Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-04-18
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Tho HiH Emigrant steamer Den-
marh-A EVOrde al scandiuavians
Suppnsed 10 Have perisiicd.


Supposed 10 Have perished.
QuEEssruwS, Aprii l2.--Ihe steamer City
OF chester tiom New York arrived mere to-
day. Sne reports thar on April Sh, ehe
pnssed the Danish steamer ID snmArK from
Ohiistlnnia, Copenhagen, DC, for New
York. The Denmark had bben abandoned
Uy her crew and WAS apparently sinking.
TIE Denmark was vessel OF 226O tons
and belonged TO the Thiugvalla lice. She
was built AT Newcastle England, In 1880.
EXCITEMENT OVER THE L IS.
New YoIg. April i2.-The greatest ex.
citement prevails 10 shipping circles over
the loss OF the DsumaIk. The rhngvalia
is probably the largest carrying Immigrant
line that plies between this port and Eu-
rope. Tue Denmark had on board when
she left OhristiaLssnd for New York on
March 26th $50 psssar g srs, presumably all
immigrants. lLelndiuR the captain, Il n.
KOu issn, the crew hundred A. men. The
offlce Of tho agents OF the steamer, Funeh,
Eiye 4 Co, No. q South William street,
has boon thronged with people ali the morn.
Ing anxiOusly inqulring tor later news OF
the vessel.
THE LOSS ooSYlRyED.
NV YoBK, April 2--Pne following dis
patun num London was received at tue
Maritime Exchange thts morninR: THE
steamer Denmark from Cnrlstiansand was
seen April Slh aoapdon4K IN mid-ocean."
She Is said 20 have had $50 passengers on
board, mostly Scandtn ,vlans.
The Hgents OF the company here cay that
they placs no reliance IN the dispatch but
have nnoled the agents tu London and
CopsnAA2en fos fnrtnor parltu arc.
The news spread rapidly down town and
among The Rest Gamers at the office OF
| Funcn Eiye & 90. was Morris Slower,
young farmer from somewhere In Massa
st..s
the arrival " the steamer upon which his
brother and swes tstart. Marc Muller. had
| taken passage His grief WAS uLc )nttol
able when MIR. Ed.e said that no contra
dlctory dl-pach had been Received ut noon.
This was The vessels first trip from the
other side since she was repaired. She was
raJed 100, A l., the hiRh.s 81 class. H-r carry.
ing c, picity was 400 tons on ASST ton
register. Her M aeui tments we're, $40 feet
long. Az tsat beam. her engines were OF
400 hotse power. The reported disa-ts
wildly recalls the collision II the steam.
ship IhiuEvalla OF the sims line, last sum
mer, by which many lives we're lost.
New YoRK April 10 The mails from
the White 5 AZ steamer Britannia which
arrived last night were distrihut, d this
morning and among the letters was one
for Funch, Edge & 90 ocntaining a list
OF the passengers Who wee on board the
abandoned steamer Dapmark. TIE
BrittaDic arrived NJ her dock about @ 80
n. N but the letter for Fuuch, Edys
d Co, was not opened until
this morning. No neRs concerning
their fats has yet been received. but the
agents OF the steamer, which 10 by this
time probably on the bed OF the ocean,
are hopeful that some passing vessel may
have taken of tho passengers and crew
| In hoping u this good fortune they nre
half eIpectant that II will have fallen
| to the 10. OF their own steamer
IJand TO have performed such a good
riace OF work. The Island left Chris
tiansand on March S0th aud IS exp cted
| to arrive here ut any moment. She VISA
in fact looked for last night, but up TO Al
hour before noon to-day she had not been
| sighted.
| No other steamers have arrived with
any news OF having fallen in with DRIFT
| ing boats, and this increases the hope
that soma steamship had rendered timely
assistance and taken tho ship wrecked
! passengers and their boats al on board
kilograms are arriving every hour q.
both tha offise Of the agents Funch,
Edge u Co. on South William street aud
at the passenger agents Office, No IS
State street, asking for information con.
----'-7 '-'7v' T on ~
.auf ore Z, # .3.T - sam
= u ID Ea!ps sang 5,.uadits I'ar
.yE Eaa q aA'asuSE. : glance 1t the
list revealed the fact that she was.
TIE ALLER saw NOTHING OF THE DANM.Rx
NEW YuKE April 3-The steamship
| Aller which reached here this morning
from Bremen has none Of the pasa.pg
OF the derslict steamer Denmark, nor
does she mention seeing anything OF the
DAumark during her voyage.
THE PASSENGERS BELIEVED TO HAVE BuEs
RESCUED.
! LONDON April l3.-Captain Bond O.
the lnman Line steamer City Of Chester
which sighted the abandoned steamer
Daumark, believes that the passenrets
aud the crew Of the Daumark were
rescued. He bases hia belief on tho fact
that the Danmsrk's boats were gone. A
chain cable vas seen hanging over the
how OF the Daumark and this leads Cao.
tain Bond to believe that she had been in
tow Of ano' her vessel
SEVEN HuapREp AND TWENTY TWO ON BOARD
LONDON, april Is 1t nus been aehu
itely ascertained that there are 729 psr.
sons on board the steamship Danmark,
This number includes 64S passengers and
81 officers aud crew.
New YoRK, April l2 The officers OF
the steamer City of Chester, who re.
ported the loFs Of the steamer Dannark
OF the Tbingvalla line, state that they
sighted the steamer about quo mites Oh
the Irish coast and were struck by the
apparent absence of any life on board
The Chester lay to and about for several
hOurs. The STEM Of the Ranuark was
on level with the sea Her bow xas
far out OF tue water in the air. There
were no visible sigma of collision. No
wreekage was floating about. Tho boats
we're all gone from their dayils and notn.
ing indicating haste and panic was notice.
aole. After lying TO near the wreck for
some little time the City of Chester pro.
ceeded.
The Danmark was formerly the fraiobt
steamer Jan Rydel OF the White Oross
Line. Last fail Messrs Funoh. Edye d
10, Who nrs also the agents OF the otter
line, had the vessel put in condition for
passenger traffic, rechristentd her Dan.
mark and transferred her to the Thing.
va'a iieet. She was bu.it in 1850 by g
Aitcnell d Go, a. NeRoastle, Eugland
She was OF iron, bEigsntina rugged aud
had three decks and nine water liz IA
buikhcaas.
Speaking Of the reported wreck Of the
Veasai the agent said this afternoon.
We Lave here cable dispatch to tho
eject that the Danmark left Christian,
sand on March Goth on her voyage uode,
her new flag and name. She hsd been
completely oyerhauled and II was ,honohl
by all that she was tine best Of our II ,st,
There were on board Of the time of her