The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-19
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ABANDONED ar SEA.


The ,FhinRvalIa Line Steamship Danmark
Passed In Nid-Ocean, Abandoned and In
q Sinking Condition Intense Anxiety as
70 the Fate OF the Seven Hundred Souls |
Who Sailed with Her as Not one on
Them was on the Derefiet-
LONDON, April 12.-The steamer City or |
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 a sinking condt-
ton. She had apparently been in colli-
sion. Her bow stood high out of water,
while her stern was sunken almost below
the level Of the sea.
Great Excitement in New York.
NEW YoRK, April 12.-The greatest exc
citement prevails in shipping circles in
this city to-day. Early this morning
cable dispatch from London to the Mari
time Exchange said that the Inman 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 tmml-
! 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
fifty passengers, presumably all tmml-
grants. Including the vessels captain
R. N Kundsen, the crew numbered forty
men.
The agents of the company do not credit
the report. Mr.. Edge, of the firm, has
cabled to the London Office for further
particulars. At noon Mr.. Edge said that
nothing further had been received. The
Danlnark was formerly the freight steamer
Jan Rydel, of the White Cross line. She
was built in 1880, at Newcastle, England,
and was rated in the highest class. She
was Of iron, brigantine rugged, had three
decks and nine water-tight bulkheads'
Her capacity was 4,4OO tons.
No incoming steamship to this port re-
ports any boats or RATS that might
have belonged to the Danmark. Even 1
the Danmark has been abandoned, she
had sufficient means to accommodate al
the passengers on board
not all the crew. There wer'
great number OF life boats
3 enough for the great passenger list-an'
r several new life-rafts of the latest pat
2 tern and improvements, which coul
g have accommodated the crew and of1cer
and some Of the passengers if there wer
not enough room in the life boats 10
e, them.
Il FURTHER PARTICULARS
Q of the sighting of the abandoned steam
: ship Danmark by the Inman Lin
: steamer City of Chester have bee
slowly arriving since noon. The Dan
10 mark was rapidly sinking when til
p Chester saw her. The Chester ha
I, sighted her from a distance and ha
II been struck by the apparent absence {
: any life on board. She had drawn nea
o and investigated, and afterward mao
. sure that no one was on board or IN
a abandoned wreck. The Chester lay
y stern of the Danmark was
levol with the sea. He bow WI
10 far out of the water in the a.
az There was no visible signs of collisio
IS No wreckage was floating about. II
q boats were all gone from their davits al
nothing indicating haste and panic we
% noticeable. After laying to near &
m wreck for some little time the City
Chester proceeded.
70 No list of the passengers on board &
!t ul-fortuned steamship is to be had in th
IN city. Several people have called at t
offices OF the agents asking for inform
eo ton of friends supposed to be on t
OF Danmark, but all refused to give the
40 names. Funch, Edge & Co. expect pa
ne senger list by the Norddeutcher Lilo
pr steamer AIler, due at this port to-mo
~ row.
Among the first callers at the office
" Funch, Edge & Co. was Morris Stover,
ns Young farmer from somewhere in Mass
az az chusetts, who got here last night to awl
~ the arrival Of the steamer, upon whi
his brother and sweetheart Ma
Muller, had taken passage.
GO grief was uncomfortable when
-. Edye said that no contradict
~ u dispatch had been received at noon. ]
As Danmark was formerly the freight stea
- er Jan Rydel, of the White Cross Ii
- Last fall Messrs. Funch, Edye & Coz "
eLA are also the agents OF the latter line,
IA the vessel put it condition for passenI
~ ~ traffic, and christensd her "D'
IL mark" and transferred her to
Thingvalla feet. This was the vesst
first trip from the other side under
=. new colors. The reported disaster viv
ly recalls the collision OF the stea ms
a Thingvalla Of the same line last SUNNI
lsh- by which many lives were lost.
The Elder Did Not See the DaDmar
cap NEW York, April 12.-The steams
4. L -.aI.e,y Ill oft