, 1889-04-18
IHE STEAMER DENMARK,
No NEWS OF The PASSENGERS.

! NEW YORK, April l2-The news OF the
abandonment in mid OCEAN cf steamer
De .aIafk. has bect received here by the
maritime exchange- She Is said to have
| hGu go passengers on board, mostly
SCandIuav!ans and French. e Ndye
Co, agents for the company here say
| they place no reliance il the dis, atcb,
but have called the agents in Lodon and
| Copenhagen for further information.
QUEENSTOWN, April 12.-The steamer
City Of Chester, from New York, reports:
Passed, April g, Danish eteamer Deu-
mark, from Copenhagen. for New York.
wateTlogged and abandoned in mid
ocean. Sh was formerly Belgian
steamer, under the name OF BreydeI Of
22G0 tons.
New YORK. April 12.-The greatest ex
cItemen prevails in shipping circles here
over the loss of the Denmark, Thing
Valla line. which is probably the largest
carrying immigrant line that plies
between this port and, Europe. Tie
Denmark had on board Wbea she left
Christiansand for New York on the 26th
of March, with $50 passengers, pregum-
ably all emigFaDts, including the vessels
CAPTAIN. r. NJ. Knudsen, and crew
numbering forty meu.., The Office OF the
agent of the steamer French, Edge L CO.,
No. u Sou,h William street, has been
thrunged with people all morning
anxiuusly inquiring for later news Of the
vessel. Edge, of the firm, does not credit
the report and has cabled his London
agents and sought by wire further
particulars from the Copenhagen branch
of the firm. The news spread rapidly
down town and among the first callers at
the Office was Morris Stover, young
farmer from some where in Massachusetts
who got here last uight to await the ar
rival Cf the steamer on which bis brother
a.d sweetheart had taken passage. His
grief was uncomfortable when Edge said
that contradictory news had been re
ceived at noon. The Denmark was
formerly the freight steamer Jan Brey
de-, of the White Cross line; last fall
French, Elye & Co., who are also agents
for the latter line, lad the vessel put in
condition for passenger traffic and re-
christened her the Denmark and trans
ferred her to the Tbipg-Vaila feet. This
was the vessels first trip from the other
side under ber new eolors.
The New York agent of the Thing
Valla line at noon said: ave baVe a
cablegram to the effect that the Denmark
left Christiansapd in March, on the
first voyage under the new flag and name.
She had been completely overhauled and
was thought by all that she was the best
time of her departure at least 7l0 persons;
of these were passengers. To manage
aud look after the comfort of this large
number there must have been at least
60 in the crew and pro ably the number
may reach 100 or perhaps 125 are there
fore to be accounted for, the lives 10 10
775 people, The Denmark was com
mapded by Capt. Knudson, an old sea-
man, well known for courage and pre-
| sence of mind, he is not a man to aban-
don the ship to the mercy of the waves
when there is one chance in ten thousand
of getting TO port. She may have been
disabled but we arc very nearly certain
she has not been abandoned she had
sufficient means to accommodate all the
| DarranFers on board IL not all the crew
| ehA had a great number Of life RATS,
Gh Tor th" 49, seDger list and