Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-13
FOUNDERED IN MlD-OCEAN.
The Steamer Danmark Sighted In a
Badly Wrecked Condition.
$50 LIVES THOUGHT TO BE LOST.
The Passengers and Crew Supposed
TO Have Taken to the Boats
and Perished in a
Storm.
Another Ocean Horror.

QUEENSTOWN, April IS.-Ihe lnmAn llhe
steamer City of Chester, from New York to
Liverpool, which arrived here to-day, reports
that April she passed the Danish steamer
Danmark from Chrstiana for New York.
The Danmark had been abandoned by her
crew. Her stern was level with the sea- and
her bow stood high out of water She was
apparently sinking. The Danmark was
vessel of 2,260 tons, and belonged to the
Thingvalla line.
New YORK, April IA dispatch from
London was received at the maritime ex-
change this morning saying the steamer
Danmark from Christiana was seen April 8
abandoned in mid-ocean. She Is said to have
$50 passengers on board, mostly Scandina-
vans. Funch, Edge & Co., agents Of the
company here, say they place no reliance
in the dispatch. but have cabled to the agents
in London and Copenhagen for further infor-
nation.
The greatest excitement prevails in ship
ping circles over the loss of the Danmark.
The Thingvalla line is probably the largest
carrying immigrant line that plies between
this port and Europe. The Danmark had on
York, March 2S $50 passengers, presumably
immigrants. The crew numbered forty men.
The Office of the agents of the steamer,
Funch, Edge & Co., has been thronged with
people all morning anXiously inQuiring for
later news of the vessel.
The Danmark was formerly the freight
steamer Jan Rydel, of the White Cross line.
| Last fall Funch, Edge g. Co., who are also
| agents of the latter line, had the vessel put
| in condition for passenger traffic, re-
| christened her the Danmark and transferred
| her to the. Thngvalla fleet. This was the
vessels first trip from the other side under
| her new colors.
The New York agents of the Thingvalla
| line this afternoon said that the steamer
| Danmark had been overhauled, and it is
| thought by all that she was the best OF the
| fleet There were on board at the time OF
| $50 were passengers. The panmark was com
manded by Captain Gudson an old seaman,
| known for his courage and presence of mind
| and he is not man to abandon a ship to the
| mercies of the waves when there is one
chance in even a thousand of getting hei
| into port. No incoming steamship to this
| time reports any life boats or RATS thai
might have belonged to the Danmark. Ever
| If the Danmark had been abandoned she hao
| sufficient means to accommodate all passen
/ gers and crew.
| Further particulars Of the sighting of the
| abandoned steamer Damn 2 X by the City OF
| Chester have been slowly arriving since
| noon. The Danmark was rapidly sinking
| when the Chester saw her. There were nc
| visible signs of a collision. No wreckage
was floating about. The boats were all gone
from their davlts, and nothing indicating
| haste and panic was noticeable.
No answers to cables sent by agents in this
city TO London and Copenhagen have beer
| received up to 2 o'clock this afternoon. Elk
element is still intense and agents are losing
hope The steamship Iceland, of the Thing
| valla line, which left Copenhagen four days
later than the Danmark, and which is due
here tonight, will probably bring some intel
| l1panpe nj tho 6iSaytar