Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-24
EVERY LIFE WAS SAVED
che Steamer Missouri Bound for Philadel-
p1ia from London Discovers the Dis
tress Of the Thingvalla Line Vessel
with Her Cargo Of Humanity-TheM Mis-
souri's Nsble work in Rescuing Every
Person from the Sinking ship-A Stormy
Time-A Little Wairs Entrance Upon
Life's Tempestuous Voyage.

Life's Tempestuous Voyage. tt@ ,a
eCoPENHAaEN, April 2I.-A telegram from
Lisbon to the United Steamship company
|annddnces the safety OF tine crew and pas.
sengers Of the steamer Danmark. The good
tidinss reached Lisbon from Azores. 1t il
stated that every one who was on the Dan.
mark is sale, and only the engineer was in
jured. Some Of the passengers arrived at
Lisbon to-day. 4 number are on their
way to New York, and the remainder are
still at Azores.
LISBON, April 21.-Forty-two of the
crew OF the Danmark have arrived here.
Raben, the first officer, who is among them,
reports that on April 4th the Danmark' e
shaft was broken. on the next day the dis.
abled steamer met the steamship Mis-.
souri, from London, March 2Sth. for Phil.
adelphia 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 Danmark's passengers. but
after having jetsamed portion OF her
cargo, she found Recommendations for all
the crew and passengers OF the Darmark.
The Missouri then proceeded to Azores
and left there the first and second officers
and 800 passengers. She then continued
her journey to Philadelphia With $40 pas.
sengers and the remainder of the crew.
The captain and three engineers of the
Danmark left Azores on the 14th ior
London.
The Danmark was about 800 miles from
New Foundland .rs..-.. s.s~r
WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
Some say that the engines broke down.
Engineer Haas was found dead in the en-
CINE room after the accident. The captain
and three engineers proceeded to London
on board tile steamer Demarara. +
LISBON, April 21.-Forty-tw two sailors and
all Of the passengers left at Azores by the
Missouri came to Lisbon on the steamship
Acor.
New YORK, April 22.-It is likely that
some OF the passengers OF the steamer Dan
mark, who were rescued by the steamer
Missouri, will be in New York tonight.
This forenoon dispatch was received by
the agents of the Danmark from Peter
Wright & Sons at Philadelphia, agents ol
the Missouri, that the vessel left the Della.
ware breakwater this morning and would
be in Philadelphia between 2 and O'Clock
this afternoon. HE. .ts.# G
Captain Murrell, OF the Missouri, tele
graphs: "The Missouri arrived all well
with 355 passengers OF the stea ..er Dan
mark, abandoned April 9Th. The rest o.
the passengers and the crew, $40 people
were landed at st. Michaels, all well. Pleas
see Thingvallas' line agents to make all
ARRANGEMENTS to forward these people te
New York, tonight"
PHILADELPHIA, April 22.-At 3 p. M, the
Missouri is not yet sighted. If -......-.
DELAWARE BREAKwATER, April 22.-The
steamer Missouri sailed for Philadelphia al
7:3O this morning. Details OF the wreck o
the Danmark are expected on her arriva
there. 81 ..s.e-......,-. .sg
t. TIE VESSEL ARRIVES.
PHILADELPHIA, April 22.-The steamship
Missouri with 365 people from the wrecked
steamer Danmark arrived at the American
Line Co.'s dock, this evening. ALL Of th'
Danmark's passengers look hearty anG
| bright, and show no signs Of thu
hardship which they must hav'
necessarily endured. The general passen
ger agent OF the Thingyalla hne stated thai
all would be forwarded to their destination
from this city II satisfactory arrange ents
could be made. Nearly all the emigrantl
were bound for points In the west.
THE STORY OF THE RESCUE. s..
PHILADELPHIA, April 22.-Capt. Hamil
ton Murrill, commander Of the Missouri
furnishes the following statement: "W
| left London with q general cargo for tn
| first trip to Philadelphia on March 2Sth
On April 5th we sighted the steamer Dan
mark flying signal Of distress. We bor
down on the steamer and found her dis
abled. Capt. Knudsen, her commander
reported that the tail end of his shaft wa
broken and he wished me TO take tn
passengers to New York. Owing to tn
state OF the weather and because of tn
fact that was not prepared to accommo
date such q number of people, l declines
to accede to his request, but offered, in
stead. to tow his vessel to the nearest port
This offer Capt. Knudsen accepted.
THE vessel proceeded slowly, headin
for st. Johns, N. F.. which is considers
the best port to make under the circum
stances. The wind blew with tremendou
force all night. and this made progres
most difficult. April 6, at $50 q. M, fine
ing we could make no headway in a west
erly direction, and seeing ice to windwar6
l O6ClQeU 10 dDhuuOu uOpc VI IChCAAA
St. Johns and determined to
| MAKE FOR THE AzoRE ISLANDS.
II signalled my determination to Cal
tain Knudsen, and he agreed this was th
best course to pursue.
sat z a. m. the Danmark signalled: w
are leaking considerably; is now three fee
OF water in the aft hold and gaining raj
idly / asked what / should do. and th
signal came, keep on towing Two hour
later the Danmark again signalled US, til
tDanmark is sinking; We must abandon til
ship. Will you take the passengers?' Will
out any hesitatation l replied, yes; wi
take ali on board and do the best l can
!, thyn cut the tow line and we droppe
down to the Danmark. Chief officer Glel
of that vessel, came on board the Missou
and informed me of the condition OF h
ship. He and Capt. Knudsen decided tha
= for the best interest on the ship, it woul
be better to abandon her and get all tt
people on board the Missouri while thel
was plenty OF time. .r...
TRANSFERRING THE PASSENGERS.
"a heavy swell was running during all
this terrible day, making the work OF r
: removing people from the sinking ship OF
of great difficulty and it was only by Il
hardest kind of work that we were able
avoid accidents, both to the people and
, the boats. The women and children we
r removed first, and after them the ma
9 passengers and crew. At 2 p. M. havil
\ consumed nearly five hours, and gettil
= everybody, with the exception of the of
Q GERS safely on the Missouri without sing
8 accident of any kind.
? IAN hour later the barometer begs
D falling. and sent word to Captain Knu
Q sen and his officers to leave the ship al
come on board the Missouri, and after g
ting some provisions from the Danma
which had now settled very perceptibly
!. the water, that vessel was finally aba
:. doned, Captain Knudsen being t
u last to leave the ship. | then count
!. heads and found we had, in additi,
n to our own crew, forty-five men and TO
q passengers, $50 cabin and steerage passe
gers and sixty-nine Of the officers aud CT,
= OF the ill-fated steamer. Our last view
the Danmark showed the vessel to
e rapidly going down, her stern being almo
J. even with the sea and the water breaki
4 over her. We threw overheard most
= our cargo on deck, consisting principally