ga telegram from
Lisbon TO the United Steamship Company
announces the safety OF the crew aud pas
sengers of the steamer Danmark The good
tidings reached Lisbon from the Azores 1t
is stated that every one who was on the
Danmark is safe. and that only an engiI cc-
was injured. Some OF the passengers ar
rived at Lisbon Sunday, number are on
their way to New York and the remainder
are still at the Azores.
LISBON, April p -Forty-two of the crew
OF the Danmark a2d $40 passengers have
arrived here Mr.. Kaben, the first officer,
who is among them, reports that April
the Danmark's shaft was broken. The
next day the disabled steamer met the
steamship Missouri from London, March
Is for Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The Missouri towed the Danmark
until the 9th, when the latter seemed TO be
about TO sink At first the Missouri was
only able to take aboard twenty of the
Danmarks passengers, but after having
thrown over a portion Of her cargo she
found accommodations for all the crew and
passengers of the Danmark. The Missouri
then proceeded to the Azores and
left there the first and second officers and
$40 passengers She then continued her
journey to Philadelphia with $40 passengers
and the remainder of the crew. The cap
tain and three engineers of the Danmark
left the Azores the 14th for Lon
don The Danmark was about 800
miles from Newfoundland when the
accident happened. Some say that
the engines broke down. Engineer
Haas was found dead in the engineroom
Al, 81,
engineers proceeded to London on board
steamer from Demerara. The sailors and
passengers left at the Azores by the Mis-
souri, came to Lisbon on the steamship
Acor The death of The Danmark's engi-
neer was due to the bursting of an engine
pipe. The engineer Was killed on the spot
and the ship was badly damaged In con-
sequence of this damage, together with the
breaking OF the shaft. the vessel was help
less in the heavy seas that prevailed.
DELAWARE BREAKwATER, Del, April 22-3
a. m.-The steamship Missouri, from Lon
don, has Just arrived IL is supposed she
has on board a large number of the passen-
gers of the ill-fated Danmark.
The Missouri is anchored distance of
from three to four miles from this station.
The sea is too rough To admit of boarding
the steamer before daylight with small
boat
The Missouri is a new steel vessel be-
longing TO the Atlantic Transport Line and
has only crossed the ocean few times.
She is described as being one of the finest
and best built boats carrying the English
flag. She is commanded by Captain Murrell,
who has been trading between Philadelphia
and London for the last six years. She
sailed from London March 20 with general
cargo consigned to Peter Wright & Sons.
The Danmark was sighted by the Inman
Line steamer City of Chester April $, in
latitude Is degrees north and longitude 81
degrees west, four days as it now APP
pears, after she was disabled, and
two days after she was finally aban-
doned The passengers ON the Missouri
will be sent on at once to New York, and
they will be given every attention by the
Danmark's agents and forwarded to their
destinations. Only steerage passengers
have come on. The cabin passengers went
to Lisbon, Spain, from the Azores