The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-23
THE RsscuK.

uef1t haFf~heas A SteAsnptrS IN tho tlu-
sine-r0osn nersf, lsiiins Engineer Kaas.
THE RESCUE.
a Trip tn the staores tn . How lilae
Gale. an short Rations.
PRIl.ADFlFnfa. April 1.-THE sfeamshIip
Missouri. with DO peeple from the wrecked
steamer Daanars, arrived at the Ameri.
can Line conpans's deck shis morning.
All the Danmark's passengers fook hearty
ard bright. sud shaw no signs oi the hard.
SHIPS which they must have necessarily
endured. Tho general passenger agent 81
the Thingyaiia liiie stated that all wauIxl
ne forwarded % tneir destination from
tsiS esty II satisfactory arrangements cauld
be made. Nearly al the emssrsnts atc
oenud for points Ia the West
Captain Hamishin Aurfill, Commander
furnishes the following statement: s*Nfe
lsft ialilon with general esrgo for the
FIRST trip 10 Philadelphia, March - Gin
April We sighted the steamer Dansnaik
Tying sienki OF siisfresx. We bore down
On the steamer aid fnnnd her disabled.
Captain kBddsan, her commander r.
ported that the tail end Of his shaft wsAs
broken and he wished me to take the pas
sssagers t. New YORK. Owing to the slape
OF the weather stss not prepared 70 Ap-
commodaic such q number Of pep
pie. l ieeliasd to eccedc lu
his request but offered instead 10
tow his vessel 10 the nearest port
This offer Captain knudscn acccptna.
,s rne vessel YES, ~ psscssasd e slc.ly: beading
considered 10 be the nearest port to makD
under the cfrcamNAnceE The wind blew
with tremendous force all night Thfn
made progress most difficult April 4 is
$50 q. m., finding 'se could make no hcnti-
Ice 70 The winawa.d, decided TO abandon
my hope OF reaching 81. Johns and deter
minsd 20 make for the Azores ialands, 4
signaicsi EaJ LIBERALIZATION TO the captain
OF the panmSrk aud ho agreed that tl<'tu
was the best cCurt<l TO pHuue
"At7 q. III. tho BanmArk signaled. We
are leaking considerably. There Il nov
three feet Of water In the ait hold, and
gaining rapidly | asked what I should
do and the sigma came. Keep on tosF.
ing.
msst abandon the ship VIII yua take th6
rassengek7s Without m0m0nssn hcsit4l.
tion signaled hack. Yes, will take al oh
board and do the best eau
II then eut the tsw line and ~ dropped
down to the panmilrk Chief onlcsr 0lsnn
and informed me 0f the condition of hin
ship. He said Captain Knudenn decided
that for The best Interests cf thoae On thn
hip that II would be better u abandon
her and set all the people on beard the
Missouri while there was plenty of timts
this terrible day. making the work of m
moving the people from the sinking Ahth
one Of great difficulty. aud Il WAS oii!y 81
the hardest kind Of work that No werS
able TO avoid accidents both to the people
and to the boats TIE women and children
were removed fris, and after them tho
male passengers and cfSw. At2p. n. NJ
finished. the wcsk Of tfansferriux paanenl-
gers having consumed nearly Ave hounh
| ana getting every b,dy, with the excepsfoia
Of the oficers. SAFE y on the Alssouid
An honr later the barometer began fall
Ing, and sent word 10 cspfain kuudsosh
and his officers to hsaye tho khtp and cOfne
ON board tha Missouri. and a}fef gcttjn9
some provisions frem The Danmsrk, uhiek
bad now ssssasd v..Iy psrcspsinly u fhe
Captain knudson leing the last 10 leay6
the shsp. | then eounted saads, and
found we had In addition u our own
crew, forty-fve mesa and four pAsseuker1.
