The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-04-25
GALLANT CAPT. MURRELL
The Man Whose Heroism Saved the
Lives of the Wrecked Dan
marks Passengers.

PHILADELPHIA. April ZZ.--Ine ELeamsnlp
Missouri, with 800 of the people from the
wrecked steamer Danmark. arrived az III"
American line steamships dock this evening.
All were well on boarl with the exception OF
three persona All of the Danmark's passen-
gers look hearty aud bright, and show n
Ligns of the hardships which they must have
necessarily endured. General Passenger
Agent John Rath, of the Thingvalla line, came
from New York to make provisions fo- the
comfort of the people from the unfortunate
Danmark. He stated that all would be foc-
wardei to their de ,t:nation from this city If
satisfactory arrangements could be made
Nearly all the emigrants are bound for points
in the West Capt. Hamilton Murrell, the
commander of the Missouri, makes the fol-
lowing statement:
We left London with a general cargo for our
first trip to Philadelphia on March 2S. We had
q fair passage up to April 5, when we sighted the
steamship Danmark flying a signal of distress
The wind at the time was blowing strong from
the west. We bore down On the steamer and
found her disabled. Capt Knudsen. her COM
mander, reported that the tail end Of his shaft
was broken and he wished me to take his pas
sengers TO New York. Owing to the state Of the
weather aud because of the fact that was not
prepared to accommodate such a number of peo-
Die declined to accede to his request, but Of
fered instead to tow his vessel To the nearest
port. This offer Capt Knudson accepted, and
placed tow rope on board that vessel and pro-
ceeded SLOWLY, turning to the sea and wind, and
heading northwest for st. Johns, N. F., which
considered the best port to make under the cir
rumstanees The wind blew with tremendous
force all night and progress was most difficult.
On April g, finding that l could make no head
way in westerly direction and seeing ice to
windward. l decided TO abandon my hope of
reaching st. Johns and determined to make Cor
St. Michael's, one OF
THE AZORES IsLANEs.
The Danmark signalled to us: I'VE are leaking
considerably: there are now three feet of water
in the aft hold. and it is gaining rapidly" l
asked what should 10, and the signal came:
Keep on towing The Danmark again signaled
US. This time the signal read: The Danmark
is sinking--we must abandon the ship Will
you take our passengersT Without a moment's
hesitation signaled back. Yes will take all
N board and do the best l can" then cut the
lowIine and we dropped down to the Danmark.
heavy swell was running during all of this
memorable day. making the work of removing
the people from the sinking ship one of great
difficulty. After we had taken everybody from
the Danmark, we pulled the plugs out of the
bottoms of that vessels boats which we had
used and left them to sink to the bottom of the
Atlantic and can't understand how the Mime
sofa picked up one of these boats six days later
Our last view of the Danmark showed that YES
sci to be rapidly going down. her stern being al
most even with the sea, and the water was
breaking over her We threw over board most
of our cargo between decks, consisting princi-
pally of bqed rags, in order to accommodate the
large addition TO our passenger list. On look
ing over our provisions we found, after a careful
estimate of the number of mouths we had to
feed, we had only enough food on board to last
three days, and / decided to make all possible
haste to the port of St. Michael's, which was 72O
miles away. On April 2, about ten hours after
the transfer made Mrs Lime, aged eigh-
teen years. Danish woman who was on the
way to America to meet her husband,
GAVE BIRTH TO GIRL
in my cabin. The little stranger was chrlstened
Atlanta Missouri. The child was born during a
bowling storm, which rocked the vessel and
caused the sea to break over US. 1t must be
membered that we were very short CT provisions.
and this storm at the very outset of our journey
toward st. Mchael's made fearful Of reaching
that port safely On April IL we landed $40 Of
the passengers and Crew of the Danmark inciud-
ing Capt. Kuudsen at st. Michaers. In dividing
up our load we kept on board the Missouri, the
families endeavoring, as Tar as possible to leave
the single men and those not having children
at st. Michaels. The same day we sailed frcm
St. Michael's with 1865 people from the panmark,
including eight Of the crew of that vessel, who
were allowed to come with us. We had tine
weather all the to Philadelphia, and a re-
markably small amount of sickness on board,
considering the crowded condition of our boat
We have now three cases in the hospital. All
the officers cheeltu:ly gave up their quarters for
the use of the women and children, and the hest
of good nature has prevailed the entire trip. We
had plenty to eat on the voyage from st. Mich
aels here. having taken on supply at that place
amply sufficient to last US.
NORTHWESTERN PASSENGERS.
New YORK, Special Telegram, April GA.
E. Johnson, the general Northw estern agenr
Of the Thingvalla line at ST. Paul, arrived
here from Philadelphia tonight To the
PIONEER PRESS correspondent Mr. johnson
said, were some few things of in
terest TO the Northwest about ;he
Danmark's passenger that would probaoIy
not be mentioned in the press dispatches
The Missouri was docked at q O'Clock. The
passengers were in good health, the only i'll
disposed person in tie whole lot being a
young child. The Thngvalia company made
arrangements with the PENNSYLVANIA r ill
road company to forward all the Western
aphla at midnight tonight. Through the
courtesy of Peter Wright & Sons the steam
ship company was allowed the use of
their docks and the Pennsylvania trains will
load right upon the dock. substantial
meal was provided for every one upon land
ing and the passengers will also be furnished
with the necessary provisions for their Jour
ney. They are que in Chicago Wednesday
morning and st. Paul ana Minneapolis pas-
sengers, and those for other points in the
Northwest will leave Chicago at $50 on
Wednesday afternoon on the Chicago North
western, arriving ut st Paul and MInneap-
oils early on Thursday There are
probably so people on the Missouri bound
for the Northwest Miss Emily Lofgren al
Hudson, Wis who is we'll known as q church
choir singer in Minneapolis, was among the
tirst-class passengers on the Danmark. She
| arrived safe and well on the Missouri and
will proceed as once to the Northwest. Mr.
| Johnson says the al Gamer Hekla, which left
CHr!stinnssand for this country last Sunday,
has $50 passengers for the Northwest The
new steamer Norway will take the place OF
the Danmark in the May sallinga