The Helena independent., 1889-04-13
HER FIRST TRIP.
The Danish Steamer Danmark Found
kdrift on the Ocean With Not
a Soul Aboard.
March 26ih She Left Christensen
With Seven Hundred People and
Their Fate a Mystery.


QUEENSTOWN, April l2-The steamer,
City Of Chester, from New York, reports
that she passed April Sthe Danish steamer
Danmark, from Copenhagen for New York
wAterlogged and abandoned In mid ocean.
She was formerly Belgian steamer and
smiled under the name OF Jan Breydel.
NKw YORK, April i2.-News OF the
abandonment In mid ocean Of the steamer
Danmark was received here by a cable 10
the maritime exchange. She is said 10 have
had $50 passengers on board, mostly Scan
dlnavians. Funck, Enye 4 Co., the agents
OF the company here, say they place no Te-
lance In the dispatch, but have cabled the
agents In London and Copenhagen Tor
further information.
The greatest excitement prevails in ship
ping circles over theslos OF the Danmark.
The Thingvalla line Is probably the larg-
est immigrant carrying line that plies be-
tween this port and Europe. The Dan
mark had on board when she left Chris
tiansen for New York, March ~, $50 pas
sengers, presumably all emigrants. In
cluding the vessels captain, X. NJ. kund.
sen, the crew numbered forty men. The
office Of the agents Of the steamer has been
thronged with people all the morning anx-
iously enquiring for later news OF the
vessel.
The news spread rapidly down town and
among the first callers at the Office was
Morris Slower, young farmer from some
where In Massachusetts, who got here last
night 10 await the arrival OF the steamer, on
which his brother and sweetheart had
taken passage. His grief was uncOntro-
able when Edye said that no contradictory
dispatch had been received at noon.
The Danmark was formerly a freight
steamer, the Jan Rydel, OF the White
Cross line. Last fall Funck, Edye n Co.,
who are also the agents of the latter line,
had the vessel put In condition for passen-
ger traffic and rechris.ened her heDanmaTk
and transferred her 10 the Thingvalla
fleet. This was the vessels first trip from
the other side under her new col0rs.
The New York agent OF the Thingyalla
line this afternoon said: 1--WE have "a cable
gram TO the effect that the Danrnark left
Christensen March rs. on her first voyage,
under new flag and name She had been
completely overhauled, and IL was thought
by all she was the best OF ctr fleet. There
were ON board al the time OF her departure
at least 40 people. OF these $50 were pas
sengers. TO manage and look after the
comfort OF this large number there must
have been at least sixty In the crew, and
probably the number may have reached
loo or perhaps l25. There are therefore 10
be accounted for the lives of 10 10 776 peo-
pie. The Denmark was commanded by
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an even thousand Of getting her into port
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very nearly certain she has not been abaD-
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