COZ cabin and storage paesen9eFs, ank
sixty n!Ee OF the officers and crew Of thb
ill-fafed steamer: Our last view ef thu
Danmnrk showed slse vessel 10 be rapidly
going down. her stern being almost cve1h
with the sea, aud the water breaking Over
her. We threw oserboard most 81 Onf
cargo on the decks consisting esincipaitf
of bales of russ. Ia sr1ef 10 make room Tor
the aeccmfsoda lon Of the large addition
10 our PASSENGER lisa.
ION looking over ssur provisions We found
after careful estimate ef the nusnhnp az
| mouths 10 feed thai we had only enouelt
food ON board to last three days, and de.
cided 70 make ail possible haste 70 reanli
the port OF ~ Johns. which was 10 miles
away. on april 20 Il l:20 a m, abous teri
hours after the transfer was made. Mrs,
Iinney. aged Is ye~rs, Danfah Wumaft
who was on the way 20 America 70 meet
her husband, gave birth to . girl in my
Atlanta Missouri. The child vas borfi
curing howiing storm which rocked TIM
yessei and caused lite sea to break over N.
We had started f5r ~. Michael with I'll
on board a. ,. IN. sh the 9th. The weather
was very shfsatening ~ the time. Thsl
wore on. Estryfhsi5 po<Hible wns dune ~
make the pnssengsfs com Portable. AVN.
| tGgs and sails wens bfouxht Oof and ~ N
~ . partial protection % the pauie-sfsirkesl
smigrants. The gale keps increasing Ia
fury aud thsre was tFen1en6eus see frn'
Mug. which was continually breaking ever
the vesssf. and telttB altogether. fhinxlI
| 10 ked eubiosiz u must be remembered
that we were very short Of provisions. and
this storm ~ the yeSy outset ~ our journey
towsras ~ Mschssl made as ftaf.
ny daylight oi April ssn' hossstr1
the gale materially decreased and We ncrsI
able 10 make fs1r pfesIsta and on April III
We arrived nt ~ Nichasi. April Ii Nd
landed so Of the passengers and efeN al
the psnnsfk. ineltsting Can't. Knudseu 81
from ~. Michael viii eco people from fasa
Danmsrs, including eight of the ereu oI
thai ses.sl Ne baa Ene weather. All fkt
way 20 Philadelphia and . fsmafkssslj
small smonrsf Of siskpess On board, con
sid ring the crowded condition Of our
| boats =
HEcxYfioN eY fHE funsaHAsTs.
| There Was never toilier tar aboard .
ship fhan Capt. Hamilton MurriIi ~ the
Missouri. sF,=ssred 10 be today. fIs wes
the lion Of the day. indeed, ana despite II.
| the sxfifesasut and bother incident - e
great = rsspSnsihaiisy - -
the sane siIsble, bsig-hearted q srinsr, vh4
bad Kind word 70 ever BODY 3, q who's
mods ssy neseF for OF CO fors0ok him. Tha
steamer picked up. ON her way ep tn
channel, seseral tus' loads Of represents
Tvs. Of the ThsDlFsaila line. of Peeel
sas mh sass.s. ssns asa,i 81 sSs ne eo..s1s g ns
Every body was hmryfnx 10 and fr0. ~
ting wkss little of sieff poeaessionA fhs3
had been sfie 10 ssya from the sipkin1
steamer. and al displayed upon their fscei
xvsry sign OF ioS st reaching term
frms, sound and well. Each of then
bad the ts1ne sf<sy to tell In Yefor
eafss to their ireafmens on eitbe
boat, the DanmAfk or Missouri, and a
wens unstinsinx IN fAeir prise Of the yaic
and caiyaify displa ed. which 20 shef
sninss msde up lsfge for the euforeea
delay la the voyage
Ffsrn early morning crowds began I
gather nt the nexs along The rive
front befuw shexe the Hsea0mr
landed her human cargo. and Wh&I
|. thr weasel reached he ant Of these dock
she ~ss ssinfsd III every possible we5. 3
wsss anssettus sush her h< <avy nsG q
( nosnsls whistle.
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