Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-23
The Captain of the Missouri Does All in
His Power for the shipwrecked

The captain or the Missouri Does All in
His Power for the shipwrecked.
PHILADELPHIA, April 22d. = The Mis-
souri,, with sos people from The wrecked
steamship Danmark, arrived at the Ameri-
can Line Company's dock this morning.
All of the Danmark's passengers look
hearty and bright, and show no signs of the
hardships which they must have necessa-
rily endured.
The general passenger agent OF the
ThiDgvalla Line stated that all would be
forwarded to their destinations from this
city If satisfactory arrangements could be
made. Nearly all the emigrants are bound
for points in the West. The commander
of the Missouri furnished the following
statement
We lett London with general cargo for
our first trip to Philadelphia, March 2S,h
On April 9th We sighted the steamer Dam
mark flying signal of distress. We bore
down on the steamer and found her dis
abled. Captain Knudson, her commander,
reported that the tail end of his shaft was
broken. and he wished me to take the yes
sci to New York. Owing to the state of the
weather, and because of the fact that was
not prepared to accommodate such num-
Der of people, declined to accede to his
request but offered instead to tow his YES
sci to the nearest port.
This offer Captain Knudson accepted,
and the vessel proceeded. AT I A. NJ the
Danmark signalled,
I'VE ARE LEAKING CONSIDERABLY.
There is now three feet of water in the aft
hold and gaining rapidly / asked what
| should do, and the signal came, Keep
on towing"
Two hours later the Danmark again
CT, ,oll la1 hat 1,1 /
ing we must abandon the ship; will YOU
take our passengers ?" Without a mo-
ment's hesitation l signalled back, "Y es;
| will take all on board, and do the best |
can" | then cut the tow line and we
dropped down to the Danmark Chief
Officer Glen of the vessel came on board
the Missouri and informed me of the con-
dition of his ship. He said
CAPTAIN KNUDsoN HAD DECIDED
That for the best interests of those on
board the ship it would be better to aban-
don her, and get all the people on board
the Missouri while there was plenty OF
time.
A heavy swell was running during all oi
this terrible day, making the work of re-
moving the people from the sinking shin
one of great difficulty, and it was only by
the hardest kind of work we were able 10
avoid accidents to both the people and the
boats. The women and children were re.
moved first. and after them the male pas.
sengers and crew. at , P NJ. we finished
the work of transferring the passengers
having consumed nearly five hours, and
getting everybody, with the exception q
the officers, safely on the Missouri
WITHOUT A SINGLE ACCIDENT
Of any kind. An hour later the barometer
began falling, and | sent word to Captain
knudsen and his officers TO leave the shin
and come on board the Missouri and after
getting some provisions from the Danmark
which had now settled very perceptibly il
the water, that vessel was finally aban,
doned, Captain Knudsen being the last tC
leave the ship.
then counted heads, and found we had
in addition to our own crew, 45 men and
four passengers, $50 cabin passengers, and
decided to make for the Azore Islands.
The weather was very threatening al
the time. The wind increased in VIC.
lence as night wore on, but everything
possible was done 10
MAKE THE PASSENGERS COMFORTABLE.
Awnings and sails were brought out and
used as partial protection to the panic.
stricken emigrantS.
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there was a tremendous sea running which
was continually breaking over the vessel
and taken altogether, things looked very
dubious. 1t must be remembered that we
were very short of provisions, and this
storm at the very outset of our
JOURNEY TOWARDS ST. MIcHAELs
Made US fearful of reaching that port
| safely. BY daylight of April Sth, how
ever. the gale had materially decreased and
we were able to make fair progress, and on
! April 10th we arrived at st. Michaels.
April 18th we landed $40 of the passen.
gers and crew of the Danmark, includ-
ing Captain Knudson, at st. Michaels. On
the same day we sailed from st. Michaels
with 365 people from the Danmark, in.
Guiding eight of the crew of that vessel
We had fine weather all the way to Phila-
| delphia, and a remarkably small amount
| of sickness on board, considering the
crowded condition of our boat